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 Executive
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Executive Director for Clear Space Theatre
Company, Wesley Paulson received his bachelor’s degree in accounting
(1985) and a master’s degree in finance (1992) from University of
Maryland University College. In 1998, Mr. Paulson attended the
Harvard Institute for Educational Management. Prior to accepting
the position at Clear Space, Mr. Paulson was employed for six years as
Chief Financial Officer for the General Board of Church and Society of
The United Methodist Church in Washington, DC.
In 1994,
Mr. Paulson was appointed as president of the
Maryland College of Art and Design (MACD) where he remained for seven
years. Located in Silver Spring, MD, MCAD offered an accredited
two-year associate of fine arts degree and a full program of non-credit
classes for all ages. The College was also home to the Gudelsky
Gallery where shows included works by students, faculty, and visting
artists. While president of the College, Mr. Paulson served on
the board of the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County and
the Conference and Visitors Bureau of Montgomery County, serving as
president of the latter organization from 1999-2001.
Mr.
Paulson continues to be active in trustee positions
at the Methodist Home of the District of Columbia, and the National
Capital Trolley Museum in Maryland. He is a graduate of
Leadership Montgomery (1997) and maintains a membership in that
organization. Mr. Paulson has several articles published by the
National Capital Trolley Museum, and received a Telly Award (2003) for
“This is My Story”, a video history of his church prepared for its 50th
anniversary. Mr. Paulson is married to the Rev. Connie Paulson, a
retired United Methodist pastor, and they reside in Ocean Pines, MD.
wpaulson@ClearSpaceTheatre.org
 Artistic
Director
Doug Yetter guides the aesthetic development and
oversees the Clear Space Theatre Company while serving as director,
musical director, conductor, accompanist and composer for the Theatre
Company, and musical director, arranger and faculty member for the Arts
Institute. He has been in the musical theatre business for 40 years as
a director, musical director conductor, arranger, orchestrator, and
composer for hundreds of productions across the country. His
works for the musical theatre stage include SCROOGE!, THE STREETS OF
NEW YORK, CRICKET ON THE HEARTH, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, DRACULA
and THE WATCHERS. His opera, THE SCARLET LETTER, premiered in
Baltimore in 2002, and two of his musicals - DIVINE TERROR and A
CHRISTMAS CAROL - had limited runs in New York City. Doug graduated
Summa cum Laude from University of Maryland where he received his
Bachelor of Arts degree in composition and holds a Master of Fine Arts
degree from the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing program of New York
University. Doug is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America,
American Federation of Musicians, American Guild of Organists and the
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
Doug@ClearSpaceTheatre.org
Company Manager
David Button received his B.A. in Theatre from
DeSales
University, with a focus on Acting and Directing. He has previous
experience in box office management, personal assistance, directing,
and acting in regional and university settings, including the
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Company, Main Street Theatre, and DeSales
University. He has directed productions for the Main Street
Theatre, ACT 3 Children's Theatre, Second Street Players, and he wrote
and directed a piece in collaboration with the Rehoboth Beach Chamber
of Commerce. His acting career includes work regionally with the
Main Street Theatre, the City Theatre at the Wilmington Opera House,
Clear Space Theatre Company, Riverfront Theatre, and Possum Hall.
In addition to his role as Company Manager, Button continues to
work as a member of the Clear Space's professional acting company, Arts
Institute instructor, and director.
David@ClearSpaceTheatre.org
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Box
Office Manager
Julia Monaghan
has her BA in English from George
Washington University and her MA in Education from Wilmington
University. She is a teacher at Epworth Preschool and also works
at several local businesses. Julia is a native of Hornell, NY and
has resided in Rehoboth Beach for the past ten years.
Julia@ClearSpaceTheatre.org
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Melanie
Bradleyis a
resident of Lewes, where she lives with her husband and two boys. She
received degrees in piano performance from Ithaca College and the
University of Maryland, College Park. She most recently was the pianist
for the Clear Space production of HELLO, DOLLY and for the Clear Space
Children's and Community Choruses as well as musical director and
pianist for the Milton Theatre production of THE FANTASTICKS, the
Possum Point Players production of PIRATES OF PENZANCE, and the 2nd
Street Players production of CABARET.
