Meet the Board of Directors

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John is honored to be a part of SCP for over thirty years. John has been involved in many aspects of theatre including acting, lighting, set building as well as directing. He’s been happily married to his wife Donna for 21 years. They are blessed with four children and four grandchildren. They are also blessed to have four rescued cats which they love very much. John enjoys fishing, hunting, and almost anything outdoors. He also plays bass and acoustic guitar. John has always enjoyed music and played acoustic guitar in the The Steel Rails Band. He has also sung in several southern gospel quartets over the years. John enjoyed directing SCP’s The Mafia Murders Mystery Dinner Theatre and The Odd Couple (female version). John is honored to be presently serving a third term as a board member with SCP. John is a Mechanical Draftsman employed by M&N Alloys Corporation for 28 years. John has lived in Sylacauga, AL all of his life.

Sherry has been a member of the Sylacauga Community Playhouse since its beginning. She became an SCP Player with her debut in The Second Time Around. In her 41 years of community theatre, Sherry has played many roles both on and off the stage. Some of her favorite stage roles include Myra/Sister Sadie in A Bad Year for Tomatoes, Florence Unger in The Odd Couple (female version), and M’Lynn Eatenton in Steel Magnolias. Most recently, Sherry was seen onstage as Martha Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace, Freda Grey in Too Soon for Daisies and in her musical debut as Grandma Addams in The Addams Family Musical. In addition to being Vice President of the SCP Board of Directors, costume designer, and actress, she works as the director of the Maxye Veazey Senior Center. She and her husband, Jackie, enjoy spending time with their children, Brandi, Seth, Brannon, and Kendra. Sherry’s most enjoyable role yet is being Yaya to her five grandchildren.

Megan has been happily married to Danny Ward since 2007. Together they have two children, Harrison (13) and Abigail (10). Megan is a native of Coosa County. She graduated from Coosa Central High School in 2001. She has a bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences from Auburn University. She is presently employed at the office of Wingfield Company, Inc. in Goodwater, AL. During her downtime, she enjoys spending time with her family doing things like hiking, sightseeing, and vacationing to the mountains or the beach. She and her husband are involved in the worship team at Weogufka Family Worship Center, where she has been a lifelong member. She also volunteers behind the scenes with Upward Sports ministry. Megan enjoyed being a parent volunteer for the Sylacauga Community Playhouse 2022 summer production of Lion King Jr., in which her daughter played the role of a lioness. Her acting debut was during Little Town of Christmas as a news anchor. Megan was nominated to serve on the board of directors as treasurer for Sylacauga Community Playhouse in 2022.  She also served as Producer for the 2023 summer production of Finding Nemo Jr.  She is excited to see what’s in store for the future of Sylacauga Community Playhouse.

Christina was the child of a military family and spent her childhood moving from base to base. Dance and theater gave her ways of making friends and finding new opportunities no matter where her family moved. She was in every production her high school in Northern California did from her freshman year until she graduated. After high school, college, work and life took her away from the theater for many years. She was brought back to the theater by her oldest and youngest daughters who performed in many of the SCP summer productions. Unfortunately a busy mom life kept Christina off the stage. With two children off to college and one in high school, she had the time to return to the stage for the first time in over 30 years and made her debut in Little Town of Christmas last year. She was also the House manager for the summer production of Finding Nemo Jr. When not involved with SCP, Christina is the Administrative Assistant and Registrar at Cornerstone Christian School in Columbiana. She also enjoys spending time with her husband of 24 years, Roger, her girls and her extended family and friends. 

Jodi was born and raised in Burbank, California. She began acting in school plays in elementary school and the love of theatre continued through both Junior and Senior High School where she earned several local performance awards. Her acting career was put on hold when she joined the United States Air Force, through which she was trained as a Cryptologic Linguist. At the end of her term, which included 18 months in Korea, she separated from the military and focused on her family. Later, as a military spouse and stationed at Misawa Air Base in Japan, she rekindled her love of theatre and became a member of the Misawa Theatre Guild, performing in several plays and musicals. While in Japan she also did the English narrations for several planetarium shows at the Hachinohe Children’s Science Museum. After returning to the United States, life took several twists and turns that landing Jodi here in Sylacauga. As a member of the Sylacauga Community Playhouse, she performed in Steel Magnolias and The Miracle Worker, co-directed Arsenic and Old Lace, and was Assistant Director for Tarzan, the Stage Musical and Disney’s Aladdin JR. She is honored to be a member of the Sylacauga Community Playhouse Board of Directors.

Tracy is a homemaker/mom and is the proud mother of her two daughters, Darby and Lexie. Over the last eight years, she has helped craft costumes for the SCP productions of Disney’s The Little

Mermaid JR., Tarzan, the Stage Musical, Disney’s Aladdin JR., Alice in Wonderland, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Moana JR., Disney's The Lion King JR, and Finding Nemo Jr. Although mom-life keeps her extra busy, she enjoys substitute teaching when her schedule allows. But mostly, she enjoys spending time with her kids, family, and friends. 

Mary Beth Shelnutt Kromer was seen onstage most recently in the role of Georgia Dean Rudd in A Doublewide Texas Christmas. Mary Beth is a Patient Access Representative at Citizens Baptist Medical Center. She is mom to three children and attends St. Jude Catholic Church. She loves to read, crochet, and quilt, and she drinks lots of coffee. When she worked at McDonald's, she played the character of Grimace and Birdie during Christmas parades and at special events. She has also served with SCP as a props and backstage crew for The Little Mermaid and backstage crew for Tom Sawyer.