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Steve Henderson
Program Director
Steve, an award winning actor and playwright, may be best known for bringing hilarious confusion to audiences across New England and in NYC as a co-founder, writer and performer with the sketch comedy troupe - Disturbed Theatre. His original one man show, “Jerry Atric” has made audiences throughout the eastern United States laugh, cry and maybe even think. Steve studied drama at Syracuse University, earned a BA in playwriting through UMASS, and now has over thirty-five years and one hundred productions worth of theater experience. Steve’s experiences working with young people include writing and directing with Northampton Children’s Theater, co-director with Drama Studio in Teen Scene, directing “Twelfth Night” at Northampton High School and teaching Sketch Comedy at Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School. Steve explains his feelings about working with HSC Summer workshops this way: YEAH!
Catrin Lloyd-Bollard
Catrin Lloyd Bollard was an original member of the HSC's premiere Young Company, and has continued to pursue her love for theater in the eight years since. Having recently receieved her BA from Harvard University, where she studied Women, Gender, and Sexuality together with theater and performance, Catrin now returns to the valley and her theatrical roots--for at least one last romp in the Hartsbrook fields with Shakespeare under the stars.
Sean Landers
Sean Landers, a native of Springfield, MA, is a proud graduate of
Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School (PVPA) in South Hadley,
MA (2000), and Emerson College in Boston, MA (2004).
He is a founding member of the "Atomic Powered Millionaires", a sketch
comedy troupe working out of Boston. Following a year in Los Angeles
working in television production, Sean returned to the Pioneer Valley.
Currently, he works at his alma mater, PVPA, where he teaches
improvisational acting at the middle school level, several high school
film courses, and serves as an adviser to the school's sketch comedy
troupe, "Headgear".
Jeff Lord
Jeff Lord has been practicing and teaching various martial arts disciplines
for almost 20 years. His experience includes over 13 years as Head Fencing
Coach at Hampshire College, with additional work as Head Fencing Coach at
Amherst and Smith Colleges. He has provided instruction in stage combat at
numerous theaters and schools throughout New England, and has been a
certified member of the Society of American Fight Directors. He also spent
two years in Japan studying Japanese sword arts, and there earned the shodan
(first degree) rank in both Kendo and Iaido. He currently teaches Meyer's
German longsword technique at the Higgins Armory museum in Worcester MA, and
is a co-founder of the Sword Guild there.
Maureen McElligott
Moe has worked with HSC for many seasons, appearing most recently in
As You Like It and Othello. She, along with Jeff Lord, has led the Swashbuckling Shakespeare Workshop for the past several summers. She also taught and assisted in the numerous workshops. She is a graduate of Smith College's Ada Comstock Program.
Bill Stewart
Bill Stewart has been teaching HSC summer theater workshops for young actors since 1995. When not teaching elementary school or HSC workshops, he can be found playing Ultimate Frisbee, running, or acting on stage, where he has performed as princes, monsters, cowboys, and most things in between. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Playwrighting/Performance and a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Massachusetts.
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