As long as she lives, Mia Tremmel will be an actress.

Since she was six years old, she has been passionate about theater and wanted to be a part of it. Her participation in choir and her dance lessons designed to enhance her art.

“I started doing theater after I watched another production, I watched a production of Oliver! when I was 6,” Tremmel said. “And my grandmother immediately signed me up after I watched it in bewilderment and that’s kind of it.”

A decade later, Tremmel still participates in theater both in, and out of school.

“I do a lot of children’s community theater,” Tremmel said. “Currently, I just got an internship with a new thing called Rebel Conventions and their whole thing is that they are starting a convention circuit and many other things in the future with Broadway stars and stuff.” 

Theatre director Heather Willingham has been teaching Tremmel since she started theater in high school. 

“Mia is one of those actors that comes to the table every time already having done the work she already thought about things,” Willingham said. “She already has ideas that she can share with me and so I can take my ideas and so we can collaborate.”

It goes beyond collaboration as Tremmel can help in other ways.

“She is very helpful. If people are struggling with a dance step she helps them out,” Willingham said, “If people don’t understand maybe blocking or something else or maybe a direction that I have given she is good at being able to help and clarify.”

Among her various roles throughout her high school career, Tremmel played the lead role in December’s production of Bright Star.

Nathan Daly, one of Tremmel’s cast members on Bright Star, has known her since kindergarten.

“Mia is very passionate about l things related to theatre and you can tell that she is genuine in her love for theatre,” Daly said, “Her energy also brings your energy up on stage so like if she is having fun on stage or in a scene you also are, she is also very considerate and direct which not everyone is so it’s nice to have someone like that with you on stage during a scene where you may not be as solid on your lines as you could be.”

Spending chunks of her life working and connecting with others, Tremmel aims to continue doing this art for the rest of her days. 

“It’s the ultimate form of escapism,” Tremmel said, “I already am a sucker for the idea of immersion whether that be thematic design or the design of theme parks things like this are just things that get people excited and immersed in a story and theater is like one of the ultimate storytelling experiences that you can really give to people which I think is really cool.”