Meet the Board
The Board of Directors
President
Stephanie Dillard
Stephanie Dillard is a professional audiobook narrator and classical vocalist with a bachelor's from the University of Houston Moores School of Music and a master's degree in Music from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ. She has performed everywhere from Carnegie Hall to regional theatres to community theatres and everywhere in between. Stephanie currently serves on the Board of Pull-Tight Players Theatre in Franklin, TN, where she has directed, music directed, served as their contracts and royalties administrator, and has led their Junior Youth Actors Guild. She also taught at Center Stage Performances in Brentwood, TN and has served as an adult and children's choir and drama director in several schools and churches. Favorite roles include Baker's Wife in Into the Woods, Aldonza in Man of La Mancha, Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls, Elizabeth in The Book of Will, Annie in Annie Get Your Gun, and Gwendolen Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest. When not in the recording booth or on the stage, you can find her leading a Cub Scout den and camping or playing board games with her husband and two sons.
Vice President
Jennifer Bennett
Jennifer grew up in the Pacific Northwest and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Washington State University. She currently works as the Communications Manager of a healthcare real estate investment trust. Jennifer has always had a passion for live theatre, but for many years performing took a back seat to building a career and raising a family. She has been active with local theatre companies for about 15 years, including the Renaissance Players, Towne Centre Theatre, Circle Players, ACT 1, and Pull-Tight Players, and she occasionally appears in commercials and infomercials. She recently concluded a three-year term as a member of the board of directors at Pull-Tight Players and served as chair of its play reading committee for two years. Some of Jennifer’s favorite onstage roles have included Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman, Becca in Rabbit Hole, Chelsea in On Golden Pond, Mama in Distracted, and Rebecca in The Book of Will. She is also a playwright and a member of the Dramatists Guild of America. Three of her plays have been performed locally and one was a winner in the 2019 William Faulkner Literary Competition.
Secretary
Bridget Dunn
An Indiana native growing up in the Northwest, Bridget graduated from Purdue University at Fort Wayne with a bachelor’s degree in Theatre Performance. As a student she had the privilege to perform in shows like On the Town, Assassins, Bye Bye Birdie, Company, Dames at Sea, and The Rivals. Her senior year she was nominated for the American College Theatre Festivals prestigious Irene Ryan Award for her performance as Nellie Forbush in South Pacific. Bridget performed for multiple community theatre in the Fort Wayne area, receiving multiple awards, and originated the role of Maria McAuley in the musical “Soups On!” (The Life of Jerry McAuley).
Bridget has spent most of her adult life living in NYC, working with community and regional theatre groups in NY and NJ. The Attic Ensemble, The Theatre Company, The Parkside Players provided some of her favorite experiences including: The Man who Came to Dinner (Maggie Cutler), The Who’s Tommy (Mrs. Walker), Done to Death (Jessica Olive), however her most memorable performance was in Billy Mitchell’s acclaimed Villain DeBlanks: a fill-in -the-blanks comedy originating the role of Rhoda Pony. Bridget’s family relocated to Franklin in 2022 where Bridget finally came out of a ten-year hiatus from acting and was given the honor of playing Emilia Lanier and multiple characters in The Book of Will with the Pull-Tight Players.