Village Theatre Project proudly announces three new additions to our Company of Artists!
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Contact: Troy Siebels (781) 640-5625

VTP’s professional ensemble grows to 25 in 2007 with the addition of three new members, Boston area performers Kortney Adams, Bill Gardiner and Corey Jackson.

Kortney Adams has been working as an actor, director, and teacher in Boston since 2002. She has recently performed in the long-running hit Shear Madness at the Charles Playhouse, as well as in productions at Rough & Tumble Theatre, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Company One, Publick Theatre Wellesley Summer Theatre, where she received an Independent Reviewers of New England Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Tite in After Mrs. Rochester. Kortney’s recent directing projects include Othello with the MIT Shakespeare Ensemble, Voice of Good Hope with the Theatre Cooperative, and Ode to Askia Touré, part of the 2007 African American Theatre Festival. Kortney will perform with Village Theatre Project at our St. Patrick’s Day Gala on March 16.

Bill Gardiner’s Boston credits as an actor include productions with Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Stoneham Theatre, Publick Theatre; Boston Theatre Works, North Shore Music Theatre, American Stage Festival, Boston Playwrights Theatre, and Gloucester Stage Company. Bill has toured New England with City Stage Company, Boston Arts Group, Loon and Heron Theatre, Boston’s Museum of Science and Tempest Productions. Bill is currently working towards an MFA in Theatre Education at Boston University, spending much time with VTP Company members Christine Hamel and Judith Chaffee, both professors at Boston University.

Corey Jackson has been directing, coaching, and acting northwest of Boston for several years. His directing credits include The Music Man for Theatre Three in Acton, Into the Woods for ACTS in Concord, The Boys Next Door for Sudbury Savoyards and The Secret Garden for Savoyard Light Opera Company in Carlisle. Corey’s acting credits include That's Andy, a staged reading in New York; Christmas Carol and Lizzie Borden at Stoneham Theatre; Putting It Together at Riverside Theatre Works; and Assassins for Metro Stage Company. Corey has extensive experience directing youth theatre productions, and is co-directing the Village Theatre Project Young Company in its current musical production, Children of Eden, performing February 21-25 at the Groton-Dunstable Regional High School.

With the addition of these three new Company of Artists members, Village Theatre Project builds its resident ensemble of professional theatre artists with a passion for performing, developing new works and building an artistic home in the Nashoba Valley. We are anxious to introduce our audiences to their unique personalities and talents.