Producers – Click on Image for Bio
Chris Brindley
Executive Producer
Chris BrindleyExecutive Producer
Chris will be returning for his 16th season with Weston Drama Workshop after serving as Executive Producer for three seasons and nine years serving as Producer. Chris is an active director, producer, and performer in the Boston area. He received his BA in Theatre Education/Acting from Emerson College and his M.S. in Arts Administration from Boston University. Selected previous directing credits include: Disney’s Newsies, West Side Story, Evita, The Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Blood Brothers, James and the Giant Peach, Les Miserables, Wiley and the Hairy Man, Children of Eden, Charlotte’s Web (Weston Drama Workshop); Animal Farm, Mamma Mia!, She Kills Monsters, Chicago, Mary Poppins, electra, Urinetown, Legally Blonde, Sideways Stories from Wayside School (State Champion), Pippin, Vieux Carre, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Diviners, Sweeney Todd, Dark of the Moon (Framingham High School Drama Company); Grease!, Rick Lomardo’s A Christmas Carol, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, West Side Story, James and the Giant Peach, The Chronicles of Jane: Book Seven (Belmont High School Performing Arts Company); Children of Eden – EMACT Nomination for Best Production (The Wellesley Players); Godspell (Emerson College). During the school year, Chris serves on the faculty of Framingham High School as a full time theatre teacher/ director and Department Head of the FHS Fine and Performing Arts Dept. Prior to his work in Framingham, Chris also worked for three years as Theatre Director of Belmont High School. He currently serves as Vice President of the Executive Council and member of the Board of Trustees for Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild. Chris would like to thank Sue Ryan for the years of guidance, support, and trust. Special thanks to the whole staff of WDW this summer for quite a “revolting” Season 57, the SA team for believing in the process every step of the way, and Aidan and Ari for being his partners in crime.
Aidan O’Hara
Producer
Aidan O’HaraProducer
Aidan is thrilled to be returning for his thirteenth summer on the staff. Previous directing credits at WDW include Bat Boy: The Musical, A Chorus Line, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Who’s Tommy, 42nd Street, Almost, Maine, the inaugural Staged Reading seriesFridays @ 3, Godspell, Urinetown, Cinderella, School of Rock,and last year’s Children of Eden. Aidan is the Drama Teacher and Director at Wayland High School. Previously, he had been a Drama Teacher/Director at Weston Middle School from 2002-2017. In 2016, he was the recipient of the Excellence in Education award from the Goldin Foundation. And in 2008, he received the Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award from Facing History and Ourselves. He has staged and directed over 50 plays and musicals, includingPronoun, Peter and the Starcatcher, All Shook Up, Disney’s Aladdin DLE (MET Award – Best Production/Stage Direction), Once On This Island, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Fiddler On The Roof, Fools, I Never Saw Another Butterfly, Barnum, The Lottery, Wonderful Town, Epic Proportions, The Wiz, Emma!, and Beauty and the Beast.He currently resides in Framingham with his remarkably amazing wife, Beth, and their three children, Dermot, Róisín, and Maeve. A big thank you to Chris, Ari, and Sue for their continued friendship, camaraderie, vision, and support here at Weston Drama Workshop over the years. Much gratitude to the entire Season 57 team, and a large shout out to the Morning Show staff for giving their heart and soul to the participants of this program.
Ari Welch
Technical Producer
Ari WelchTechnical Producer
Ari Welch (Technical Producer) Ari is extremely excited to return to Weston Drama Workshop for her 7th season on Staff! She received a BFA from The Theater School at DePaul University in Chicago and is a freelance stage manager in the Boston area. This is her second season as part of the producing team and she is also former participant in the evening program. At WDW and she has stage managed NEWSIES, WEST SIDE STORY, EVITA, THE WIZARD OF OZ and CHICAGO. Her recent Boston stage management works include THE CONVERT with Central Square Theatre. DRY LAND, SHELTER OF LAST RESORT (XXPlaylab), and THE FLICK with Company One Theatre. NOMAD AMERICANA with Fresh Ink, A PALPABLE HIT with Cambridge Historical Tours, and THE LITTLE BLUE ONE with Juventas New Music Ensemble. Her Chicago credits include CLOUD NINE, THE GRAPES OF WRATH, and A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE with Roosevelt University. IN A GARDEN with A Red Orchard Theater. LOOM with NWaC and THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING with Dog and Pony Theater Co. Ari would like to thank her family and friends for their support and encouragement.
