Bob Davis, artistic director, is returning for his fifth season. He has over 22 years of experience as an actor, director, vocal coach, and trainer of professional actors. An award-winning teacher, Davis is a professor in the Music Theatre and Actor Training programs at the Hartt School and has worked with the Hartford Stage Company (appearing in Our Town and A Christmas Carol this past year), Yale Repertory Theatre, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center.  Benjamin Rauch, music director, is no stranger to Summer Place Players. He served as Music Director in 2003, 2004, and 2007, and is hoping to return again in 2008. A native of Long Island, New York, Benjamin pursued his undergraduate degree at The Hartt School, where he received a B.M. in Vocal performance, Choral Conducting, and Composition. He returns to Connecticut after performing and touring worldwide with Chanticleer, America’s premier a cappella vocal ensemble. Before joining Chanticleer, Benjamin served as the Cantorial Soloist and Choir Director at Temple Sinai of Long Island. He is pursuing his Masters Degree in Choral Conducting at The Hartt School, where he studies with Dr. Edward Bolkovac. Benjamin also maintains an active private voice studio and serves on the faculty of the Hartt Community Division and the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. Benjamin can be heard as the soprano/tenor section leader and soloist for the Center Church Choir. Terry Corbin, choreographer, is returning for her sixteenth season. She runs her own dance school in Avon and has taught tap, ballet, and jazz to dancers of all ages for 25 years. She has choreographed several productions at Kingswood - Oxford High School in West Hartford, as well as school productions in Avon and Simsbury. She choreographed Fiddler on the Roof and  Annie Get Your Gun for the Simsbury Theater Guild, and also performed in several of its productions.

Debbie Markowitz, stage manager, is returning for her  second season. She is the  Production Stage Manager of  the Theatre Division  at the Hartt School, which produces over  14 shows  a year. She has worked as General Manager of the   Summer Theatre at Mt. Holyoke, Company Manager of   Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and Program Director  of  the Huntington Arts Council. Her stage manage- ment credits include Theatreworks, Hartford Stage  Company, Barrington Stage Company,  Oklahoma Shakespeare Festival, and  Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre. She  earned a Master’s degree in stage management  from Purdue University.