Mr Hengst is in his 9th year and is now the Grace and Mahlon Buck Chair in Performing Arts at the Haverford School. He is thrilled to be back working with the students on this production after a Covid year kept the theatre dark. Mr. Hengst teaches Theater Classes in the Upper School. He graduated with an MFA from the University of Illinois @ Urbana Champaign’s Professional Actor Training Program. A member of Actor’s Equity for almost 20 years, Mr. Hengst has performed on Philadelphia stages for the past 15 years. Some of his favorites productions were “Of Mice and Men” and “Les Miserables” at The Walnut Street Theater and “Sunday in the Park with George” and “Winesburg Ohio” at the Arden Theatre Company. Mr. Hengst is also a professional fight director and has directed stage combat scenes for numerous Philadelphia productions. He loves watching his students discover their passions in the Performing Arts and how the faculty works so hard to support and help them flourish on the stage. All his love to his wife Jacquellyne and his 3 children.

Mr Dex Woodward serves as the production manager/technical director of Centennial Hall and all student shows; he is thrilled for the stage to come alive again this year with performances. Dex also works with the Haverford student stage crew on all aspects of the backstage production process and his previous credits include The Three Musketeers, Willy Wonka, and Carousel.

This is the beginning of Mrs. Fox's seventh season designing costumes for the Haverford School theatre productions. Past productions include: Billy Budd, Frost/Nixon, West Side Story, Seussical, Henry V, Newsies, Sweeney Todd, The Three Musketeers, Willy Wonka, and Carousel. After a year of a darkened theatre, she is looking forward to working with Mr. Hengst and the student actors once again. They are the reason she comes back to the Haverford School year after year.

Matthew Mastronardi is excited to be back at Haverford and working with Upper School for the first time! Music director for the Middle School’s productions of Seussical, Willy Wonka, and the upcoming spring production of The Addams Family. Matthew has appeared in many productions in the Philadelphia area. Some of his favorite credits include Ted in Peter and the Starcatcher at the Walnut Street Theatre and 11th Hour Theatre Company’s Into the Woods starring opposite Mr. Hengst! For more information check out www.matthewmastronardi.com