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Stephen MacDonald
Producing Artistic Director
Recent credits include Evita and 42nd Street at North Shore Music Theatre, Director of My Son Pinocchio at Parker Middle School, resident Scenic Designer/Technical Director for the Reading Public Schools and Student Institute Lead for the Blue Ribbon National Schools of Excellence Leadership Program. Stephen has also worked at the Lyric Stage Company, The Cape Playhouse, and other local theatres.
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Mary Margaret Hogan
Co-Director
A recent graduate of UMass Amherst with a degree in English and theater, she returns after assistant directing last summer's The Addams Family. Recent credits include Into the Woods (Baker's Wife), Carrie: The Musical (Margaret White), and Peter and the Starcatcher (director) at UMass Amherst. Next week, Mary Margaret will be one of the latest cast members to join the Disney College Program!
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Jonathan Plouffe
Music Director
Jonathan is delighted to make his debut with Venturing Theatricals. Music Director: Once on this Island, Into the Woods, Beauty and the Beast, Les Mis, Children of Eden, Oliver, Godspell, Seussical, Avenue Q, Fiddler on the Roof, Young Frankenstein, Pippin, The Sound of Music, Lucky Stiff. Jonathan teaches general music and chorus in Lynn. “Nose knows”
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Lindsey McGovern
Choreographer
A graduate from the Commonwealth Honors Program at Salem State University with a degree in dance (2015), Lindsey now owns Enchanted Dance Academy (Winchester). She choreographs for Coolidge Middle School Drama (Reading) & works for Five Star Theatre Co. (Reading). She currently dances for Kaleidoscope Dance Company and was most recently seen on stage at both the Beverly and Salem Arts Festivals.
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Dennis Ebert
Stage Manager
Returning as the stage manager for Anything Goes. He has stage managed Venturing Theatricals' The Addams Family as well as The Drowsy Chaperone. He is a rising sophomore at Pace University where Dennis is pursuing a degree in stage management. This fall he will be the 2nd ASM on Pace University's production of Peter and the Starcatcher.