Learn Your Lessons Well (Reprise

Gwen TerHaar (Costume Designer) is a private voice teacher from Pewaukee. She has won Jerry awards for her musical direction and costuming at Pewaukee High School’s Addams Family. She musically directs and designs costumes for local area productions for both schools and local theatre. Some of her singing/acting credits include Lucy in Jekyll and Hyde for West Allis Players, Madame Thénardier in Les Misérable at Waukesha Civic Theater, and Pennywise in Urinetown at Lake Country Playhouse. Gwen musical directs the youth summer and spring show for Waukesha Civic Theater. This year she will also begin directing the musical at St. John Vianney School.

Matt Pea (Sound Designer) is an accomplished sound engineer and owner/ operator of Pinnacle Audio, LLC. He has been involved with hundreds of events since 2003, ranging from club shows to large corporate productions. Matt has also been the Technical Director/Sound Designer for Kids from Wisconsin since 2011. In the last several years, Matt has developed a niche working with high schools to produce high-quality concerts and theatrical productions ̶ which he has received several sound design awards for.

Mike Van Dreser (Lighting Designer) Mike is a 2004 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He has done lighting design for many Next Act Theatre shows including, Big Boys, No Child..., I and You, and One Time. In spring 2019, Mike started his own production company called Stage Right Designs. His company mission statement is to bring professional technical support to all levels of theatre from elementary schools to professional theatre. In 2018, Mike was nominated for a Jerry Award for Lighting Design for Bye Bye Birdie and a Footlights Award for Lighting Design on Next to Normal, and in 2019 was again nominated for a Jerry for Little Shop and two Footlight awards for Millie and Hedwig.