(Read bio above)
Elaine Faye has been a professional actor for over 25
years and has performed in theatres nationwide. She trained in NYC at
the HERBERT BERGHOF STUDIO and with NIKOS PSACHARAPOULOS, ELAINE AIKEN,
TONY GRECO, and DAVID BLACK. She has been a instructor for Clear Space
adult acting classes since 2010. She has appeared in numerous shows
with Clear Space, including THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, THE CRUCIBLE, and
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. In NYC: THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT, MOURNING BECOMES
ELECTRA, ORPHEUS DESCENDING, and GYPSY (national tour). In DC: Kennedy
Center Youth Theater’s EAST OF THE SUN and ALICE IN WONDERLAND,
directed by Pat Carroll; Signature Theater’s UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS
(Helen Hayes Award nominee). Elaine is a member of Actors Equity.
Christa Pardocchi took her first dance calls at age
three and a life’s passion was born. She hails from New York, the
“Dance Capital”, and brings more than 30 years experience to Long Neck
area. Pardocchi was educated at Adelphi University and trained
with Martha Graham, Phil Black, Alvin Ailey, Elliot Feld Ballet, and
the Eglevsky Ballet. She has performed and choreographed in
reginonal productions, as well as bing a touring dancer with National
Recording Artists. Assistant teaching and choreographing at the
Nassau College and Hofstra University led to being Artistic Director of
the Lindenhurst Youth Center and the accomplishment of teaching for 25
years in Long Island. She currently owns Dance Unlimited in Long
Neck and lives with her husband and two girls.
Jennifer Schmermund is a choreographer, dancer, teacher
and writer living in Lewes, Delaware. She earned her MFA in dance from
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she received the
Wanda M. Nettl Prize for choreography. As a dance teacher, she has been
on faculty at Marymount School of New York, served as an adjunct at
Bucknell University and was a guest artist at Salisbury University. In
New York, she trained as a yoga teacher through Om Yoga and with J.
Brown at Abhyasa Yoga Center and taught at Cora School for Dance, Poly
Prep Country Day School, GREEN SPACE and Friends Seminary. In 2004, she
co-founded the dance company FRESH BLOOD with KC Chun-Manning, and has
presented work in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Colorado. Her
choreography extends to the realms of film and theater; she recently
created a piece for the feature film, The History of Future Folk,
and is editing her short film, “Wild ____ Yonder,” set in Prospect
Park. As a performer, she has danced for choreographers including Sara
Hook, Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance, Kimberly Young and Valerie Green and
has worked as a puppeteer with playwright Ed Valentine. A former
copywriter, she’s now a freelance writer and studies unusual movement
moments for her blog, grinbearmove. She is in the process of
establishing a Delaware dance organization, DANCE BARN, which will mix
local and far-flung choreographers, bringing dance to Delaware stages,
schools, outdoor spaces and, of course, barns! Her current movement
life includes teaching yoga and facilitating workshops at Soul Yoga
Studio in Lewes and teaching dance for the Broadway Bound program at
H.O. Brittingham Elementary School which is run in collaboration with
Clear Space Theater.
David Warick, a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the
Arts, has worked as a professional actor, improviser, teacher and
writer for over twenty years, and is a member of SAG, Actors Equity,
the Writer’s Guild and the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists
Guild. He trained and performed at The Groundlings Theatre and
The Second City in Los Angeles and was a member of Los Angeles
Theatresports for over ten years - regularly performing in the
groundbreaking long-form show, TRIPLE PLAY. He later wrote for
Paramount, Fox and Walt Disney Television for several years and was a
story analyst for Artisan Entertainment, IFC, Avenue Pictures and famed
director Michael Mann. Currently, David teaches high school drama
and English at Sussex Central High School in Georgetown. He was
most recently seen acting in Clear Space Production’s MY FAIR LADY as
Professor Henry Higgins. He is also the founder and director of
Delaware Comedy Theatre, the First State’s premier professional improv
comedy troupe.
