Production Crew of Arsenic and Old Lace
Crew
Role
Background
Alicia Turvin
Alicia has been involved in theater since she was a little one in the suburbs of upstate New York. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services and a Graduate Degree in Management, theater has always been Alicia’s passion; rather than her profession. Though she works in Human Resources during the day, she holds every assumption that Broadway will come calling. Alicia is an award-winning Set Designer, Director, and Actor. She has most recently directed for Twilight Theater Company and Gresham Reader’s Theater and will be working with Mask & Mirror this Fall. This is Alicia’s second production credit at Theater In The Grove after choreographing the recent Reefer Madness. Alicia has been the Managing Director of Twilight Theater Company since 2019.
Norma Hill
Long time veteran of community theater Norma has been in several TITG productions, usually in the chorus. She moved over to HART for a while learning how to do everything from acting, writing, directing, light and sound to running snack bar, building sets, props, costumes and even janitorial work. She is the author of Gracie for President, last performed several years ago at HART and has numerous children’s plays under her belt. After a several year hiatus she is overjoyed to portray Teddy Brewster and looks forward to more in the future.
Dorinda Toner
Dorinda has been performing on stages across North America for 40 years. She studied Theater/Directing at University in her native country, where she is also a multi-album Canadian Recording Artist. She is a proud Board Member for the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT). She has twice been the facilitator of the AACT Community Theatre Management Conference (West Coast) and is delighted to serve on the Editorial team and to have contributed as a guest columnist for AACT’s national ‘Spotlight’ magazine. Dorinda is a past Vice-President of PATA (Portland Area Theatre Alliance). A multi award winning actress, Dorinda was thrilled to play ‘Beverly’ in Kerrigan & Lowdermilk’s ‘The Mad Ones’ Virtual Broadway Lab in 2020. A prolific director, she has won several awards for her work, including Portland Broadway World’s Best Director and Best Play in 2021 for ‘A Feminine Ending’ and the Willamette Weeks Best Play of 2019 for ‘How I Learned to Drive’. Dorinda enjoys Intimacy Directing for stage actors and has level 2 certification with the IDC (Intimacy Directors & Coordinators). Dorinda is a Certified DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging) Human Resources Specialist. She has been the Producing Artistic Director of Twilight Theater Company in Portland, Oregon since May 2016 and believes strongly that community theatre changes lives.
Georgia Ketchmark
Georgia Ketchmark (Aunt Abby) has played numerous roles since her return to the stage in Portland, Oregon. Her most notable roles recently include Nurse in “Equus,” Woman in “Veronica’s Room,” and Zelda Kahn in “The How and the Why.” This is her acting and stage combat/stunt coordinator debut at Theater in the Grove. She is on stagg as Fight Coordinator/ Master at Arms at Twilight Theater Company in Portland, Oregon, and provides stage stunt, combat, and weapon coordination at various theaters in the Portland-Vancouver area.
Mark Ferris
Mark was last seen at TITG in “Scrooge The Musical”. Mark has been in many plays including Willy Wonka, Rumors, South Pacific (twice) and Kiss me Kate. He has been the stage manager for eleven plays including Mousetrap, Doubt, and Annie. Mark really enjoys the challenge and teamwork that goes into putting on a theatre production. Mark also enjoys tap dancing and helping to build theater sets. Mark would like to thank the audience for coming and supporting live theater.