Opening Doors Theatre Company


	Opening Doors Theatre is a New York City-based, non-profit performing arts ensemble committed to developing under-produced/under-appreciated classic & contemporary shows through artistic collaboration while providing opportunities for new talent to be seen and heard, onstage and off. Opening Doors Theatre was created in 2006 by Suzanne Adams, Hector Coris and Eric Martin.

	ARTISTIC STAFF

		SUZANNE ADAMS (Artistic & Managing Director, Founding Member) Suzanne is the creator of Opening Doors Theatre Company and co-creator of the Closing Notice Series® (2009 Bistro Award Winner for Outstanding Series, 2006 & 2010 MAC Award Nomination for Outstanding Variety Production/Recurring Series). With the "Closing Notice Series” she directed the acclaimed Fade Out, Fade In and Flora the Red Menace and also produced Drat! The Cat!, Is There Life After High School?, Subways are for Sleeping, I Love My Wife, Goldilocks, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, Bring Back Birdie and enjoyed playing the role of Sydney in the production of It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! Some favorite roles include Sunday in the Park with George (Dot/Marie), Songs for a New World (Woman 1), Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman), Lucky Stiff (Annabel Glick), Crimes of the Heart (Meg). She also produced and starred in the popular This Isn't Your Mama's Musical Theater and enjoyed a year long run of What’s Your Problem? which garnered critical acclaim and won awards for Best Musical and Best Ensemble Performance in Montreal at the the 2006 Harvest LGBT International Theatre Festival. For more info visit: www.SuzanneAdams.com.

		HECTOR CORIS (Associate Artistic Director, Marketing Director, Founding Member) Hector earned the 2010 MAC Award for Outstanding Male Vocalist of the Year for his acclaimed solo show, Life is Wonderful (also available on CD). He has appeared in countless musicals, readings, revues and cabaret acts in NYC and environs. Hector served on the Board of Directors of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC) for 4 years, spending two as Vice President. For ODTC, he directed the first-ever revivals Subways are For Sleeping, Bring Back Birdie and The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public. Hector is a sought-after graphic designer for the arts and cabaret community and currently resides in Phoenix, AZ. Visit www.HectorCoris.com for more information.

		ERIC MARTIN (Producer, Founding Member) Seen on the Broadway stage in the education programs for Chicago, Seussical the Musical, and Rent and in the title role of the off-Broadway production of Streakin’, Eric has also enjoyed critical success on the cabaret stage for his solo cabaret, Say What?!, and as one-third of the cast in both This Isn’t Your Mama’s Musical Theater and the award-winning What’s Your Problem?, recognized as both Best Musical and Best Ensemble Performance at the Harvest International Theater Festival in Montreal. Favorite roles include Huck Finn (Big River), Bud Frump (How to Succeed in Business...), Matt (The Fantasticks), and Sergius (Arms and the Man). Currently, Eric is taking a break from Manhattan and is enjoying the more relaxed pace of life that is Bucks County, PA while discovering the joys and thrills of a career in the world of finance, much to the shock and amazement of his friends and the elation of his parents!

	OPENING DOORS "LATCHKEY'S" (Artists who contributed to two or more shows!) RAY BAILEY DANA BARÀTHY STEVEN J. BEDNASZ BRYCE BERMINGHAM BRIAN BUSBY LEE CAVELLIER DESIREÉ DAVAR BRIAN DeCALUWE BILLIE DI STEFANO MARK EMERSON DEBRA THIAS EVANS ALISON RENEE FOSTER SCOTT MCLEAN HARRISON BROOKE JACOB TED KOCIOLEK HOLLI LEGGETT SARAH LILLEY ERIC MARTIN BLAYNE LEVIN JEAN McCORMICK KEVIN MICHAEL MURPHY JILLIAN PREFACH JASON B. SCHMIDT CHRISTINE SCHWALENBERG ESI SOGAH LOU STEELE JESSICA STEWART RACHEL LOUISE THOMAS MARC TUMMINELLI ROB VENTRE MICHELLE (SOLOMAN) WARD LEXI WINDSOR
	CHRISTINE SCHWALENBERG (Managing Consultant, Producer)
	BILLIE DI STEFANO (Closing Notice Production Manager, Producer) Billie Di Stefano began working with Opening Doors during their second season and has been involved in every production since, wearing the hats of Stage Manager, Production Manager, and most recently, Producer. Other NYC credits include Stage Manager for the Seeing Place Theater’s Look Back In Anger. Billie was also involved with theater during college, holding various positions for shows including Sweet Charity, Godspell, Once Upon a Mattress, and Hair with the Hinman Production Company, an on-campus theater group co-founded by Paul Reiser.
	TED MINEAU (Fundraising/Grants Manager) Ted has worked in non-profit management for the last 15 years. He is passionate about arts, arts education, foreign language education, and volunteering. If you ever meet him, don't get him started. You will regret it. (*note from the Opening Doors staff... no you won't!)
	ESI SOGAH (Marketing Associate)

Initial Directors: Suzanne Adams, Hector Coris, Eric Martin
© 2006 Opening Doors Theatre Company / Website design by Hector Coris