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Josh Feder is delighted to be in his new role as Education Director at the Barn, as well as returning for his sixth season directing and choreographing the Junior Intern Company productions. In addition, he directed and choreographed last year’s Straw Hat Revue, choreographed Side by Side by Sondheim and Leading Ladies, performed on the mainstage in six musicals, directed two Intern Idols revues, and has taught several acting classes here. Other NH credits: choreographing/ assistant directing The Liar (Dartmouth College), associate choreographing this season’s South Pacific (Opera North), choreographing Anything Goes (NCCT Teens), and directing and choreographing 42nd Street (NCCT). Working with teens is a passion of his, and he has choreographed teen productions of Peter Pan, Beauty and the Beast, Les Miserables, and The Day May Saved the Day. NYC directing credits: Crazy At Heart, Split Decision, Adam of the Apes, and the Short Play Lab. He was the Assistant Director on Band Geeks! (NAMT), 1776 (Paper Mill), Pirates! (Huntington), and Dramatis Personae (Cherry Lane). NYC choreography: Nunsense, A Christmas Carol. He has worked with Roundabout Theatre Company, New York Theatre Workshop, Goodspeed Musicals, and The Playwrights Realm. A graduate of Dartmouth College , he there directed Urinetown (also choreographed), Midsummer, and The Last 5 Years and choreographed Side Show. Josh teaches dance at Terpsichore Dance and Theatre Company and is a proud member of the Educational Theatre Association.
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Carol Dunne is thrilled to return for her sixth season as Artistic Director of the New London Barn Playhouse. In past seasons at the Barn, she has directed Hair, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Pirates of Penzance (9 New Hampshire Theater Awards including Best Musical and Best Director), The Producers, I Hate Hamlet, and A Grand Night for Singing. Carol is also a Senior Lecturer of theater at Dartmouth College where she has directed Angels in America, Hairspray, Eurydice, The Rocky Horror Show, and Hair. In 2010 she was the recipient of Dartmouth’s Distinguished Lecturer Award. Carol continues to work as an actress and freelance director, most recently appearing in the Barn’s productions of The Man Who Came to Dinner and Picasso at the Lapin Agile opposite Gordon Clapp. Prior to that Carol appeared in the Northern Stage productions of CATS (Grizabella), Private Lives, (Amanda), Lend Me a Tenor (Diana), and Dancing at Lughnasa (Agnes). Notable directing credits are Kiss Me Kate and Songs for a New World (Northern Ohio Live Nomination) at Cleveland’s Cain Park Theater and On Golden Pond at the Cleveland Play House. Prior to joining the New London Barn and the Dartmouth College faculty, Carol was a company member of the Cleveland Play House, where she acted and directed for 10 years. At that time she also served as Interim Director of Musical Theater at Baldwin-Wallace College and appeared frequently with the Great Lakes Theater Festival. Carol is a graduate of Princeton University and received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She resides in Etna, NH with husband Peter Hackett and children Ellie and Jamie.
Amanda Sheehan is thrilled to be returning to the Barn this summer in her position as Company Manager and Director of Publicity. She recently completed a Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies with a Creative Writing focus at Dartmouth College. During the year Amanda lives in Boston and works as a stage manager, assistant stage manager, and marketing associate with companies such as Shakespeare Now!, Underground Railway Theater, The Nora Theater Company, Holland Productions, Gan-e-meed Theatre Project, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Fort Point Theatre Channel, and Fresh Ink Theatre, where she is also a company member and Marketing Manager. Many thanks to Carol and everyone at the Barn for making this such a wonderful place to return every summer.
Mark Gostomski is looking forward to a yet another wonderful season in New Hampshire at the Barn. Mark worked the 2008 season as the Technical Director and has been working as the Production Manager ever since. During the rest of the year, when not at the Barn, Mark works as the Technical Theatre teacher and Technical Director for Davidson Fine Arts in Augusta GA, where he has been teaching since 2003. Mr. Gostomski has also worked as a designer and technician for theatres in Georgia, South Carolina and Michigan, as well as a technical advisor for the Georgia Thespian Society. Mark is looking forward to another great season and getting reacquainted with all of his Barn family.
A Registered Nurse by profession and theater buff by preference, Wynne DeMille has been involved in the operation of the Barn Playhouse for over four decades. As one of Norman Leger’s “girls”, Wynne has served in many different capacities over the years, from publicity to costuming to marketing to working backstage. Wynne and her husband Tom were instrumental in the successful effort to preserve the Playhouse as a non-profit corporation. As Founder and Chair of the Friends of the Barn Playhouse, she led the campaign to refurbish the 302 Art Deco chairs and other interior features of the Playhouse and each year manages a major fundraising event. Her role as archivist of Playhouse activities plays a vital role in preserving the Barn’s history for future generations. After all these years, Wynne finally made her on-stage debut in 2012’s Our Town, which fittingly was presented in recognition of the Barn’s 80th Season. Wynne looks forward to the opportunity to continue serving the Playhouse in 2013 as its Director of Front of House and Chair of the Friends.
