Ethan Paulini+ (he/him)

TENTH SEASON

In addition to being the Producing Artistic Director of the Weathervane Theatre, Ethan served as the Associate Artist Director of New York City’s Out of the Box Theatrics. He has national credits as a director, choreographer, actor, writer, and educator. Proud member of Society of Directors and Choreographers (SDC) and Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Actors (SAG/AFTRA) and a member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA). More info at ethanpaulini.com and ethancoaches.com.

Ashley McManus (she/her)

FIRST SEASON

​​A Carbonell Award Winner. Graduate of Ellington School of the Arts (DC) & AMDA (NY). Select Credits: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Choreographer), WAITRESS (Assoc. Director & Choreographer), BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL (Assoc. Director & Choreographer), SOMETHING ROTTEN (Assoc. Choreographer), all at The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina.

Andrew Morrissey (he/him)

SIXTH SEASON

Andrew Morrissey is a NYC-based pianist, music director, vocal coach, and composer. Experience includes educational, community, and semi-professional theatre in NH, NYC, and the DMV area. A NH native, regional credits include Interlakes, Jean’s Playhouse, Winnipesaukee Playhouse and Plymouth State University, where he received a BA in Music. He has an MM in stage music composition from CUA, and his thesis project grew into a fully-fledged staging of Lost In Wonderland with DC’s Pallas Theatre Collective. Current projects include a new musical based on Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray and another on the life of Rasputin. IG: Andrewmorrisseymusic

Bronwen Chan (she/her)

FIRST SEASON

Bronwen is excited to be at Weathervane this summer! She was most recently Associate Music Director on the North American tour of COME FROM AWAY. Selected credits: AGAIN (Orchestrator, Theater Mu); DOT DOT DOT: A NEW MUSICAL (Music Director, TheaterworksUSA); Wicked movies (Music Assistant, NBCUniversal).

Rien Schlecht (she/her)

TWENTY-FIRST SEASON

Favorite Weathervane designs include A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (NH Theatre Award), GUYS AND DOLLS (NH Theatre Award), EURYDICE, BUYER AND CELLAR, and SWEENEY TODD (NH Theatre Award). Her New York theatre credits – Out of the Box Theatrics, including the Drama Desk-nominated BABY, several seasons with Theatre For A New Audience, Radio City, Mark Morris Ballet, and many other theatres and TV commercials. She designed The Mysteries at The Flea (Drama Desk nom), The Jinx for HBO, worked on THE WOODSMAN at New World Stages, and the stage and film productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Julie Taymor. 

Jeremy Baldauf (he/him)

THIRD SEASON

(Resident Lighting Designer) Based in Vermont, Jeremy has been a freelance technical designer for 10+ years, traveling the East Coast and beyond. He is excited to be returning for his third season with the Weathervane! Jeremy is also a gaffer and grip for film and television, and is an active member of IATSE Local #481.

Alexander Pikiben (he/him)

THIRD SEASON

(Sound Design – Jagged, Shark, Ruth, Grease, Waitress) is a freelance lighting and sound designer from Minneapolis. He is currently a lighting and sound professor at Truman State University.  He is excited to be working at the Weathervane this season with his wonderful partner AP. Free Palestine.

Gabbie Flores (they/them)

FIRST SEASON

(Properties Designer – Jagged, Shark, Ruth, Grease, Waitress) is a props artist based in San Angelo, TX, and a student at Angelo State University. They’ve worked on shows like DEARLY DEPARTED (assistant props & scenic) and THE OLD MAN AND THE OLD MOON (props & puppet designer). They are excited to join Weathervane Theatre for this season.

Jourdan Alexander

AP Pikiben (they/them)

THIRD SEASON

(Costume Design – Grease, Waitress | Intimacy Coordinator | Production Manager) is a theatre artist based out of the Midwest. They are currently working at Truman State University as a Professor of Theatre. AP is so excited to be back with their Weathervane family alongside their partner, Alexander. They are excited to create beautiful theatre in the North Country!

