Gregory Stow­ers is Justice High School’s new Theater Teacher. Stow­ers is an extro­vert, kind, and outgo­ing.  He encour­ages being brave and empa­thetic. Stow­ers has been teach­ing for 7 years, he recently came from Cather­ine John­son Middle School in Fair­fax. He did Musi­cals during the summer at West field High School for 4 summers in a row. He taught for 4 years in Williams­burg. After teach­ing middle school­ers for most of his teach­ing career he decided to move up to high school­er’s. He states “ I know high school students are way more mature, you’re able to do more fun stuff, we’re doing more shows we can get way more involved, big flashy produc­tions”, which is what made him come here to Justice High School. Many flashy and big produc­tions are coming to Justice High School! 

Before teach­ing Stow­ers went to James Madi­son Univer­sity (JMU), where he stud­ied Musi­cal Theater. After Grad­u­a­tion, he toured the world as a profes­sional actor. When asked about his life tour­ing he responded, “ I did a whole bunch of shows across the coun­try which was so much fun but you get tired of the road even­tu­ally.” He lived in New York for some time before coming to Virginia. He decided it was time to settle down at one spot for the time being. During his child­hood Stow­ers has always been inter­ested in Musi­cal Theater, He took Theater, Chorus, and dance through­out middle school and High school. He discusses his past in theater, “Some of my favorite memo­ries are being in theater class in high school and also like being in those produc­tions.” He had such a passion he attended  a theater camp during the summers. 

Stow­ers has always had a love for musi­cal theater, as one of the qual­i­ties that he says you get from Theater is empa­thy. Learn­ing to empathize with your char­ac­ter. As added with learn­ing about your char­ac­ter and step­ping into their world you’re learn­ing what it’s like to be some­one else and feel like another person. He says “I think theater taught me the impor­tance of being orga­nized and main­tain­ing a sched­ule” And speak­ing of a sched­ule! His next act here at Justice is “Almost, Main” coming spring of 2025!