Welcome from the Board

Welcome! Lyric Music Theater is an all-volunteer community theater that has been entertaining Southern Maine for more than half a century. Our 1904 converted church provides a 180-seat house and is a home for four high-quality productions each season, as well as a hearth for some of the best talent and greatest ambition in New England.

The volunteers at Lyric are the heartbeat of our organization. Hundreds of people donate their time each year to productions, financials, marketing efforts, box office staffing, building maintenance, Board of Directors membership, and more. We invite you to join our family whether onstage, backstage, or in the audience!

2016-2017 Board of Directors

Bruce Merrill - President

Joshua Chard - Director of Marketing

Tim Routh - Director of Finance
Mandela Gardner - Co-Director of Performance Operations
Justin Gifford - Director of Administration

Candy Jamerson - Treasurer *

Louise Keezer - Director at Large

Cindy Kerr - Director of Technical Operations
Donna Levi - Director at Large

Mary Meserve - Executive Vice President/Director of Governance

Patty Shaw Sprague - Director of Development

Don Smith - Director of Facilities
Whitney Smith - Co-Director of Performance Operations

* not a board member

Past Presidents of Lyric Music Theater Board of Directors

1953-1954	H. Frank Catir
1954-1955	Sadie Holden Nissen
1955-1956	J. Rex Hanscom
1956-1957	Harry E. Curran
1957-1958	Robert Black
1958-1959	Lora Coffin & Victor Catir
1959-1960	Harry E. Curran
1960-1961	Linwood Dyer
1961-1962	Linwood Dyer
1962-1963	Linwood Dyer
1963-1964	Philip O'Brion
1964-1965	Eugene Paquin
1965-1966	Linwood Dyer
1966-1967	Ellen LeFevre
1967-1968	Ellen LeFevre
1968-1969	Linwood Dyer
1969-1970	Gerald Payeur
1970-1971	Albert Barnes
1971-1972	Kenneth Lodge
1972-1973	David Locke
1973-1974	Albert Packard
1974-1975	Peter Morton
1975-1976	Cedric Thomas
1976-1977	Linwood Dyer
1977-1978	Linwood Dyer
1978-1979	Linwood Dyer
1979-1980	Philip O'Brion
1980-1981	Dennis Drobinski
1981-1982	Linwood Dyer
1982-1983	Linwood Dyer
1983-1984	Linwood Dyer
1984-1985	Nancy Warnock
1985-1986	Nancy Warnock
1986-1987	Linwood Dyer
1987-1988	Nancy Warnock
1988-1989	Donald B. Drew
1989-1990	Donald B. Drew
1990-1991	Linwood Dyer
1991-1992	Linwood Dyer
1992-1993	Donald B. Drew
1993-1994	Donald B. Drew
1994-1995	Linwood Dyer
1995-1996	Linwood Dyer
1996-1997	Donald B. Drew
1997-1998	Donald B. Drew
1998-1999	Linwood Dyer
1999-2000	Donald B. Drew
2000-2001	William Thibodeau
2001-2002	William Thibodeau
2002-2003	William Thibodeau
2003-2004	Donald B. Drew
2004-2005	Bruce M. Merrill
2005-2006	Bruce M. Merrill
2006-2007	William Thibodeau
2007-2008	Bruce M. Merrill
2008-2009	Bruce M. Merrill
2009-2010	Bruce M. Merrill
2010-2011	Betty Gravelle
2011-2012	Betty Gravelle
2012-2013	Mary K. Meserve
2013-2014	Celeste Greene
2014-2015	Bruce M. Merrill
2015-2016	Bruce M. Merrill
2016-2017	Bruce M. Merrill