Staff & Board of Trustees

Management

Portrait of Weylin Symes

Weylin Symes, Producing Artistic Director — 781-587-7903 

Weylin was extensively involved in the renovation of Greater Boston Stage’s building in 1999 and 2025, and over the past 25 years he has overseen the growth of the Theatre into one a leading regional performing arts institution. After serving as the Theatre’s first Artistic Associate, Weylin assumed the role of Artistic Director in 2003 and was named as Producing Artistic Director in 2007. In his time at GBSC, he has directed over 25 productions for the Mainstage and written or adapted several pieces for performance on GBSC’s stage, including The Old Man and the Sea, Dracula, It’s a Wonderful Life, Lobster Girl and Last Night at Bowl-Mor Lanes. Some favorite directing projects at GBSC include: Clue, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Richard Nelson’s Apple Family Plays, Seminar, Distant Music, I Capture the Castle, Buddy Cop 2, Gaslight, Strangers on a Train, Marathon, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Violet Hour, The Dazzle, and The Girl in the Frame. Prior to coming to Greater Boston Stage Company, he directed several productions in the Boston area, including Henrik Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman and We Bombed in New Haven by Joseph Heller, and spent a year training law enforcement personnel through role-playing exercises in Albuquerque, NM. Weylin graduated from New York University and studied at the Experimental Theatre Wing of the Tisch School of the Arts.

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Heather Mell, Managing Director — 781-587-7900
Heather has loved working with Greater Boston Stage Company since April 2019. She has a B.S. in Theatre Performance/Communications from Northern Michigan University. She has worked with the Cherokee Historical Association (NC) and Barter Theatre (VA), as well as Court Theatre and Griffin Theatre Company (Chicago). Heather has most recently performed as a member of the Adult Chorus in The Midwinter Revels (Cambridge) and is an exceedingly proud Young Company parent.

Staff

MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT
Bryan Miner+, Director of Marketing and Philanthropy — 781-587-7907
Ceit Zweil, Grants Coordinator & Philanthropy Operations Associate — 781-587-7909

PRODUCTION
Meghan Ward, Production Manager  —  781-587-7908

EDUCATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE
Autumn Blazon-Brown+, Director of Education —  781-587-7918
Diane Amato, Finance Manager

BOX OFFICE AND FRONT OF HOUSE
Paul Luther, Box Office Manager & Group Sales Coordinator — 781-279 -2200
Filomena Cunha, House Manager & Concessions Supervisor — 781-279 -2200

Board of Trustees

Chair – Daria Niewenhous, Board of Directors; StonehamBank
Vice-Chair – Melodie Wing, President; Winchester Community Access & Media Inc.
Treasurer – Kiera McNelis Shaw+, Director of Finance; WorldCare
Secretary – Aricia Symes-Elmer, Founder and Master Stylist, Unfoldid
Eric Bergstrom, Vice President; Stoneham Financial Services
Kathryn Boyle, Senior Vice President & Chief Fiduciary Officer; First Financial Trust
Shanna Cahalane, Senior Vice President, Director of Marketing & Community Development; Reading Cooperative Bank
Joan Cassidy, Consultant
Nancy Sterling, Senior Vice President, Strategic Communications; Mintz

+Young Company Alumni