ABOUT
Join us as we celebrate 60 incredible years of The Weathervane Theatre—a night of memories, magic, and milestones!
When: Sunday, September 7th at 7 PM
Where: The Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa
101 Mountain View Rd., Whitefield, NH 03598
What: An evening of light bites, exclusive entertainment, and warm nostalgia celebrating 60 seasons of live theatre in the North Country.
Dress Code: Sparkle and Shine
SILENT AUCTION
From one-of-a-kind items to unique experiences, we offer a wide variety of items to bid on at the event's silent auction. Check it out below!
Featured GUESTS
We’re pleased to present some of your favorite Weathervaners from yesteryear.
Kevin Smith Kirkwood
Acting Company
2004, 2005, 2008
Visit kevinsmithkirkwood.com to find out more about other performing and directing credits!
Jennifer
Neuland-Gerlach
Acting Company
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
Off-Broadway and National Tours: Starcrossed: The Trials of Galileo (Goodspeed Opera House – Original Cast), Honky Tonk Highway (Jenine-Kate)
Jennifer was an Associate to Tony Award-winning choreographer Peter Gennaro and an Associate Director to Tony Award-winning director and lyricist Martin Charnin. “Olivier Award” Nomination in London for her choreography on the Annie 20th Anniversary Production
Scott
McGowan
Acting Company
7 seasons between 2001 and 2011
Scott McGowan was a company member for 7 seasons from 2001 to 2011 and is a two-time NH Best Supporting Actor winner for Miss Saigon and Evita!. Shows include Parade, Cabaret, Art, The Full Monty, Legally Blonde, and about 30 others as performer and director.
Scott has been a member of Vivid Stage in Summit, NJ, for 17 years, doing new works and world premieres of plays with story and heart. He has worked steadily, garnering two NJ Tony Awards for Best Actor in a
Musical awarded by the Newark Star Ledger for Mack & Mabel and I Do!, I Do!.
Regional credits include Tony in Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center and Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. Scott has also performed and/or directed Forever Plaid eleven times. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, where he served on the governing body for 16 years and was a Tony voter. Extremely proud parent of Shaelyn and Essa.
Colin Keating
Music Supervisor
Box Office Manager
2009 - 2022
Colin spent 14 summers at The Weathervane, serving as the Music Supervisor and Box Office Manager. He is a two-time recipient of the New Hampshire Theater Award for Best Professional Music Director.
He received both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s in Music Education at the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University. He is the director of Choral Music at C. W. Baker in Baldwinsville, where he also serves as the Executive Producer of the district’s theater arts program. For seven years, Colin was the Artistic Director of the Baldwinsville Theatre Guild, New York State’s longest consecutively running community theater. He has directed and music directed numerous shows with theater organizations throughout the Central New York community, where he has been honored with Syracuse Area Live Theater (SALT) Awards for both directing and music directing. Colin now serves as the Resident Music Director at The Redhouse Arts Center in downtown Syracuse. However, Colin’s greatest achievement is playing the role of Dad to his most beloved son, Leo, and husband to the greatest man, Robbie.
Deborah Jean
Templin
Acting Company
2001, 2007, 2008 2010, 2012
Cullen R.
Titmas
Acting Company
1999, 2001
Cullen had 2 amazing summers at the Weathervane Theatre in 1999 and 2001. Some favorites include Perfect Wedding, Sophisticated Ladies, The Complete History of America (abridged), and Floyd Collins.
Select credits include
BROADWAY: The Last Ship; 1st NATIONAL TOUR: The Bridges of Madison County (Bud), Billy Elliot (Tony), and Avenue Q (Nicky/Trekkie); OFF-BROADWAY: New World Stages: Avenue Q (Nicky/Trekkie). DISNEY: Animal Kingdom’s Finding Nemo, the Musical (original Marlin)
REGIONAL: The American Repertory Theatre: WAITRESS, MUNY: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Lincoln Center: John and Jen, North Shore MT: AIDA (Radames), Footloose (Ren), Marriott Lincolnshire: Forever Plaid (Sparky)
FAVORITE: title role in Adam Guettel’s Floyd Collins at the Weathervane.
TV: CBS “Person of Interest”, FX “The Americans”, SHOWTIME “Ray Donovan”, CBS “FBI: Most Wanted”
Gratitude to my best mate Mary G.
