resident company
  James M. Langan most recently appeared as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, as Major Petkoff in Arms And The Man, and as Jesus Costazuela in The Odd Couple and directed Dear Liar and The Dining Room, all at ETC. A twenty-five year veteran of theater and TV his work includes seven seasons with Electric Theatre Company, twenty with Scranton Public Theatre, seventeen with the Pennsylvania Summer Theatre Festival, two with the Jason Miller Summer Theatre Festival and twenty-four years in Public Television earning three regional Emmy nominations, two first place awards from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting and a Telly Award. Lighting design credits at ETC include, among many; Wenceslas Square, The Glass Menagerie, Proof, The Men of Mah Jongg, and Silent Lives. James is a alumnus of Griffin Conservatory.
  Conor McGuigan was last seen at ETC as Adam in Mark Twain's The Diaries of Adam and Eve. Other ETC credits include (among many) Time.Timing.Timeless, Almost Maine, Arms and the Man, and The Very Nearly Perfect Comedy of Romeo & Juliet. He is a member of Zuppa del Giorno, and has taught in numerous theatre programs for young people, including at Arts Alive. Conor was named best actor 2009 by Electric City.
  Mary Ethel Schmidt received her MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, where she was the recipient of the Levin Scholarship for three years. She served on the associate faculty as instructor and director at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, for ten years. In New York City, she studied at the Classic Stage Company, was a founding member of the Metropolitan Playhouse, and worked at the Director’s Company. As playwright, she has won national competitions and her plays have been performed in New York City, Seattle, and Kansas City. She is a core instructor with Griffin Conservatory. She can currently be seen in Parallel Lives.
  Heather Stuart is currently in Parallel Lives and was last seen at ETC as Eve in Mark Twain's The Diaries of Adam and Eve. Other recent ETC credits include Arms and the Man, A Christmas Carol, Doubt, The Very Nearly Perfect Comedy of Romeo & Juliet, Brilliant Traces, and The Dining Room. She was voted best actress 2009 by Electric City readers' poll. She is a member of Zuppa del Giorno, and an instructor with In Bocca al Lupo, at Marywood University Department of Music, Theatre and Dance, and for Griffin Conservatory.
  David Zarko was the founding artistic director of The Metropolitan Playhouse of New York, an associate member of the faculty at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and at C.W. Post Long Island University, and is a member of The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and The Dramatists Guild. His over one hundred thirty professional directing credits include twenty-five productions at Electric Theatre Company, some favorites being: Wenceslas Square, Benefactors, Legal Snarls, Waiting for the Parade, The Very Nearly Perfect Comedy of Romeo & Juliet, Arms and the Man, and Doubt. As a playwright, he has had productions of his plays around the country, most notably his translation of Goldoni's Servant of Two Masters and his adaptation of The Woman, originally by William C. DeMille. He is currently working a monodrama about Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico called The Emp
 
staff
John Beck   literary manager
William Chamberlin   director of development
Linda Dzieciol   events coordinator
Elizabeth Feller   general manager
Kathy Keating   fund raising
Jim Langan   technical director
Marybeth Langdon   stage manager
Suzanne Lucas   stage manager
Mike Maria   master carpenter
Suzanne Robinson   office manager
David Zarko   producing artistic director
board of directors
Patricia E. Dunleavy   president
Will Chamberlin   vice president, corresponding secretary
Art Comstock   treasurer
Gretchen Eagen   recording secretary
John Beck    
Karen Blomain    
James Clark    
Liz Feller    
Sally Wiener Grotta    
Ray Houseknecht    
James Langan    
Gretchen Ludders    
Andrea Talarico    
Sue Walker    
Tom Walker    
Presidents Emeritus: Phillip Graff and John Beck
Founding Artistic Director: Ziv Ben Dov