MUSICAL THEATER DIVISION

    The Massachusetts Educational Theater Guild’s Musical Theater Division promotes the value of musical theater in schools, celebrates emerging talent on stage, and recognizes the hard work and dedication of production designers, technicians, and producers that bring beautiful theater to life across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

    METG MUSICAL THEATEr AWARDS

    This Tony Awards-style program offers both middle and high school members a season-long opportunity to bring experienced adjudicators into their theaters, where they will receive professional feedback on their hard work creating musical theater productions. Participating students and teachers benefit from the educational expertise vital to improving their program. Each June, The Musical Theater Awards Ceremony recognizes student excellence across several performance, design, and production categories. Each year, METG adjudicators evaluate close to 75 Middle and High School musicals, recognizing well over 5,000 participating students. 

    Questions about the Musical Theater Awards? Contact mtdivision@metg.org for more information.

    Click here to register for the 2026/2027 metg mt awards

    THE JIMMY AWARDS

    As part of our work recognizing emerging talent on stage, the METG is excited to participate in the National High School Musical Theater Awards ® (NHSMTA)—also known as the Jimmy Awards ®. The Jimmy Awards are a national celebration of outstanding student achievement, recognizing individual artistry in vocal, dance, and acting performance and elevating the importance of theater arts education in schools. The Jimmy Awards are presented by The Broadway League Foundation.

    In Massachusetts, two high-school aged students (one best actor/actress) will represent the Commonwealth and go on a to New York City and participate in a week-long intensive experience, including coaching and rehearsals with industry professionals. The week culminates in a one-night-only showcase on Broadway, where a panel of judges crowns the nation’s top performers. The Jimmy Awards are named for legendary Broadway theater owner and producer James M. Nederlander. The METG is delighted to be sponsored by Broadway in Boston and to join the network of theaters across the country participating in The Jimmy Awards.

    MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOPS

    The METG Musical Theater Division is pleased to offer Musical Theater Workshops for current middle and high school students. These programs provide students with valuable resources and opportunities to continue their education, develop new skills, and strengthen their existing abilities in Musical Theater. Workshops will focus on both performance and technical aspects of Musical Theater.

     

    Workshops are offered annually and feature a variety of focus areas designed to support and inspire students as they continue to grow as performers, artists, and theater professionals. 

     

    Click here to register for the 2026 Musical Theater Workshops

    MUSICAL THEATER SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST

    The METG Musical Theater Division is pleased to offer the annual Musical Theater Scholarship Contest. Open to any current high school student, this opportunity provides resources to help students continue their education, access professional productions, or support enrollment in camps or workshops. 

    Guidelines:

    • Any current high school student from Grades 9,10,11, or 12 may participate in the High School Musical Theater Contest Day.
    • Students should prepare a 1 minute cut of a musical theater song. This should showcase your voice and acting ability.
    • Songs should be memorized.
    • Please bring your sheet music prepared in a binder marked with where you would like to start and stop your song. You will be singing with an accompanist- no “a capella” singing.
    • Students will introduce themselves as their ID number and what song they will be singing and what musical it is from.
    • Students should dress appropriately for audition attire.
    • Only musical theater songs will be accepted. Please refrain from using pop songs or songs from films or television shows.
    • After the initial audition, a group of finalists from each session will be selected to present a one minute cut of a second piece later in the day. This piece should contrast with their first song.
    • Timing of the entire day will be announced after registration has closed.

    Students will be assessed on their work against a rubric.

    Rubric Areas:

    • Vocal Work- Musicality, Notes and Pitch
    • Acting – Storytelling through Song, Physical Choices, Expression, Presence, Understanding of Text and Subtext
    • Preparation- music marked, professional introduction, within time guidelines
    • Overall Impact- showcase of range, audition attire

    Once registration has closed, you will be contacted about your audition time slot. You will be in the same block as students from other schools and will have an opportunity to present your work in front of them. If you are entering multiple scholarships/contests, the METG will work to make sure that there is as little overlap as possible.

    METG MUSICAL THEATER ADJUDICATORS

    Vito Abate is an award-winning actor, producer, director, writer, and videographer originally from New York City. After many years, he left the city and spent four seasons working with the Tony-winning theatre company of the Denver Center for Performing Arts before relocating to Charlotte, NC. While in NC, he performed with the nationally recognized Children’s Theatre of Charlotte and acted and directed throughout the Carolinas. Vito was a founding judge of Charlotte’s Blumey Awards and helped send Eva Noblezada (finalist) and Reneé Rapp (winner) to the Jimmy Awards. He served as Vice President of the North Carolina Theatre Conference and continues to adjudicate their high school play festival every fall. Vito has been a judge in the METG musical theatre division since relocating to Greater Boston in 2019. In 2023, he directed the musical A Man of No Importance at The Footlight Club in Boston. Favorite roles include Billis/South Pacific, Fester/The Addams Family Musical, Mitch/”Streetcar”. Directing highlights: Sylvia, A Funny Thing…, Steel Magnolias, Children of Eden, A Christmas Carol, Leading Ladies. Vito is an acting coach as well as a certified life and mental health coach. www.vitoabate.com

    Beth Barefoot recently retired as Business Manager of Boston University’s School of Theatre after a career as music director in professional, equity, and university theatre in the Portland, Maine area.  Herself a member of Actors’ Equity, she has had the great fortune of being able to marry her business degree and love of theatre, along with her extensive music training, for a fulfilling career in the arts, including a busy private voice and piano studio in Portland, Chair of Fine Arts at Maine’s Hebron Academy, and guest accompanist at voice recitals and regional and state honors choruses.  Standout MD memories include working with Joe Machota as Ren in Maine State Music Theatre’s FOOTLOOSE, and with future Broadway Mainers Eric Giancola, Meg Doherty, and Robyn Hurder in several productions in their high school years.  Favorite musicals of the 50+ she has performed, conducted, or MD’ed include CRAZY FOR YOU, WORKING, and WEST SIDE STORY.  An Arlington resident, she enjoys singing in the Arlington-Belmont Chorale, keeping up with her five grandchildren, volunteering to rescue food for FoodLink, and serving as Finance Chair at her church. 

    Gina Beck is a full-time member of the Voice Faculty at the Boston Conservatory, and a former voice teacher at Emerson College and Walnut Hill School for the Arts. She was also a Senior Lecturer of “Vocal Techniques” and Creativity and Innovation classes “Finding Your Creative Voice” and “Revising Reality” at Suffolk University in Boston, MA, for many years. Beck has established herself as a voice technician, cultivating understanding of physiology as she combines instruction in both classical and CCM (Contemporary Commercial Music) vocal production. She has also worked in vocal rehabilitation with students diagnosed with various vocal impairments. She is known to inject an infectious dose of humor into her teaching, masterclasses, and her own vocal performances. Her current and former students are gracing stages on Broadway (Purlie Victorious), US national tours (Funny Girl, Frozen), and regional theaters across the country. She teaches privately in Natick, MA, and over Zoom for students across the country.

    Emily Grove is a theatre director, actor, and educator living in the Boston area. She has directed such youth productions as: Singin’ in the Rain (Greater Boston Stage Company’s Young Co.), Goosebumps The Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium (BCT; East Coast premier), The Velveteen Rabbit (BCT), Once on this Island JR (Arlington Children’s Theatre), and The Elves and The Shoemaker (Marblehead Little Theatre). As a teaching artist, Emily has collaborated with such companies as The American Repertory Theatre, Greater Boston Stage Company, Company One, BCT, Arlington Children’s Theatre, and Kidstock! Creative Theater. Emily served as the Lead Teaching Artist for the Boston division of the Disney Musicals in Schools (DMIS) program, which taught public elementary school teachers how to develop sustainable musical theatre programs in their schools. With a distinct interest in using theatre as a tool for social justice, one of her favorite projects is serving as the director for the Fayerweather Street School’s theatre program (The Tempest, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, As You Like It, Radium Girls). As a performer, Emily likes to “Let It Go” on the weekends with the Snow Queen at Spark A Dream Princess Parties. Emily is a graduate of Salem State University and holds her BFA in Theatre: Performance.

