SHE/HER | Courtnie is so excited to be back onstage at Fort Salem! She was last seen at Fort Salem in The Diary of Anne Frank (Edith Frank), There’s No Business Like Snow Business, Little Shop of Horrors, and was named an Artistic Associate of Fort Salem Theater in April of 2022. She was also recently in Songs for a New World(Woman 2) at Schenectady Light Opera Company. Courtnie is a Greenwich Central School alumni who completed training at a NYC conservatory in 2019. During her time in NYC, Courtnie was the hair designer on Hudson Classical Theater’s productions of Pride and Prejudice (Lydia Bennet) and Sense and Sensibility (Charlotte Palmer). Before that, Courtnie was seen in the Capital District as Ariel in The Little Mermaid with Family Players of NENY and the Hope Cladwell u/s in Urinetown at SLOC. Courtnie will be returning to the FST stage as Marcy in I Love You, Because this November, and will be making her directorial debut in December with There’s No Business Like Snow Business. You can find Courtnie on Instagram (@cjharrington55) or TikTok (@coscourt)!

SHE/HER | Kyra is thrilled to be back on the Fort Salem Theatre stage, having performed in the Diary of Anne Frank (Miep Gies) and There’s No Business Like Snow Business. A Cambridge native, she has performed at theatres across the region including Hubbard Hall, Schenectady Light Opera Company, Pittsfield Shakespeare in the Park, and Bennington Community Theatre. Roles include: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Puck), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Rosa Bud), Into the Woods (Lucinda), Othello (Emilia), Peter and the Starcatacher (Molly Aster), The Crucible (Ann Putnam), Love’s Labours Lost (Holofernes), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Olive), Romeo & Juliet (Lady Montague), a virtual reading of Twelfth Night (Olivia), and the opera L'elisir d'amore (Chorus). She can also be seen this summer touring the region as Lavinia in Titus Andronicus with Will Kempe’s Players.

SHE/HER | Tess is over the moon to be making her Fort Salem debut with this incredible company! Hailing from the far-off land of Williamstown, MA, she can be found on whatever stage will take her in the greater Berkshires/Capital Region. Next, you can see her in the film Voices for Peace, produced by Creative Action Unlimited, portraying peace activist Kathy Kelly. Recent local theatre includes Hurricane Diane (Beth) with Harbinger Theatre; ALIEN/NATION (Janie) at Williamstown Theatre Festival; The Haunting of Hill House (Eleanor), Twelfth Night (Viola, virtual reading), You Have the Right to Remain Dead (Lois/Savannah), and The Dining Room (Ellie/Winkie/Beth/Claire), all with Bennington Community Theatre; All My Sons (Ann) and The Waiting Room (Traya) at Sand Lake Center for the Arts; Much Ado About Nothing (Margaret/Verges) with Pittsfield Shakespeare in the Park; and 4000 Miles (Bec) at Albany Civic Theater. Love and snuggles, as always, to Dali and Winnie. Tess says “thanks to mom, Deb Burns, for providing the magical handhelds for the show!”

SHE/HER | Anna attended The University of Arkansas as an acting performance major. She has appeared in Little Women the Musical as a Hag/Ballroom dancer. She has performed in two ten-minute plays at the University of Arkansas titled After the Video and Out of Tune. She helped on deck crew for Top Dog, went on to Assistant Direct In the Book of and did a stage reading of We are all soldiers in a Strange World. She played John Wesley Powell in Men on Boats and recently played an Officer in Diary of Anne Frank, and the puppeteer in Little Shop of Horrors at Fort Salem Theater.

Katherine  is a proud graduate of SUNY Potsdam. She works at the Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts and Education in Cambridge, where she has the pleasure of directing youth and teens. Directing credits include James and the Giant Peach Jr., Spoon River Anthology, And Then There Were None, and Cinderella, as well as the Old Fashioned, Broadway Bound, and Summer Spotlight cabaret programs. Originally from Hoosick Falls, Katherine now lives in Cambridge with her fiancé. She would like to thank everyone at Fort Salem Theatre for creating such a warm, welcoming atmosphere. 

