Lorien Reese Mahay
Harrisburg’s oldest operating theater has a new leader to guide its day-to-day operations.
On Tuesday, Theatre Harrisburg announced Lorien Reese Mahay as its new executive director, effective Oct. 4.
“We were searching for an inspiring, dynamic leader to guide Theatre Harrisburg into the future, and Lorien was everything we were hoping for,” says Becky Mease, Theatre Harrisburg board chair. “We are thrilled to have Lorien bring her breadth of experience to our team and optimistic for the future of Theatre Harrisburg with her at the helm.”
According to Theatre Harrisburg, Mahay has over a decade of experience in theater management, education and fund development. Most recently, she served as associate director for the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, based in Stony Brook, N.Y.
She also has served as associate director of development at Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, N.Y., and as program director at the Watermill Center, an interdisciplinary laboratory for the arts based in Water Mill, N.Y.
Mahay holds a bachelor’s degree in theatre from Calvin College and a master’s of fine art in dramaturgy from Stony Brook University.
“I am excited and deeply honored to be named as the next executive director of Theatre Harrisburg,” she said. “I believe that theatre is most vital when it is the heart of a community, and I am proud to lead an organization that is dedicated to putting their community at the center of everything it does.”
Theatre Harrisburg stated that it plans to host a community welcome event for Mahay in early December.
Founded in 1926, Theatre Harrisburg is one of the oldest continually operating community theaters in the country. It is set to open its 96th season on Oct. 22 with “The SpongeBob Musical,” which will run through Nov. 7 at Whitaker Center.
For more information on Theatre Harrisburg, visit www.theatreharrisburg.com.
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