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    Alyson Brown graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music with a BFA in musical theatre and a minor in directing, and she earned a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Phoenix. Alyson has been teaching drama and speech/debate at Clarke Middle School in Lexington since 1994. She costumed the world premieres of “Aladdin, Jr.” and “Mulan, Jr.” for Disney and has won dozens of awards for directing, costuming, and acting. In 1998, Alyson approached the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild to propose a middle school division to their program. After a year of advocacy, the Guild (renamed Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild) agreed to adopt a middle school program with Alyson as the President of the Middle School Council, a position she held for six years. Alyson has judged and supervised METG drama festivals and the state costume design contests for many years. In 2000 and 2016, Alyson and her Clarke students represented the USA at the World Festival of Children’s Theater in Toyama City, Japan. These festivals showcased the world’s best children’s theatre from all over the globe. Geiyutsu Wa Mirai – Performing Arts is the Future, a documentary made about Clarke’s participation at the theatre festival in Japan, won the New England Student Production award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Emmy) and won the short documentary award at the San Diego Kids’ International Film Festival. Subsequently, Alyson was a delegate to the Congress of the International Theatre Association in Monaco, where she was an advocate for Youth theatre from the USA. She was the featured speaker at the National Middle School Drama Teachers’ Conference sponsored by the Educational Theatre Association. Alyson was on the committee that wrote the Educator Licensure Exam for theatre, a certification requirement to teach drama in public schools in Massachusetts. Her book, Acting in Stages, is used in educational programs all over the country.  

    Celina Burgueño is an MFA candidate in Theatre Education & Applied Theatre at Emerson College, an aspiring high school teacher, and has been an avid musical theatregoer since childhood. A retired zookeeper, Celina spent 8 years in the zoo industry and continues to explore the crossing points between drama and conservation education.

    Alyssa Burke is a Greater Boston area director, choreographer, and teaching artist. Previous organizations include Greater Boston Stage Company, Wellesley Theatre Project, Bourne High School Drama, and Needham Community Theatre. Directing and choreography credits include: Bye Bye Birdie, Spring Awakening, Hadestown: Teen Edition, Once Upon a Mattress, The Prom, The Sparrow, Beauty and the Beast, Shrek, Seussical, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Curtains, The SpongeBob Musical, A Christmas Carol, Macbeth, Cinderella, Newsies, Little Women, The Music Man, and Fiddler on the Roof.  Over the past decade, she has developed and taught workshops such as Viewpoints, Musical Theatre Dance, Broadway Bootcamp, Intro to Choreography, Intro to Directing, Acting a Song, Auditioning, Clowning, The Actors Tool Box, Script Analysis, and Laban for Text and Voice. She is proud to be an adjudicator of the Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild’s Middle School Musical Theatre Awards. 

    Kathleen Castellanos is an active music director, vocal coach, and educator throughout the greater New England area; their career has taken them throughout North America, as well as Germany and Austria. She is currently on the theatre faculty at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts. Kathleen has taught and music directed at such institutions as Emerson College, Endicott College, UMass Boston and Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She is a proud member of MAESTRA, an organization for female-identifying and non-binary music directors and theatre musicians.

    Christopher Cavallo has worked for over twenty years as a theatre educator, actor, director, audition/performance coach, vocal director, and choreographer. He successfully led and implemented a comprehensive musical theatre curriculum and program at a performing arts school in Connecticut, with the culminating objective of preparing high school students for collegiate and conservatory training in musical theatre. Many of his students have gone on to study musical theatre in higher education, as well as work on national tours, in regional theatre, theme parks, and aboard cruise ships. Chris has also collaborated with Goodspeed Musicals, iTheatrics, The Hartt School, Broadway Artists Alliance, and the Musical Theatre Lab with FineLine Theatre Arts on various educational initiatives. Christopher is a member of the Musical Theatre Educator’s Alliance, Educational Theatre Association, Southeastern Theatre Conference, and the Broadway Teacher’s Workshop. He served as the department teaching assistant for the BFA Musical Theatre program at Emerson College, as well as a musical theatre adjudicator and workshop presenter for the Massachusetts and Northeast Thespian Festivals. Christopher currently directs and teaches at Wellesley Theatre Project, as well as having worked at Boston University’s Wheelock Family Theatre, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, and the Pre-College Musical Theatre Program at Emerson College. He currently serves on the Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild (METG) Council for the musical theatre division as well as an adjudicator for their musical and drama divisions. Most recently, Christopher was part of the directorial team of 13 the musical which competed at the Junior Theatre Festival in Atlanta, winning Excellence in Acting. Some favorite past directing and choreography credits include Edges, John and Jen, Little Women the musical, The Drowsy Chaperone, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Avenue Q, Once Upon A Mattress, Seussical, and Disney’s The Little Mermaid. He holds a Master’s in Theatre Education with a focus in higher education in musical theatre from Emerson College. One of Christopher’s passions lies at the intersection between high school and higher education, where he has worked with numerous students through the years, navigating the college audition process.

