Jorge Donoso (he/him)

SEVENTH SEASON 

Off-Broadway: At The Wedding (Lincoln Center Theater), Baby (Out of the Box Theatrics), 48 Hours in El Bronx (Harlem9/Pregones). Other: Buyer & Cellar, The Curious Incident (Weathervane Theatre); Into the Woods, Peter and the Starcatcher (Playmakers Repertory Company); Triassic Parq (Wagon Wheel Arts). MFA Acting, UNC-Chapel Hill. Listen to Jorge on the new Off-Broadway Cast Recording of BABY.

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.

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. 

Hillary Jeffers (she/they)

SIXTH SEASON

Hillary s excited to return to the Weathervane Theatre for her 6th season. Favorite past designs include Weathervane Theatre’s Addams Family, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Disaster!, and Wig/ Makeup Design for Kinky Boots and Amadeus. She is currently the Owner of Midnight Menagerie, an inclusive up-cycling small business. Hillary holds a BS in Fashion Merchandising and Apparel Design from Georgia Southern University.

Doaa Ouf (she/her) 

FIRST SEASON

Doaa is a Director, Producer, and Projection Designer from Cairo, Egypt. Doaa’s work seamlessly integrates her expansive experiences to create compelling, narratively immersive, and deeply resonant storytelling. Select credits: Notes on Killing.. (Yale Rep, CT Critics Award Nominee); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Fucking A (the Geffen School); more at NYTW, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Long Wharf Theatre. She is excited to join the Weathervane family for Waitress, Dirty Blonde, and The Tempest this season. Yale Projection Design MFA ‘25. Doaaouf.com

CONNOR VON RENTZELL (he/they)

FIRST SEASON

Connor is a recent graduate from the University of South Dakota. Sound Design credits include THE 39 STEPS (University of South Dakota) and THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (Black Hills Playhouse). Lighting Design credits include THE LIGHTNING THIEF and BAT BOY (University of South Dakota).

CASS BURGESSS  (he/him)

FIRST SEASON

Cass is known for his passion and meticulous attention to detail on his projects. He is excited to be making his props designer debut at the Weathervane. Some of his favorite credits as a props artisan include Primary Trust, Mary Poppins, Detroit ’67, and Dragon Pack Snack Attack.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon and died there in 1616. Works include Henry VI, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors, Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo & Juliet, Richard II, A Midnight Summer’s Dream, King John, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV, Love’s Labour’s Won, Henry V, Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Troilus and Cressida, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale, and The Tempest.

Nathaniel P. Claridad (he/him)

FIFTH SEASON 

Nathaniel is an NYC-based actor and director. Recent directing credits: 2024/2025 Musical Theatre Directing Fellowship at City Center in association with The Drama League; and Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood at Imagination Stage (8 Helen Hayes Award nominations including Outstanding Musical Production, and Oustanding Director). Other directing credits include work at Weathervane Theatre, TheatreWorksUSA, Imagination Stage, Southern Rep., Two River Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Out of the Box Theatrics, the One Minute Play Festival, New York Shakespeare Exchange, Peculiar Works Project, a Drama League Resident in 2019 and 2016, as well as a guest director for New York University, Marymount Manhattan, and the University of Maryland, College Park. Acting credits include Here Lies Love (The Public Theater), Taylor Mac’s 24 Decade History… (St. Ann’s Warehouse), numerous regional and international credits from the Kennedy Center to the Sydney Opera House.

Andrew Morrissey (he/him)

SIXTH SEASON

Andrew Morrissey is a NYC-based pianist, award-winning 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

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

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!

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. 

HANNAH SHOWALTER, she/her

FIFTH SEASON

This is Hannah’s fifth season with the Weathervane! Hannah received a BA in Theatre and Dance from Keene State College. Some memorable shows she has worked on are… FUN HOME (Helen), SHREK (Humpty Dumpy), and CURIOUS INCIDENT… (Ensemble)! Hannah is thrilled to be back with the Weathervane crew and can’t wait to work on this awesome season!