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| Board of Directors |
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Wayne Granquist, Chair
Janet Warren, Vice Chair
Steve Stettler, Vice Chair
Ludy Biddle, Secretary
Patrick Walsh, Treasurer
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Carol P. Cox
Stuart Duke
Malcolm D. Ewen
Beverly Fonner
Timothy Fort
David Fubini
Tom Kelly
Arthur Klonsky
Vicky Linville
Rocco Maggiotto
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Barbara Morrow
Marcus Neville
Polly Pen
Perk Perkins
Rebecca Y. Robinson
Elizabeth Ruffa
Constance Vorman Sloterbeck
Anthony C. Wood
Robert H. Young
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| 2010 Production Staff |
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Please see hiring page for details.
Production Manager
Bridget Sullivan :: E-mail
Technical Director
Richard M. Dionne
Assistant Technical Director
Travis Gilmore
Props Manager
Ryann D. Lee
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Scenic Charge
Claire Brechtschneider
Costume Shop Manager
Cassandra Paine
Master Electrician
Craig Burns
Resident Sound Designer/Engineer
Darby Smotherman
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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. |
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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) comes to the Weston Playhouse from Albany, NY where she was the Donor Services and Special Events Coordinator for the Albany Symphony Orchestra. During her tenure at the Symphony, Heather helped to increase subscriptions and successfully organized various fundraisers which collaboratively raised over $100,000 per year. Previous theatre and development experience include positions held 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 degree in Communications from the State University of New York at Oneonta. She is a former captain of the Albany Knickerbocker Rugby Club, where she competed in the fastest growing women's sport in America. Heather is thrilled to join the staff at the WPTC and is settling in nicely as one of Vermont’s newest residents! |
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CATHY BAGWELL MARSH (Director of Community Services) Originally from Marion, North Carolina, Cathy comes to Weston directly from a position as Management Associate at Atlanta’s prestigious Alliance Theatre. After receiving her BA in Theatre and English from the University of Tennessee, Cathy lived in New York from 2001-2005 where she worked in theatre, marketing, event planning and office administration. She then returned to her native North Carolina to earn her MFA in Performing Arts Management from North Carolina School of the Arts, playing a leading role in the marketing of NCSA’s theatre, dance and opera productions. Cathy, her husband Kris, and their two dogs are delighted to make Vermont their new home. |
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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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