Acting coach now faces child sex charges

NEW BERLIN (WITI) -- It's a real-life drama for a local acting coach. A man hired to direct high school plays and musicals throughout the state is in jail on child sex charges. Now, a law enforcement source tells FOX6 News there is concern that there may be more teenage girls with stories to tell about 43-year-old Robert Smith.

Smith is charged with sex offenses involving two teenage girls -- one from Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, the other in Minocqua. 

Smith ran an acting coaching company and directed numerous theatrical productions in local high schools. He even recently appeared in a department store commercial wearing a Santa tie.

According to the criminal complaint, Smith used Facebook for sexual conversations with girls. He allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old girl he met through a high school drama program in West Allis.

According to the criminal complaint, Smith was using Facebook to groom another girl in Minocqua for sex. The complaint says he met that girl when he was an acting coach for a drama club production in Minocqua. Smith allegedly used Skype to chat with her; asking for naked pictures and engaging in a sexual act while on video chat.

Smith is charged with three felonies and one misdemeanor at this point. He will be in court on Monday, January 14th as his case progresses. Smith is now in the Waukesha County jail on $10,000 bail.

If anyone believes Smith was involved in more crimes while directing high school musicals or through private classes at his company called "Studio Underground," they should contact their local police.