Amy Baldassare: Amy started dancing at age four, and fell in love with it. Over the years she studied ballet, point, tap, jazz, modern, ballroom and various ethnic dances, including belly dance, hula/tahitian dance, and several folk dance styles. Although she grew up in Iowa, her teacher brought her to New York to study with David Howard, Melissa Hayden and Charles Kelly. Amy began teaching at age 15, with students from pre-school to high school.  She began teaching again seven years ago in the Discovery program at Linden Avenue. She has been honored to work with Gas Lamp Players for the past few years.

Sarajane Boyle graduated from Fairfield University with a B.A. in English and theatre. She taught high school for nine years and also earned her Masters Degree in Education from Marygrove University. Sarajane teaches aerobics at the Montclair YMCA and is thrilled to be teaching drama again with the amazing staff at Gas Lamp. She lives in Glen Ridge with her husband and three young children.

Greg Cancro: Greg's theatrical background includes acting, directing and producing.  He has performed in over 50 plays, ranging from community theater to Off-Broadway, and produced 2 Off-Broadway plays.  In 1995, he started his own theatrical production company, Something for Everyone Productions,  specializing in interactive/improv-murder mysteries.  All this has led to a great desire to impart improv techniquest to the next generation of great performers.  Says Greg, "You may never forgive me for teaching your children these skills."

Teri Furr fell in love with the theatre at age 7 and is happy to be sharing her passion with this wonderfully talented and enthusiastic group of Gas Lamp Players!  Having appeared regionally and on Broadway as a performer, Teri is no stranger to behind the scenes work.  She has not only staged and choreographed for schools, community theatres and professional productions but has also taught on school, community, college and professional theatre levels.  She resides in Bloomfield with her actor husband, Rusty Reynolds, and their daughter, Annie, who has “joined the family business!”

Darren Gage: Darren taught theater for 9 years at Glen Ridge HS and was Music Director for Glen Ridge’s Gas Lamp Players from 2002 - 2009. He won a 1998 Paper Mill Rising Star for Music Direction on "Sweeney Todd” (GRHS), as well as a 2002 Paper Mill Educational Impact Award. Darren helped found the Passaic Valley Summer Theatre Workshop and directed their 2006 "Urinetown.” He was presented the 2007 Drew University President’s Award for Mentorship at Commencement this past May. Darren is co-founder and Artistic Director of the New Jersey Arts Collective and teaches music at William Paterson University and Westminster Choir College.  Darren completed a PhD at Rutgers University in 2008, where he studied Music Composition with Charles Wuorinen.

Mollie Gash graduated from Montclair State University, with a degree in Theater Studies and Musical Theater. She made her stage debut as The Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the tender age of 4. Since then she has performed in productions such as Anything Goes, Once Upon a Mattress, W.A.S.P, Les Miserables, Ragtime, Gas Lamp’s Beauty and the Beast, and Dames at Sea. She was one of 15 MSU students chosen to perform in the NJ Premier of Pay Up! with Philadelphia's Pig Iron Theater Company. Mollie also works as a writer, director and choreographer.

Kristy Graves: Kristy began performing professionally when she was 10 years old, touring in Annie  playing the title role. She then settled in NYC and appeared on Broadway, Off- Broadway, in feature films and in many television commercials and series including As the World Turns and Star Search. She is proud to have worked on stage with some of the great legends such as Bernadette Peters, Tony Randall, and director/choreographer Susan Stroman, as well as in film with Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Gwen Verdon, Blythe Danner, Matt Dillon, William Hurt and Omar Epps. Kristy is very pleased to be settling down as a mother of three and working with children in the field of her dreams.

Stephanie Herr: A native Floridian, Stephanie Herr received her music education at the University of Miami. While there, she wrote the drills and choreographed the half-time shows for the UM Band of the Hour, King Orange Bowl and several local high schools. After moving to NJ, she became a member of the NJ Federation of Music, serving as their president and a delegate to the National Federation of Music. She opened her current piano studio in 1994, is a licensed Kindermusik instructor, and for the last seven years has been the cherub choir director for the Glen Ridge Congregational church. Stephanie became a member of the Gas Lamp Family on 2004 and has loved every minute of working with the community's youth.

Kellyn Johnson:Kellyn Johnson has a masters in theater from Kings College in London, and a bachelors from The College of William and Mary with a double B.A. in Theatre and English. A product of the Gas Lamp Players, Kellyn has been performing with the group since 1991, with her most recent appearance as Vi in Footloose. Kellyn has also studied the Michael Chekhov Technique with MICHA at Tisch, Actioning with Marina Calderone, the author of Actions: The Actor's Thesaurus , in London, Period Movement and Speech with Liz Wiley, Applied Voice, and Theatre Dance.  Her recent directorial production of Shakespeare's R&J by Joe Calarco played for sold out houses in William and Mary's second season and her accompanying thesis, Her Eye Discourse: Answering the Female Gaze, was awarded High Honors and is currently in preparation for publication. 

Teressa Kallay is a former Radio City Music Hall Rockette and a musical theater veteran. She has done numerous regional theater productions, cruise ships and well as the My Fair Lady National Tour.  The creator of Kid's Corner Dance Program, Teressa also teaches ballet and creative movement at the Montclair YMCA and St. James Pre-school. Teressa started teaching musical theater dance classes in high school and continued her studies with a degree in musical theater and with many great instructors in New York. She has choreographed for the Melochords, The Theater League of Clifton, as well as for Orchesis Dance Company.  

Lisa McElwee has been seen in New York and New Jersey regional theater in leading roles as well as in one woman cabaret shows.  She won the 1995 Big Bee Award for for Outstanding Actress in a Musical for Luisa in Nutley Little Theatre's production of THE FANTASTIKS.  She has studied acting at Circle in the Square, Stella Adler Conservatory, Sande Shurin Studio, and HB Studio.  She grew up in Glen Ridge, performing on the Ridgewood Avenue School Stage.  She is a longtime member and participant of Gas Lamp Players.

Jessica Sporn:Jessica has been involved with Gas Lamp since 1991, playing various roles and wearing many hats.  Jessica is a graduate of New York's High School of Performing Arts, and performed in various shows and cabarets in New York while completing her under-graduate degree at NYU's University Without Walls.  A former member of the Frank Hatchett Dancers, Jessica taught Jazz at the Broadway Dance Center in Manhattan, as well as for Dance Pros in Montclair.   Gas Lamp performance, choreography and/or production credits include The Music Man, Once Upon A Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Big, Peter Pan, Oliver, Joseph, and Fiddler.  Jessica believes that participation in the arts is a transforming and enriching experience, and is grateful to all who have made Gas Lamp possible.

Mindy Wedner has been seen regionally in many shows including High School Musical 2 (Gabriella), Les Miserables ( Eponine), Grease! (Rizzo), Crazy For You ( Polly Baker), Fame, Ring Of Fire, Beauty and the Beast and many others. Mindy is a Graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. 

Carrie Yacono: Carrie is thrilled to be teaching with GLAPA again. She recently made her directing debut with Gas Lamp’s production The Wizard of Oz. Carrie has been working professionally for the past thirteen years as an actress, designer, and theater manager. Her credits are in New York City, (regional) New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Memphis and she is currently production manager at Luna Stage in Montclair. Carrie was last seen on-stage in Running Rabbit Family Theatre’s musical production of Treasure Island, where the whole cast used spoken word, song and American Sign Language. Carrie earned a BA at the conservatory of Point Park University with a double concentration in musical theater & production design, and an MFA from the University of Memphis in lighting design.