TARA SNYDER (Stage Manager) is no stranger to Weathervane as this is her third show working "behind the scenes" at the Playhouse. Tara joined the Weathervane family as the assistant stage manager for The Dinner Party in 2004 and then assumed the role of stage manager for Angels in America: Millennium Approaches in 2005. An Ohio University graduate, she is thrilled to be back at the theater. Now a mother of two boys (ages two and four), the theater is her "quiet time!" Tara sends a ton of thanks to the cast and crew of String of Pearls for such a good time, Susan for the many great quotes and advice and, most of all, to Patrick and the boys for their support through late nights and for their early-morning kisses!

DEE CAFFEY (Assistant Stage Manager) served as a lighting technician and stage manager at Richie Mall when she was 10 years old. Weathervane is thrilled that she has taken time out from her job as a case manager for Summit County Human Services to join the String of Pearls team.

TOM BARNES (Sound Designer) most recently designed the sound for our production of All My Sons. For the Bang and the Clatter Theatre Company, he designed sound for Closer and Beggars in the House of Plenty; he designed sound for The Diary of Anne Frank and Biloxi Blues for Tree City Players; and he designed sound for Sylvia, Having Our Say, Communicating Doors, Dracula, The Chosen, A Lesson Before Dying, Three Days of Rain, and Angels in America: Millennium Approaches for Weathervane. A fervent actor as well, Tom was last seen on stage at the Bang and the Clatter Theatre Company's The Long Christmas Ride Home and The Late Henry Moss. Weathervane audiences have enjoyed his performances in The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, A Lesson Before Dying, Of Mice and Men, Little Shop of Horrors, The King of the Kosher Grocers, The African Company Presents Richard III, and The Piano Lesson. Tom is employed by State Farm Insurance as a structural estimator.

BARBARA TROTTER (Lighting Designer) holds an M.A. in Communications from the New York Institute of Technology. She is Weathervane's Coordinator of Volunteers and she teaches speech and communication courses at Stark State College of Technology in North Canton. Barb began volunteering with Weathervane Community Playhouse in 2000, working backstage on props crews. She designed costumes for the productions of Arsenic and Old Lace and Proof, both in 2003. She served as the costume coordinator for Weathervane's May 2006 production of Angels in America: Perestroika. A member of the Weathervane Women’s Board, Barb lives in Akron.

BENJAMIN REXROAD (Costume Designer and Co-Propoerties Designer) works on Weathervane's professional staff as its public relations and outreach assistant -- while frantically trying to finish his degree in Theater, Marketing and Public Relations at the University of Akron. He continually works in arts venues across Northeast Ohio, including Cleveland Public Theater, Carousel Dinner Theatre and, of course, Weathervane Playhouse. Weathervane is always finding a new use for Ben, first as a behind-the-scenes volunteer, then as a house manager and, most recently, as an instructor in the education program. In any spare moments when he isn’t working, Ben volunteers as Technical Director at his alma mater, Coventry High School.