Meet the Board
Lissa Miller
President
Lissa Miller has been ‘doing theatre’ since she was a child performing Elvis Presley songs! Since then she has worked in community theatre and educational theatre. Acting was her first love while studying at Indiana University. Most recently, she launched and ran a vibrant high school drama program in Colorado. Lissa’s experience in technical theatre is primarily as the costumer. She enjoys helping actors define their characters with the help of unique and appropriate costumes.
Sarah Martin
Secretary
Sarah has been involved in theater since 1968 as an actor, student, artist-in-residence for Minneapolis Schools, founder of a community theater group, grant-writer, and is a very enthusiastic audience member. She is also a piano teacher and Irish fiddle player. Sarah has studied the Irish language for several years.
Bridget Martin
Legacy Board Member
Bridget has been involved in theatre for most of her adult life, both here and overseas.
The last eight years of her teaching life we spent teaching theatre at the St. Paul Open School. Bridget became involved with Out of the Mist Celtic Theatre about twelve years ago, as it evolved from the original Celtic Collaborative to the present and has served on the Board for most of that time.
Tim Brannigan
Board Member
Tim is an enthusiastic supporter of the arts in its various forms and is thrilled to be able to lend his energy to Out of the Mist Celtic Theater. For over 30 years, he has been an executive leader in the decidedly non-artistic technology field and is thrilled to be able to participate in this creative space.
He has lived and travelled extensively internationally and has a particular affinity for Irish culture, music and storytelling.
Laurelie MacKenzie
Vice President
Laurelie has a great passion for the arts, education and professional development. She is honored to be involved with Out Of The Mist Celtic Theatre. Laurelie is working towards her PhD in Expressive Arts Therapy with an emphasis on education. She continues her studies with the New York City Ballet, undergoing teacher training with The American Ballet Theatre and is also a member of the Creative Change Coalition, where she is pursuing a focus on fabric and visual arts and photography.
Alisa Pritchett
Treasurer/Webmaster
Alisa has been involved in over 100 theatrical productions. She was a member of the Calibanco Theatre from 2004-2006. In addition to performing, she was the managing director of The Brooklyn Project (A theatre collective in Brooklyn New York) from 1989-1993. She was also the founding director of the Lexham Community theatre (1996-1998) and has been on the board since 2020.
Steven Griffith
Board Member
Steven Griffith taught in the theatre and dance department at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota, for 27 years. For many of those years, Steve was chair of the department. While at Gustavus, he taught courses in Irish theatre and history, theatre design, stagecraft, and arts management. Steve has designed for over 150 theatre productions. He lived in Dublin in the early 1990s while doing research on the Abbey Theatre. Steve has led 10 college study-abroad tours to Ireland and visited the island many more times. He has a BA and MFA in theatre and a Ph.D. in higher education policy. From 2006 to 2016, Steve served as Senior Vice President and Academic Dean at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.