Our Team
SECRETARY
Danielle Herget
"A SECRETARY IS NOT A TOY"
“She's a highly specialized key component
Of operational unity”
About Me: I am originally from Braintree, MA, but I have been living in the Somerville/Medford area for about 20 years. I received my Ph.D. in Drama from Tufts, and have been Professor of Theater and Humanities at Fisher College since 2003. In terms of my own love of the performing arts, I’ve been dancing since I was 3, and singing and acting since soon after. My favorite productions include Into The Woods, Cabaret, Chicago, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Crucible, and Angels in America. I’m so happy to join this fabulous team of people to bring more theater to Medford!
Shows I Have Performed In: Into The Woods, Cabaret, Chicago, The Importance of Being Ernest, The Crucible, Angels In America, The Mystic Cabaret
Shows I Have Worked On: (all productions at Fisher College unless otherwise noted)
Actor and Co-Director: Lysistrata (Heathen Island Productions)
Director and Choreographer: Chicago
Director: Little Women
Director and Choreographer: Mamma Mia
Director: One Acts Festival
Director: Tribute to the Jazz and Blues Greats
Director: Little Shop of Horrors
Director: The Compleat Wrks of Shkspr
Director: Broadway Musical Revue
Producer: Demon Days (student-directed and written play)
Actor and Co-Director: Closer (Heathen Island Productions)
Director: Into The Woods
Director: The Crucible
Director: Sound of Music
Director: One Act Festival
Director. Broadway Musical Revue
Director: I Hate Shakespeare
Director. Talent Show
Director: The Women
Director: 10 Year Drama Club Reunion Show
Director: Crimes of the Heart
Director.: Tartuffe
Producer: Mmmmbeth
Director: A Streetcar Named Desire
Director: Bachelorette
Director and performer: Sidecar Cabaret
Director: How I Learned to Drive
Producer: Fences.
Director, writer and performer: Rock Thru Time
Choreographed and produced numerous dance concerts and shows for both
Newton and Braintree public schools
( I have done more shows but not all fit!)
TREASURER
Jim Sampson
"THE PIRATE OF PENZANCE"
“I am the very model of a modern major treasurer”
About Me:
Scientist by day, ballroom dancing martial artist by night. It’s been a long time since I’ve participated in shows directly, but I’m hoping to bring my unique mix of skills and pluck to the table to enable community-enriching theater in Medford! When not pursuing quijotic endeavors you can usually find me adventuring outdoors or with my nose in a book (sometimes both)
Shows I Have Performed In: Grease, Sweeney Todd, The Mystic Cabaret
Favorite Shows: Rent, Book of Mormon, Mean Girls, Avenue Q
PRESIDENT
Margaret Petrella
"BEETLEJUICE"
“HI I’LL BE YOUR GUIDE, I’LL BE YOUR G-U-I-D-E TO THE OTHER SIDE”
About Me:
Hi Everyone! my name is Margaret Petrella and i am so excited to bring the Mystic Players back to life! i came up with the idea one day while looking through photos of my old show’s & figured there is no better time than now! so i started a facebook group and from there we grew into a small team ready to do whatever it takes to bring community theater back to Medford! I hope you’ll stick with us on this long but exciting road ahead 🖤
Shows I Have Performed In: Wizard of Oz, Bye Bye Birdie, Guys & Dolls, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Footloose, Sound of Music, Shrek The Musical, How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, Assassins, Legally Blonde, The Mystic Cabaret
My Favorite Shows: Anastasia,Beetlejuice,Repo The Genetic Opera, Hairspray,SweeneyTodd
Phantom of The Opera, Assassin’s, HadesTown
Six, Hamilton, Funny Girl, The Drowsy Chaperone, Legally Blonde , American Idiot! Little Shop of Horrors, Heathers
VICE PRESIDENT
Robert Lublin
VICE PRESIDENT
"UNEASY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS A CROWN"
About me:
I wasn’t born in Medford, but it has become my forever home since I moved here and fell in love with the city 12 years ago. I have a Ph.D. in Theatre from the Ohio State University and am Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Massachusetts Boston where I teach, direct theatre productions, and served a four-year stint as Department Chair. I love theatre deep down to my bones, and over the years I have served as an actor, designer, director, dramaturg, fight choreographer, and producer. Over the years, I have directed many productions, including Romeo and Juliet, The Wizard of Oz, Aristophanes’ Lysistrata, Frank Winters’ Student Body, and more. I am delighted to work with this team and friends throughout Medford to build an exciting community theater. I hope you’ll join us!