DIRECTOR & CO- CHOREOGRAPHER

Jenny Boynton (She/Her) has been acting, directing, and choreographing in the community since 2003. She has her BA in Music as well as her AA in Dance, Drama and…accounting (keep your day job actors). Jenny started her theatre training with YES Foundation (previously known as RVCS) in the late 1900s and now runs her own professionally oriented theatre company called Marin Musical Theatre Company. Her goal in theatre education is to give the next generation of theater kids a solid training to seamlessly be able to move into professional theater. She believes that theater training done right creates empathetic, creative, and responsible adults even if they do not develop the theater habit after they graduate from high school.

MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Judy has been playing piano most of her life and music directing in Marin for over 30 years, including many shows at Stapleton since 2010.  Some of these are A Christmas Carol several times, Seussical two times, Urinetown, Honk, The Wizard of Oz and many others.  She also directed for Marilyn Izdebski Productions, Novato Theater Company, Marin Musical Theater Company, Masquers, Marin Masque Unit and many schools.  When not playing piano, Judy enjoys hanging out with her grandchildren!  We hope you enjoy our new Christmas Carol!!!!

CO- CHOREOGRAPHER

Isabella Qureshi was born and raised in Marin County, CA. She began her early dance training at age 4 at Dance Theatre 7 in Fairfax, CA. Isabella went on to earn her Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance with a concentration in Visual Media at MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE in New York City. Upon graduating, she returned to the Bay Area to teach Jazz, Contemporary, & Ballet. Isabella has performed professionally with the Carmen Carnes Dance Ensemble, Salsa Vale Todo, Marin Musical Theatre Company, Novato Theatre Company, and the Altarena Playhouse in Alameda. Isabella, most notably, was the Choreographer for the Grateful Dead’s New Year’s Eve concert to ring in 2020, and choreographed a dance segment in an episode of the ABC tv series “Scorpion.” Isabella joined the Stapleton faculty in 2016, and continues to share her passion for dance to children and adults throughout the Bay Area.

STAGE MANAGER, GUEST CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCE CAPTIN

Katie Wickes (Stage Manager, Guest Choreographer, Dance Captain) ​(she/her) Favorite shows with Stapleton include Urinetown: The Musical (Mrs. Millennium/Dance Captain) and numerous previous productions of A Christmas Carol (Ghost of Christmas Future/Sally/Dance Captain). Katie is the resident Choreographer for Marin Musical Theatre Company (MMTC) including The Rocky Horror Show (SFBATCC Award - Choreography), Spring Awakening (SFBATCC Nomination - Choreography), Legally Blonde (TBA Finalist - Choreography), and ​Cabaret. Her recent on stage performances include Grease, Mamma Mia, & Beauty and the Beast and backstage on Hello Dolly and Kinky Boots, all with The Mountain Play Association.

INTIMACY CHOREOGRAPHER & FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER

Nic Moore (he/him) is an actor, director, fight choreographer, and intimacy coordinator. He has worked with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Ross Valley Players, SPARC Theater, Alter Theater, New Conservatory Theatre Center, Theatre Rhinoceros, and We Players. He is a graduate of The Meisner Technique Studio in San Francisco, The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, and Shakespeare & Company in Lennox, Massachusetts