Allen McCalla (Artistic Director)
Allen is now in his twelfth
season as Artistic Director of GLT. A Greenville native and
a Wofford College graduate, Allen received his Masters Degree
in Directing from USC in 1982. Allen's academic training was
farther advanced by attending The American Academy of Dramatic
Arts in New York and in London at the Mountview Theater. While
attending USC, Allen worked extensively as a writer and performer
for SC-ETV.
After graduating, Allen served as
Professor of Theatre at Coastal Carolina Community College in North Carolina
where he directed numerous productions. Allen directed professionally for
the Dallas Theater Center, Casa Manana Theatre, San Antonio Shakespeare
Festival, and the San Antonio Stage Company. As an actor, he is a veteran
of over 40 roles in professional regional theatre. For seven years he was
a member of legendary stage director Adrian Hall's acting company at the
Dallas Theater Center and has also performed with the Old Globe in San
Diego, Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, Stage West, Dallas Repertory, Horse
Cave Theatre, and the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas.
In addition to his directing duties
at GLT, Allen occasionally returns to the stage. Allen's GLT acting credits
include Paul Verrall in Born Yesterday, Hucklebee in The Fantasticks,
Charles Condomine in Blithe Spirit, and Professor Henry Higgins
in GLT's production of My Fair Lady.
Allen is a two-time recipient of
the Dallas Critic's Forum Awards, and Sylvie Drake of the Los Angeles Times
has described him as a "singular delight."
Suzanne McCalla (Producing Director)
This marks Suzanne's
twelfth season as Producing Director at GLT. In her role as
Producing Director, Suzanne oversees the budget and the general
operations of the theatre as well as design aspects and front
of house events. Suzanne has designed sets for almost every
GLT show for the past eleven seasons. She has a B.A. in theatre
performance from the University of South Carolina and has
worked professionally for the last twenty years. The early
part of her career she spent acting in regional theatre and
television commercials where she was fortunate enough to work
closely with the internationally renowned director Adrian
Hall and Tony Award winning designer Eugene Lee. Her GLT acting
credits include Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday, Meg
McGrath in Crimes of the Heart, Elvira Condomine
in Blithe Spirit, and Regina Giddens in The Little
Foxes. Suzanne's GLT directing credits include Arthur
Miller's All My Sons, Agatha Christie's Witness
for the Prosecution, A Murder Is Announced and
Black Coffee, Tintypes, Camelot, The
Odd Couple and Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.
Kimberlee Ferreira (Choreographer)
Kimberlee was dancing
professionally in New York by the age of 18. Her acting credits
include Dainty June in Gypsy, Lily St. Regis in Annie,
Roxie Hart in Chicago and Cassie in A Chorus Line.
A sought-after teacher and choreographer, Kimberlee is also
the director and choreographer of eight competition dance
teams and has choreographed three dance videos. In addition
to those activities, Kimberlee has found the time recently
to co-found and direct the Upstate's newest professional dance
company, The Southeast Dance Theatre. Their mission is to
raise the level of interest in all forms of dance in the Upstate
as well as the state of South Carolina. Kimberlee is in her
third year as choreographer for GLT and has recently choreographed
GLT's Christmas Spectacular ('97 & '98), 1776, The
Taffetas, Oklahoma!, Kiss Me Kate, Oliver! and My Fair
Lady.
James R. Marrelli (Lighting &
Sound Designer/Operations Manager)
James holds a Bachelor and Masters
Degree in Theatre Arts from California State University at Long Beach.
Jim has taught stagecraft and worked in various areas of the Theatre. Jim
has been on staff at GLT for over twenty years and has designed the sound
and lighting for over one hundred theatre and dance productions.
Kathy Marrelli (Box Office
Manager)
Kathy, a native of Greenwood,
holds a BA in Sociology from Clemson University. Although
Kathy has only been the Greenville Little Theater's box office
manager since September of '99, she has been involved in theatre
most of her life. For close to thirty years, Kathy has
volunteered her time with the Greenville Little Theatre and
also with the Occonee Community Theatre. Over her years
being involved with theatrical productions, Kathy has filled
many different important roles backstage. Whether it's
being a stage hand, running the lights, or operating a sound
board, and now as a box office manager, Kathy is a virtual
"jack-of-all-trades" when it comes to the theatre. Looking
back on her years with GLT, Kathy feels that the future for
the theatre is as bright as it has ever been.
Darcey
Mesaris (Director of Marketing)
Darcey, a native of Montoursville, Pennsylvania,
has been involved with theatre since the age of 4. She has
a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of
Pittsburgh and earned her M.F.A. in playwriting from Ohio
University. Darcey has also been lucky enough to study theatre
in Rome, Italy with Temple University and in Croatia, with
the Global Theatre Institute. She has also worked with playwright
Jeffrey Hatcher at the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Other theatres she has worked at include Ohio Valley
Summer Theatre, Lexington Children’s Theatre and Jenny
Wiley Theatre.
Ted
Thomas (Technical Director)
Ted is proud to join Greenville Little Theatre’s staff
as Technical Director. Prior to working for GLT, Ted owned
his own production company in North Carolina where he served
as Technical Director for Sandhills Theatre Company as well
as producing sound and lights for many other local performing
arts groups. Additionally, Ted was Technical Director at Kentucky
Shakespeare Festival for nine years, Assistant Technical Director
at Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, and Master Carpenter
at Playhouse in the Square in Memphis, Tennessee. Favorite
productions include War of the Worlds and Othello.
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