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Carlton Spitzer has been writing articles and plays
on the lives of persons with physical, mental and developmental
disabilities for more than 40 years. His column, “Keeping Pace” often
reports on disability issues. He has written ten plays for MOTIVATIONAL
THEATRE, including “My Black Bird Has Flown Away” on the life of his late
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Anita Tecce, Vice President |
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Anita Tecce is MOTIVATIONAL THEATRE’s theatrical director. The Associate Professor of Theatre and Communications at Chesapeake College also chairs its Humanities Department and has directed more than 25 productions for Peake Players of Chesapeake College. She has directed all plays produced by MOTIVATIONAL THEATRE. A skilled actress, she is in demand by other theatre groups on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. |
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Holly Ireland is a veteran social worker and adult coordinator at Mid Shore Mental Health Systems, Inc. She is technical adviser on all plays dealing with disability issues and provides liaison to disability organizations, hospitals and medical groups in Maryland and throughout the nation. She brings together actors and the persons with disabilities they will portray on stage. |
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Bob Chauncey, PhD, Board Member |
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When the former sociology professor at Washington College isn’t performing for MOTIVATIONAL THEATRE, Peake Players or Church Hill Theatre, he is working with city planners across the nation as an official of the National Center for Bicycling and Walking to encourage healthy living and engage youth in community development projects. On stage he’s played major roles in “Bus Stop,” “Dial M for Murder,” and “The Odd Couple.” He says portraying Gallagher in “My Black Bird Has Flown Away” has given him a keen appreciation of challenges faced by persons with disabilities in an able bodied world. Email: bob@motivationaltheatre.com |
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Janet Hermans, Board Member |
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Janet Hermans, younger sister of the late Hugh Gregory Gallagher, has lived in Botswana for many years. She visits her grown children in the United States at least once each year. She has been a staunch supporter of the annual Hugh Gregory Gallagher Forum presented by the disAbility Coalition of Talbot County. Mrs. Hermans is principal sponsor and adviser to The Hugh Gregory Gallagher MOTIVATIONAL THEATRE. |
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>Videos of Past Productions |
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The Hugh Gregory Gallagher
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