Jason Luck (he/him)

SECOND SEASON

(Scene Design – Shark | Resident Scenic Charge Artist) is an Ohio-based scenic artist and designer. Previously, he designed SWEAT and BURIAL AT THEBES at Baldwin Wallace University. This is his second season scenic painting at Weathervane and recently painted ELF, FOOTLOOSE, and JOSEPH… at Broadway Sacramento. He hopes you enjoy the show! @jjluck10

Vero Villaloboso (she/her)

THIRD SEASON

 Working her way through every position at Weathervane, Vero’s excited to be stepping in as technical director for the 60th season. Previous credits include: musician for EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE, THE FULL MONTY, and CABARET; playwright for GLOCK 17. Para mi Papa: ¡Mira, soy carpinterá como tú! Te amo.

Reed Davis* (he/him)

SECOND SEASON

Reed is returning to Weathervane for his second season. He is currently pursuing his MFA in Stage Management at the University of Iowa. Previously, he has worked with Opera House Arts, First Stage Milwaukee, and Penobscot Theatre Company. Thank you to his friends and family for their support—enjoy the show!

TessaMarie Beard (she/her)

FIRST SEASON

TessaMarie is a Chicago-based theatre artist and stage manager. This is her first season with Weathervane, and she is super excited to be part of the theatre’s 60th anniversary season!

Sam Powers* (he/him)

FIRST SEASON

Recent credits include: Kennedy Center: SHEAR MADNESS; Everyman Theatre: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE; Round House Theatre: A HANUKKAH CAROL; Florida Studio Theatre: THE 4CNOTES, RHINESTONE COWGIRLS, THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND, TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT, CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REMIXED!, BLACK PEARL SINGS!, THE ’70S-MORE THAN A DECADE; Proud Muhlenberg College graduate. www.sampowersstage.com @sampowersstage

Diablo Cody

Diablo Cody is an award-winning screenwriter. Her debut film, Juno, won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay, and the Writers Guild Award for Best Original Screenplay. She has since written a number of critically acclaimed films including Young Adult, Tully and the now cult-classic Jennifer’s Body.

Diablo also created the Emmy Award-winning series United States of Tara with Steven Spielberg, which ran for three seasons on Showtime, as well as One Mississippi for Amazon with Tig Notaro.

She won a Tony Award for her hit Broadway musical Jagged Little Pill, which is based on Alanis Morissette’s seminal album of the same name.

Alanis Morrissette

Alanis Morissette is one of the most influential singer-songwriter-musicians/artists in contemporary music. Her deeply expressive music and performances have earned vast critical praise, 14 Canadian Juno Awards, seven Grammy® Awards (with an additional 14 nominations), two Golden Globe nominations, a BRIT Award, and sales of over 75 million albums worldwide. Her debut album, Jagged Little Pill, was followed by nine more eclectic and critically acclaimed albums, all of which continue to influence and inspire fans and fellow artists alike. Her artistic impact can also be seen via Jagged Little Pill, the Musical, which made its Broadway debut in December 2019, was nominated for 15 Tony Awards, with two wins, and continues to tour globally. Alanis was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and, most recently, The Canadian Songwriter Hall of Fame. Alanis has acted on the big and small screens both comedically and dramatically with roles in Curb Your Enthusiasm, Dogma, Sex and the City, Weeds and Up All Night, among many others. She is currently starring in Fox’s sitcom The Great North.

Alanis’ influence can be felt not only in music, as she is also a dedicated supporter and student of spiritual, psychological and physical wholeness, which includes addiction and trauma recovery, female empowerment and the advancement of a more “whole” approach to children’s education. In 2016, she launched Conversation with Alanis Morissette, a podcast that features conversations with a variety of revered authors, doctors, educators and therapists, covering a wide range of psychosocial topics extending from spirituality to developmentalism to art.

