Glenn Stuart

Alex Picard

Professor of Theatre
BA, English and Theatre, St. Michael’s College
MA, Theatre State University of New York, Albany
 
 While studying at SUNYA Glenn worked with Jarka Burian, Roger Herzel, and Judith Barlow.  Glenn began his professional design career at the New London Barn Playhouse in the summer of 1978 and subsequently spent over 13 years working the Straw Hat Theatre circuit as a scenic designer and technical director.  Glenn also worked as a freelance lighting designer for Hayles and Company, Travis-Stuart Dance, The New Hampshire Dance Alliance, and Petit Papillion, The Children’s Ballet Company of New Hampshire. Glenn began teaching at NEC in 1984 and serves as the resident scenic and lighting designer as well as technical director for the Theatre Department.  In that time Glenn has designed scenery for more than 130 productions and lighting for more than 80 plays and dance concerts.  In 2003 Glenn founded The Open Door Theatre where he has designed and directed 14 productions.

Russ Rattray

Associate Professor / Associate Director of Danforth Library
BA, English and History, University of Maine at Presque Isle
MLIS, University of Rhode Island
 
While his primary duty is serving as the Associate Director of the College’s H. Raymond Danforth Library, Russ is also closely involved with the NEC Theatre Department.  He has been active in college and community theatre for over 30 years and has been a company member of NEC’s summer professional theatre, The Open Door Theatre, since 2008.  He performs in NEC Theatre Dept. productions and has also begun to direct and teach within the department.  If Russ had any spare time, he would spend it with his wife and his friends: watching movies, playing videogames (the wife, not so much) and riding steel coasters.

​Professor of Theatre
BA, Education, New England College ‘97
MFA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
 
While studying at the Krannert Center at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Alex worked with Tony Award winning director Dan Sullivan and playwright Lee Blessing and participated in an intensive residency with Ann Bogart’s CITI Company.  After returning home, she taught high school in the Boston area for 6 years.  Alex served as the Managing Director of the Devanaughn Theatre Company where she also appeared in Bella Donna, Closer, How I Learned To Drive and others.  in the South End of Boston and acted professionally in the area with such companies as The Gloucester Stage Company in the English language premiere of Compromise with Israel Horovitz, The Huntington Theatre as a resident understudy including serving as the understudy for Lisa Kron in Well, among other credits.  She also served as the Company Manager for Northern Stage Company where she appeared in The Diary of Anne Frank.  Since returning to New England College as a faculty member nine years ago Alex has appeared in multiple productions with the Open Door Theatre Company and directed the department fall mainstage production each fall.  She is currently working on The Hope Project: An Exercise in Listening featuring the survival stories of NEC students.   Alex is also an audiobook narrator and her first title releases this June! 

Ian Harte

Assistant Technical Director / Music Director

While studying at New England College, Ian was the president of the Carriage Theatre Ensemble and participated in a show  each semester such as Louis in Angels in America, Alan Strang in Equus with the New england College Theatre and Tranio in Taming of the shrew with the Open Door. He exclusively works with Glenn Stuart and Alex Picard during The Open Door Theatre and New England College Theatre seasons. His Pre-College theatre career includes five seasons as an actor at Andys Summer Playhouse in Wilton, New Hampshire.