Located in Lincoln, New Hampshire
New Hampshire's Award Winning Professional Summer Musical Theatre

The Papermill Staff

Kate Arecchi (Artistic Director) A member of the performing company during the inaugural mainstage season in 1987, Kate returned as a performer during the ’88, ’89, and ’98 seasons, and was the Children’s Theatre Artistic Director in 2000. Here at the Papermill Theatre she directed and choreographed two NH Theatre Award winning productions of Pirates of Penzance (2003) and Beauty and the Beast (2006) in addition to directing West Side Story (2007) and the 2008 production of The Full Monty. She has worked as a director, choreographer, and performer at theatres around the country including Syracuse Stage, Mill Mountain Theater, Theater at Monmouth, Granbury Opera House, and North Shore Music Theatre. Directing and choreography credits include: Macbeth, Sweeney Todd, Quilters, City of Angles, and The Woman Upstairs. Recently she directed the reading of You Pick Color at the East West Players in Los Angeles, and Thoroughly Modern Millie at James Madison University. Kate is an Assistant Professor of Theatre, coordinating the Musical Theater program at James Madison University in Virginia. Visit the JMU website.

In NH, Kate has served as the Director of Theatre at Holderness School, as Associate Artistic Director at PerformancePLUS, and on the faculty at Plymouth State University. Prior to joining the Papermill Theatre as Artistic Director, Kate served for three years as the Artistic Director of Galveston Island Musicals in Texas. A member of AEA and SAG, performance credits include national tours of Shenandoah, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Henry V. Kate is a graduate of Syracuse University with a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance, and of Penn State University with an MFA in Directing.

Schrader (Props Master) joined the staff at NCCA in 1991. He lives in Connecticut where he has been the Properties Craftsman for the Yale Repertory
Theatre since 1988. Before working at Yale Schrader was Technical Director and a Scenic Designer at Brown University, Providence, RI, and Designer/TD with Brown's Afro-American Studies Program. He is a freelance designer and craftsman for theatre and commercial projects specializing in furniture renovation.

Katya Maiser (Development Director) Katya joined the NCCA staff in 2006 as their professional administrator. Though not an artist or performer herself, she has an affinity for the arts that has been a part of her life for many years. Katya has lived in the White Mountains since the mid-90's. She previously worked as the executive director of the Lincoln-Woodstock Chamber of Commerce and has a unique set of skills in grantwriting, marketing, and management.