    Linda Chin is a Boston-based non-profit leader, cultural producer, theater maker, and arts writer whose dedication to student artists and emerging professionals is central to her legacy. Her own journey was sparked by NYC’s historic student-led musical theater tradition, SING!. Today, she channels that foundational passion into mentoring the next generation, working closely with emerging talent at her alma maters—Yale University (with 1stGen, Tsai Innovation, and the AACC) and Harvard University (where she served as the arts, entertainment, and non-profit career advisor). As a trusted voice in the cultural landscape, she also uses her platforms in arts journalism—with articles appearing in Cambridge Day, Sampan, and Theater Mirror—to uplift the theater community and amplify diverse artistic stories. A proud adjudicator for the METG musical theater program and festival, Linda’s leadership is defined by expanding intergenerational access and diversity on and offstage. During her tenures as Producing Artistic Director at Wheelock Family Theatre (earning multiple Elliot Norton and IRNE awards) and Executive Producer at Reagle Music Theatre, she prioritized bridging the gap between educational and professional theater. Her productions provided vital opportunities for K-12 and college/conservatory students to perform alongside Equity actors, while giving local emerging theater artists a platform to make their professional directorial and design debuts. Alongside her extensive civic advocacy and executive leadership—including her current role as Creative Director and Board Chair of Tunefoolery Music, Inc.—Linda remains steadfastly committed to helping young artists further their careers and find a deep sense of belonging in the arts.

    Julia Deter is a Boston-based theater arts director, choreographer, and educator. Formerly a performer based in New York, she has been seen onstage with the national touring companies of 42nd Street, Fiddler on the Roof, All Shook Up, and many regional productions. In Boston, Julia works primarily as a freelance director and choreographer for local organizations, including The Umbrella Stage Company, Weston Drama Workshop, and Wellesley Theater Project. She also teaches theater and dance, having worked for the American Repertory Theater, Boston Conservatory, Boston Ballet, Celebrity Series of Boston, Wheelock Family Theater, Reagle Music Theater, the Royal Academy of Dance, and private students nationwide. Julia is the recipient of EMACT DASH awards for Direction and Choreography, an IRNE nomination for Direction, and is an Honors graduate of the Royal Academy of Dance in London. By day, she enjoys being a mom to her energetic 2.5-year-old son, Elliot.

    Victoria (Tori) Gitten is a Boston-based theatre educator and teaching artist, with an MFA in Theatre Education & Applied Theatre from Emerson College and a BA in Theatre Performance from Wagner College. Currently, she teaches theatre to grades 2–6 at the Dr. William W. Henderson K–12 Inclusion School in Dorchester, where she develops an inclusive curriculum and directs student performances. Her directing and choreography credits include Disney’s Finding Nemo Jr. at S.P.A.C.E. Camp, Newton, as well as choreography for The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition and Wonderland: Alice’s Rock & Roll Adventure at Kennedy Middle School in Natick. She has also led after-school workshops exploring social media and identity through devising and movement, and has worked as a private voice teacher, theatre workshop facilitator, cabaret instructor, and performer in new works, including T: An MBTA Musical! at the Rockwell Theatre. Tori is passionate about using musical theatre to foster creativity, collaboration, and confidence in young people.