Chris will be returning for his 16th season with Weston Drama Workshop after serving as Executive Producer for three seasons and nine years serving as Producer. Chris is an active director, producer, and performer in the Boston area. He received his BA in Theatre Education/Acting from Emerson College and his M.S. in Arts Administration from Boston University. Selected previous directing credits include: Disney’s Newsies, West Side Story, Evita, The Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Blood Brothers, James and the Giant Peach, Les Miserables, Wiley and the Hairy Man, Children of Eden, Charlotte’s Web (Weston Drama Workshop); Animal Farm, Mamma Mia!, She Kills Monsters, Chicago, Mary Poppins, electra, Urinetown, Legally Blonde, Sideways Stories from Wayside School (State Champion), Pippin, Vieux Carre, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Diviners, Sweeney Todd, Dark of the Moon (Framingham High School Drama Company); Grease!, Rick Lomardo’s A Christmas Carol, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, West Side Story, James and the Giant Peach, The Chronicles of Jane: Book Seven (Belmont High School Performing Arts Company); Children of Eden – EMACT Nomination for Best Production (The Wellesley Players); Godspell (Emerson College). During the school year, Chris serves on the faculty of Framingham High School as a full time theatre teacher/ director and Department Head of the FHS Fine and Performing Arts Dept. Prior to his work in Framingham, Chris also worked for three years as Theatre Director of Belmont High School. He currently serves as Vice President of the Executive Council and member of the Board of Trustees for Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild. Chris would like to thank Sue Ryan for the years of guidance, support, and trust. Special thanks to the whole staff of WDW this summer for quite a “revolting” Season 57, the SA team for believing in the process every step of the way, and Aidan and Ari for being his partners in crime.
Aidan is thrilled to be returning for his thirteenth summer on the staff. Previous directing credits at WDW include Bat Boy: The Musical, A Chorus Line, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Who’s Tommy, 42nd Street, Almost, Maine, the inaugural Staged Reading seriesFridays @ 3, Godspell, Urinetown, Cinderella, School of Rock,and last year’s Children of Eden. Aidan is the Drama Teacher and Director at Wayland High School. Previously, he had been a Drama Teacher/Director at Weston Middle School from 2002-2017. In 2016, he was the recipient of the Excellence in Education award from the Goldin Foundation. And in 2008, he received the Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award from Facing History and Ourselves. He has staged and directed over 50 plays and musicals, includingPronoun, Peter and the Starcatcher, All Shook Up, Disney’s Aladdin DLE (MET Award – Best Production/Stage Direction), Once On This Island, Where the Sidewalk Ends, Fiddler On The Roof, Fools, I Never Saw Another Butterfly, Barnum, The Lottery, Wonderful Town, Epic Proportions, The Wiz, Emma!, and Beauty and the Beast.He currently resides in Framingham with his remarkably amazing wife, Beth, and their three children, Dermot, Róisín, and Maeve. A big thank you to Chris, Ari, and Sue for their continued friendship, camaraderie, vision, and support here at Weston Drama Workshop over the years. Much gratitude to the entire Season 57 team, and a large shout out to the Morning Show staff for giving their heart and soul to the participants of this program.
Ari Welch (Technical Producer) Ari is extremely excited to return to Weston Drama Workshop for her 7th season on Staff! She received a BFA from The Theater School at DePaul University in Chicago and is a freelance stage manager in the Boston area. This is her second season as part of the producing team and she is also former participant in the evening program. At WDW and she has stage managed NEWSIES, WEST SIDE STORY, EVITA, THE WIZARD OF OZ and CHICAGO. Her recent Boston stage management works include THE CONVERT with Central Square Theatre. DRY LAND, SHELTER OF LAST RESORT (XXPlaylab), and THE FLICK with Company One Theatre. NOMAD AMERICANA with Fresh Ink, A PALPABLE HIT with Cambridge Historical Tours, and THE LITTLE BLUE ONE with Juventas New Music Ensemble. Her Chicago credits include CLOUD NINE, THE GRAPES OF WRATH, and A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE with Roosevelt University. IN A GARDEN with A Red Orchard Theater. LOOM with NWaC and THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING with Dog and Pony Theater Co. Ari would like to thank her family and friends for their support and encouragement.