Robert H. Fowler
Acting Company
Associate Artistic Director
2010 - present
As Associate Artistic Director, with Ethan Paulini, Producing Artistic Director, Robert remains excited about the continued dedication to the vision of its Founders, Gibbs Murray and Tom Haas, and former Artistic Director, Jacques Stewart, of making the Weathervane Theatre a destination for an exceptional accessible theatrical experience. We are grateful to the community and our supporters who continue to hold us up as a leading professional theater company in the North Country.
Favorite WV Productions: the ground-breaking CABARET (Herr Schultz), U.S. premiere of EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE (Sandra Bollock), the World premiere of THE STORY GOES ON: THE SONGS OF MALTBY/SHIRE (Robert/NHTA nom), LES MIZ (Javert), DRIVING MISS DAISY (Hoke) and MEMPHIS (Delray/NHTA nom).
Gibbs Murray
Co-Founder
resident designer/Actor
1966-present
As a young man, Murray brought artistry and considerable theatre experience onstage and off. A faculty member at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, he would eventually retire as Chair of the Display and Design Department having made an indelible mark on more students than can be counted.
And for every summer since 1966, it has been his artistry and singular design that have defined the look and style of the Weathervane. Thousands of alumni staff and audience members instantly recognize the ‘look’ of our productions, all guided by his inestimable talent and vision and his presence onstage and off is felt by every successive Company and each summer’s audience. You can see Gibbs in every drawing, his influence in each intricate stage design and of course you can see him yourself each and every summer at the Theatre.
Ron Trenouth
Acting Company
Director
1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2018
Ron considers the Weathervane his artistic home. He first came to the Theatre in 1990 and then again, and again and again…(1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2018).
Favorite shows include OKLAHOMA, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, FOREVER PLAID, CHILDREN OF EDEN, LEND ME A TENOR, DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER, MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, and RAGTIME. Ron was in the Vancouver, Chicago, and Broadway companies of the original production of RAGTIME, and performed in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Ron met his wife, Diane DiCroce, here in 1992. Their daughter Grace is currently studying opera at Bard College and Conservatory. Ron is also a founding member of the Weathervane Theatre Alumni Association.
Rick Farrar
Cabaret Company
Acting Company & director
Assoc. Artistic Director
Alumni Assoc. Founder
Six seasons starting in 1982
2000-present (WVAA)
Rick Farrar spent six summers at Weathervane Theatre starting in 1982, performing in roles such as Mozart in Amadeus, Tony in West Side Story (with Judy Kuhn), and Candide in Candide (opposite Jane Giering). He also directed productions including Crimes of the Heart, Oklahoma!, and Kiss Me, Kate as Associate Artistic Director to Tom Haas. A founding member of the Weathervane Theatre Alumni Association, he served as its President from 2000–2007. He was also part of the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s resident acting company.
From 1993–96, Rick led the Colonial Theatre in Keene, NH as Executive Director during its early restoration. He later spent 26 years at Ralph Lauren Architecture + Design Studio, retiring in 2023 as Head of Global Retail and Wholesale Stores. He also was a founding board member and served as the Board Chair for the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, a non-profit dedicated to providing residencies for writers in the development of their works of musical theatre. Rick currently serves on the board of the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance.
Rick holds an AB in Visual and Environmental Design from Harvard and a Master of Architecture from Yale.
Jeff Zadroga
Acting Company
Alumni Assoc. President
1992
2000-present (WVAA)
Jeff worked at the Weathervane in 1992 in South Pacific, Me and My Girl, Our Town, among others. Other theatre credits include Annie Get Your Gun, Evita, Sweeney Todd, Carousel, and Mame, as well as performing for a year in Hawaii with American Hawaii Cruises. In addition to performing in the theatre, Jeff was the Director of Publications for The Dramatists Guild for two years, where he worked with many professional theatre writers, including conducting a memorable interview with the late Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Jeff switched careers and joined Accenture in 1998 as a Finance Manager and now works for Barclays Bank in the chief controls office. As a college student, Jeff spent a year touring with Up with People and now serves as Treasurer for the Up with People International Alumni Association. In 2023, Jeff and his husband, Rick Farrar, moved from NYC and the Hudson Valley to New Castle, New Hampshire. Jeff is an avid supporter of the Weathervane and a founder, as well as the current President and Treasurer of the Weathervane Theatre Alumni Association.