Sharlet Bonnell Sharlet Bonnell began her teaching career with Melanie's Dancers Inc. in Normandy Park, where she assisted and taught Jazz, Tap and Ballet from 1996-2002 while still attending high school. She continued her dance, choreography, and theater education at Western Washington University, and received a Bachelors of Arts Education from WWU in 2008. Sharlet currently works as an elementary teacher as well as an Arts Specialist (P-12). She has taught for many theaters including Youth Theater Northwest (Mercer Island), Stone Soup Theater (Wallingford), Studio East (Kirkland), and the Seattle Children's Theater.