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Director
Chris Berg is a
Delaware native and resident of Rehoboth
Beach. Chris is a graduate of Seaford High School and was a vocal
performance major at the University of Delaware under the direction of
Dr. Melanie Dement and currently serves as the VP and Director of
Operations for Atlantic Management in Rehoboth Beach. In addition to
his work with Clear Space, Chris is the President of the Delaware
Choral Society, founding member of the Rehoboth Beach International
Student Outreach Program, former trustee of Epworth United Methodist
Church and serves on advisory boards and committees for the Rehoboth
Beach Dewey Beach Chamber of Commerce, Southern Delaware Tourism,
Delaware Economic Development Office, Lewes Yacht Club Foundation and
the Council on International Educational Exchange. Chris’s Clear Space
acting debut came in 2011 where he played Mary Sunshine in CHICAGO.
Director
Dennis Wayne
Chupella, native Washingtonian (DC),
graduate from the University of Maryland, College Park, moved to
Rehoboth Beach in 1997 where he had been a weekender for 20
years. Recently retired from The RE/MAX Realty Group and is now a
marketing consultant.
He has spent the
better part of his career in the retail
industry for such companies as Swatch Watch, Hutzlers, Hecht Co. and
Woodward & Lothrop. His diverse management background
includes both marketing and sales. His expertise focuses on,
identifying and capitalizing on trends, special events, promotions,
sponsorships and visual presentation and new product launches.
At Swatch,
he was a regional sales manager
responsible for 18 states and DC; as well as the primary liaison
for Swatch with ACOG (Atlanta Committee for the Olympic
Games), May Company, Belk and Dillard's Department stores and Reeds
& Mayors Jewelry stores.
Dennis is on the
Board of Advisors for the Beebe
Medical Foundation. He has chaired and co-chaired the Beebe Ball
for 6 years. Dennis was an outside marketing consultant for The
Henlopen Theater Project and also worked as a liaison with Rob White
between HTP and the Venice Theater, bringing the productions of
Greater Tuna and Patsy Cline from Florida to the Delaware Shore.
Director
Sharon Gambill
moved to the Eastern Shore from Columbus
Ohio and is a retired Head Start Teacher. Sharon attended Bowling Green
State University and Ohio State University and has a degree in Child
Development. Sharon was also a member and committee chair for the
Columbus, Ohio Goodwill Industries Business Advisory Board and a
graduate of the Columbus Area Leadership Program class of 1993.
Locally in addition to being a member of Clear Space’s Board of
Directors she has also served on the F.A.C.E.S. Advisory Board for the
Carl M. Freeman Foundation and is currently a CASA volunteer for the
Sussex County Family Court System.
Director
Financil Management Consultant/Fiorensic Economist
Jack Chapin is
a Certified Management Consultant (CMC); past national chair and Fellow
of the Institute of Management Consultants USA, Inc., (FIMC).
Graduating from Washington University in St. Louis in 1955, he
completed his MBA at the Olin School of Business, Washington University
in 1960. He joined the Data Processing Division of the IBM Corporation,
marketing to financial institutions in St. Louis.
In 1979, after 19 years in the computer industry, Jack joined Coopers
& Lybrand LLP (now merged as PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) to start
the Litigation Services practice in Chicago and the Midwest; becoming
Partner-in-Charge in 1986. In 1998 he formed his own firm, CHAPIN
Associates Ltd., having reached the mandatory retirement age for
partners. He is Senior Consulting Partner (Retired) PwC; closing his
consulting firm in 2012 after relocating from Chicago to Lewes.
Jack served as president of the Snowmass Resort Association, the
Tamarack Townhouses Association, the Fox Meadow Community Association;
five years as an elected Trustee of Northfield Village, and director of
The Presbyterian Home Chicago.
Director
Kathleen
(Kelly)
Quinn is a native of Great Falls, VA
and relocated to Slaughter Beach, DE in 2004. She attended
Virginia Tech and received a B.S. in Business Administration from the
University of Maryland, College Park. She spent 15 years in the
hospitality industry as a restaurant manager and corporate management
trainer. During her time in the hospitality industry, she was
heavily involved in catering both large and small events and event
planning before finding a new career in sales and marketing for a
wholesale alcoholic beverage distributor. She is currently
employed as a sales representative for Prestige Beverage Group, an
upscale wine and spirits wholesale house working with businesses from
Newark to Millville. Kelly is actively involved with the Boys and
Girls Club Greater Milford Club swim team and is the parent board
president for aquatics programs.