    Skylar Grossman is a full-time theater educator at Wellesley High School, where he teaches and runs the drama program.  Within his 16 years as a public educator, he has served eight years as the Tyngsborough Middle School theatre arts teacher and had an impactful five-year tenure as the theatre arts teacher and Director of the Franklin Arts Academy at Franklin High School.  He received his B.A. in Theater Education/Acting Performance and a minor in Dance from Emerson College, and his M.Ed. through Lesley University’s Curriculum and Instruction: Integrated Teaching through the Arts. During the summer, Skylar works at Weston Drama Workshop, where he currently directs the Morning Show program, which draws middle school performers from across Massachusetts to produce a musical as part of its season.  Selected directing and choreography credits include: Singin in the Rain, Suite Surrender, Fire in the Holes (METG HS State Finalist), Puffs, Small Mouth Sounds (METG HS State Finalist), Anything Goes, Secret in the Wings (Wellesley High School), Flowers for Algernon, Legally Blonde, Lord of the Flies, Cinderella, Cave Dream (METG HS State Regional Winner), Mamma Mia, Bright Star, Six Rounds of Vengeance, and Almost, Maine (Franklin High School); High School Musical On Stage, The Little Mermaid, Bat Boy, Young Frankenstein, Big Fish, Legally Blonde, Cabaret, and Billy Elliot (Weston Drama Workshop).  Skylar lives in Natick with his wife, Amanda, their two-year-old daughter, Emerson, and their dog Winnie. Always love and gratitude to AEWMD&H. @mistergrossman

    Emily Grove is a theatre director, actor, and educator living in the Boston area. She has directed such youth productions as: Singin’ in the Rain (Greater Boston Stage Company’s Young Co.), Goosebumps The Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium (BCT; East Coast premier), The Velveteen Rabbit (BCT), Once on This Island JR (Arlington Children’s Theatre), and The Elves and The Shoemaker (Marblehead Little Theatre). As a teaching artist, Emily has collaborated with such companies as The American Repertory Theatre, Greater Boston Stage Company, Company One, BCT, Arlington Children’s Theatre, and Kidstock! Creative Theater. Emily served as the Lead Teaching Artist for the Boston division of the Disney Musicals in Schools (DMIS) program, which taught public elementary school teachers how to develop sustainable musical theatre programs in their schools. With a distinct interest in using theatre as a tool for social justice, one of her favorite projects is serving as the director for the Fayerweather Street School’s theatre program (The Tempest, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, As You Like It, Radium Girls). As a performer, Emily likes to “Let It Go” on the weekends with the Snow Queen at Spark A Dream Princess Parties. Emily is a graduate of Salem State University and holds her BFA in Theatre: Performance.

    Mary Haddad is an accomplished performer, arts educator, theatre director, and choreographer whose career has taken her around the world. As a performer, she has portrayed a wide range of memorable roles—from Frenchy to Fantine—and has performed in more than 30 countries. Mary holds a BA in Theatre Arts and English from Mount Holyoke College and an MFA from Emerson College in Theatre Education. She studied in London at The British American Drama Academy. As a choreographer and director, Mary has choreographed productions for dozens of shows featuring both youth and adult performers, including Gypsy, Newsies, Mary Poppins, and High School Musical. She has taught locally at Emerson College, Wheelock Family Theatre. Wellesley Theatre Project, The Winsor School, and Broadway Dance Center in NYC. Mary is a proud public school teacher at Pierce Middle School in Milton and is also on the teaching faculty at Boston Ballet. 

    Allyson Kinch is a Worcester-based director and artist with experience in performance, directing, teaching, stage management, and props design. She received some of her earliest teaching opportunities at The Hanover Theatre & Conservatory, where she served as an Acting Assistant for the Teen and Pre-Teen Youth Summer Program, taught acting in the Children’s Program, and directed productions for the Youth Acting Company. Previous directing credits include Rainbow Fish (Hanover Theatre, YAC), Radium Girls (Cue Zero Theatre), Aesop’s Oh So Slightly Updated Fables (Hanover Theatre, YAC) , Vinegar Tom (SSU). A graduate of Salem State University, Allyson holds a Bachelor of Arts in Performance with a focus on directing and was a finalist for the American College Theatre Festival’s SDC Directing Fellowship.

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    Adelaide F. Majeski is a local theatre artist & stage manager. She is a graduate of Salem State University and holds a BFA in Technical Theatre. In 2014, she was the American College Theatre Festival: Region 1 Stage Management Fellowship recipient to the Kennedy Center in D.C. She has worked on productions at Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Stage 284, Marblehead Little Theatre, The Peabody Essex Museum, YMCA of the North Shore, OWI Theatre Company, the Boston Early Music Festival, The Fayerweather Street School, Rebel Shakespeare Company, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Greater Boston Stage Company, and others. Adelaide was nominated for an EMACT/DASH award for her set & lighting design work for a production of Little Shop of Horrors in 2023. She has also stage managed a traveling production for the Sikh Research Institute, which toured around the U.S. and five major cities in India. Adelaide currently serves as the House Manager for Salem State University’s Theatre and Speech Department.

