About the Wichita Theatre Produc

Dwayne and Lisa Jackson (dwayne@wichitatheatre.com) have been operating the theatre on behalf of their family for over 11 years. Having been all around the productions from the technical aspects to producing shows, Dwayne decided to take on the challenge of directing "Beauty and the Beast". With Lisa right by his side, along with her tremendous energy and vision, this duo set out to bring to one of the largest budgeted shows ever to the stage in Wichita Falls. They knew that to pull off a show of this magnitude it was important to surround themselves with the best consultants this town had to offer. Thus, the Wichita Theatre Production Team was born. All of the Jackson's children...Chris, Aaron and Amanda are involved in the theatre.

Lynn Marshall (lynn@wichitatheatre.com) has been involved with regional theatres for over 30 years as an actor, musician, director and producer, with countless shows like "Pump Boys and Dinettes", "Little Shop of Horrors", "Grease", "Nunsense", "Deathtrap" and "West Side Story", to name a few. His career in broadcasting has included 7 years as the morning show host at KNIN radio and 12 years as anchor, reporter and news director for KFDX-TV3 (NBC). He owns Marshall Arts...a marketing/advertising consultant firm...and is the voice of commercials all over the country. As a voting member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (the Emmys®), Lynn has won numerous awards in journalism, theatre and advertising throughout his career. He has been an active volunteer and board member for several groups in the community and serves on the Wichita Falls Arts Commission. Lynn is shown in this photo with his daughter, Allison...his son-in-law, Chuck...and two grandsons, Baylee (13) and Jack (2)...of Fort Worth.

Rachel Kapelski (rkapelski@yahoo.com) has performed with the Richardson Symphony Orchestra, the Baylor Youth Symphony and also the Wichita Falls Symphony twice...once as a pianist and once as a soprano. She starting studying voice at 14 with Judy Diltz and then continued with Dr. Don Maxwell at MSU...where she also continued her piano studies with Dr. Ruth Morrow. She earned her Bachelor degree from MSU with a double major in piano and voice performance...then a Masters from the University of Illinois, with a degree in vocal. Having performed various opera and musical theatre roles herself, Rachel transitioned to directing musicals and operas for MSU Opera and Theatre, Backdoor Theatre and the former Alliance for the Performing Arts. She has been teaching voice and piano for 16 years, adding harp in the last 6 years, and currently conducts her studio at the Wichita Theatre.

Allison Fernberg (afernberg@gmail.com) oversees all Encore Theatre 4 Kidz programs including productions, workshops and special events. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies with an emphasis in Performing Arts from The University of North Texas in 2003. She has been in various plays and musicals including, "Wait Until Dark," "Kentucky Cycle," "Tintypes," "Narnia: The Musical", "A Christmas Carol" and most recently appeared as Eliza Doolittle in The Wichita Theatre's production of "My Fair Lady". She is married to her husband, Josh, and they have one son, Ben.

Bethany Talley (bethany@wichitatheatre.com) works with our Wichita Theatre Academy for the Performing Arts, takes care of group sales and educational program marketing. She also is an accomplished dancer and choreogrpaher. Bethany has now appeared in four productions at the Wichita Theatre. She was the White Stag in “Narnia”, appeared in “My Fair Lady”, starred as “Wendy” in this summer’s “Peter Pan” and wowed audiences as "Anybody's" in this summer's "West Side Story". She was also the Assistant Director for this year's "South Pacific". Bethany trained in classical ballet for fourteen years with Frank Pal and Edith Kalin. She has performed in many dance recitals and church productions.

Jake McDaniel (music8706@aol.com) has been involved in productions and shows of all kinds since he was 8 years old. He has performed on shows such as the Wichita Theatre's Texas Gold Country Music Show as well as a special guest entertainer with the Our Little Miss World pageant in Branson, Missouri. Jake currently directs all aspects of the technical side of the theatre's performances, including overseeing sound, lighting and many other special effects. He is a student at Midwestern State University, studying Mass Communications. Jake is currently employed with KAUZ-TV, Channel 6, as the Promotions / Operations Director...he is also a radio DJ on KMOC 89.5...and has owned his own mobile disc jockey entertainment business for over 5 years.