Executive Committee

 Gas Lamp Players is run by a dedicated team of Officers who meet each week and are in charge of the day-to-day business of the Troupe.   They are also the magicians whose care, support and creativity make what happens on stage possible.  

 

Teressa Kallay is a former Radio City Music Hall Rockette and veteran of many national tours and regional theater productions. The creator of Kid's Corner Dance Program, Teressa also teaches jazz, tap and creative movement at the Montclair YMCA. She has choreographed for the Melochords and The Theater League of Clifton, as well as for the Orchesis Dance Company.

 

Rennae Pelayo graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Actuarial Mathematics. She worked in pension consulting for the Hay Group and Towers Perrin for over ten years serving as a project manager and client relationship manager. Rennae is an Internal Revenue Service Enrolled Actuary and an Associate of the Society of Actuaries.  She joined Gas Lamp Players in 2016 as a producer for Oliver! after being introduced to theater (and Gas Lamp) by her children. Rennae currently serves as the Business Director of GLP and co-produces mainstage shows.

 

Shannin Van Wayenberge graduated from Rutgers University with a B.A. in Communications and German. She was a recipient of the Robert Bosch Fellowship and spent the year after college graduation as a fellow at Leipzig University in Germany. She went on to work in corporate communications at the New York office of Investcorp, a global management company. A life long lover of musical theatre, she performed in local community theatre and in her highschool's musicals. Her youngest child began performing in Gas Lamp shows and not long after, Shannin became involved as well. She served on The Board from 2020 until 2025 and has now taken on the role of Business Manager for Gas Lamp Players.