Staff – Click on Image for Bio
Alexandra Lutkevich
Music Director for Descendants
Alexandra LutkevichMusic Director for Descendants
Alexandra Lutkevich is excited to return to WDW for her eighth production this summer! Recent music directing credits include “Leonard Bernstein’s New York” (Wayland High School), “Matilda” (WDW), and “Children of Eden” (WDW). An accomplished collaborative pianist, educator, and vocal coach, Allie is an Assistant Professor of Music at Wheaton College, where she teaches piano and works with the chorus. She has also been the collaborative pianist for Natick High School choirs since 2018. In recent years, Allie has accompanied groups at Framingham State University, the MMEA All-State Festival, Handel and Haydn’s Youth Chorus, Boston Children’s Chorus, The Walnut Hill School, and the Belmont Public Schools. She has taught piano lessons for the past twelve years at the Chestnut Hill School for Music, as well as maintaining a private studio. Allie is a graduate of New England Conservatory, where she earned her Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano. She received her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. She lives in Holliston with her husband and two young sons.
Jillian Wadland
Stage Manager for Beware the Jabberwock
Jillian WadlandStage Manager for Beware the Jabberwock
Jillian is thrilled to be working on Beware the Jabberwock this summer as she completes her third year at WDW and her first year on staff! When she is not at Weston, she spends the school year at Ithaca College, studying theatre with a concentration in stage management, English, and education. She is grateful to be back at Weston this summer, and cannot wait to see all of the incredible theatre that is sure to come!
Kira Troilo
Choreographer for Big Fish
Kira TroiloChoreographer for Big Fish
Kira Troilo is excited to return to WDW for this special season after having previously choreographed Evita, Chicago, and How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying. Recent local performing credits include Little Women, In the Heights (Wheelock Family Theatre), Caroline, or Change (Moonbox Productions), Gypsy, Camelot (Lyric Stage), Sister Act (NextDoor Theater) and Hairspray (Palace Theatre). Recent choreography credits include Parade (Moonbox — Elliott Norton Nomination), TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever (SpeakEasy Stage), Make Way for Ducklings (Wheelock/BU), The Little Mermaid (IRNE Nomination), Jesus Christ Superstar, Aida (Fiddlehead Theatre Company). She also recently assistant directed Admissions at SpeakEasy Stage Company. Kira graduated with a B.F.A. from Emerson College. She lives in Framingham with her husband Jared and her son Levi. Biracialmom.com
Nick Oberstein
Director (Merrily We Roll Along) & Season Scenic Designer
Nick ObersteinDirector (Merrily We Roll Along) & Season Scenic Designer
Nick Oberstein (Director, Merrily… & Season Scenic Designer) is grateful to once again be making summer theatre magic at WDW (this time under the stars!), having previously acted on stage in several shows as a participant. Nick has served as Scenic Designer for over thirty past productions with WDW, as well as Director of summer 51’s Two Gentlemen of Verona: the musical. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, with Boston-area acting credits that include: Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music with the Huntington Theatre Co., four productions with New Repertory Theatre, eight with Greater Boston Stage Co., The Nora Theatre Co., Wheelock Family Theatre, the Boston cast of Sheer Madness, and the title role in Bat Boy: the musical (IRNE nomination, Best Actor). Nick is also a theatre educator and director, having previously worked with Greater Boston Stage Co.’s young company, where his directing credits include: Titanic, Zanna, Don’t!, and Jane Eyre: the musical. Nick is also part of the team at My College Audition, serving as a Monologue and Acting for the Song coach — MCA specializes in private coaching for students from around the globe applying to audition-based college theatre programs (mycollegeaudition.com). He is a graduate of Framingham High School and a former member of their State Championship-winning Drama Company. Nick holds a BFA in Acting from Emerson College, where he received the Performing Arts Departmental award for Excellence. He lives with his husband Andrew in Boston. (nicksulfaro.com) “Years from now, we’ll remember and we’ll come back, Buy the rooftop and hang a plaque: ‘This is where we began, Being what we can.’ It’s our heads on the block, Give us room and start the clock. Our dreams coming true, Me and you, pal, me and you!…”
Rebecca Mayersohn
Marketing Manager
Rebecca MayersohnMarketing Manager
Becca Mayersohn has been involved with WDW since she appeared onstage as an Ozian in the 2003 Morning Show production of The Wizard of Oz. After many years as a participant and an Afternoon Show staff member, in 2015 she accepted the position of Marketing Manager. When she’s not at WDW, Becca works in the Development Office at Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, and also lives on campus as a Dorm Parent with her boyfriend and pets. Thank you Chris, Aidan, Ari, and the whole WDW team for another fabulous summer in Weston!
