Mark Lorence (President) has been a board member since 2014 and is honored to be working with a great team of parents, alumni, and theater professionals who are committed to improving the Weston Drama Workshop experience. Mark is a musician and enjoys performing with the Boston College Symphonic Band as well as playing in the pit orchestra for his children’s shows at school and WDW. He strongly believes that arts education is important for all students and is proud to be associated with the Weston Drama Workshop family.
Sue Ryan (Vice President) has been involved with Weston Drama Workshop for over a quarter of a century wearing many different hats – board president, sweeping floors, turning mirror towers, making costumes, finding props, and most proudly as the Executive Producer. After retiring from her role as executive producer, she has returned to the board to continue to be involved with an organization she loves. Sue lives in Weston with her husband, Mike, and works in customer service at the wonderful Village Bank in Newton.
Lynn Doucette-Stamm (Treasurer) joined the board in 2015 and is thrilled to contribute to the mission and growth of the program. Lynn obtained her Ph.D. in Genetics and Cell Biology at Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences. Lynn currently heads the Boston University Clinical Testing Laboratory responsible for all COVID testing within the University as well as serving as an independent consultant and strategic advisor in Clinical and Human Genetics areas. She is an active member of corporate entities, scientific organizations, and grant/manuscript review boards. Lynn brings her business and financial experience and her love of theater to the WDW program.
Anne Isaacs (Clerk – On Leave) is the Drama Director at Weston High School, where she directs three productions a year and teaches a variety of performing arts classes. She holds degrees in Theater and English literature from Colgate University, and an M.A. in Theatre Education from Emerson College. An alum of the program, Anne is excited to return as a board member to help create another amazing season at WDW!
Anna Litvak-Hinenzon (Interim Clerk) is an Applied Math Ph.D. working as a Senior Analytics Lead. Anna loves the arts and did a BA in fine arts, double-majoring with Math. She is passionate about the combination of math, technology, and art and while working in technology and data science, tries to have as much art as possible in the “extracurricular” part of her life – enjoying theater, galleries, music, and playing jazz on her flute. She has two children, Stav and Michaela, who are active in theater and have been part of the WDW program. Her previous board experience was at a Waldorf school, where she was a co-founder, board member, and head of the board over a four-year period.
Dawn Adelson is thrilled to rejoin the Weston Drama Workshop board after serving as a member from 2018-2020. She has more than 25 years of experience in development, working for leading educational and arts institutions, including MIT, the Museum of Modern Art, and Columbia University. Her daughter Skylar has participated in five seasons of Weston Drama Workshop, beginning in 2015 as a munchkin in The Wizard of Oz. Dawn and her theater-loving family live in Weston and have greatly enjoyed being part of the Weston Drama Workshop community.
Gerry Brunk joined the Board in 2024. His daughter is a five-season alum of Weston Drama Workshop, where she had incredible experiences every summer on and off the stage. A lifelong theater fan, Gerry worked and volunteered in stage management and lighting design for several community and school theaters through high school and then at the University of Virginia and Stanford University. After working in healthcare consulting and at two life science start-ups since 2002, he has been a partner at Lumira Ventures, a healthcare venture capital firm in Boston.
Alyssa Connor is honored and thrilled to be a new board member as Weston Drama Workshop has made her a firm advocate for the positive influence of theater arts in the lives of young people – particularly the ones that live in her house! Alyssa moved to Massachusetts from California in order to earn her master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She went on to teach in Newton and Caracas, Venezuela before finally ending up in Wellesley where she has been teaching middle school English and Social Studies for the past 20 years. She also coaches the award-winning WMS Rubik’s cube team! Alyssa has taught religious education through St. George Parish in Framingham and served on the board for Iskwelahang Pilipino (Pilipino School of Boston). Her children Max and Hadley will be entering their 6th WDW season this summer!
Cathy Levesque is honored and thrilled to join the Weston Drama Workshop board. Her younger son Cameron has been involved with WDW since 2017 and every experience he has had there has been extremely special and life changing. Cathy is hoping to help give back to this program that has given her son and family so much joy and community over the years. She is a stay at home mom who volunteers at Lovelane Special Needs Horse Barn and sits on the Arts Ambassador Committee for Concord Academy.
Emily Olson is a retired nurse practitioner by day and a devotee of ballet and theater by night! She steadfastly ruined all 4 of her children by taking them to live theater at age 3, thereby creating 3 theater mavens out of 4! 2 of them are now in theater arts themselves, getting much of their skills and supports as adolescents in WDW. One is now a professional costume designer and the other is in talent and writing. Emily has been a member of the board since 2006 when her children were participants. She continues to serve because she believes the quality of this program and the producers’ vision and philosophy contribute to our community as well as to the growth of our participants.
Susan Slotoroff is thrilled to be a member of the WDW board after being a fan for quite a while. One of Susan’s best friends was a participant in WDW years ago and after years of hearing stories of how incredible and transformative the program was, Susan was thrilled to get involved! A member of AEA & SAG-AFTRA, Susan performed professionally for 12 years before joining the staff at Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS where she currently oversees all corporate and strategic partnerships. An avid runner, Susan is the founder and producer of the Broadway Run, the annual 5K & Marathon that supports Broadway Cares. She holds a BFA in Acting from Elon University.
Michelle Sterk Barrett joined the board in 2020 after seeing how much joy it brought to her family during her daughter’s (Elizabeth, grade 10) involvement in the prior three summers. Professionally, Michelle has served as the Director of the Donelan Office of Community-Based Learning at the College of the Holy Cross since 2012. Her scholarship and teaching focus on spirituality, service-learning, and social justice. She is excited to join the board as she greatly appreciates the way in which WDW fosters community building and development of the whole person within the context of high-quality theatre productions.
Ex Officio Board Members
Chris Brindley (Producing Artistic Director)
Aidan O’Hara (Producer)
Advisory Board Members
Tom Caruso (Programming)
Jim Henderson (Legal)