Who we are

Mike trained at the University of Kent in Canterbury with honors in Directing, and went on to study Stage Design at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He spent twenty five years as a Creative Director, Production Manager and Lighting Designer in London’s theatre and event industries. Highlights include HRH Prince Charles’s 50th Birthday at Buckingham Palace, the Gala Opening of the Tate Modern, as well as lighting and producing shows featuring artists such as Elton John, Placido Domingo, One Direction, Adele and many more. He has toured Shakespeare through hundreds of theaters all over the UK, US and Europe, worked in every palace in London, and did indeed once meet the Queen. As a Creative Director, Mike has directed at the Edinburgh Festival on eight occasions, the most notable success being Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, which went on to run three times in the West End and is now performed all over the world. Mike moved to Vermont with his family in 2014 and has directed Mamma Mia! and Miracle on Green Tree Drive for Lyric Theatre, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens at ArtsRiot. He is a founding member of Vermont Repertory Theatre, as well as Artistic Director,a nd his credits include The Comedy of Errors, Hawkes and Handsaws, Spamalot and Sweeney Todd. He will be directing Moliere’s, The Miser later in the spring.

Chloe trained at the London School of Musical Theatre and the University of Warwick. She performed professionally in a wide variety of roles across the UK and Europe before starting a new life in Vermont. Personal highlights include creating the role of Jubilee Climax in the original production of Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, lead vocalist in the European Tour of Fire of Dance, and being in the ensemble of the English National Opera’s Nabucco at London Coliseum. Since moving to VT, Chloe has continued to perform for Lyric Theatre, Vermont Stage and other local companies, as well as Vermont Rep. Recent favorite roles include Queen Alonsa in The Tempest and Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd.

Kylie is a communications and marketing strategist living in Williston, Vermont. With a background in digital marketing, web design, and automation, she leverages art and technology to grow the Vermont Repertory brand and extend the performing arts community to a broad audience. For the past 15 years, she has worked on and off stage with various theatre groups across Vermont as both a performer and promoter. In addition to being one of the founding members of Vermont Repertory Theatre with a seat on the Board of Directors, Kylie is also a board member with Lyric Theatre Company and Bella Voce Women's Choir.

Helen has been a part of the performing arts her entire life. She has been in many aspects of theatre such as on stage in multiple roles, back stage as crew, in the pit orchestra as pianist/percussionist/conductor and choreographer and has dabbled in the producer arena. Her favorite on-stage roles have been the comedic roles of Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance, Ado Annie in Oklahoma and Sister Robert Ann in Nunsense. Running a close second are the roles of dance ensemble in Chicago and being part of the dance company Pathos Dance Theatre, directed by Sophia Morris-Pitman of Dance Theatre of Harlem. She holds a BA in music, with a focus on piano performance and also a degree in Piano Rebuilding Technology from the North Bennet Street School in Boston, MA. After over 30 years as a music teacher, and now in semi-retirement, she loves the hard work needed while working at the Isham Family Farm in Williston. Helen feels passionate about Vermont Repertory Theatre and sees big things for its continual growth. As a Board of Directors member, she has a new hat to put on and encourages the community to come along for the ride. The breadth of talent within the company is wonderful.

Lyn is presently the VP of product design and development at Darn Tough Vermont. While working on her design degree at Cornell University Lyn did costume design for the Savoyards at Cornell (Gilbert and Sullivan). Back in Vermont, Lyn created costumes for several high schools, Stowe Theatre Guild along with more than 20 Lyric Theatre shows over the past 35 years. Designing for Vermont Rep is an opportunity to utilize her past costume experience as the base for unencumbered creativity, as demonstrated in her recent designs for The Tempest, Comedy of Errors, Spamalot and Sweeney Todd.