Nathaniel P. Claridad (he/him)

THIRD SEASON 

Nathaniel is an NYC based actor and director. Directing credits include work at Weathervane Theatre, TheatreWorksUSA, Imagination Stage, Southern Rep., Two River Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Out of the Box Theatrics, the One Minute Play Festival, New York Shakespeare Exchange, Peculiar Works Project, a Drama League Resident in 2019 and 2016, as well as a guest director for New York University, Marymount Manhattan, and the University of Maryland, College Park. He is also co-founder of Broadway Twisted, an annual event in North Carolina benefitting NCAAN and BC/EFA. Acting credits include Here Lies Love (The Public Theater), Taylor Mac’s 24 Decade History… (St. Ann’s Warehouse), numerous regional and international credits from the Kennedy Center to the Sydney Opera House.

Andrew Morrissey (he/him)

FOURTH SEASON

Andrew Morrissey is a NYC based pianist, music director, vocal coach and composer. Experience includes educational, community and semi-professional theatre in NH, NYC and the DMV area. A NH native, regional credits include Interlakes, Jean’s Playhouse, Winnipesaukee Playhouse and Plymouth State University, where he received a BA in Music. He has a MM in stage music composition from CUA, and his thesis project grew into a fully fledged staging of Lost In Wonderland with DC’s Pallas Theatre Collective. Current projects include a new musical based on Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray and another on the life of Rasputin. IG: @Andrewmorrisseymusic

Danae DeShazer (she/her)

FIRST SEASON

Danae is a professional director, actor, teaching artist, and choreographer with a varied career that has swept her all across the country. She is the Founder and Producing Artistic Director of The Hat Theatre Collective, which was just named “Bradenton’s Best Live Theater” by the Bradenton Herald. Learn more by visiting https://www.atthehat.org.

She is currently based in Bradenton, FL, where she creates, produces, and directs new works and musicals throughout the Suncoast. Most recently, she directed the winning play at Theatre Odyssey’s One-Act Play Festival in Sarasota, FL, as well as created and directed an original Broadway revue, “Broadway on the Bay: The Sarasota Divas,” for the Players Centre at the Selby Gardens in Sarasota. 

As the Associate Artistic Director at McLeod Summer Playhouse in Carbondale, Illinois, she directed “9 to 5, The Musical,” “The Drowsy Chaperone,” “Once Upon a Mattress,” and the Illinois Premiere of “Polkadots! The Cool Kids Musical.” She has toured with several youth theater companies, including The National Theatre for Children, Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre, and Lexington Children’s Theatre. As an actor, some of her favorite roles include Donna in “Mamma Mia,” Polly in “Crazy For You,” Baker’s Wife in “Into The Woods,” and Violet in “Side Show.” She originated the role of “Ruth” in the world premiere of “The Home Game” with Blue Gate Musicals and can be heard on the original cast album. 

In addition to her life as a professional theater artist, she has worked in marketing & public relations for 10 years, and served as the Director of Brand Strategy at Bradenton’s premier branding studio, Sokos Solutions. She has also served as an arts administrator at organizations like TADA! Youth Theater (NYC), Florida Studio Theatre, and the Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County. 

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born in April, 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon and died there in 1616. Works include Henry VI, Richard III, The Comedy of Errors, Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Romeo & Juliet, Richard II, A Midnight Summer’s Dream, King John, The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV, Love’s Labour’s Won, Henry V, Julius Caesar, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Troilus and Cressida, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale, and The Tempest.

RIEN SCHLECHT (she/her)
NINETEENTH SEASON

After graduating with degrees in Criminal Profiling and Costume Design, Rien started working at Weathervane Theatre and is always so happy to return to the mountains. Her favorite Weathervane designs include Blood Brothers (set/costume), Eurydice (set/costume), Buyer & Cellar (set design), A Man of No Importance, Sweeney Todd (NH Theatre Award), Once on this Island, Memphis (NHTA nom), The King and I (NHTA nom), Seussical, Bright Star, Little Shop of Horrors, and Amadeus (set/costumes). Her New York theatre credits include multiple shows with Out of the Box Theatrics including the Drama Desk nominated Baby, several seasons with Theatre For A New Audience, Radio City, Mark Morris Ballet, and TV commercials. She designed The Mysteries at The Flea (Drama Desk nom), The Jinx for HBO, worked on The Woodsman at New World Stages, and the stage and film productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Julie Taymor. Thank you for supporting live theatre!

SCOUT HOUGH (she/her)
FIFTH SEASON

Scout is an Orono, Maine based designer and technician, but always looks forward to summers in the White Mountains! She earned her BFA at the North Carolina School of the Arts and is currently working toward her Master’s at UMaine, building her own program of study centered on ethics in collaborative art-making. When not at Weathervane, she works predominantly in Maine; credits include work with Penobscot Theatre Company, True North Theatre, and the University of Maine. Other credits include programming work at New York Live Arts and Lighting Design for Out of the Box Theatrics’ production of Baby.

CAMDEN DALIE KEECH (he/him)

FIRST SEASON 

Camden hails from Central Arkansas where he graduated with a BA with an emphasis in Theatre Arts. He began acting as a freshman in high school. In college he spent
time acting, designing, building and directing. He hopes you enjoy the show!

JOSEPH RIVERA (he/him)

FIRST SEASON 

Joseph is excited to continue his theatre education in this season’s internship. He looks forward to doing his first professional season and can’t wait to do more.

BILLY SMITH (he/him)
THIRD SEASON 

Billy is grateful to return this season. He has fallen in love with Weathervane and is proud to be a part of this exciting season. Billy holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Limestone University.

KATHRYN SUTTON (she/her)

FIRST SEASON

Kathryn is a theatremaker from Bryan, Texas. Previous experience includes Emerson props intern at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, props supervisor for the Winnipesaukee Playhouse 2022 season, and head props on The Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer national tour. She is eager to join the production team for this season!

PYPER K WILLIAMS (she/her)

SECOND SEASON

Pyper studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She has been cultivating her passion for acting by getting involved with The Weathervane and teaching acting and directing theater at The White Mountain School.

NICK PRAZNIAK (he/him)

FIRST SEASON 

Nick is from Eugene, OR. He works as a union stagehand with The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 675 in Eugene. Union stagehand credits: Hamilton, Wicked, Lion King, Fiddler on the Roof, Rent, Jersey Boys, South Pacific and more. He has also worked locally in the Eugene community and throughout the state with Western Oregon University, University of Oregon Theater, Very Little Theater, Oregon Contemporary Theater, Lane Community College, and Artists Repertory Theater.