Jennifer Aycock (Owner, Director)
Originally from Memphis, Jennifer holds a B.F.A. in Theatre performance from Auburn University and an M.A.T. from Harding University. After graduating from Auburn, she toured internationally with Missoula Children’s Theatre as a tour actor/director, then moving on to California Theatre Center where she continued her love of teaching young actors.
Upon returning to Memphis in 2007, Jennifer taught and directed for Playhouse on the Square’s Summer Conservatory and After School Acting Programs as well as New Day Children’s Theatre, a place she still holds dear to her heart. She created her own programs across the greater Memphis area focusing on the revitalization of theatre programs on the elementary level and beyond using improvisation, story theatre, voice, breath, energy, and the tools of an actor.
She is a member of Alpha Si Omega, the National Theatre Honor Society, and Alpha Chi. Shows under her direction have received a number of nominations and honors through the Orpheum’s High School Musical Theatre Awards. If you’re lucky, you can still catch a of glimpse of her on stage using the skills she teaches at one of the many local Memphis theatres.
Jennifer is in her 2nd year as the Director of Theatre Arts at Christian Brothers High School and resides in East Memphis with her husband Brian, 7-year-old daughter Audrey, and their toy poodle Laya. Her family enjoys eating local, traveling, and working hard. They are so excited to be continuing this magical Sunfish journey with all of you!
Lily Anderson (Teaching Artist)
Lily Anderson was born and raised in Memphis, and is proud of it. Recently graduated from the University of Memphis with a B.F.A. in Performance theatre, she loves everything theatrical. She uses her bubbly and energetic personality to spread positivity throughout. She recently has found a love for teaching, and hopes one day to explore it further. She hopes to spread her love for theatre to others and let them know that you can change every day and there is always something new to experience. She is excited to inspire young ones to find what they love, and learn and love what it’s like to be an artist.
Sulan Roachell (Teaching Artist)
Born and raised a Memphian, Sulan Roachell is a senior BFA Theatre Performance major at The University of Memphis. Being an honors student, Sulan rigorously and enthusiastically pursues her love for the arts, which also includes her love for teaching! Sulan has taught at Nashville Children’s Theatre as a Teaching Artist Intern for their 10-week-long summer camp intensive, where she had the privilege of teaching kids aged 4-14 and discovered how truly transformative children’s theatre can be.
Sulan was awarded the 2025-2026 Rising Leaders Scholarship and the 2025 Samuel James Riggans Memorial Scholarship for the Arts in recognition of her academic and leadership achievements. She currently serves as The Mertz Association President, a not-for-profit registered student organization at The UofM that gives voice to Theatre & Dance students through community engagement and fundraising.
Her theatrical and technical credits at The UofM include As It is in Heaven (Izzy), The Mousetrap (Mollie Ralston), 12th Night (Curio/US Maria/US Malvolia), Voices from Spoon River (Faith/Elsa/Pauline), Emerge: Student Dance Works (Stage Manager), Into the Woods (Assistant Stage Manager), and Elektra (Assistant Director/Light Console Operator). Sulan plans to pursue theatrical and film acting after college and is determined to one day move to New York. Until then, Sulan continues to be fulfilled creating and teaching art wherever there is a stage!
Mary Hudson (Teaching Artist)
Mary Hudson is a graduate of the University of Tennessee Knoxville, where she received her Bachelor’s of Arts in Communication Studies. She has a strong background working in non-profits where she is hands on with children’s charities all throughout Memphis including Church Health, Streets Ministries, Porter-Leath, Agape and other children’s non-profit organizations. She truly enjoys working with children and understands the importance of building their confidence by using imagination. Mary uses her own strengths of kindness, empathy, and inclusivity to guide her teaching. She is very excited to encourage students to find their own personalities and passions to use in an expressive and meaningful way.
Hannah Jackson (Teaching Artist)
Hannah Jackson attends the University of Memphis, majoring in Spanish with three minors in Education, English, and Non-Profit Management. Planning to one day be an educator, she hopes to teach PK to SK as well as Spanish and English to all school ages. Hannah is a former student of Jennifer Aycock, and for the past two years she has worked closely with many children’s ministry’s and schools, fulfilling her passion and love of leading and teaching children. Her junior year of high school she found her passion through a program in which teens read and write with a preschool-aged child twice a week, Streets Ministries. It was here she learned she has a heart for enlightening young minds and leading them to see the importance of self-expression inside the classroom and out. She cannot wait to teach and encourage kids find their own light and strengths through SunFish!