Meet the Team
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Wendy Lippe, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and Producing Artistic Director of The Psych Drama Company, a 501©3 non-profit theater company which has performed in Boston, NYC and Rhode Island. Dr. Lippe was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School for over a decade, and has been on the faculty and served as a Visiting Researcher at Boston University for over twenty years. She has private practice offices in Brookline and Cambridge, MA. Dr. Lippe has an extensive history in the theater. Most notably, Dr. Lippe developed and portrayed a female Hamlet for three different Boston area theater companies. She was most recently seen as Ann in Albee’s At Home at the Zoo. Other favorite roles include Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter, Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, Martha in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Amanda Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard, Goneril in King Lear, Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Inez in No Exit, and Lady MacBeth in MacBeth. Dr. Lippe's theater work has been featured on WBUR, WCVB/Channel 5, in the Boston Globe, Motif Magazine, Edge Media Network, BU Today, The New England Psychologist, The Brookline Tab, The Worcester Telegram and Gazette, and other local newspapers and radio stations. |
Resident Director & Actor
Alex Aponte has been performing and directing in local theatres for the past twenty years, and was Vice President of Attleboro Community Theatre. Favorite roles include Lucien in "The Boys Next Door", Scrooge in "The Trial of Ebeneezer Scrooge", Dr. Einstein in "Arsenic and Old Lace", Mike Tolman in "Wait Until Dark", and Nunzio in "Over the River and Through the Woods". Alex is a retired Police Sergeant for the City of Attleboro.
Resident Director
Larry Segel is a veteran of dozens of theatre productions, as an actor, director, lighting designer, producer, and many other jobs behind the scenes. He has directed dramas: The Cherry Orchard, Iphegenia in Aulis, Little Women, Our Town, and Under Milk Wood, as well as comedies: The Underpants, The Inspector General, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mornings At Seven, and Auntie Mame. For The Psych Drama Company, he has directed Edward Albee's At Home at the Zoo and The Lion in Winter; and he was the stage manager for A Streetcar Named Desire.
Resident Actor
Brian Dion is a veteran of the stage having performed in the Boston area for decades . He was most recently seen as Peter in The Psych Drama Company’s production of Albee’s At Home at the Zoo. Past roles include King Lear in Lear, Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Gaston in Picasso at the Lapine Agile, Joe in the Shadow Box, Frank Foster in How the Other Half Loves, and Tevya in Fiddler on the Roof. Brian writes formal poetry and was a runner-up for the Grolier Book Shop Poetry Prize, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Director of Post Show Discussions
Goldie Eder, LICSW, BCD is a clinical social worker practicing in Cambridge, where she sees individuals, couples and families. She is a Teaching Associate at Harvard Medical School and Associate Clinical Professor at Smith College School for Social Work. Goldie programs an educational film series for social workers and others, and also assists at the Boston Jewish Film Festival, the Reel Abilities Film Festival, and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on programming in the Museum’s Disability Access Program. Goldie has a background in theatre, film and radio.
Literary & Technology Consultant
William Stofega received both his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Maryland at College Park. His master's curriculum focused on the literature of the English Renaissance. His thesis "Silent Rebellion, Silent Dissent: The Case of Elizabeth Cary and The Tragedy of Mariam, the Faire Queene of Jewry" explored textual disruption and social dissent during the English Renaissance. Some scholars consider Elizabeth Cary to be the first female playwright. William also directs IDC's Mobile Device research and consulting efforts on a worldwide basis.
William Stofega received both his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Maryland at College Park. His master's curriculum focused on the literature of the English Renaissance. His thesis "Silent Rebellion, Silent Dissent: The Case of Elizabeth Cary and The Tragedy of Mariam, the Faire Queene of Jewry" explored textual disruption and social dissent during the English Renaissance. Some scholars consider Elizabeth Cary to be the first female playwright. William also directs IDC's Mobile Device research and consulting efforts on a worldwide basis.
Technical Director
Doug Greene was bitten by the theater bug in 1976 and has pursued it in many forms since then-- first as an actor, then moving into technical theater. His horizons expanded into media, film, and video production. Doug served as the director of video production for 14 years at the University of Rhode Island's Ryan center and most recently did a 3 season stint with the National Football League as an audio specialist. But live theater has always been his greatest love and heartfelt enjoyment.
GAIL CHESLER spent almost her entire career working for non-profits in many capacities. Her association with the performing arts began when she produced outdoor concerts on Long Island, managing all technical, booking, and fundraising aspects. Her later career was primarily in fundraising, with a specialty in Planned Giving.
Gail received a Master’s in Performing Arts Administration from NYU. Long an advocate of making one’s avocation one’s vocation, in 2000, Gail was made Director of Planned & Special Gifts at the Metropolitan Opera, which she considers the culmination and highlight of her career. She retired from the Met in 2012 but she is still a voracious consumer of opera, which she considers her “art of choice.” During the pandemic, she and her partner have been watching opera streams several times a week.
Gail serves on three boards of directors—she is the president of her co-op board; she also serves on the boards of Two Pianos: Playing for Life and the American Lyric Theater. She is proud to be working with the Psych Drama Company because she is a strong believer in its unique mission.
Gail received a Master’s in Performing Arts Administration from NYU. Long an advocate of making one’s avocation one’s vocation, in 2000, Gail was made Director of Planned & Special Gifts at the Metropolitan Opera, which she considers the culmination and highlight of her career. She retired from the Met in 2012 but she is still a voracious consumer of opera, which she considers her “art of choice.” During the pandemic, she and her partner have been watching opera streams several times a week.
Gail serves on three boards of directors—she is the president of her co-op board; she also serves on the boards of Two Pianos: Playing for Life and the American Lyric Theater. She is proud to be working with the Psych Drama Company because she is a strong believer in its unique mission.
Graphic Design & Web Maintenance
Kate Southern received her B.A. in Theater Arts from Emory University and her M.F.A. in Scenic Design from Brandeis University. She has been working with The Psych Drama Company since 2011. Kate has performed, designed, and trained in Raleigh, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, New York, Washington DC, Detroit, Toledo, Anaheim, and Los Angeles. She currently resides in southern Oregon.
Kate Southern received her B.A. in Theater Arts from Emory University and her M.F.A. in Scenic Design from Brandeis University. She has been working with The Psych Drama Company since 2011. Kate has performed, designed, and trained in Raleigh, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, New York, Washington DC, Detroit, Toledo, Anaheim, and Los Angeles. She currently resides in southern Oregon.
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