HE/HIM | Ethan is a Salem native who has been a member of many shows around the Washington County area, and now first time acting in a Fort Salem Show! He has been a part of different Cabaret shows and plays, including; Little Shop of Horrors(Mr. Mushnik), Shrek:The Musical(Lord Farquaad), Annie(Rooster Hannigan) and soon to be Vince Fontaine in Grease at Fort Salem Theatre this summer! He hopes to continue his passion and one day make a full career out of the arts.

SHE/HER | Sarah Murphy recently moved to Greenwich from Brooklyn, and is thrilled to make her Fort Salem Theater debut. Sarah is the Library Director at Greenwich Free Library, and she and her husband recently bought a house in the village, allowing her to realize her lifelong dream of walking to work. Sarah is also co-director of Tiny Box Theater with whom she has participated as dramaturg, story collaborator, voice artist, performer, and tiny box operator in New York City and on the road in Massachusetts, Toronto, and at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. Sarah has performed nearby with Bakerloo Theatre Project in Round Lake and Troy, and not too far away at the theater at Bread Loaf in Ripton, VT. Sarah has also worked as a school librarian and teacher of literature and theatre.

HE/HIM | Jared is thrilled to be back on the Fort Salem stage once again. He has been both onstage as a performer and behind the scenes as a music director or pianist. Onstage, he was most recently seen in The Diary of Anne Frank (Otto Frank) here at Fort Salem, A New Brain (Roger) at OhLook Theatre and A Man of No Importance (Sully O’Hara) at Brick Road Theatre. Other favorite roles are Ragtime (Younger Brother), Guys and Dolls (Sky Masterson) and Cabaret (Cliff). Jared has recently appeared behind the keys for Little Shop of Horrors and Snow Business at Fort Salem, Ebenezer Scrooge at Pocket Sandwich Theatre and White Christmas, AIDA and Gypsy at Firehouse Theatre. Love to Kyle.

Juuli-Johanna is an exchange student from Estonia who is currently attending Hartford Central School. She has been singing in choir for 10 years and has played the guitar for 9 years. Pride and Prejudice is Juuli-Johanna’s first play ever and she is thrilled to be a part of this amazing cast. Previously at FST, Juuli-Johanna has volunteered as an usher for The Diary of Anne Frank and Little Shop of Horrors, and has also helped build sets. Juuli-Johanna says “FST has become like my home and I wanted to thank Kyle, Jared and everyone I have met during my exchange year for making me feel so welcome.” You can find Juuli-Johanna on Instagram at @juuli_johannaa.

SHE/HER/HERS | Ariel is a director and actor based in NYC. Trained in new play development with the Iowa Playwright’s Workshop, she’s directed new plays and musicals in New York at American Theater of Actors (Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Off-Broadway run), Park Avenue Armory Studios, Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival, Dixon Place, IRT Theater, NYC Fringe, Alchemical Lab, and many more. Pre-pandemic she devised and directed a queer adaptation of Little Women called MegJoBethAmy&Louisa that toured NYC, LA, DC, and Phoenix to rave reviews. For five years she was the Producing Artistic Director of NYC’s Feminist Sci-Fi theater company The Navigators, where she also directed numerous works. This fall/winter she directed The Skin of Our Teeth at Seton Hill University in PA, Phoenix in NYC, and Cyber-O, a radio play, with Dean Theater Company in LA. She’s currently developing a new play in Atlanta at PushPush Arts with her husband, playwright Sean David Demers, about American theater director Margo Jones. MFA Directing, The University of Iowa. SDC Associate. www.arielfrancoeur.com

Mani is a vibrant 24 year old Dancer, choreographer, performer and professional model based in the Capitol Region. You might have seen her in several local productions such as Hair, Cabaret, and In The Heights to name a few. You may also have seen her in several local short films such as Road Trip as Raya (Sweet Dreams studios) or Final Girl as Macy (Sweet Dreams Studios)!

Mani loves her day job at Paul Mitchell the School Schenectady but also practices her passions by teaching Dance classes at Cobleskill Twist and Flip, and doing shoots for different magazines as well as other freelance photographers. Mani is very excited to be working with Fort Salem for the first time, and looks forward to future projects!

