Michelle grew up in Watertown, NY, and attended a high school that sadly had no theater arts program while she was there. During her high school years, she heard of two community theater productions that were to happen in or near her hometown in upstate New York. She auditioned and was accepted into both. However, both were ultimately cancelled due to lack of interest. While in college, Michelle was introduced to dorm community theater by her roommate. Recently, Michelle has enjoyed being involved with several theater groups in the Greater Boston Area, whether it be by performing, choreographing, stage managing, set building, or running lights and sound. Her greatest challenge and honor is now serving on the Board of Directors for The Longwood Players. She is confident her term will be a rewarding and fulfilling time and hopes that her knowledge of theater production from a well-rounded aspect can beneficially come into play.  Michelle is the Senior Administrative Assistant for the Cardiovascular Research Laboratories at Children's Hospital Boston.

Vilas has been involved in theater for over a decade, starting in high school with various backstage roles. He then attended Princeton University, where he worked with several theater groups in several technical and administrative positions, including master carpenter, production manager, technical director, and a variety of electrician/carpenter/crew positions. He has also served as Technical Director on the board of Princeton Summer Theater (a community theater in Princeton, NJ) and was Productions Manager on the board of Theatre Intime for two years. Vilas has been involved with The Longwood Players since its third season in 2001. During the day, he works as a Computer Architect at AMD, Inc.

Martin has been a part of The Longwood Players’ productions since the group’s second season in 2000, having served as Master Electrician for seven shows and as Lighting Designer for one. He has been involved on the technical side of theatrical production for almost as long as he can remember, tracing all the way back to his elementary school days in Barrington, Rhode Island.  While in college at Princeton University, Martin held technical roles in a variety of theatrical and dance productions and served as lighting designer for the Princeton University Players, Princeton Shakespeare Company, Expressions Dance Company, Theatre Intime, and the Princeton Triangle Club. After having worked as a computer hardware and software engineer at Sun Microsystems for a number of years, Martin is currently a technology litigation consultant at Elysium Digital, L.L.C. in Cambridge, where he advises lawyers on computer technology-related cases.

John grew up in Iowa City, where he designed sets and lighting for several productions at the Iowa City Community Theater and was the Master Electrician for the Riverside Theater Company.  John has designed several shows for The Longwood Players, including lighting for West Side Story and Company and sets for Pygmalion, La Cage aux Folles, Arcadia, Cloud Nine, She Loves Me, and The Secret Garden.  Other TLP roles include carpenter, master electrician, and scenic artist.  John is a Program Officer at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge, where he manages research studies on science and technology policy.

Brandon joined The Longwood Players in 2007 as the lighting designer for A New Brain. Previous theater experience includes lighting designs for the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Wisconsin Singers and the regional premier of Somebody Catch My Homework by Sandra Fenichel Asher. Brandon is currently devoting the majority of his professional time to architectural lighting by using his strong background in theatrical lighting to enhance the architectural experience. Brandon holds a MFA in lighting design from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.