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Founded in 1993

Montgomery Theater

Our Staff

Meet Our Team

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Kristin Heckler
Executive Artistic Director

On the Main Stage has directed Crimes of the Heart, Morning After Grace, Mrs. Harrison and I and You. Kristin launched her professional theater career as MT’s Production and Box Office Associate. She then moved to NYC to pursue her masters. In New York, Kristin founded Recognize Theatre, dedicated to presenting plays which explore gender roles and female voices. She co-wrote and directed Exposed (Recognize Theater/SheNYC Arts). Working primarily on new plays, she has directed at the New York Fringe Festival, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Dixon Place, Under St. Marks, and Access Theater. Kristin was an Associate Producer of On Her Shoulders, a staged reading series of plays written by women before 1970. She earned her MFA in Theatre Directing from The New School. She currently lives in Ambler with her wife, Ash, and daughter, Ever.

Emma Drennen
Director of Development and Marketing

Emma is a 2024 graduate of Villanova University, where she earned her Master of Arts in Theatre. Following her graduation, Emma joined The Abbey Theatre, Ireland's National Theatre, where she contributed to both the Literary & New Works and Producing Departments. Upon returning to Philadelphia, she transitioned to a full time career in marketing while continuing her work as an actor and dramaturg, including an ongoing collaboration with Playcrafters of Skippack and multiple performances in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Beyond her work in theatre, Emma dedicated many years to Visiting Angels, a senior home care company, where her role involved strategic outreach, intake management, and business development. She earned her BA in Theatre and French from Saint Michael’s College in Vermont, where she continues to vacation every summer.

Hope deFrenes
Patron Services & Facilities Supervisor

Hope has been involved in theater since 1983. She worked avidly in the local community theater, Playcrafters of Skippack, until she met Tom Quinn. Between his artistic skills and her audience building skills, they decided to start a theater company and Montgomery Theater Project was born. She served as Company Manager, Managing Director, then Director of Production, from 1993 to 2010 when she took a hiatus from Montgomery Theater and started an interior painting business with sister Heidi, next worked as a notary, and later a nanny, always serving on the Board of Directors. She returned to Montgomery Theater in 2024 as Patron Services and Facilities Supervisor.

Adam Danoff
Director of Education & Production

Adam has been with us since 2009 when he acted in his first MTT show as a non-union adult. Since that time, he has been seen on both the Project and Main stages multiple times, taught hundreds of students in workshops and camps, and directed over 20 children’s shows here. In addition to his work with us, he is also a Sound Designer for Act II Playhouse, the Production Manager and Technical Designer for Visual Expressions Chinese Puppet Theater, a Location Sound Recordist for films, and, in his spare time, a boardgame designer and publisher through his company, Green Cloak Creative.

Caitlyn Colgan
Production & Marketing Coordinator

Caitlyn Colgan is a 2017 graduate of York College of Pennsylvania, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations with a minor in Speech Communications and Musical Theater. Since graduating, Caitlyn has built a strong career in social media and marketing, joining Montgomery Theater in October 2022. In addition to her work at Montgomery Theater, she collaborates with several high schools in their theater programs. Caitlyn directs the fall play at Phoenixville High School and choreographs the spring musical at Spring-Ford High School. She also directs and choreographs for various theaters across the tri-county area. In 2017, Caitlyn choreographed the award-winning world premiere of Dorian Gray: The Musical for the New York Musical Festival.

Ryan Canney
Production & Box Office Manager

Our Production & Box Office Manager, Ryan Canney, is an award winning short narrative & documentary filmmaker. He has a BA in Film & Media Arts from Temple University ‘13, and is trained in the Sanford Meisner Acting Technique. Ryan is also the owner of video production company, Riverbank Creative — specializing in work for local universities, small businesses, and now our very own Montgomery Theater!

Board of Directors

Meet Our Team

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Ron Price
Chair
Penny Markley
Vice-Chair
Chuck Blackledge
Treasurer
Bud Burroughs
Secretary
Theresa Dolan
Member At Large
Thomas Quinn
Founder
Hope deFrenes
Founder
Jessica Bedford
Alexander Grande
Benjamin Gulledge
Nicole Heverly
Judy Kartman
James Leary
Rege McKenzie
Dr. Angela Mosby
Rebecca Kaye Thompson
Dan Yocum