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STAFF
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| 2011 Weston Playhouse Company Members |
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| 2012 Production Staff |
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Please see hiring page for details.
Production Manager
Bridget Sullivan :: E-mail
Technical Director
Travis Gilmore
Assistant Technical Director
Props Manager
Meghan O'Brien
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Scenic Charge
Costume Shop Manager
Master Electrician
Sound Supervisor
Jeff Human |
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MALCOLM EWEN (Producing Director) spent much of 2007 in California stage managing after the quake, directed by Frank Galati, at the La Jolla Playhouse and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. On Broadway, he was the stage manager for Paul Simon’s The Capeman, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, The Song of Jacob Zulu and the Tony award-winning The Grapes of Wrath. Regional theatre credits include the Kennedy Center, Long Wharf Theatre, Goodman Theatre and the Remains Theatre. He has directed such Weston favorites as The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Stones in his Pockets, Urinetown, Kiss Me, Kate, Blithe Spirit, The Full Monty, The Drawer Boy, Ragtime, Chicago, Of Mice and Men and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. His international travels have taken him to Durban, South Africa to London's Royal National Theatre and to the Festival of Perth in Australia. Malcolm is a graduate of Amherst College. |
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TIM FORT (Producing Director) is enjoying his thirty-sixth consecutive season at the Playhouse. Since he first tumbled onto the Weston stage in 1973's The Drunkard, he has acted in more than fifty Playhouse productions, directed more than forty (including last year's The King and I), and designed lighting for almost sixty. Tim particularly enjoys working on Weston’s OtherStages, having directed six productions “off campus” in recent years as well as more than 100 cabarets in the Playhouse cellar. Beyond Weston, he has worked extensively in his home province of Ontario as a director, actor and (Dora-nominated) designer – recently lighting And All For Love at the National Arts Centre. Tim is currently the Head of the Department of Drama at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario where he has been teaching Directing, Design, and Musical Theatre since 1986. |
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STEVE STETTLER (Producing Director) serves as the WPTC’s Resident Producing Director, guiding the theatre’s artistic and strategic growth from its year-round office in Weston. His Playhouse directing credits include Floyd Collins (Moss Hart Award Winner, Best Production in New England), A Number and the fall tours of David Copperfield and Metamorphoses. Steve has directed regionally (Denver Center, Portland Stage, Merrimack Rep, McCarter Theatre), in New York (Circle Rep, Theatre Row) and internationally (including the Norwegian state theatre in Oslo). A former Artistic Director of the Obie-winning TNT/The New Theatre of Brooklyn and a longtime instructor of acting for the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Theater Institute, Steve is a site reporter for the National Endowment for the Arts, a committee member for the NAMT Festival of New Musicals, an adjudicator for the American College Theatre Festival, and he has been a panelist for the NEA and the Vermont Arts Council.
Blog: http://westonplayhousesteve.blogspot.com/
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STUART DUKE (Managing Director) celebrates his thirteenth season with the WPTC and thirtieth year in the professional theatre. With Mal, Tim and Steve, he has overseen the remarkable growth of the Theatre Company as a community treasure and recognized theatrical destination. He administers the WPTC’s finances, sales, marketing, human resources and information services. Stuart came to theatre management from a 20-year career in lighting design, having amassed over 200 Broadway, Off Broadway and regional credits. He still spends some time each year creating lighting for leading regional theatres and special events for the Indianapolis and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras. A former board member of the New England Theatre Conference, he taught at Oberlin College and is a frequent presenter for the American College Theatre Festival. He lives in Weston with his daughters, Ali and Christy.
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HEATHER BROWN (Director of Development)
happily joined the WPTC in 2004 when she moved to Vermont from Albany, NY where she spent five years as the Donor Services and Special Events Coordinator for the Albany Symphony Orchestra. Prior to that Heather held positions with the Egg’s Center for the Performing Arts in Albany and the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. A native of New York, Heather received her undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Oneonta. Heather lives in Wallingford, VT with her husband Christian and their three young children and serves on the boards of the Association of Fundraising Professionals-Northern New England Chapter and the Northshire Day School in Manchester
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BRIDGET SULLIVAN (Production Manager) Hailing from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Bridget's previous management work includes several years as Associate Production Manager and Concert Manager at North Shore Music Theatre in Massachusetts; Production Manager for Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre and Project Manager for Barbizon Lighting Company. In a previous life, Bridget had a lengthy career in props as well working at various theatres including NSMT, several Pittsburgh theatre companies, the Santa Fe Opera and Westchester Broadway Theatre in NY. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Arts at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia and now resides in Chester, Vermont with her lovely and talented partner Collette. |
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DEBORA HARRY-SPENCER (Office Manager) Debora Harry-Spencer previously worked as a concierge for nine years at both The Charles Orvis Inn and The Equinox Resort and Spa in Manchester, Vermont and was a member of the international concierge association, Les Clefs d'Or. She graduated from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania with degrees in Television Production and Secondary Education/Communication with a minor in Speech and Theatre. Debora worked as a free-lance television producer and on-air talent before teaching high school English and directing school drama productions. Her dream has always been to work in theatre, and she is so pleased to now be a staff member at The Weston Playhouse Theatre Company. |
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JACKI BROWN (Education Director) Jacki is a graduate of Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Communications with a professional background that includes a 5-year stint with The Village Voice in New York City followed by over a decade of successful entrepreneurial and marketing work in Vermont. An enthusiastic attendee and supporter of WPTC programs for years, Jacki is an articulate spokesperson and writer with teaching experience and two children in the local school system.
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SARAH ISHU (Director of Communications) Sarah Ishu has enjoyed a long relationship with the WPTC. Most recently as Development Associate from 2009-2011. From 1990 – 2006, she owned and operated HG Graphics & Type in Manchester Center, VT. Among her many clients (probably her favorite) was the WPTC. An Industrial Design major at the University of Illinois, Sarah began her career as a graphic designer in Chicago, moving to Landgrove, Vermont in 1990. Although not an actress herself, she has produced and directed three children and is very proud to share the fact that her mother, Tanya (Bogoslovsky) Wood was a member of summer company at Weston in the late 1940s acting in such classics as "The Little Foxes" and "Blithe Spirit." |
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