Melissa Lourie, Artistic Director
Melissa Stern Lourie received her M.F.A. in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. She was an Equity actress for many years before co-founding the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in 1987 with friend and colleague Terry O'Brien. Lourie served as Producing Director of that company until moving to Vermont in 1993. Since then, Lourie has acted at Northern Stage, Vermont Stage Company and in several independent films. She was an adjunct instructor of acting and theater at the University of Vermont for 25 years and taught acting at St. Michael's College for another 5 years. Melissa has directed many productions for MACo, as well as at St. Michael's College and Middlebury College. Some favorite directing credits include: Of Mice and Men, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Much Ado About Nothing, Greater Tuna, Lone Star, Laundry and Bourbon, Krapp's Last Tape, Seminar, Wharton Between the Sheets, The Metromaniacs, The Fox, The Turn of the Screw, MacBeth and Richard III....in no particular order!
StaffResident Stage Manager: Gwen Zwickel
Executive Artistic Circle: Melissa Lourie, Rebecca Strum Database Manager: Nicole Sannes Marketing Associate: Phoebe Raphael Photographer: Peter Lourie, David Devine Graphic Designer: Donovan Andrews |
Board of DirectorsJohn Nordmeyer - President
Virginia Silvey - Vice President Susan Wilson - Treasurer Rebecca Strum - Secretary Nicholas Caycedo Andrew Ritter Matthew Robinson Caitlin Sausville Ashley Wolff |