M. William Panek (Executive Director)
Will graduated in 2007 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BFA in Stage Direction. Most recently, he produced and directed Reefer Madness! The Musical at the Viaduct Theater. Past directing and assistant directing credits include And Then They Came For Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank, Pippin, Nine, The Last 5 Years, and performing in Leonard Bernstein's Mass. Since graduating, William was an artistic associate with The Orchard Project's 2007 session in Hunter, NY & a production assistant for 2008's The 24-Hour Musicals at Joe's Pub. He currently resides in Edgewater and can be found on Facebook here.
David Lipschutz (President)
David has been acting since he was six years old. Chicago-area credits include productions at the Illinois Theatre Center, Theatre at the Center, Victory Gardens, Hell in a Handbag, and Theatre Building Chicago Musicals for Kids. He has appeared in several films, including portraying an Orthodox Jew who walks into a tiny closet with Judd Hirsch in Polish Bar and a paint-sniffing carjacker named Beaver in Devil in My Ride. He also performs with the a cappella group, Lake Shore Jive. Oh, and he is an attorney.