Board
Chair
Mary Kay Ryan
is
a retired lawyer having served 30 years
as a senior executive in federal and state regulatory agencies
overseeing staffs of attorneys and investigative professionals.
Before attending graduate and law school, Mary Kay served overseas with
the U.S. Department of State in Sri Lanka and Buenos Aires,
Argentina. Volunteer community activities have included service as
president of a local development corporation, staff work for an arts
festival and founder/president of a professional woman's
organization. She remains active in public policy issues both
nationally and locally. Mary Kay has extensive experience as a
public speaker and holds a law degree from Harvard, an MBA from Boston
College, a BA from Emmanuel College with a language major.
Director
Joan E. Thomas
is
a native of Michigan, lived and worked
in Maryland, and for the past 10 years Bethany Beach has been her
home. Joan graduated from the Detroit Business Institute prior to
moving to Maryland where she worked for eleven years as the Executive
Assistant to the Director of Development at Georgetown University
Medical Center. After retiring and moving to Bethany Beach she
reentered the work force once again as the Development Assistant to the
Executive Director of the Beebe Medical Center Foundation until her
second retirement. In these two positions her primary
responsibilities included prospect management, identification and
cultivation of prospects, and coordinating sponsorship and underwriting
efforts for major fundraising events.
She is a
member
of the Friends of the South Coastal
Library Board of Directors and was the Co-Chair of the Library’s
successful $2.5 million campaign to rebuild and expand the existing
facility. She is and has been a member and committee chair of the
Beach and Bay Cottage Tour committee, a major fundraising annual event,
supporting the library programs.
Currently she
is
the president of the AARP South Coastal
DE Chapter with over 500 members working to identify essential social
needs or projects in the community and to stimulate appropriate Chapter
involvement of resources to meet the needs or assist the projects. She
is a member of the Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Company Ladies
Auxiliary and was a member of their Fundraising Committee. She
has volunteered as an ambassador for the Middle Atlantic Symphony
Orchestra.
If you are
interested in serving on the Clear Space
Theatre Company Board, please contact Info@ClearSpaceTheatre.org
All other Board inquiries should be sent to Info@ClearSpaceTheatre.org
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Ken Skrzesz
was a co-founder of the Clear Space Theatre
Company. He resigned from his position in January, 2012 and currently
resides in Edgewater, Maryland where he works as a Visual and
Performing Arts Teacher Specialist at Annapolis High School.
Doug Yetter
is a co-founder of the Clear Space Theatre
Company and guides the aesthetic development of the company serving as
director, musical director, conductor, accompanist and composer for the
Theatre Company, and musical director, arranger and faculty member for
the Arts Institute. He has been in the musical theatre business for 40
years in any number of capacities for hundreds of productions across
the country. His works for the musical theatre stage include THE
STREETS OF NEW YORK, CRICKET ON THE HEARTH, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80
DAYS, DRACULA and THE WATCHERS. His opera, THE SCARLET LETTER,
premiered in Baltimore in 2002, and two of his musicals - DIVINE TERROR
and A CHRISTMAS CAROL - had limited runs in New York City. Doug
graduated Summa cum Laude from University of Maryland where he received
his Bachelor of Arts degree in composition and holds a Master of Fine
Arts degree from the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing program of New
York University. Doug is a member of the Dramatists Guild of
America, American Federation of Musicians, American Guild of Organists
and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
Doug@ClearSpaceTheatre.org
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 This program is made
possible, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency
dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in
partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Office and participation in all
activities, programs and benefits of Clear Space Theatre Company, Inc.
shall be open without regard to age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual
orientation, or national origin.
Clear Space Theatre Company, Inc. is a
501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All contributions are fully
tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Tax Identification number
20-1712916.
 Clear Space Theatre
Company partners with Art-Reach to “Share the Experience” providing free
or discounted tickets or admissions to Art-Reach member agencies that
serve people with disabilities or economic disadvantages.
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David
Button,