Cynthia helped establish Wine Country Theatre six years ago and has been our dynamic leader since day one! She has been busy, serving as Executive Director, Board Producer, Treasurer, Concession Manager, Props Mistress, and Thrift Shop Hunter Extraordinaire, in addition to performing and directing. She was last seen in the 2019 production of Over the River and Through the Woods, where she played the doting, Italian grandma. Her most recent work as a director was last Fall's production of Brighton Beach Memoirs. Cynthia earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre Arts Performance and has performed in over forty productions. She studied with Stella Adler and was a member of the prestigious Group Repertory Theatre in North Hollywood. In addition to performing, she pursued a career in Arts Administration. Cynthia served as Executive Director for SLO Little Theatre, Pacific Repertory Opera, Pioneer Players, Classic American Theatre and as Arts Grants Coordinator for the SLO Community Foundation. Cynthia is also a credentialed teacher and taught Drama at Paso Robles High School, Nipomo High School and the Atascadero Fine Arts Academy. Cynthia appreciates all the volunteers and audiences who have sustained Wine Country Theatre. Cynthia is in love with the theatre and the way it can unite a community and bring us together to enjoy a shared experience.

Grace is a Hairstylist, makeup artist, wig master and performer. She is committed to amplifying marginalized voices and constantly striving for a more inclusive and equitable theater.

Thomas grew up in Paso Robles, and is an alumni of Paso Robles High School. There he began participating in student productions, which is where he first met directors John Lambie and Cynthia Anthony. He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Music Composition from UC, Santa Barbara before moving back to Paso and becoming involved with Wine Country Theatre. He has played several roles with the company including Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof and Tulsa in Gypsy, for which he was also credited with the musical direction. By day, he travels to schools in the region delivering historical presentations to elementary schools.

After 25 years as a pilot for Delta Airlines, Beth started performing with Wine Country Theater in 2013, as a nurse in the chorus of South Pacific. Over next five years she has had roles in numerous plays in San Luis Obispo county, including Yente in Fiddler on the Roof, Mariette in The Dinner Party, Pantalone in The Servant of 2 Masters, Aunt Alma in Guys and Dolls, Zelda Fitzgerald in The Last Flapper. . ..and has done stand up comedy at several venues around the local area.

Today she performs as a member of an Improv group in Los Angeles, and as an actor in television and movies. Beth is very happy to be a member of the Wine Country Theatre Board, which she has been nearly since its inception.

Mr. Shearer is an established performer, director, writer and producer of theatre and film throughout California. He has also sung with many vocal groups, including The Cuesta Master Chorale, Gold Coast Chorus, The B-Sharps, Cactus and the Prickly Pears and Pacific Repertory Opera. He toured Europe as a singer and continues to sing at local events and churches. Some favorite theatrical roles include Emile de Becque South Pacific (2007 & 2013), Javert, Les Miserables, Pedro, Man of La Mancha, Mike, Wait Until Dark and Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. As a director, Mr. Shearer has been at the helm of many high school productions, WCT's productions of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Amadeus and co-directed Man of La Mancha and South Pacific for the REC Foundation's annual Play in the Park.

Veronica Surber has been a part of Wine Country Theatre since its beginning, appearing in one of its first shows, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!. Since then, she has been in three other Wine Country Theatre productions: Fiddler On The Roof, Next To Normal, and Little Women: the Musical. Veronica found her passion for musical theatre 17 years ago when she was cast as The Baker's Wife in a production of Into The Woods at the young age of 21. The fire for musical theatre was sparked and she hasn't stopped since. In real life, Veronica is a mother of two children, Charlotte and Cody, and is working on receiving her Multiple Subject Teaching Credential in San Luis Obispo County. She also serves as Secretary on the Wine Country Theatre Board of Directors.

Lindsey Taylor, originally from San Pedro, California, lives in Paso Robles with her two sons, Jude and Oliver. She attended Hamilton Music Academy (high school) in Los Angeles and then continued her dance and theater majors at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York City. She has performed in various regional theater productions some of her favorites include, West Side Story (Anita), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat (Wife/ Dance Captain), Violet (Mabel/Choreographer), and City of Angels (Bobby/Gabby). After moving back from Manhattan in 2007, Lindsey was the resident choreographer for The Relevant Stage Theater Company at the Warner Grand Theater in San Pedro, California. In her time with TRS, she choreographed and directed Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! In 2019 Lindsey was thrilled to join the cast of Wine Country Theater's production of Little Women and, gratefully, assumed a seat on the Wine Country Theater Board of Directors.

"The theater is the only institution in the world which has been dying for four thousand years and has never succumbed. It requires tough and devoted people to keep it alive." - John Steinbeck, Once There Was a War

Laurie is President of the Board of Directors, the company webmaster, and is responsible for executing all print and web media. To this end, she creates the posters, playbills and manages this website. In addition to her duties involving promotion, Laurie coordinates and executes all manner of company business, from ticketing, to concessions, to assistance with costumes, props, sets, music and whatever other details may arise and need handling. With her, Laurie brings a professional background in the entertainment industry. "In a former life" she was a development executive at Aaron Spelling Productions and Vice President of Creative Affairs for Gary Nardino Productions. For the past 30 years she has been a resident of Paso Robles, taught school in the Paso Robles school district, and has just retired her single subject teaching credential (in English) to devote herself to the arts.