Mark Pearson (Executive & Artistic Director) Originally from Hull, Massachusetts, Mark received his BA in theater and philosophy from Boston College and his MFA from Boston University. Mark has been a member of the CLOC family since 2003 and has held several different positions including costume designer: set designer and technical director: and stage director. Mark has also appeared on the Highfield Stage as a last minute cover. In addition to his dedication to CLOC, Mark has also kept up an active theater career designing, stage managing and assistant directing in Germany at several opera houses including the Aalto Musiktheater in Essen and the prestigious Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf.

Joan McDonald (General Manager) lives in South Dennis, MA and is a clay artist–primarily sculpture and hand-building and describes her work as biomorphic. She says that she has “not one iota” of musical talent but grew up listening to opera and musical comedy. She received a BA from Lesley University and studied at Andover Newton Theological School. She has worked in a variety of roles on and off the Cape, from the Director of Religious Education at Unitarian Universalist congregations in Iowa and Massachusetts, Director of Operations at the Dennis Chamber of Commerce, Training and Office Coordinator for the Cape & Islands Suicide Prevention Coalition, consulting and managing workforce development and school to careers programs.
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Beth Burrier (Associate Artistic Director) is thrilled to be back in Falmouth this summer. Beth holds degrees from both Otterbein University and Ithaca College, and has over 150 musicals to her credit, including the  National Tours of RENT, and The Full Monty.

Kristin Knutson (Production Manager/Technical Director) joined CLOC in the 2020 season and is excited to create live theatre this year! A native of the Pacific Northwest, Kristin holds a BA in Theatre Design and Studio Art from Willamette University, and recently completed her MA in Theatre Education & Applied Theatre at Emerson College. Kristin came to New England in 2006 for an internship at the American Repertory Theater and subsequently spent 13 years advancing through various positions within the A.R.T. scene shop. After a run of nine months serving as A.R.T.’s Interim Technical Director, Kristin shifted her career trajectory toward teaching out of a desire to share her working knowledge with up-and-coming theatre professionals. She can't wait to see patrons at the Highfield Theatre enjoying the work of our hard-working 2021 Company!

This is Miles Plant (Acting Artistic Director/Music Director of Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder)’s sixth year at CLOC, and his 3rd year as music director. In the off-season he is assistant to the musical theatre program at Manhattanville College.  National tour credits include The Sound of Music as Associate Conductor and the first national of Bandstand as Music Director. 

James Mills (Stage Director of The Pirates of Penzance) is delighted to be returning to CLOC for a seventh summer. He previously staged 2019’s season opener H.M.S. Pinafore. Having performed in the Vocal Company of the 2004 CLOC season, James made a special appearance in Stable to Stage II, the 2010 Benefit for the Highfield Theatre Restoration Project, and he has served as a member of the CLOC National Honorary Committee of Alumni. A graduate of the University of New Mexico, James has lived in New York City for over a decade and makes a living as the principal comic baritone, or “patter man,” with the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players. In his time with NYGASP, James has performed in all 13 of the surviving G&S comic operas in NYC, on tour across the US and Canada, or in the UK at the International G&S Festival. He has directed and stage managed for NYGASP and is the 2019/2020 recipient of the Isaac Asimov Award for Artistic Achievement. As a character actor and fixture of the NYC nightlife community, James has been honored to be an announcer for the NYC Pride March and is co-star/co-creator (along with RuPaul Drag Race Season 12 star Jackie Cox) of the all-new drag musical, The Hell’s Kitchenettes, @hellskitchenettes and hellskitchenettes.com. James is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association.

