Our People

executive

Director

PAUL DEANER

DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, LIGHTING DESIGNER

Paul has been the visionary of community theatre on the North Shore for almost two decades. His BA in English & Theatre Arts & MA in Teaching have brought him to classrooms across the midwest performing & teaching theatre. In 2002 he spearheaded a grassroots community theatre organization on the North Shore in Minnesota to elevate theatrical production & cultivate creativity within the community.

AWARDS
In 2007, Executive Director Paul Deaner received the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Maddie Simons Advocate award for contributions to the Silver Bay Area Community Theatre and the arts in the communities of Finland, Silver Bay and the Arrowhead Region in Minnesota.

board of directors

Rick Frericks

Chair
Brad Johnson

Vice Chair

Paul Deaner

Treasurer
Roxanne Lillis

Secretary
Terri Frericks-Blood

Member

fellow

artists

ann gumpper

scenic painter / set designer
ann andrus

scenic artist / painter / actress

david haaversen

music director / orchestra conductor
nancy macgibbon

choir director / musician
susan michels,

nikolaus wourms & rene moe

choreographers

scott thun

director / actor / carpenter

jeremy kasapidis

production assistant / carpenter

john kolstedt

prop master / carpenter

leeann johnson & rachel drew-thun

costume design

leah hulst & rachel drew-thun

makeup design

mark russell

sound

kenny albrecht

lighting

vicki fruetel, beny lambrecht & susan churack (retired)

stage manager

susan churack

& roxanne lillis (retired)

house manager