JULIEANN CHAREST GOVANG: (Director of Education/Stage Director) A recognized director in the area, JulieAnn has directed with the ACTS in June, 2006 (Cabaret) and January, 2007 (The Wiz), as well as I Hate Hamlet for the Nashoba Players, Rain for Newton Country Players, Waiting for the End with Camelot Players, and the EMACT Festival Finalist production of Burlington Players' Steel Magnolias, for which she was nominated for Best Director.  She has also directed productions at Maynard's Acme Theater Productions including Criminal Hearts (EMACT Outstanding Director Nomination), Don't Dress for Dinner, The Worse Possible Time to Have Writer's Block, Fancy Meeting You Here, Elephants and Coffee, First Night and Fairy Tales in the Subway Station (1/07), a short play by fellow ACTS Alumni Philana Gnatowski.  In Summer'07, she directed Fame for River's Edge Players in Hudson, and The Drawer Boy at Vokes Theatre in Wayland (5/08). JulieAnn has been involved with theatre on many levels since her age was in single digits which, without giving too much away, was over four decades ago.   Her first appearances were as Maryland and Georgia in her grade school bicentennial pageant.  Since, she has enjoyed many appearances in professional and community productions throughout the region. Featured roles include her portrayal of Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf with Nashoba Players; Bonnie in Anything Goes with the Newton Country Players; Maggie in Lend Me a Tenor, Lizzie in Baby and The Baker's Wife in Into the Woods with the Quannapowitt Players; Oolie/Donna in City of Angels with the Arlington Friends of the Drama; and Melissa in Love Letters, Lizzie in Baby, Sonia in They're Playing Our Song, Young Mona in Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, and Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest - all with the Burlington Players. With the Camelot Players of Greater Lowell, JulieAnn also portrayed Melissa in Love Letters and 'Woman with Records' in the group's EMACT Festival production of Chamber Music (for which she received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress).  Editor of the New England Entertainment Digest Online and President of her family's script-licensing business, JAC Publishing & Promotions, JulieAnn's most prized role to date is "wife" to her husband Michael and "Mommy" to her sons,  Christopher and Stephen.  JulieAnn is also available for private acting and audition coaching. Email her!

MARKUS HAUCK (Music Director): 42nd Street
 

KAREN L. HERNANDEZ-ANDREWS (Choreographer): Karen’s many choreographic credits include Cabaret with ACTS and the upcoming Children of Eden. Karen has also choreographed West Side Story, Children of Eden, Can Can, The Wizard of Oz and Honk! with Weston Drama Workshop, as well as Seussical, Once On This Island and Honk! Jr., with North Shore Music Theatre's Youth Performance Academy. Karen is the Resident Choreographer for Framingham High School where she has choreographed Secret Garden, Tales of Trickery (which won the Mass Drama Guild State Championship), Godspell, Fiddler on The Roof, Creation Of The World and Other Business, Grease and Pippin. As Artistic Director of the dance company Melodico. Dance in Santa Barbara, CA., Karen’s work was featured in Al Gilbert's premier of LA's Hottest Choreographers '96. She has also choreographed in Reading, England with Starmaker Theatre Company, and in Italy with various dance companies including Centro Arte Danza in Pordenone. Karen is a graduate student at Andover Newton Theological School where she is pursuing her Master of Arts in Theological Research in Christian-Muslim understanding.

BOBBI HOFFMAN:

RICK KAYDAS (Music Director): The Wiz, Children of Eden

ELENI KMIEC (Choreographer): The Wiz

JAN KMIEC (Sound Engineer): Cabaret, The Wiz

MARY LABADINI (Business Manager):

ANTONIA LaFAUCI (Crew): Cabaret, The Wiz

PAM LeMIEUX-SMITH (Costumes): Cabaret, The Wiz

KRIS LUNDIN (Costumes, Stage Manager, Crew): The Wiz, 42nd Street

JEAN MacFARLAND (Crew): Jean MacFarland first worked with ACTS as the Stage Manager for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Some of her on-stage credits include Cinderella’s Stepmother (Into the Woods), Jan (Grease), Soloist (Sentimental Journey),  and Lynne (Stepping Out). Off-stage, she has received two EMACT Stage Management awards for productions of Cabaret and You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown. Her production of Captains Courageous, the Musical won the Moss Hart Award and the EMACT Festival Award for Best Production of 2003. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for both the Newton Country Players and the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theatres.

ROB MAHONEY:

NANCY MALIS (Fundraising): Cabaret, The Wiz

STEPHANIE MAVRIDES (Executive Producer): Stephanie Mavrides is the Founding Director of International Dance Project and Co-Founder of the Alexander Children's Theatre School (ACTS).  She is a graduate of Suffolk University and Emerson College. Stephanie has studied, taught, performed and chorographed extensively in the United States and Europe. She has performed with Edward Villella, the National Ballet Of Greece, The Athens Ballet, Dimitri Ivanov Ballet, Boston Chamber Dance Ensemble, Bay State Ballet, Copley Square Ballet Company, as well as in numerous musicals, cabarets, television specials, concerts and fashion shows. She has coordinated and produced major seminars, dance concerts and musicals with noted artists both domestically and abroad. Stephanie is a recipient of The Capezio Award for Excellence for Choreography. Email her!

SANDIE McNEAL (Crew): Cabaret

MIKE McTEAGUE (Lighting Engineer): Cabaret, The Wiz

RUTHE MONAHAN (Crew): Cabaret, The Wiz

MARISSA PANOS (Choreographer): 42nd Street

MARY SPINOSA-WILSON (Stage & Musical Director): Mary has worked in the theatre industry for the past 25 years. She holds a degree in Theatre, Music and Communication from Regis College and is presently attaining her master’s degree in Drama Therapy from Lesley University. She has worked in the Metro Boston, and London, England. Mary has done a variety of shows for adults and children with a focus on special needs individuals in theatre. Some of her shows include but are not limited to: Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Honk, Jr.; The Jungle Book, Jr.; HMS Pinafore; Tom Sawyer, The Musical; Come Back To The Five and Dime Store Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean; The Most Happy Fella; and Godspell. Mary is an educator teaching theatre in years past and the high school level and presently teaching various theatrical composition classes in improvisation, acting, public speaking and musical theatre. She is also a registered nurse, with a focus on child and adolescent psychology. Mary is a children’s choir director, and enjoys her hobby as a revolutionary re-enactor. Mary is available via email at Wilson.family.home@verizon.net or cell phone @ 978-302-0985 for discussion on availability for directing and musically directing.

SUE OLSON (Concessions): Cabaret, The Wiz

NICK PURDY (Technical Advisor, Crew): Nick, holds a BFA in Design/Technical Theatre from Syracuse University, where he focused on scenic and lighting design with a minor in history.  In addition to his design studies, he worked with Event Productions on campus as an event manager and designer and then as a freelance technician post graduation. Following a season at Syracuse Stage as a scenic carpenter, he returned to New England where he assumed the role of Technical Director for the Sorenson Center for the Arts at Babson College, where he thankfully has been since the summer of 2004.  This is where ACTS met Nick, when our production of The Wiz ventured beyond the Concord borders in search of an available space to play!  Willingly, Nick jumped on board our crew and stayed with us all through tech week AND the performances.  Nick's other talents and artistic contributions include design for theatre, concerts, film, fashion shows and corporate events, as well as image projection and special effects consulting.  Simply, Nick rocks!

LINDA SHUGRUE (Director): 42nd Street

JERRY WEENE (Music Director):