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Dawson graduate Jake Cummings describes Houston theatre work, school productions

3651238 · June 3, 2025
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On Pearland ISD's Building Blocks podcast, Dawson High School alum Jake Cummings discussed his work as an actor and music director in Houston, touring children’s shows, directing a junior-high production, and plans to join a regional company for The Wizard of Oz.

On Pearland ISD’s Building Blocks podcast, Jake Cummings, a 2020 graduate of Dawson High School, described his work in the Houston theatre scene as an actor, music director and stage manager and recounted directing music for a two-and-a-half-hour junior high production of Hairspray and touring a children’s show with Main Street Theatre.

The superintendent who hosts the district podcast framed the episode as part of an alumni series “to give our listeners, parents, students, and staff an inside look at who or what is building Pearland proud,” underscoring the district’s intent to spotlight former students’ career paths.

Cummings said he earned a BFA in musical theatre from Sam Houston State University (graduation date not specified in the…

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