Grace Meidanis
President

Grace has been involved with the Winthrop Playmakers since 2007. She first started out as an active member and the last two years as a board member. Grace has been onstage in various productions such as Bye Bye Birdie, Into the Woods, Hair, Vagina Monologues, various Summer Revue concerts and Picasso at the Lapin Agile, to name a few. She has also worked backstage as an ASM for West Side Story, Full Monty and The Wedding Singer. In addition somehow word got out that Grace can “paint” so she has assisted in many Playhouse productions in Scenic Painting, Set Dressing and Props Mistress. Grace has expanded her skill set to producing and was honored to be a co-producer last year for WPM’s production of RENT which was definitely and unforgettable experience. She will be back at it again in the spring of 2012 as the co-producer for WPM’s production of The Laramie Project. By day, Grace is an HR professional at DataXu in south Boston. The Playhouse is her second home and the Playmakers are her local family here in Massachusetts. She is grateful for the opportunities the Playhouse has given her, the friends she has made along the way and her continued participation to contribute to the development of the organization by “being part of something different”!
 

Pam Racicot
Treasurer

Pam has been with the Winthrop Playmakers since Feb 1971. She has directed, produced and acted in many productions like Annie & Seussical (director) and Cabaret (Frau Schneider). Her "day job", since 1988, is Treasurer of Henry W Peabody & Co., Inc, an import export firm, established in 1867, and a family business since 1933.






 

Katie Moore
Corresponding Secretary

Katie Moore walked into the world of the Playmakers in 2009 and never looked back. She has been on-stage in shows such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Boys Next Door and her backstage work has come on shows such as Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Rent and 42nd Street. Katie's full-time job is as an HR/Recruiting Specialist at a telecommunications company in Boston, but at the theater she can be found touching up wigs or helping dress a set, having fun and getting to know some amazing people along the way. The playhouse is a second home, and Katie was thrilled to join the Board of Directors. "I am proud to say I'm a part of this organization - I believe in it and the quality community theater which we produce."
 

Mike Lacey
Recording Secretary

Mike joined the Playmakers in 2009, and has been on-stage in shows such as The Wedding Singer and Rent, and backstage for shows such as 42nd Street" and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. During the day, he is a sales agent for LoJack Corporation. Once he escapes the office, you can find Mike around the theatre rehearsing lines, stage managing, building sets or hanging and focusing lights. It is an honor for Mike to have been selected to join the board this year, and he looks forward to helping the Playhouse and the Playmakers grow throughout the rest of the year.




 

Nathan Fogg
Member-at-Large

Nathan Fogg is returning to the board of The Winthrop Playmakers after taking a hiatus.   He is heading up the Marketing Comittee for the 2012-2013 Season.   Nathan is active in the theatre community at large as a director and designer (Scenic, Lighting and Costume).  Playhouse audiences have seen his work in Into The Woods (Director, Scenic and Costume Design), The Full Monty (Scenic Design), HAIR (Director, Scenic Designer), The Shape of Things (Scenic and Costume Design), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Costume Design), RENT (Director and Set Designer) and The Laramie Project (Director and Scenic Designer).  He looks forward to continuing his work with The Playmakers.