David Weiller, Music Director for The Pirates of Penzance, first came to CLOC as a rehearsal pianist in 1979. As a principal conductor, he has conducted 53 CLOC productions over the past 41 years, including much of the Gilbert & Sullivan canon, European and early American operettas, and Broadway classics. Some of his favorite Highfield conducting memories are the CLOC premieres of The Dollar Princess, She Loves Me!, Song of Norway, Countess Maritza, The King and I, Me and My Girl, The Most Happy Fella, Lady Be Good! and Show Boat. David recently retired from a 37-year professorial career as director of choral studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where his choirs enjoyed a reputation for vibrant performances throughout the southwest and beyond. He was the recipient of many teaching awards on campus, and he was the artistic director of the Las Vegas Master Singers, the chorus-in-residence for the Las Vegas Philharmonic.​

Robert W. Schneider, Stage Director of Very Good Eddie, is the Artistic Director of NYC’s The J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company. As a producer, he is primarily associated with Feinstein's/54 Below, where he has worked with such artists as Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, Audra McDonald, and Marilyn Maye.  His directorial work was acknowledged with the Ovation Award, StageScene LA Award, BroadwayWorld Award, SDC Fellowship, the MAC Award, and he was nominated for BroadwayWorld's Best Cabaret Director of the Decade. At CLOC he has directed How To Succeed…(2014), Wonderful Town (2018), and Bye Bye Birdie (2019). In addition to that, Robert is the co-host of the podcast Behind The Curtain: Broadway's Living Legends. 
He received his MFA in Directing from Pennsylvania State University. He holds academic appointments at Penn State University, New York Film Academy, and Mt. Union. His book 50 Key Musicals will be published by Routledge in 2022.

Elizabeth Hastings, Music Director of Very Good Eddie, is a highly regarded vocal coach and accompanist based in her native New York.  She has performed many times at Carnegie Hall as a continuo player, including an appearance as recitative harpsichordist with the internationally acclaimed Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in their first operatic venture, Rossini’s Il Signor Bruschino.  She has conducted for the New York City Opera National Touring Company, Harrisburg Opera, Sarasota Opera, the Toledo Opera, and the Washington National Opera.   She conducted Rossini’s La Cenerentola and La Bohème for the Union Avenue Opera in St. Louis, Missouri.  She served as conductor/director for Die Fledermaus, The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute and most recently for Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi with the Queens College Opera.  Last March she conducted Gianni Schicchi for Regina Opera in Brooklyn, New York.  She is on the faculty of NYU. 

Alison Morooney, Stage Director of Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, is a director and choreographer currently pursuing her MFA in directing for musical theater at Penn State University. Before this she spent almost a decade based out of New York City as an actor. International tours: American Idiot and Nice Work if You Can Get It. Regionally: Ever After, Beehive, and A Christmas Story. She has enjoyed several summers on the Cape with The College Light Opera Company as a stage director, and also serves on the diversity equity and inclusion task force. Most recent productions at CLOC include Mary Poppins, Pippin, and The Red Mill.

Jacob Allen, ​Stage Director of The Pajama Game, currently serves as Chair of the Department of Theatre & Dance at the University of Memphis where he is also professor and head of Musical Theatre. A CLOC alum as both performances and director, Jacob has worked extensively throughout the Midwest and New England in theatres from Maine to Mississippi.  As an artist Jacob is an advocate for American Lyric Theatre and Art Song.  In 2003 he premiered David Thurmaier's cycle of songs for Baritone, Three American Songs based on texts by Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, and Edward Arlington Robinson. As a teacher Jacob is fascinated by the challenges faced by young singers in their development as theatrical performers and is dedicated to the integration of acting and singing. He was the 2014 recipient of the Thomas W. Briggs Foundation award for excellence in teaching, the University of Memphis' highest honor for excellence in the classroom.

Mila Henry, Music Director of Trouble in Tahiti, is a music director, pianist and conductor, as well as Artistic Director of The American Opera Project. Hailed “a stalwart contributor to the contemporary opera scene” (Opera Ithaca) and a “terrific” pianist (Opera News), she provides musical dramaturgy to AOP works and serves as Head of Music for their Composers & the Voice program. She maintains an active and versatile career, leading works spanning folk operas to rock musicals to crossover collaborations, and performing at venues such as The Apollo, Circle in the Square, Dutch National Opera, LA Opera, Library of Congress, OPERA America, Opera Philadelphia and Pittsburgh CLO. Her recording credits include the operas Looking at You (Bright Shiny Things) and Thumbprint (National Sawdust Tracks), and the albums Love & Trouble (Roven Records) and Voices of Women (Affetto Records). She is also a member of the alt-country band Opera Cowgirls. A native of the Philadelphia area, Mila holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and Elizabethtown College. milahenry.com

