STAFF

Spruce Peak Arts
122 Hourglass Drive
Stowe, VT 05672

For immediate assistance please call (802) 760-4634,
for general inquiries email info@sprucepeakarts.org,
for ticketing questions email boxoffice@sprucepeakarts.org.

Seth Soloway

Executive Director

Email: ssoloway@sprucepeakarts.org

Seth Soloway previously served as Associate Dean for Presenting and External Relations at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music in Nashville, TN where he established a Performing Arts Center team and systems, restructured and renovated marketing/ branding, and oversaw $3.5 million of venue renovations. Prior to the pandemic, he served as the Director of the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College in Westchester, N.Y. Some of his many proud moments leading the organization include the successful execution of the PACs 40th anniversary, overseeing the naming and subsequent renovation of the Pepsico Theater, and being named Westchester County’s top Cultural Organization in 2018.

Seth has served as the Artistic Director for Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Associate to prolific Broadway Producer Marc Routh (Marc Routh Productions), and Director of Booking for Off-Broadway Booking. After graduate school Seth carried this passion to Newburgh, NY where he and his wife resurrected the old West Shore Train Station and redesigned it into what became the Railroad Playhouse. There he directed and oversaw the development of several new plays including America’s Brightest Star (Alex Goldberg).

Seth is a born and raised New Yorker. He spent his early childhood in Brooklyn and his teenage and college years on the lower east side of Manhattan. Soloway attended LaGuardia High School of Music, Art and Performing Arts where he studied theater arts as an acting major. Upon graduation, Seth moved on to Marymount Manhattan College where he graduated with a BFA in Theatre Arts with a concentration in stage directing. In the Fall of 2004 Seth enrolled in the MFA Performing Arts Management program at Brooklyn College and completed his MFA in the spring of 2006. Seth is an avid hiker/ outdoor adventure seeker, who loves to cook and watch his beloved Mets. Above all, his greatest honor is dedicated husband and dad to his wife Jen and son Stanley.

Linda Hunter

Deputy Director

Email: lhunter@sprucepeakarts.org

Phone: (802) 760-4647

Linda emigrated from Scotland in 2004 having graduated with BA in Accounting and MA in Economics & Education. Her early career in Scotland was in banking and higher education, ultimately transitioning to Financial Director of a vehicle leasing and management company. Within the US, prior to joining SPAC Linda successfully developed 2 hotels into hybrid long term apartments, short term lodging and commercial spaces. As the former owner of The Bistro at Ten Acres and General Manager of Gristmill Builders, Linda enjoys a solid knowledge appreciation of the Stowe community. Linda enjoys hiking, cooking and traveling.

Amber Demasio

Director of Marketing

Email: amber@sprucepeakarts.org

Phone: (802) 760-4637

Gracie Loggins

Director of Services

Email: gloggins@sprucepeakarts.org

Phone: (802) 755-2112

Michelle Kennedy

Director of Development

Email: mkennedy@sprucepeakarts.org

Phone: (802) 371-8053

Michelle Kennedy Busconi is the award-winning author of 16 books, including “Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (With Kids) in America,” published by Viking. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Redbook, and many other publications. In addition, she has been featured on Vermont, Wisconsin and National Public Radio.

As the mother of eight children, Michelle began her career in nonprofit work as a volunteer, eventually honing her grant writing, major gifts, and annual fund experience at Easterseals NH and VT and the Green Mountain United Way. As an experienced development professional, Michelle has helped raise money and increase the community impact for organizations across the country. She loves to volunteer, garden, and play in the snow, and currently lives in Vermont with her husband, her children, and her five dogs.

TECHNICAL STAFF

Phillip Franck

Director of Production and Technical Education

pfranck@sprucepeakarts.org

A native of rural northern Idaho, Phillip Franck is an accomplished lighting designer with over 175 professional and academic productions to his credit. For 26 years Phillp was based in Nashville, Tennessee, where he worked extensively with Nashville Repertory Theatre and Nashville Shakespeare Festival. His work was also seen at American Stage Theatre Company (St. Petersburg, FL, Arkansas Repertory Theatre (Little Rock, AR), Verge Theatre (Nashville, TN), and Little Theatre of the Rockies (Greely, CO).

Phillip recently left the Theatre faculty at Vanderbilt University where he taught design and production courses and served as the resident set, lighting, and sound designer. Phillip also worked as the Technical Director and Lighting Designer for Harper Joy Theatre at Whitman College and as Adjunct Professor of Theatre at Pacific Lutheran University, designing sets and lights, and serving as Technical Director. Phillip earned his BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Puget Sound and an MFA in Theatrical Design from Northwestern University.

An avid nature and landscape photographer, Phillip uses photography to inform his work as a theatrical designer as he explores light, color, and texture. Phillip has been a member of the professional design union, United Scenic Artists, Local 829, since 2013. He is excited to join the staff at Spruce Peak Arts!

Bill Loscomb

Audio Supervisor

Bill began his career as an audio professional through an internship while attending college in Pennsylvania. After College he began his career as an engineer working at a national venue before leaving to work for one of the largest production companies in the world. He has been a Vermont resident since 1996 and has been a Sound Engineer for just over thirty years. His career has included working and touring for various artists, working locally for regional artists and venues, and has been part owner of a production company based in Lamoille County since 2017. Originally from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, he enjoys all things Nautical and spends a lot of time getting to know Lake Champlain by boat and exploring the New England coast with a surfboard. He also loves snowboarding and along with his wife and daughter, has learned to love all that winter in Vermont has to offer.