Founders & Educators
Kat Alix-Gaudreau
Belfast, ME. Theater Director and Educator.
BA in Theater from UMASS Amherst; MA in Sociology from University of Georgia, Athens; MA from Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-Upon-Avon, U.K.
Experience as an assistant producer and production manager in the Boston, MA film and TV production industry. Co-founded Ghost Light Players in 2011, and has directed over 25 plays. Was a judge for the Alternatives One-Act Festival for three years in Worcester, MA. Professional theater director, producer, and intimacy choreographer.
Internationally, Kat has directed The Tempest and co-authored Stripp’d at the Royal Shakespeare Company, and collaborated with Trinacria Theatre Company in Sicily to create an original theater piece.
Kat was a professor of theater and Shakespeare at Massachusetts universities before moving to Belfast, Maine. She has taught and worked with aspiring theater-makers from ages 6-90, and especially enjoys teaching those new to theater.
Catherine Haverkampf
Worcester, MA. Senior Account Manager, Affiliate Marketing at Acceleration Partners.
BA in Theatre and Media & Communications from Muhlenberg College, Acting Apprenticeship with Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey as an Acting Apprentice.
Collaborated with the Windsor Arts Center in Connecticut for three summers to create devised plays centered around Classic mythology.
Catherine is an experienced marketing professional with expertise in growing brand awareness, relationship management, and event planning.
Natalie Hebert
Claremont, CA. Photographer, Educator, Actor.
Trained at the Actors Lab at Boston University and the Chekhov Studio Boston. Currently pursuing BA in Photography from Southern New Hampshire University.
Fifteen years experience acting professionally, 10 years coaching and instructing in text analysis, movement, and voice.
Natalie currently works in film and TV in Los Angeles and trains at the Markland Studio.
Krisha Hoyt-Mackler
Manchester, NH. Senior Instructional Designer for Whole Foods Market.
BA from Clark University in Theater, with a concentration in Shakespearean Studies. She has served on the Show Selection Committee for the Westborough Players and the Board of Governors for Ghost Light Players of Marlborough and co-founded the Flyleaf Theater Company in Berlin, MA.
Krisha has acted in, directed, and produced numerous plays within the Central Massachusetts community theater scene, including two plays that have been performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She has facilitated theater workshops on a variety of topics, from auditioning to movement to voice and diction.