Jennifer Delac, Stage Director of Little Women, a graduate from Fordham University (Lincoln Center) with a BA in Theatre, Jennifer is now pursuing her MFA in Directing at the Pennsylvania State University under the mentorship of Susan H. Schulman. She has directed, choreographed, and stage managed in NYC and regionally throughout the United States. Select credits include: The Beast in the Jungle (Assistant to Dir. Susan Stroman, Vineyard Theatre), Song From the Uproar (Assistant Director/Dance Captain, LA Opera/BMP), The Wong Kids (Choreographer/ASM, Ma-Yi Theatre), Disenchanted (Director/Choreographer, Festival 56), TEXAS! (Asst. Choreographer/Dance Captain, TPHF), The Last Five Years (Director/Choreographer, Penn State Centre Stage), Songs for a New World (Director, PSU), Spamalot (AD/Assoc. Choreographer, PSU), Die Fledermaus (Choreo./AD, TPHF), Mr. Burns (Choreographer/Assoc. Director, Fordham). Jennifer is a member of Actor’s Equity and an Associate member of SDC. Many thanks to her ever supportive family and this incredible new CLOC family (especially Ali).

David Möschler, Music Director of The Sorcerer, is an award-winning freelance conductor and musical director based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He started his professional career as an Associate Conductor at CLOC for the 2005–06 seasons, and has been returning regularly as a Principal Conductor since 2007. He is thrilled to conduct The Sorcerer this summer, his third production with stage director Mark Pearson. Outside of CLOC Möschler has music-directed over 120 professional regional productions with companies such as Lamplighters Music Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, Guthrie Theater, San Francisco Playhouse, Ray of Light Theatre, Mountain Play, West Edge Opera, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Shotgun Players, among many others. Möschler has been the recipient of two Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards and a Theatre Bay Area award for Outstanding Musical Direction. He is Resident Musical Director for YMTC Berkeley, and served on the faculty at San Francisco Conservatory of Music and appears frequently as a guest lecturer at many other local colleges. When not conducting or teaching, he tours regularly throughout the United States with groups such as Pop-Up Magazine and bands like The Dear Hunter. In 2013 Möschler founded the Awesöme Orchestra Collective, which he conducts every month and with which he has recorded over fifteen albums. Find out more at www.davidmoschler.com.

Georgia Stitt, Writer and Composer of ​The Danger Year, is a composer, lyricist, music producer, and pianist. (CLOC 93, 94, 97, 98, 99) Her original musicals include Snow Child, The Danger Year, Big Red Sun, The Water, Mosaic, and Samantha Spade, Ace Detective, which won “Outstanding New Musical” from the National Youth Theatre. She has worked as a music director on Broadway and in TV and film, including The Sound of Music (Live!), The Last Five Years, and the upcoming film 13: The Musical for Netflix. Georgia has released four albums of her music: A Quiet Revolution, My Lifelong Love, Alphabet City Cycle, and This Ordinary Thursday. She is currently writing The Big Boom, a collection of theatrical art songs, and an oratorio to be developed at Princeton University where she is an artist-in-residence. In addition to being the Founder and President of Maestra Music, Georgia holds leadership positions at The Dramatists Guild, The Recording Academy, and MUSE (Musicians United for Social Equity). www.georgiastitt.com

