Weston Playhouse Company Members

Administration Producing Directors Malcolm Ewen Steve Stettler :: E-mail Tim Fort Managing Director Stuart Duke :: E-mail Office Manager Debora Harry-Spencer :: E-mail Director of Development Lindsey Carlson :: E-mail Director of Capital Campaign Heather Brown :: E-mail Director of Education & Outreach Jacki Brown :: E-mail Operations Manager Bridget Sullivan :: E-mail Company Manager Spencer Smith

House Managers Jeri Gerold Marguerite Warner 2013 Production Staff Operations Manager Bridget Sullivan :: E-mail Technical Director Lucas Lemanski Assistant Technical Director Ashley Owens Props Manager (seasonal) Scenic Charge Renata Brewington Costume Shop Manager Elizabeth McLinn Master Electrician Devin Kinch Sound Supervisor (seasonal)

STAFF BIOS

Malcolm Ewen (Producing Director) directed last summer’s production of Betrayal. He has directed such Weston favorites as The Oath, Doubt, Urinetown, Kiss Me, Kate, The Full Monty, The Drawer Boy, Ragtime, Chicago, Of Mice and Men and Damn Yankees. This fall he will stage manage the Broadway revival of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. The production was originally produced by Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, where he has worked since 1987. On Broadway, he was the PSM 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 Steppenwolf, Arena Stage, Kennedy Center, Long Wharf, Goodman, Berkeley Rep and the La Jolla Playhouse. His international travels have taken him from London's Royal National Theatre to the Festival of Perth in Australia. Malcolm is a graduate of Amherst College.

Tim Fort (Producing Director) Since he first tumbled onto the Weston stage in 1973's The Drunkard, Tim has acted in more than fifty Playhouse productions, directed over sixty (including last year's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), and designed lighting for many others. Tim particularly enjoys working on Weston’s “Other Stages,” having directed nine productions “off campus” in recent years (including last summer's Souvenir) as well as more than 100 cabarets. Beyond Weston, he has worked extensively in his home province of Ontario, recently lighting And All For Love at the National Arts Centre and directing Goblin Market for Theatre Kingston and the Canadian premiere of The Marvelous Wonderettes at The Thousand Islands Playhouse. Tim has just finished his term as Head of the Department of Drama at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario where he has been teaching since 1986. Next year Tim will be on sabbatical trying to see all the theatre in North America.

Steve Stettler (Producing Director) is the WPTC’s Resident Producing Director, guiding the theatre’s artistic and strategic growth from its year-round office in Weston. His WPTC directing credits include The Light in the Piazza and Death of A Salesman with Christopher Lloyd. A former Artistic Director of the Obie-winning TNT/The New Theatre of Brooklyn, Steve has directed in New York, regionally on both coasts and internationally. He taught acting for the O’Neill Theater Center’s National Theater Institute for many years and frequently adjudicates for the American College Theatre Festival and Vermont State Drama Festival. A longtime site reporter for the National Endowment for the Arts, he has served as a panelist for the NEA and the Vermont Arts Council. Steve is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and for the past two years co-chaired the Committee for its annual Festival of New Musicals in NYC. View Blog

Stuart Duke (Managing Director) celebrates his sixteenth season with the WPTC. He oversees the WPTC’s finances, sales, marketing, design & production, human resources, technology systems and is involved in long-term strategic and facilities planning. Stuart came to theatre management from a 20-year career in lighting design, having amassed over 200 Broadway, Off Broadway, regional and international credits. He taught stage lighting at Oberlin College and is a frequent presenter for the American College Theatre Festival. He has designed lighting for over 20 Weston productions and will design this season's Fiddler on the Roof. A former board member of the New England Theatre Conference, Stuart is current Vice President of the Weston Business Council and also serves on the board of the Old Parish Church and the Weston Community Association. He lives in Weston with his daughters, Ali and Christie, and shares his office with his Yellow Lab, Sophie.

Lindsey Carlson (Director of Development) has worked for the Montpelier-based Vermont Arts Council in grantmaking and development since 2004, most recently serving as Director of Development. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, she previously worked for the Vermont Studio Center and the Providence Office of Cultural Affairs. She is a member of the Northern New England Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and of the Nonprofit Technology Network.

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.

Heather Brown (Director of Capital Campaign) 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. A former board member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals-Northern New England Chapter and the Northshire Day School in Manchester, Heather lives in Wallingford, VT.

Jacki Brown (Director of Education & Outreach) 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.

Bridget Sullivan (Operations 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.