Board & Faculty
Board of Directors
President
Wendy Masi, Ph.D
Founder/Artistic Director
David Spangler, Ph.D.
Treasurer
Alan Jackowitz
Secretary
Harriet Mathis
Michele Bernstein
Connie Crawford-Rodriguez
Abraham S. Fischler, ED.D
Rick Gore
Terry Miller
Wendy Sager Pomerantz
C. Scott Rassler, JD, CLU
W. B. Siegel
William E. Shoemaker
Peter Yockel
Nina Zakrzewsk
Artistic Director
Carrie Gilchrist
Honorary Board
Ted Danson
Jerry Herman
Michael Nouri
Stephen Schwartz
Stephen Sondheim
Jeffery Sweet
Fort Lauderdale Theatre Festival
Administrator
Shelly Bernstein
Media and Design
Tobi Nagy
Graphic Design
Joe Hagen
Tech
MaryLu Odom
Program Set-Up/Company Manager
Carrie Gilchrist
Fort Lauderale Teen - Session One Workshop
Director
Carrie Gilchrist
Music Director
Ryan McCall
Choreographer
Marcus Davis
Script Editor
Jamie Johnson
Assistant Script/ Media and Design
Tobi Nagy
Assistant Music Director
Jason Pomerantz
Assistant Director
Margie Spangler
Interns
Ambar Torres, Antonia Martinez
Administrator
Shelly Bernstein
Graphic Design
Joe Hagen
Tech
MaryLu Odom
Program Set-Up/Company Manager
Carrie Gilchrist
Fort Lauderdale Junior - Session One Workshop
Director
Jen Laudia
Co-Music Directors
Andy Gilbert / Derek Jayson
Choreographer
Meagan Nagy
Assistant Director
Omri Rolan
Script Editor
Tyler Grimes
Music Staff
Angela Miller
Interns
Jenna Iden, Gabby Groten and Antonia Martinez
Administrator
Shelly Bernstein
Media and Design
Tobi Nagy
Graphic Design
Joe Hagen
Tech
MaryLu Odom
Program Set-Up/Company Manager
Carrie Gilchrist
Dayton, Ohio Teen Workshop
Director
Jesse Carlo
Music Director
Michael Finke
Script Editor
Cassie Spangler
Fort Lauderdale Teen - Session Two Workshop
Director
Jamie Johnson
Music Director
Ryan McCall
Choreographer
Erin DeBold
Assistant Music Director and Assistant Director
Nathan Tysen
Script Editor/ Media and Design
Tobi Nagy
Interns
JD Odom, Danica Horton
Administrator
Shelly Bernstein
Graphic Design
Joe Hagen
Tech
MaryLu Odom
Program Set-Up/Company Manager
Carrie Gilchrist
Fort Lauderale Junior - Session Two Workshop
Director
Elizabeth Scorca
Co-Music Directors
Andy Gilbert and Shawn Snyder
Choreographer
Meagan Nagy
Script Editor
Shawn Snyder
Interns
Nina Ramos (script), Ali Rodriguez
Administrator
Shelly Bernstein
Media and Design
Tobi Nagy
Graphic Design
Joe Hagen
Tech
MaryLu Odom
Program Set-Up/Company Manager
Carrie Gilchrist
Oskarshamn, Sweden Teen Workshop
Director
Carrie Gilchrist
Music Director
Nils-Petter Ankarblom
Script Editor
Margie Spangler
Assistant Music Director
Mats Petersson
Assistant Music Director
Michael Finke
Assistant Director
Jen Laudia
Costumes
Jen Nielson
Sound
Tomas Andersson
Administrator
Birgitta Petersson
Lomma, Sweden Junior Workshop
Director
Nina Bjork
Music Director
Mats Petersson
Choreographer
Josefine Sigvant
Intern
Ellen Oredsson
Junior Interns
Sara Sako, Albert Ohlin
Administrator
Birgitta Petersson
Lovewell Faculty
Founder/Artistic Director
David Spangler
David Spangler is currently Program Administrator and Artistic Director of Nova Southeastern University’s Interdisciplinary Arts Master’s Program. Dr. Spangler graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with post-graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh and Kansas State University and received his Ph.D. from Union Institute & University. He has worked professionally in theatre, film, and television as a director, writer, composer, and performer. His Broadway credits include The Magic Show, Seesaw, and Elizabeth I. He has also written and produced 35 songs for the Emmy Award winning Romper Room & Friends (9 CBS/Fox videos achieving “Gold” status). Dr. Spangler is the founder and artistic director of Lovewell Institute for the Creative Arts. As an interdisciplinary arts administrator and consultant, he has served in various capacities with the Miami City Ballet, Walt Disney World Entertainment, the Theatre League of South Florida, the Arts Advisory Committee for the Broward Public Schools, and was appointed by the Florida Secretary of State to serve as a grant panelist and evaluator for the State Division of Cultural Affairs.
Associate Artistic Director/Program Director
Carrie Gilchrist
Year round, Carrie serves as the Associate Artistic Director and Program Director of Lovewell Institute. She has proudly set up and directed Lovewell workshops around the world including programs in Chicago, L.A., Ft. Lauderdale, the Florida Keys, Kansas, Ohio, Sweden and St. Petersburg, Russia. Two of the original pieces from these workshops have gone on to win the highest honors in the Florida school systems. After receiving her BFA with honors in musical theatre from Webster Conservatory in St.Louis, Miss Gilchrist headed to Chicago to pursue an acting, directing and teaching career. In Chicago she worked with many different theatre companies including Pegasus, DolphinBack, Theatre Building of Chicago, The 24 Hour Project (director), New Tuners (director), Windy City Players, Scrap Mettle Soul (company manager) and Deeply Rooted Dance (company Manager.) She is a founding member of the Lovewell Theatre project and Co-Writer of LTP’s The Book of Phil that was written in Chicago and the recent creation, The Gloaming, written at the New Zoar farm in Ohio and work shopped in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Carrie is the 2006 recipient of the Swedish Women’s Educational Association Scholarship for all of her work with the Swedish American relations and serves on the board of Lovewell Sweden. Recently, she helped to edit and complete Lovewell’s first catalogue of new works that is now available to the public for international performance. Carrie is dedicated to the mission of this organization and to continuing to cultivate this cultural community.