Charles is a well-rounded artist who dabbles in creative writing, HDR photography, graphic design, improvisational piano, original song composition, building fun things and scenic design for theater. While attending Southern Vermont College 2001-2005 he worked summers at Old Castle Theater in Bennington, VT (2000 to 2005) where he learned, by observation, volumes on the art of stagecraft and theatrical techniques and best practices. As a stage director, Charles directed Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus in 2004 at his then-former High School, and The Glass Menagerie at Southern Vermont College in 2009. Charles has over eight years of experience designing set, artistic/stage directing, assistant directing and serving as a theatrical creative-solutions consultant (for a local high school drama club). Shows he has designed include The Diary of Anne Frank (now twice 2007 and 2021) Once Upon a Mattress, Rumors, The Importance of Being Earnest, Beauty and the Beast, Into the Woods, Twelve Angry Jurors, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, And Then There Were None, The Sound of Music, Noises Off, Shrek the Musical, and The Mousetrap. He feels truly thankful and honored to design for Fort Salem Theater after taking some time away from theatrical design and is looking forward to contributing more in the near future.

SHE/HER | Maureen attended The Crane School of Music and SUNY Albany, majoring in music. She has been in numerous local productions, including those at Hubbard Hall Opera Theater.

Current engagements include music ministry director at 3 local churches, resident Stage Manager at Hubbard Hall, and vocal coach.

Amy graduated from SUNY Albany where she majored in Theater and assisted in the costume shop. She has interned at the Adirondack Theatre Festival and stage managed years ago at Fort Salem Theater for Kathy Beaver’s one woman Patsy Cline tribute show and for Nunsense with Schuylerville Community Theater. After a 20 year hiatus from theatre, Amy has returned to Fort Salem Theater and is grateful to Kyle and Jared for the opportunity.

HE/HIM | John Norine, Jr: John is an award-winning Music Director and Technical Designer who hails from Utica, NY. He attended the Crane School of Music, graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree in Musical Studies before moving to the University of North Texas, where he earned both a Master’s degree and Doctorate of Musical Arts in Music Performance (Orchestral Conducting). Since 2005, he has been fortunate to work with many of the educational, community, and regional theaters in the Dallas/Fort Worth area in both a musical and technical role.

When the Fort Salem Theater reopened in 2021, John was honored to be asked to work as a guest artist, music directing the first shows under the new ownership as well as working as technical director and designer for several productions. In April of 2022, John was named one of the inaugural Artistic Associates for Fort Salem Theater.

Most recently, John worked as Music Director, Technical Director, and Light Designer for Fort Salem Theater's production of Little Shop of Horrors and Light/Sound Designer for Steel Magnolias. Upcoming projects include Fort Salem’s Pride and Prejudice (Light Design) and Grease (Music Director and Light Design).

When John isn’t in New York, he resides in Denton, TX with his wife Olivia and their two conductor kitties, Lenny and Leopold.

Sean is a playwright and sound designer with New England and New York City based roots. His plays include Great Emergencies, Faculty Portrait, Going There, Redacted, Off Tackle Glide, Four Movements, Dreams of Elysia, You Love Myself, and The Suicide of Mark Twain. He has had plays produced by Riverside Theater, Two Lights Theatre Ensemble, Prime Number Productions, Harvest Theater Festival, Des Moines Social Club. He is published by Samuel French in the first two volumes of Theater Masters’ Take Ten series. He was a Semi-Finalist for the O’Neill in 2014, and a Finalist for the Kennedy Center MFA Workshop and Weissberger Nominee in 2016. Sean is a graduate of the University of Iowa MFA Playwright’s Workshop. www.seandemers.com.

HE/HIM | Kyle has three decades of creating award-winning theatre under his belt, working as a producer, director, choreographer, designer, and performer. His work has been seen all across the US, from Cape Cod, to Boston, Arizona and Dallas, to New York and has been recognized by the AriZoni Awards of Excellence, BroadwayWorld Awards, Column Awards, Annie Award, MET Awards, and MHSDG Awards, among others.

At Fort Salem Theater, he has directed and choreographed Salem Under The Stars, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Next to Normal, and There’s No Business Like Snow Business.

Kyle is humbled to be the executive and artistic director of Fort Salem Theater as well as the president of the Salem NY Area Chamber of Commerce.