The Laramie Project

DIRECTOR

HE/HIM | Michael is a director, producer, and performer based in the Capital Region. He made his Fort Salem Theatre debut as Bert in "Mary Poppins" in 2023, later returning to the FST stage in "The Drowsy Chaperone" (Robert) and "Snow Business"! He recently completed his term as Artistic Director of Bunbury Players and continues to be an active creative force throughout the region.

As a performer, his recent credits include "Company" (Bobby) at Dorset Players, earning a BroadwayWorld nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Musical; "Cabaret" (Emcee) at Broadway Upstate; "Seussical" (Cat in the Hat) at Schuylerville Community Theater; "A Man Of No Importance” (Robbie Fay) at Bunbury Players; "A Shayna Maidel: Staged Reading" (Duvid Pechenik) at Temple Sinai Cultural; "Brigadoon in Concert" (Charles Dalrymple) at Homemade Theatre; "Cinderella" (The Herald) at Schuylerville Community Theater; and "Solstice" (originating the role of Danny Romero) at Company of Curiosities.

As a director, Michael recently helmed "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" at Schuylerville Community Theater and "Rabbit Hole" for Bunbury Players, both to critical acclaim.

By day, Michael serves as a Senior Career Resource Specialist at Adirondack Health Institute.

STAGE MANAGER

Alex is thrilled to make his Fort Salem Theater debut as Stage Manager for "The Laramie Project." Alex serves as a board member at Schuylerville Community Theater, where he has contributed both onstage and behind the scenes. He was most recently seen at SCT as Spike in "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," and backstage as Stage Manager for "The Twenty-Fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and "Cinderella."

Beyond Schuylerville, Alex served as Stage Manager for Bunbury Players’ "A Man Of No Importance" at The Edison Club and as Technical Director for Bunbury Players’ "It's A Flop" at Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library. He has also worked as a spotlight operator for "Cabaret" at Broadway Upstate.

RESIDENT SCENIC DESIGNER

HE/HIM | Charles/Chuck is a well-rounded artist with experience in creative writing, HDR photography, graphic design and 3D rendering, improvisational piano, original song composition and scenic design for theater. While attending Southern Vermont College 2001-2005 (bachelor’s in liberal arts) he worked summers at Old Castle Theater in Bennington, VT (2000 to 2005) where he learned, by observation, the creative nuances of set design as he worked as a stagehand. Charles is currently the Resident Scenic Designer and an Artistic Associate for Fort Salem Theater where, in October 2021, he debuted a design for The Diary of Anne Frank. In the 2022 season, he went on to design: Little Shop of Horrors, Steel Magnolias, Pride and Prejudice, Grease, The Wizard of Oz: Youth Edition, Bright Star, I Love You Because, Spring Awakening, You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Footloose,  The Little Mermaid Jr., The Pirates of Penzance, The Rocky Horror Slow, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Into the Woods, Beethoven, Godspell, Mary Poppins, The Drowsy Chaperone, Kinky Boots, and Tick, Tick…Boom!, along with designing Grant’s Ghost for Hubbard Hall on the side. Charles has also directed Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus in 2004 at his then-former High School, and The Glass Menagerie at Southern Vermont College in 2009.

Prior to his work at Fort Salem Theater, Charles has over eight years of set design experience, artistic/stage directing, assistant directing and serving as a theatrical creative-solutions consultant (for a local high school drama club). Shows he has designed there include: The Diary of Anne Frank (2007), 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 ended his run there with The Mousetrap (2015).

After taking some time away from theatrical design Charles feels truly thankful and honored to reignite his passion for design at Fort Salem Theater and is very honored to have helped design Grant’s Ghost for Hubbard Hall.

PRODUCER

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.

Most recently, Kyle took a brief sabbatical from Fort Salem Theater to serve as Company Manager for the esteemed Williamstown Theatre Festival, where he led a company of 350 artists and staff members. There, he worked alongside the talents of Pamela Anderson, Amber Heard, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Susan Sarandon, Kate Walsh, Chris Messina, Brandon Flynn, Whitney Peak, William Jackson Harper, Elizabeth Lail, Tonatiuh, Jensen McRae, among many others.

At Fort Salem Theater, he has directed and choreographed “Salem Under The Stars,” “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” “Next to Normal,” “There’s No Business Like Snow Business,” “Grease,” “The Pirates of Penzance,” “Agnes of God,” and “Mary Poppins” and has designed costumes for FST’s “Pride & Prejudice,” “Grease,” and “Bright Star.” Other direction and choreography credits include “Hairspray,” “Evita,” “White Christmas,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Guys and Dolls,” “The Music Man,” Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “West Side Story,” “Into the Woods,” “RENT,” “The Rink,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “A Chorus Line,” “Chicago,” “La Cage aux Folles,” and “Cabaret.”

Kyle is humbled to be the executive and artistic director of Fort Salem Theater, and in June 2023, was named one of the Top 10 New York State LGBTQ+ Leaders by I ❤️ NY.

*Indicates Associate Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

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