Meet the Staff
STEPHEN FERRI
Executive Producer + Resident Musical Director
Stephen has been the resident Music director at WPPAC since 2012 followed by becoming the Executive Producer in 2016. He has worked on over 180 productions as a music director, orchestrator, keyboardist/programmer, stage/production manager and producer having had the privilege to work On & Off Broadway, NYMF as well as numerous other venues across the country.
Favorite credits include Disney’s On the Record, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables, Carrie, Dogfight, Little Mermaid, Color Purple, Avenue Q, Spring Awakening & Next To Normal. As an orchestrator: Foreverman (NYMF), Edges, Roads Courageous, Songs for a New World Symphonic version and From Broadway w/ Love which aired on PBS. Other select NY theatre credits include: Tuck Everlasting, Dear Evan Hansen, War Paint, Theatre World Awards, Analog & Vinyl (NAMT).
He is also the founder/producer for The New Musical Theatre Series who brought the premieres of Edges, Songs for a New World, Party Worth Crashing & Disney’s On the Record to WPPAC and The Harrison Summer Theatre responsible for Spring Awakening, Bare, Dogfight and many other shows to grace the WPPAC stage over the years.
Stephen was named one of Westchester Magazine‘s “Top People To Watch” and received their “Best of Westchester” award for music direction. Other accolades include 914 Inc’s “Westchester Wunderkind”, the NYMF Award for “Outstanding Orchestration” for Foreverman, and the Helen Hayes Theatre Award for “Achievement in Technical Production”.
Stephen holds a BFA in Stage Management from Purchase College’s Conservatory of Theater Arts.
KATHLEEN DAVISSON
General Manager (+ Rentals, Facilities Operations, Press & PR)
Kathleen came to WPPAC after working for the Roundabout Theatre Company as Theater Manager of Studio 54 where Cabaret had an extended run. Prior to that she was House Manager at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase.
Originally from Colorado her professional theatre experience began as the House Manager at the Arvada Center (Arvada, CO).
BARBARA VACCARO
Business Manager & Box Office
Prior to joining the WPPAC, Barbara was the General Manager of the Helen Hayes Theatre Company in Nyack, NY. She also serves as General Manager of Gayfest, NYC and My Trip Down the Pink Carpet.
Before joining the world of non-profit theatre, she was Managing Director, NY for the international theatre ticket agency Edwards & Edwards.
BRITTANY BRANDWEIN
Development Consultant
Brittany is an executive development services professional who works with various arts organizations, non-profits and corporations to support their fundraising/sponsorship, research and event functions.
Most recently, Executive Director of the White Plains Business Improvement District; Brittany has worked with the Metropolitan Opera, American Ballet Theatre, Lincoln Center Theater and the Eric Carle Museum, among others. A former ballet dancer, Brittany is thrilled to support the performing arts in her home county.