Diane DiCroce (Producing Artistic Director, Stage Direction and Casting) appeared for many years on Broadway Les Miserables and in National and International Tours Les Miserables, My Fair Lady, 42nd Street as well as in many Off-Broadway, Regional and Stock productions throughout the country. Diane was the Resident Director for the Weathervane Repertory Theatre’s 53rd season, Directing Always…Patsy Cline, Our Town, and It Shoulda’ Been You (in concert) alongside the show’s composer, Barbara Anselmi. Other Directing Credits include: Beauty and the Beast and The Last Five Years (New Bedford Festival Theatre, MA), She Loves Me (College Light Opera, MA), The King and I (NH Theatre Award Nominee) and Inherit the Wind (Weathervane Repertory Theatre, NH), Mamma Mia! (Spotlight Repertory Theatre, NYC), Songs for a New World (Seaside Music Theater, FL) and My Way (SummerStock, OH).
As an Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre at Emerson College (Boston, MA) Diane had the opportunity to Direct at the historic Cutler Majestic Theatre (Urinetown) and the RJO Paramount (Lucky Stiff) as well as an entirely live, virtual production of Spring Awakening for Emerson Stage during the Covid-19 pandemic. She previously taught on the Musical Theatre Faculties of Pace University (NYC) and the University of Central Florida. Diane earned her Master’s Degree in Musical Theatre (MM) at Boston Conservatory at Berklee and a Bachelor of Arts from Pennsylvania State University (Communications/Advertising). She is a 30+ year member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), an Associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and the former Vice-Chair of the Auditions committee for the Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC).