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* * * MEET OUR DIRECTORS * * *
HILLARY WILDMAN, of Wildman Theatricks, currently lives in Westfield, Massachusetts, with her amazingly understanding and supportive husband, Kurt and their beautiful children, Henry and Molly. She started acting at age 12, and has had the stage bug ever since. She has performed in and worked in every genre, from the classics of Shakespeare and Moliere, to modern day comedies and musicals. She has primarily worked with children and her first five years of directing experience was for a high school after-school program, where her shows drew record crowds and students of which are now stage professionals. One of her most gifted students has recently been named the youngest person ever to be awarded an internship with the Williamstown Theater Festival, and now works for the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. She has worked with after-school theater programs in four (4) different Western Massachusetts schools: Hampshire Regional High School, Hampshire Regional Schools Elementary Schools in Chesterfield/Goshen and Williamsburg and Gill Montague School District's Middle and Elementary Schools. She recently directed for the Exit 7 Players Board of Directors. She currently teaches acting and musical theater at area dance schools and has big, big plans for future theater projects.

KARLA NEWMARK has certainly come a long way from her home settlement in Oasis, California. After obtaining her B.A. with a focus on Classical Piano Performance with a minor in Theatre Arts in Riverside, California, she did a complete about-face, performing in theatrical rock bands in Hollywood and touring throughout the U.S. and Canada with a band. Finally settling in Western Massachusetts, Karla raised her three children while performing in various musical trios. Throughout the years, she has been active in music and theatre, both as an actor and as a musician and musical director for numerous productions both in California and Massachusetts. Just a few of her credits are "Brecht on Brecht" and "The Fantastiks" in Hollywood, and "Kiss Me, Kate" and "West Side Story" for the Monson Arts Council with whom she has worked for 15 years, and "The Andrews Brothers," "George M" and "Once On This Island" at Exit 7 Theatre in Ludlow. Karla is also the music director/organist for Mitteneague United Methodist Church in West Springfield, Massachusetts. She has performed solo piano programs for the Symphony Guild in Los Altos, California and has also been a member of the Old Post Road Orchestra.
As part of her recovery from a serious automobile accident in 1988, Karla attended UMass, Amherst, obtaining an additional B.S. in Communication Disorders. Her studies in this field have given Karla insight into how the vocal apparatus works and the various challenges that children and adults may face when trying to develop their voices. She also gained knowledge about the various cognitive and motor disorders that may present obstacles for someone who would like to develop their vocal skills.
Karla has plenty of experience with children, having raised three (3) girls of her own. She is now the proud and happy grandmother of Pandora, age 9, Logan, age 2 and Mariella, age 1 1/2, all of whom are currently living in the Western Massachusetts area.
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