About Us
GHOST LIGHT THEATER COMPANY
NEVER LOSE YOUR SPARK
Ghost Light Theater Company aspires to share the love of performing arts by valuing creativity, imagination, and collaboration.
our mission
At Ghost Light Theater Company, our mission is to create a virtual community that fosters the performing arts while offering valuable training, performance opportunities, and professional insight to entertainers of all ages.
OUR TEAM
The People That Make It Happen
NICK TADDEO
Nick Taddeo is a lighting and audio designer who graduated from Full Sail University in 2019. Nick began performing at the age of nine and continued to do so throughout college. His favorite roles include Bert (Mary Poppins), Doody (Grease), Tommy (Music Man), Flat Stanley (Flat Stanley) and Prince Eric (The Little Mermaid). Nick currently works as a freelance technician and has worked in theaters, theme parks, hotels, and concerts.
MALLORY RIEGER
Mallory is a choreographer and dance educator who studied Theater and Dance at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. At age 2, Mallory took her first dance class and has danced and performed ever since. She has worked on the creative team and choreographed for various showcases, holiday specials, competitive teams and theater groups. Mallory is proud to have held the position of head-choreographer for over 15 musical productions thus far and has won various awards for her choreography.
JJ VAVRIK
JJ is a working actor in the Philadelphia area. He attended Temple University, where he studied abroad and worked on Shakespeare in London, eventually graduating with a degree in Musical Theater and Acting. Since graduating, he has had the pleasure of working at Media Theater Company (Media, PA), 11th Hour Theater Company (Philadelphia), and as an understudy at The Walnut Street Theater (Philadelphia).
ALYSSA ARCANGELI
Alyssa Arcangeli is a professional performer in the Tri-state area, and a proud graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy’s conservatory of Musical Theatre. Shortly after graduating from AMDA, she began work with Norwegian Cruise Lines, performing as a Singer/Dancer in their shows at sea. Upon returning to land, she worked as Dance Captain, understudied leads, and assisted choreography on many shows including: Cabaret, Chicago, Newsies, Kiss Me Kate, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Elf! The Musical.
SCOTT BERKOWITZ
Scott Berkowitz has acted in plays written by some of theater’s noted playwrights, including Lynn Nottage’s Fabulation, Steve Martin’s adaptation of The Underpants, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, and Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Scott studied Theater with a concentration in acting at Temple University. While studying abroad in London, he also worked with Vik Sivalingam, former director at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Scott is also a writer. In 2019, Scott interned at Flame Ventures, a production company in LA, where he read scripts and did research for Tony Krantz, renowned movie and TV producer, writer, and director.
MARIE MCVEIGH
Marie is a professional dancer and choreographer currently working in the Philadelphia area. She holds a BFA in Dance and BA in Public Relations from Temple University. During her studies at Temple she performed in works by renowned modern dance choreographers such as Ishmael Houston-Jones, Kun-Yang Lin, and Brian Sanders. In addition to her dance studies, Marie is an avid theater performer and lover, having worked as a choreographer and dancer for many years at Upper Darby Summer Stage. Most recently, Marie was a performer at Walt Disney World (Florida) and Worlds of Fun Theme Park (Kansas City, Missouri).
WILLIAM DANIELS
William Daniels is a Senior Theater Major in the Acting Concentration at Temple University. He is the Vice President of Temple Tappers, the university's tap dance team, as well as a member of Alpha Psi Omega, the National Honor Theater Fraternity. He has performed in multiple Temple Theaters Side Stage productions, Upper Darby Summer Stage productions, and Philadelphia Young Playwrights productions.William is eager to spread the love of theater through teaching the next generation of theater artists.
MEAGHAN ROSSI
Meaghan Elise Rossi is a recent graduate of DeSales University where she obtained a BA in Musical Theatre. She has performed at theaters such as the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, the Media Theatre, as well as at Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom. Meaghan has worked with several notable industry professionals including Wanda Sykes, Paulo Szot, and Dee Roscioli and has most recently portrayed the role of Catherine in Pippin as well as a cancan dancer in the French brigade in Dorney Park’s Grand Carnivale Parade. Trained in acting, singing, movement, stage combat, costuming, stage makeup, and directing, she is well-versed in the theatre realm.
