BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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When Silverthorne first appeared on an email from a friend, I immediately remembered many performances in that space at Northfield Mount Hermon. I showed it to my husband, Steve, who also attended plays there, and he auditioned as soon as possible. Thus began my association with the organization. When Lucinda asked me to join the board, after my retirement, how could I say no?
My own theater background includes being dragged by a friend into running the light board (pre computer) for college plays: hanging lights, focusing lights, writing my own directions for the board and then making it happen. It was fun! I have been in a couple of productions (Sister Angelica in college and My Fair Lady with The Country Players). I have helped with creating costumes for Titanic at NMH, dress actors, ushering, running the elevator, and coordinating Lucinda’s visits to the Northfield Senior Center back when I was the director.
Other interests include singing (DaCamera Singers and others), directing the church choir, sewing, reading, working in my yard and updating my house. I have two amazing children who have equally awesome spouses and a wonderful grandchild who brightens my week. I am blessed that they each live nearby and we are able to spend regular time together.
Knowing how much Steve enjoyed being part of this organization, I felt pulled to do my part as well. This is an incredibly dedicated group of people who make amazing productions happen on a shoestring budget. Being a part is an honor.

David Rowland retired in 2013 after 47 years of teaching, the last 35 as director of the Theatre Program at Northfield Mount Hermon School where he taught Acting, Directing, and other theater courses, and directed over 100 major productions. Shortly after his retirement, Rowland and Lucinda Kidder began talking about starting a professional theater company in Franklin County.
Silverthorne Theater Company, named after the principal performing space on NMH’s old Northfield campus, was officially founded in 2014, celebrating that first year with productions of Peter Shaffer’s Black Comedy (directed by Kidder) and Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle (directed by Rowland) in NMH’s Chile’s Theater.
Following two years at GCC’s Sloan Theater, Silverthorne moved in 2017 to its present home on the fourth floor of Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center in downtown Greenfield. Rowland directed the first production in this new venue, the Long, Singer, and Winfield parody, The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (abridged), with three actors offering comically twisted excerpts from the Bard’s collected works.
Most recently, Rowland directed A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters as a benefit for Silverthorne in the LAVA Center, Greenfield, in February of 2020. Retiring from active membership on Silverthorne’s board of directors this year, Rowland continues to consult with the board to help chart Silverthorne’s course through and beyond the current pandemic.