Civic Theatre Staff

Artistic Staff

William Sanders – Artistic Director:  William Sanders has been artistic director since 1991. He has had the pleasure of working at Lincoln Center Theater, the Roundabout, Manhattan Theatre Club, and Rattlestick in New York, and at the Ahmanson/Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. He assisted Joe Mantello on several Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including the Tony Award-winning Love! Valour! Compassion!, Design for Living, Blue Window, Proposals, and A Man of No Importance. He stage managed the Off-Broadway productions of The Vagina Monologues and the Obie-Award winning Saved or Destroyed? for Rattlestick Theatre, where he served as Associate Artistic Director. He has directed Trust, Dance in the Giddy Circle, jasonSongs and the readings of many new plays, regionally and in New York City. In more than a decade at Civic, he has brought over 20 premieres to the Lehigh Valley, including The Scarlet Letter, The Grapes of Wrath, The Normal Heart, Merrily We Roll Along, Passion, The Cider House Rules, Falsettos, Arcadia, Six Degrees of Separation and Angels in America. Bill was the recipient of the 1998 Allentown Arts Ovation Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Performing Arts. He is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts and is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and Actor’s Equity.

Will Morris – Technical Director:  Will was a member of Civic’s Resident Company for the 2005-2006 season. He has performed numerous roles on the Civic stage, including Homer Wells in The Cider House Rules and Jacob Marley in Civic’s annual A Christmas Carol. Will also directed and costume designed Beyond the Veil, the resident company’s production for the 2005-2006 season. Will performed and toured with the National Players based out of the Washington D.C. area. National Players is America’s longest running touring company, and Will was fortunate enough to be a member of its 58th annual tour. In addition to serving as the tour’s Master Electrician, he played Cassio in Shakespeare’s Othello and Merriman in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. As the Associate Technical Director at Civic Theatre, Will has completed sets for Beauty and the Beast, Titanic, and The Full Monty to name a few. He has also been the costume designer for The Full Monty and lighting designer for Tuesdays with Morrie, Refuge, The Vagina Monologues, Civic’s 80th event, High School Musical, and A Christmas Carol.

Administrative Staff

Michael Traupman – Managing Director

Nancy J. Keeler -Development Director

Sue Sneeringer – Business Manager

Amanda Mitchell – Box Office Manager & Volunteer Coordinator

Christine Poole – Marketing and Graphic Design Associate