The Crew of It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

Ray O'Hare (Director): A Quincy resident, Ray is happy to help make Loki Arts a reality. He has experience as an award-winning actor, director and set designer. Past acting credits on Boston area stages include Once Upon a Mattress, MacBeth, Nunsense A-Men!, Disney's Beauty And The Beast, Chicago, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum and Jesus Christ Superstar. He also performs with the Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra, and has appeared on their CD releases. A self-proclaimed comic book nerd, he also is a co-artist and writer at TurboComics.com

Stephen Gilbane (Musical Director)

Shonna McEachern (Choreographer/Producer) is thrilled to be a part of Loki Arts!  Most recently, Shonna appeared as Fiona in Brigadoon (Weston Friendly Society) and Sally in Loki's production of Reefer Madness: The Musical (where she also learned to sew zippers and make jungle outfits out of tshirts). Some of her favorite roles include Lizzie in Baby (TCAN and MCC), Percy in The Spitfire Grill (Concord Players), Johanna in Sweeney Todd (WCLOC), Marta in Company (Southborough Players), The Leading Player in Pippin, Jan in Grease (both at Turtle Lane), the Jester in Once Upon a Mattress (Animus Ensemble), and Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof (Reagle Players). In addition to her onstage work, Shonna has performed in numerous recordings with The Colonial Radio Theatre on the Air including as the Ice Woman in Something Wicked This Way Comes, Polychrome in their award winning Oz series, Alice in The Clock, Belle in A Christmas Carol, and Berthe in The Cricket on the Hearth.  A graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, Shonna made her television debut on ABC Family's The Scariest Places on Earth. She currently works as a Spinning and Zumba instructor and is studying to become a personal trainer and sings with a currently unnamed band. She lives in Framingham with her wonderful boyfriend, Eric.

Allison Nichols is very excited to be working with Loki Arts! She has most recently appeared as the Heavenly Friend in Carousel (Arlington Friends of the Drama), and as Helena in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Hamilton College). Allison graduated from Hamilton College in 2006 with a degree in Biology.

Eric Dwinnells (Producer): is the founder of Loki Arts. He is thrilled and honored that so many wonderful and talented people share his vision. Born and raised in Ashland, MA, Eric went on to study at The Boston Conservatory. His first "gig" was as the 3rd Billy Goat Gruff in Ms. Walsh's 2 nd grade class production of The Billy Goats Gruff. More recently, Eric has been seen as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar and Godspell, Claudius in Hamlet, The Baker in Into The Woods, Danny in Baby, Roger in Grease, Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Caleb in Spitfire Grill, The Beadle in Sweeney Todd, Uncle Louie in Lost in Yonkers, and Cousin Kevin in The Who's Tommy. Eric has been awarded the Semper Fidelis Award by the US Marine Corps for his singing and he once won a gold medal in Shakespeare. He was also voted "Friendliest Boy in Class" in both 1st and 5th grade.

Katie Ford (Producer/Trumpet) is thrilled to be a member of the Loki Board! She is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC, where she studied musical theatre. Katie is currently singing with a 15 piece swing orchestra called the South Shore Swing Shift. By day, she works for the A.A. Dority Company in Boston. Some of her favorite musical theater roles include Rizzo (Grease, Turtle Lane Playhouse), Georgie Bukatinsky (Full Monty, Turtle Lane Playhouse), Maddie (River of Babylon, en Vivo Productions), and Soupy Sue (Urinetown: The Musical, Vokes Theatre). Recently, she has been involved with numerous readings/recordings of new musicals written by local playwrights and composers. Katie lives in Arlington with her wonderful partner, Robin.

Robin Thomas (Stage Manager) is very excited to be part of this dynamic and innovative organization, Loki Arts. A lifelong arts aficionado, Diva lover and professional audience member, it’s both thrilling and electrifying to get in on the ground floor of something so novel. By day, Robin is the Director of Rehabilitation services for Brookline Health Care Center. She is also a Reiki practitioner and student of holistic healing arts. Far more at home behind the scenes, Robin’s favorite “roles” include tech crew for Urinetown at Vokes Theatre, operating the sound board for various TLP productions and, of course, Stage Managing Reefer Madness, the Musical. She lives in Arlington with her amazing partner and Diva extraordinaire, Katie