As an independent scholar, Alanis has developed her own learning models and practices, integrating and distilling her research, knowledge and experience into teachings that combine her clearly articulated (and often channeled) go-right-for-the jugular insights with profound empathy. Facilitating her message through performances, writing, interviews, teachings and public speaking, Alanis has shared the stage with some of today’s great thinkers and change agents, including Oprah Winfrey, Arianna Huffington, Neale Donald Walsch, Richard Schwartz, Gabor Mate, Ken Wilber, Harville Hendrix, John Gottman and others. She has contributed her writing to a variety of forums, including a weekly column in The Guardian, Time Magazine and The New York Times. Alanis, additionally, leads workshops online and at learning institutions such as UCLA, Omega Institute, Esalen and 1440 Multiversity, and participates in a variety of keynote speaking engagements worldwide.

A dedicated charitable activist, Alanis has supported numerous causes that focus on empowerment, art, psychological/spiritual healing, relationships and environmental causes, ultimately earning her a Global Tolerance Award from the United Nations. Alanis was also honored with the Rock the Vote’s Patrick Lippert Award for her dedication to causes making the world safer for young people, including the benefit concert Groundwork, for The Act to Reduce Hunger, as well as several fundraisers for gun control and 9/11 relief.

Glen Ballard

Six-Time Grammy® Award winner Glen Ballard is one of popular music’s most accomplished producers and songwriters, whose records have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide.

Ballard’s credits include co-writing “Man In The Mirror,” first heard on Michael Jackson’s 8x Platinum album, Bad (1988). As a single, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 Chart, and it remains one of Jackson’s most popular and well-loved recordings. In 1990, Ballard produced and co-wrote Wilson Phillips’ self-titled debut album, which sold 10x Platinum, earned three Grammy nominations for Ballard, and resulted in three #1 pop singles: “Hold On,” “Release Me” and “You’re In Love.” One of Ballard’s biggest successes is Alanis Morrissette’s multi-platinum debut album Jagged Little Pill, which he co-wrote and produced in its entirety. The 1995 chart-topping album has been certified 16x Platinum in the U.S. (with worldwide sales in excess of 30 million copies) and remains the #3 bestselling album in history, as well as being the bestselling solo album and bestselling debut album of all time. The album garnered four Billboard Top 10 hit singles: “You Oughta Know,” “Ironic,” “Hand In My Pocket” and “You Learn.” Honored as Billboard’s “Top Pop Album of the 90s,” Jagged Little Pill earned Ballard three Grammys for Best Rock Song (“You Oughta Know”), Best Rock Album and the coveted Album Of The Year, and he was also nominated for Producer Of The Year. Jagged Little Pill Live won him yet another Grammy for Best Video (Long Form). The following year, the single “Ironic”, from the same album, was nominated for Record of the Year.

Other credits include co-writing and producing Grammy-nominated “Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees)” and Grammy-winning “Pink” off Aerosmith’s double platinum Nine Lives, as well as co-writing and producing all songs on The Dave Matthews Band’s multi-Platinum album Everyday (2001). Ballard also produced and co-penned Christina Aguilera’s hit song “The Voice Within” from her 2002 triple Platinum album Stripped. Ballard established himself as a soundtrack hit-maker with the song “Believe”, co-written with Alan Silvestri and performed by Josh Groban for the film The Polar Express, which won Ballard a Grammy and nominations for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award in 2005.

Concord Theatricals

Concord Theatricals is the world’s most significant theatrical company, comprising the catalogs of R&H Theatricals, Samuel French, Tams-Witmark and The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection, plus dozens of new signings each year. Our unparalleled roster includes the work of Irving Berlin, Agatha Christie, George & Ira Gershwin, Marvin Hamlisch, Lorraine Hansberry, Kander & Ebb, Kitt & Yorkey, Ken Ludwig, Marlow & Moss, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anaïs Mitchell, Dominique Morisseau, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Thornton Wilder and August Wilson.

With offices in New York, London, and Berlin, Concord Theatricals is the only firm providing truly comprehensive services to the creators and producers of plays and musicals, including theatrical licensing, music publishing, script publishing, cast recording, and first-class production.

musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form.

MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 100,000 professional, community and school theatres in the US and in over 150 countries worldwide.

MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior® shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students.