    Kristina Menissian is an educator, theatre artist, and arts leader with 23 years of experience in Massachusetts public schools. She holds degrees in Theatre and Biology from Suffolk University, a Master’s in Education from Northeastern University, and a CAGS in Educational Leadership from Salem State University. She also served as an apprentice at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Kristina’s theatre career spans from her early involvement in the arts to building and revitalizing student theatre programs. In Revere Public Schools, she founded a middle school theatre program and helped restart the dormant theatre program at Revere High School. Throughout her career, she has championed theatre as a powerful vehicle for creativity, collaboration, confidence, and student voice. As an METG adjudicator, Kristina is excited to celebrate the artistry, dedication, and growth of student performers and theatre makers across Massachusetts.

    Kyla Moulton is the Director of Education at North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA, where she runs musical theatre classes, intensives, and productions for performers of all ages.  To date, she has directed 20 educational productions in the unique theatre-in-the-round space.  Previously, Kyla served as director of Danvers High School’s theatre program, where she directed over 30 productions, many of which were entries into the METG High School Drama Festival.  Her most dramatic and memorable festival moment was when she went into labor with her first child immediately after her students performed their state finals-winning production of Tribes!  In addition to directing, Kyla enjoys performing and coaching high school seniors on college audition materials.  She looks forward to experiencing and celebrating the work of Massachusetts’ young musical theatre artists! 

    Meg O’Brien (she/her) is in her 19th season at The Huntington, where she has been the Director of Education since 2017. Meg is also a member of the national cohort of Teaching Artists with Play On! Shakespeare. Meg has worked professionally as an actor, dancer, singer, director, producer, finance director, arts administrator, access coordinator, and stage manager. For more than 20 years, Meg’s career has focused on educational theater, training and development for students of all ages, and ensuring schools have access to live stage productions. Since joining The Huntington in 2008, Meg has directed, stage managed, and/or produced more than 70 student-centered productions, showcases, and other events for The Huntington’s Education Department. Under Meg’s leadership, The Huntington’s Education Department serves more than 20,000 students each season and holds national championship titles in the former August Wilson New Voices Monologue Competition (2014) and the national Next Narrative Monologue Competition (2023). Meg has also guided the department to the launch of The Huntington Academy in the 24/25 season, a new learning lab for students of all ages and experience levels. Meg is a founding member of The Huntington’s Equity and Anti-Racism (HEAR) Task Force, serving since its inception in June 2020. Meg is a member of the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Education Theatre Guild (METG) where she is the President of the Musical Theater Division, which is also the home of the Massachusetts chapter of the Jimmy Awards (The National High School Musical Theatre Awards). She also serves as an adjudicator for The Guild’s December Contest Day, their Annual State High School Drama Festival, and their Annual Musical Theatre Festival. Wheelock Family Theatre named Meg an “Astonishing Woman” in 2020, and in 2019 Meg was awarded the Community Access Award from the Bay State Council for the Blind. In 2017, Meg was awarded the Huntington’s Cohen Award for Excellence. Meg was a national Network Co-Chair of the Professional Theatre Network with AATE (American Alliance for Theatre and Education) from 2018- 2022 and has presented at a number of theater education conferences throughout her career. Meg has also been a regular guest lecturer at many Massachusetts colleges and universities, including Harvard University, Emerson College, Boston University, and Suffolk University. After receiving her B.F.A. in Acting from the University of Connecticut in 2004, Meg lived in Stockbridge, MA, and was an Artist in Residence with the Berkshire Theatre Group for five years. Meg was a member of the stage management team for BTG’s first three community productions (The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, and Oliver!), each of which had casts with more than 125 children. In 2005, Meg helped launch BTG’s Richie Dupont Fund, which still provides scholarships to students, enabling them to pursue their dreams of being onstage and allowing them to participate in BTG’s education programs. Favorite professional stage acting credits include dozens of roles in Theatre for Young Audiences touring productions, Assassins (Emma Goldman), Amadeus, and A Christmas Carol (Mrs. Fezziwig, twice) at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, The Taming of the Shrew (Biondello) and King John (Prince Henry) at Shakespeare & Company, as well as featured roles in Candide, Violet, Sweeney Todd, The Crucible, The House of Bernarda Alba, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure, Flattery Will Get You… and Seeing Laughter at the Connecticut Repertory Theatre. In addition to her work at The Huntington, Meg was a Producer, Actor, and the Managing Director at the award-winning fringe theatre company Bad Habit Productions from 2011 – 2015, where she helped BHP develop and launch their popular family programming and sensory-friendly performances. From 2015- 2017, Meg served as the President of the Board of Directors at BHP, which closed in 2017 after 10 successful seasons.

