Our Officers
Meet the Snarks
Laurie Bennett
is a brand new Snark,
having recently played Rita in Players' Guide and house
managed and worked on props and wardrobe as a Prospective.
Jeannie Dalton
has been a Snark since 2004. She is currently occupying the role of Bellman.
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Liz Apgar
has been a Snark since
2007. She came by way of the Amateur Comedy Club after costuming a number of their shows. It only made sense that she transition over to the Snarks,
where history and dedication to theater was a definite pull.
Laurie Bennett
is a brand new Snark,
having recently played Rita in Players' Guide and house
managed and worked on props and wardrobe as a Prospective.
Laurie Bennett
is a brand new Snark,
having recently played Rita in Players' Guide and house
managed and worked on props and wardrobe as a Prospective.
Andja Budincich
gleefully joined the Snarks
in 2023. Her Snark credits
include Costume Designer for Lysistrata and Costume Assistant for She Stoops to Conquer and Silent Sky.
Lena Desmond
grew up only 2 blocks away
from the Amateur Comedy Club
and still feels a special thrill whenever she walks through the theater doors. Lena's skills do not include singing, dancing, costumes, makeup, lighting, or music, but
turns out she's a pretty good
props master!
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Sandy Ehrilch
earned her BA at Queens
College with a major in
technical theater, concentrating
on lighting and set design. After a long career as a business systems designer and then as an educator, she retired in 2023 and was invited to become an Associate
Member of the ACC.
Jade Elle
is an actress based in New
York City. She brings a fresh
sense of humor, honesty, and genuineness to the characters she portrays and the stories she shares.
Patricia Hutt
is a designer, not an actor.
Set building, painting, sewing, shopping, assembling, lettering, etc. All good.
Rachelle Loyear
is a New York-based public
speaker, author, and emerging performer. After years of speaking professionally on high stakes topics that require presence, timing, and the ability to hold a room, she is
now redirecting those same
instincts toward the stage as a member of the Snarks...
Amy Ludlow
has been a Snark since
1995. During the early days as
a member, she often wondered
how she became a Snark. With no exact theater skills, and certainly no acting ambitions, she filled the role of Baker and was in the
kitchen for the first few years.
Kathleen Moore
has been a proud Snark
since 1985 and has been
active on-stage and backstage throughout her membership. She is a graduate of Northwestern University in Illinois, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and came to
NYC to pursue a career in professional theatre.
Francine Myles
has been a Snark since
2009- has served as Bellman, Beaver, production manager
several times (including calling Snarks to staff shows), stage manager, kitchen help, sewed many hems helping on costumes, helped build and paint sets, been on
Play Committee, House
Manager on shows...
Linda Paternoster
is delighted to have
participated as a Snark
backstage for more than a decade. Some of the roles were production manager, stage manager, and sound / lighting operator. She is currently Admissions Chair, and she has served two years as Bell.
Patricia Rosenberg
is an actor, writer, and
sometime director. Her training includes classes at HB Studio,
David Deblinger's acting classes, Triangle Theatre presentations.
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Betsy Ross
loves being a Snark! She
had the opportunity to act in Museum, The Dead, It's a
Wonderful Life, She Stoops to Conquer, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, and to work backstage on other wonderful Snark shows. (Betsy admits that she is not
good at making lemonade!)
A native New Yorker,
Deborah Stone
has been a dancer, actress, and singer on the East and West
Coasts, was in a Broadway musical, and was a “Las Vegas” style show-girl in New York City and Dallas.
Pat Tiné
On stage: Marie (Calendar
Girls), Stephanie (POTUS), Williamina (Silent Sky), Marilyn (Ripcord), Norma (Plaza Suite), Ghost of Christmas Past & Mrs. Cratchit (Scrooge's Christmas), among others.
Toni Watterson
is an actor, playwright, and commedia dell'arte clown. Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, she moved to New York City in 2022 to pursue a career in the performing arts and was fortunate to find the Snarks shortly thereafter.
In addition to enjoying
their many theater
productions over the years- both
as an actor onstage and in a
variety of roles backstage- the Snarks have given
Sophia Zannis
a wonderful community of like-minded women. She loves
being a Snark.