Hunter Foster, Stage Director of The Danger Year, Most recently directed Rock of Ages and Give Em Hell Harry for Theatre  Aspen, and will return to Colorado this August to directing the world premier one-person play,  Esmeranda’s Gift. In 2019, he directed The Other Josh Cohen off-Broadway and The Drowsy  Chaperone at the Goodspeed Opera House and was named “director of the year” by the Wall  Street Journal. At the Bucks County Playhouse he has directed 42nd Street, Clue, Guys &  Dolls, Company, Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Buddy Holly Story, National Pastime, The Rocky Horror  Show, Summer of ’42, Million Dollar Quartet and It’s a Wonderful Life. Other directing credits  include: Rent, God of Carnage, A Syracuse Christmas Carol, Waiting For the Host (Redhouse);  One Hit Wonder, (U. Of Michigan) A Connecticut Christmas Carol (Goodspeed), Into The  Woods, Beauty and the Beast (Western Carolina University),The Other Josh Cohen (Geva  Theatre), Cabaret, My Fair Lady, The Foreigner, Clue, Once (Cape Playhouse) Grease (North  Carolina Theatre), Spamalot (Casa Manana) and he has directed over 17 productions of the  Million Dollar Quartet across the country (Paper Mill, St. Louis Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse,  Geva, Great Lakes, Center Rep). He has also written the librettos for the musicals: Summer of  ‘42, Jasper in Deadland, The Circus In Winter, Clyde and Bonnie: A Folktale, Sleepy Hollow and  The Big Boom. As an actor on Broadway he was nominated for a Tony Award for Little Shop of  Horrors in 2004. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan’s musical theatre program.

Andrea Grody, Music Director of The Danger Year, is a music director, arranger, composer, and educator with a focus on developing new work. Broadway: The Band’s Visit, Tootsie. Recent projects include world premieres of Shaina Taub’s As You Like It (Public Works), The Band's Visit (Atlantic), Cake Off (Signature/Bucks County), The Fortress of Solitude (Public/Dallas Theater Center), Unknown Soldier (Williamstown Theatre Festival), and Love's Labour's Lost (Public Theater/Shakespeare in the Park). Other favorites include The Great Immensity and Venice (Public), Assassins (Yale Rep), and Robin Hood as Composer/Music Director (Williamstown). Writing credits include the musical Strange Faces and several songs for The Civilians' Let Me Ascertain You series. Andrea is Resident Music Director and Senior Voice Teacher at New York Vocal Coaching and the creator of WordWaves (www.singwordwaves.com). B.A. Princeton University, M.A. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Miranda Van Mooy (Stage Manager) is a rising sophomore at Connecticut College, planning to double major in Theater and Government. A Falmouth resident, Miranda started performing at Highfield Theater when she was ten years old. After assistant stage managing and assistant directing for CLOC in 2019, Miranda is thrilled to be returning as stage manager!

Caitlin Belcik (Choreographer) is returning to CLOC for her second summer! Belcik has a BFA in Musical Theatre from Penn State University and is getting her Masters from Oklahoma City University. Belcik choreographed the Off-Broadway revival of Seesaw at Theatre Row and has performed on Broadway and in 30+ regional productions.

Maria Noriko Cabral (Publicist) is excited to be joining CLOC as the Publicist this season!  She is a recent graduate of Rhode Island College, where she earned a B.A. in Musical Theatre. She was the 2020 recipient of the KCACTF ASPIRE/LORT Leadership Award and became a 2021 KCACTF National ASPIRE Arts Leadership Fellow. 

Anna Hlinomaz (Business Manager) is thrilled to return to CLOC, after serving as a Box Office Treasurer in 2019. During her undergraduate studies, she worked as the Box Office Supervisor and House Manager for the Boston Conservatory Theater. In the fall, Anna will be attending the University of Cincinnati to pursue her MA/MBA in Arts Administration.​​

Megan Combs (Box Office Treasurer/Assistant Business Manager) is a recent graduate of SUNY Potsdam, Crane School of Music with a B.M in Music Business and a B.A in Arts Management, with concentrations in Voice and Special Education in Music. She wrapped up her college experience as an Administrative Intern and Supporting Artist at People’s Theatre Project.

Sara Chemi (Box Office Treasurer/Assistant Publicist) is a sophomore at Dean College majoring in musical theatre and minoring in arts management. Some of her favorite shows she’s worked on are Love and Information (Ensemble), Singin’ In The Rain (Kathy Selden), Radium Girls (Kathryn Schaub), and Peter and the Starcatcher (Prentiss).

Mark Daniel (Chef) has been a Martial Artist for 54 years, but in his free time cooks for his large family. He is the youngest of 9 siblings. This is his second summer cooking here at the CLOC campus.