Around the World in Eighty Days Creative

Writer/Director
Jacques StewartJohn Watson Stewart is an award winning international director, choreographer, writer and performer. He is the Artistic Director for both the Weathervane Theatre (NH), and ArtBridge (Central America); he is founder of WINDSOCK Theatre camp for children aged 6-16. He has performed all over this hemisphere from Off Broadway to Regional and stock. John & Mary are the co-directors of The Amazing Kids' Choir & Spotlight Children's Theatre.

Assistant Director
Meggan HerodMeggan Audrey is so excited to be back with her Spotlight family! Meggan has become a choreographer/director at Spotlight for the past few years working on Chicago, Mean Girls, Hello Dolly, The Lion King, Jr, and Jungle Book to name a few. She was also most recently seen in Spotlight Repertory Theatre’s production of Sing a Song of Sondheim! Favorite Performance Credits: Newsies (Spotlight Repertory), Footloose (Surflight), The Producers (Woodstock Playhouse), Chicago (Forestburgh Playhouse), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Weathervane Theatre). Meggan has also performed as a backup vocalist for Liz Callaway in Lincoln Center and Deke Sharon in Carnegie Hall. Graduate of Pace University, BFA. Thank you to Jacques, Mary Lee and the entire cast and crew! Love to Mom, Dad, James and Brad. @megganherod

Music Director
Emily CroomeA Manhattan based band leader, pianist, conductor, and music director, Emily has been seen conducting in theaters all over the country on such National Tours as Monty Python's Spamalot, The Color Purple, and Ragtime, and can be found regularly accompanying around the New York City area. Off-Broadway: Bastard Jones, The Never Ending Line, Regional: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (The Cape Playhouse,) A Christmas Carol (The Arvada Center,) Other World ( Delaware Theatre Company,) Always, Patsy Cline (Weston Playhouse,) Next to Normal (Westport County Theatre,) In the Heights (John W Engeman Theater)

Lights & Sound
Matthew HommeMatthew Homme is currently in his third year at The College of Staten Island. Some of his favorite shows he has done with spotlight are Hello Dolly, Bat Boy, Robyn Hood. Some of his favorite shows to light were Oliver, Nutcracker, Wizard Of Oz. He would like to thank his Family And Friends for their continued support.

Producing Director
Mary Lee Marson Aloia AloiaMary Lee Marson Aloia is the Producing Director and co-founder of Spotlight Theatre Company and the owner of Staten Island Family Music Together. Mary Lee is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association, working as an actor on national tours, on cruise ships and in regional theaters across the country. Some of Mary Lee’s favorite roles include; Rose in Gypsy, Gladys Calhoun in Memphis (NH Theatre Award for Best Supporting Actress), Eva Peron in EVITA and Helen Bechdel in FUN HOME, and Dolly in Hello, Dolly!. Mary Lee is grateful for her family & the Spotlight Theatre community!