Ms Brakke has been stage managing for dance, opera and theater for the past 19 years, touring with dance, circus and musical theater. For the last 18 months she toured with the contemporary ballet company Trey McIntyre Project.

She has worked with regional opera companies such as the Anchorage Opera and Syracuse Opera as well as the Sarasota Ballet, Bay Ballet Theatre, Ballet Theatre International, Albany Berkshire Ballet, Circus Nexus and Clown College for Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus.  Ms Brakke has studied ballet and arts management with the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and the University of Akron. Ms Brakke is a member of Actor’s Equity Association and I.A.T.S.E Local 321 in Tampa, FL and makes her home in St. Petersburg with her husband, three daughters and twin granddaughters.