Alexandra Lutkevich is excited to return to WDW for her eighth production this summer! Recent music directing credits include “Leonard Bernstein’s New York” (Wayland High School), “Matilda” (WDW), and “Children of Eden” (WDW). An accomplished collaborative pianist, educator, and vocal coach, Allie is an Assistant Professor of Music at Wheaton College, where she teaches piano and works with the chorus. She has also been the collaborative pianist for Natick High School choirs since 2018. In recent years, Allie has accompanied groups at Framingham State University, the MMEA All-State Festival, Handel and Haydn’s Youth Chorus, Boston Children’s Chorus, The Walnut Hill School, and the Belmont Public Schools. She has taught piano lessons for the past twelve years at the Chestnut Hill School for Music, as well as maintaining a private studio. Allie is a graduate of New England Conservatory, where she earned her Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano. She received her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. She lives in Holliston with her husband and two young sons.
Jillian is thrilled to be working on Beware the Jabberwock this summer as she completes her third year at WDW and her first year on staff! When she is not at Weston, she spends the school year at Ithaca College, studying theatre with a concentration in stage management, English, and education. She is grateful to be back at Weston this summer, and cannot wait to see all of the incredible theatre that is sure to come!
Kira Troilo is excited to return to WDW for this special season after having previously choreographed Evita, Chicago, and How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying. Recent local performing credits include Little Women, In the Heights (Wheelock Family Theatre), Caroline, or Change (Moonbox Productions), Gypsy, Camelot (Lyric Stage), Sister Act (NextDoor Theater) and Hairspray (Palace Theatre). Recent choreography credits include Parade (Moonbox — Elliott Norton Nomination), TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever (SpeakEasy Stage), Make Way for Ducklings (Wheelock/BU), The Little Mermaid (IRNE Nomination), Jesus Christ Superstar, Aida (Fiddlehead Theatre Company). She also recently assistant directed Admissions at SpeakEasy Stage Company. Kira graduated with a B.F.A. from Emerson College. She lives in Framingham with her husband Jared and her son Levi. Biracialmom.com
Nick Oberstein (Director, Merrily… & Season Scenic Designer) is grateful to once again be making summer theatre magic at WDW (this time under the stars!), having previously acted on stage in several shows as a participant. Nick has served as Scenic Designer for over thirty past productions with WDW, as well as Director of summer 51’s Two Gentlemen of Verona: the musical. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, with Boston-area acting credits that include: Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music with the Huntington Theatre Co., four productions with New Repertory Theatre, eight with Greater Boston Stage Co., The Nora Theatre Co., Wheelock Family Theatre, the Boston cast of Sheer Madness, and the title role in Bat Boy: the musical (IRNE nomination, Best Actor). Nick is also a theatre educator and director, having previously worked with Greater Boston Stage Co.’s young company, where his directing credits include: Titanic, Zanna, Don’t!, and Jane Eyre: the musical. Nick is also part of the team at My College Audition, serving as a Monologue and Acting for the Song coach — MCA specializes in private coaching for students from around the globe applying to audition-based college theatre programs (mycollegeaudition.com). He is a graduate of Framingham High School and a former member of their State Championship-winning Drama Company. Nick holds a BFA in Acting from Emerson College, where he received the Performing Arts Departmental award for Excellence. He lives with his husband Andrew in Boston. (nicksulfaro.com) “Years from now, we’ll remember and we’ll come back, Buy the rooftop and hang a plaque: ‘This is where we began, Being what we can.’ It’s our heads on the block, Give us room and start the clock. Our dreams coming true, Me and you, pal, me and you!…”