    Teri Shea is passionate about musical theater and the lessons people discover when they break into song and dance. She serves as the Programs Manager at the Callahan Center in Framingham, where she has introduced theater programming for older adults, including Encore Play Reading and a monthly Coffee House featuring seniors performing for seniors. Teri previously taught middle school theater in Framingham for ten years and directs community theater across Massachusetts, including with Open Door Theater in Acton, where inclusive theater ensures everyone belongs on stage and in the audience.

    Holly Stone was raised in rural Vermont; Holly Stone creates queer dance and theater in Greater Boston. Their gender-expansive partnering collaboration–INSIDER BALLROOM–with Michael Winward has played at the Providence Fringe Festival, the Dance Complex, and MAGMA in Gloucester. Holly’s original story ballet THE QUEEN OF NORI was presented at Starlight Stage, Windhover Center for the Performing Arts, the BCA, & Paliku Theatre in Hawaii. Holly has recently created theater with Boston Opera Collaborative, Greater Boston Stage Company, A Common Thread Theater, Arlington Children’s Theatre, and Tufts University. As a performer, Holly has also recently danced for Jo-Me Dance Theater, Dance Currents, and many others from their time in the American Ballroom Dance Industry. They have a B.S. in Bioengineering & Neuroscience from Syracuse University and an MFA in Dance from Florida State University–and continue their journey in higher ed as an adjunct at both Tufts University and Boston University, teaching dance, theater, and math for artists.

    Weylin Symes is currently the Producing Artistic Director of Greater Boston Stage Company. He was extensively involved in the renovation of Greater Boston Stage’s building in 1999, and over the past 23 years he has overseen the growth of the theatre into one of Boston’s five largest performing arts organizations (Boston Business Journal). After serving as the theatre’s first Artistic Associate, Weylin assumed the role of Artistic Director in 2003 and was named Producing Artistic Director in 2007. In his time at GBSC, he has directed over 50 productions for the Mainstage and The Young Company and adapted several pieces for performance on GBSC’s stage, including The Old Man and the Sea, Dracula, and It’s a Wonderful Life. He also wrote Last Night at Bowl- Mor Lanes and the story and book for the original musical Lobster Girl, both of which premiered on GBSC’s stage.

    Alexandra White is a Massachusetts native and alumna of the METG High School Festival. Alex attended Salem State University, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance with two minors in Dance and Music. Since graduating, Alex has worked across the North Shore and New Hampshire as a performer, choreographer, stage manager, and others. Alex is passionate about being a well-rounded theatre maker; she thrives in collaborative work and loves to observe process from all sides. Alex has had the utmost pleasure of working with a few educational and professional theatres in the area; some of her favorites include Venturing Studios, Menotomy Musical Theatre, Greater Boston Stage Company, and RGC Theatricals. 

    Ceit Zweil is a performer, choreographer, arts educator, and non-profit professional in Greater Boston. She has appeared onstage with The Huntington, Greater Boston Stage Company, Lyric Stage Company, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, New England Light Opera, New Repertory, and Wheelock Family Theatre. Having trained in the RAD ballet tradition, she specializes in dance and choreography for young performers. She has had the pleasure of teaching, directing, and choreographing for some amazing arts education programs in Greater Boston, including The Young Company at GBSC, Metrowest Dance Academy, and Performing Artists at Lincoln School. Her non-profit career includes work as a multimedia producer and project manager in educational media, including for many flagship PBS Kids properties and the American Archive of Public Broadcasting, as well as in outreach and development for arts and culture organizations. She holds a BA in History (Smith College) and an MA in Theatre Education (Emerson College).