
High School Musical
Photo by Jessica Whitley
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Chair
Board of Directors
Vice Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
Artistic Director
* denotes a non-voting member
*Jim Crisp
Founding Artistic Director
Richard E. Frazier
Artistic Director
Richard has been the Artistic Director of Theatre Macon since August 2018. However, he has choreographed, directed, and performed in several productions at Theatre Macon since 2011, including The Color Purple, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, Perfect Arrangement, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Richard is a graduate of Columbus State University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Theatre Education. Richard serves as a volunteer on state and national theatre education boards to include Georgia Thespians and his new role as the Vice President of the Educational Theatre Association Board of Directors. Richard also serves as a contracted Educator, Director, and Choreographer for iTheatrics out of New York City which specializes in adapting Broadway musicals for youth and specializes in providing education opportunities for youth worldwide.

Shelley Kuhen
Costume Shop Director & Wardrobe
Shelley designs and crafts the costumes for all of the Theatre Macon MainStage and Youth Artists' Company productions. Her creations have recently been seen in The Color Purple, The SpongeBob Musical, Perfect Arrangement, and Hair. Shelley also serves as the Costume Director for Mercer University Theatre and Mercer Opera. Her costumes were last seen in The Lightning Thief, and Nunsense.

Jon Esnard
Operations Manager
Despite his degrees; Jon has always found himself gravitating toward the Arts, Shortly after moving to Macon, Jon auditioned for Theatre Macon's production of Peter and the Starcatcher. Little did he know how greatly that audition would affect his life moving forward. Upon being cast, Jon was hooked! A few years later and he has joined the Theatre Macon Team in an official capacity and has not looked back since. Jon enjoys all forms of media, takes pride in his Spanish-Cuban heritage, loves science-fiction, and is completed by his better half, Eden-Paul

Erin Ferrell
Graphic Designer & Webmaster
Erin started her career as a graphic designer at 13WMAZ in the summer of 2000. She spent over 8 years designing the on-air graphics, news sets, and print materials for the station; however, her involvement with Theatre Macon started much earlier. Erin's first production with Theatre Macon was at the age of 14 as part of the then-called Children's Community Theatre. In 2007, she was asked to create her first season of show posters, and it has been an honor to have been such an integral part of Theatre Macon ever since. She been a designer at Backdrops Fantastic for the past 11 years creating backdrops for theatres, dance companies, and event planners.

Jim Penndorf
MainStage Music Director
Jim is a musician who teaches and accompanies at Middle Georgia State University. He has been Music Directing at Theatre Macon since 2004 and is proud of the many wonderful productions he has been privileged to direct and play.

Trey English
Youth Artists' Company Music Director
Trey has served as the Music Director for the Youth Artists' Company since 2018. He is the current Director of Bands at Feagin Mill Middle School. Trey earned his Bachelor of Music Education and Music Performance degrees from Columbus State University and his Master of Music in Trombone Performance from Baylor University. Trey also serves as Adjunct Faculty for Trombone at the Mercer University Townsend School of Music.

Theatre Macon Staff

Stuart Appleton
Sound Engineer

Laurel Astin
Wig Designer

William Bercini
Properties Director

Alyssa Cooper
Production Stage Manager

Trey English
Music Director (YAC)

Tim Hinojosa
Sound Engineer

Jim Penndorf
Music Director (MainStage)

Jessica Whitley
Photographer
