Administrative and Artistic Staff


Brian Frost – Executive Director

EDUCATION:

MBA | Indiana University School of Business Bloomington IN 1977

Elected to Beta Gamma Sigma honorary business fraternity

Bachelor of Arts| Union College Schenectady NY 1972

Graduated as Economics Major

EXPERIENCE;

Realtor/Associate Broker | Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices 2017-Present

Responsible for assisting his wife in her real estate business – Julianne-Deely Frost

Investment Advisor | Fifth Third Securities. 1992-2017

Responsible for providing investment advice to individual and small business clients of Fifth Third Bank in and around Fishers IN

Investment Advisor | Robert W Baird and Prudential Securities 1982-1992

Responsible for providing investment advice to individual and small business clients

Brian has served on the board of Very Special Arts of Indiana in the late 1990’s, elected as President of VSA in 1999. Avid tennis player with memberships at Indianapolis Racquet Club and Carmel Racquet Club. Enthusiastic supporter of the arts in general and Actors Theatre of Indiana in particular.

bfrost@atistage.org

Judy Fitzgerald – Artistic Director / Co-Founder

Judy has been a member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1993.  Broadway credits include, Radio City Music Hall with Glen Close; Madison Square Garden with Liza Minnelli & Danny Burstein (conducted by Marvin Hamlisch): She has toured nationally with Debbie Reynolds, Shirley Jones and Omar Sharif. Off -Broadway productions: Swingtime Canteen with Tony Award winner, Charles Busch at the Blue Angel; Placido Domingo’s operetta VLAD at the Lamb’s Theatre; Dodsworth with John Collum, George Lee Andrews and Dee Hoty at the York Theatre and the John Houseman Theatre; Irene at the Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse; Face the Music and That’s The Ticket! with Tony Award winner, George S. Irving for the Musicals Tonight! Series. Regional credits include: The Birmingham Theatre, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Pennsylvania Center Stage, Blowing Rock Stage Co., The Mint Theatre, The Weathervane Theatre, The Ordway Theatre, and Eclipse Summer Stock Stage.  With Actors Theatre of Indiana, she has been seen as “Mama Rose” in Gypsy, “Keely” in Pete-n-Keely, “Melpomene” in Xanadu, “Mrs. Lovett” in Sweeney Todd, “Kost” in Cabaret as well as many others. Her performances have earned high praise.  For example, she earned the MITTY award for Most Impressive Female Performer in a Supporting Role in a Play for her performance as Mrs. Lombardi in the biographical play Lombardi.  Judy also got the nod as Best Professional Actress in a Musical for Forbidden Broadway and Most Impressive Actress in a Lead Role in a Non-Musical for her portrayal of Mary Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life – a Live Radio Play.

A native of Indiana and long-time resident of New York City, Judy has resided in Carmel IN since the founding of ATI in 2005. jfitzgerald@atistage.org

Darrin Murrell – Associate Artistic Director

Darrin has worked as a professional actor, director, producer and educator for over 35 years with theatres all across the country including extensive work in Indianapolis, Chicago and Portland, Oregon.  He has multiple recent credits as both actor and director at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre, Human Race Theatre in Dayton, Ohio, Texas Shakespeare Festival and Actors Theatre of Indiana. He is the multi-year recipient of the Indiana Arts Commission’s Individual Theatre Artist Grant Award and served as Artistic Director of Nettle Creek Players from 2015-2019 and again in 2023. He has previously served as Artistic Director of Muncie Civic Theatre, American Heritage Theatre Project, LAFF Shows, The Royal Panto Players and The Great American Melodrama & Vaudeville. Additionally, he has served as Executive Director of The Paramount Theatre and in leadership positions at The Capitol Theatre in upstate New York, Portland Youth Philharmonic, Mt. Hood Repertory Theatre, Seaside Music Theatre, The Round Barn Theatre at Amish Acres and Ghostlight Theatricals. In Chicago, he served as both Executive Assistant to producer Michael Leavitt and Director of Marketing & Advertising for Fox Theatricals, which produced major first-run productions at professional theatres including The Royal George Theatre, Briar Street Theatre, The Apollo and The Wellington. In collaboration with his wife, he has produced new works for Fringe Festivals including multiple years at IndyFringe, DivaFest and The Montreal Fringe Festival and collaborates with Los Angeles-based New Musicals Inc. on the development of new works. He has served as President of the Indiana Community Theatre League, Regional Representative to the American Association of Community Theatres and Managing Director of Historic Farmland USA.  Darrin was appointed by Lt. Governor Sue Elspermann to serve on the advisory board of the Indiana Main Street Program.  He has a love of history and has worked extensively with living history museums including Conner Prairie and Minnetrista Museum & Gardens in Muncie. He lives on his family’s homestead farm in Parker City, Indiana with his wife and two children, all of whom perform together as Main Street Artists. 

Cynthia Collins – Co-Founder Emeritus

Cynthia Collins received her BFA in Theatre from Ohio University. She studied at the N.J. School of Ballet with Jay Norman. 

A proud member of Actors Equity Association since 1991, her Off-Broadway credits include: Fifty Million Frenchmen; Face The Music; Jubilee; That’s The Ticket with Tony Award winner George S. Irving; Valentino, The Musical; Lone Star Café; and Gigi, directed by Gerard Alessandrini, creator of the famed Forbidden Broadway. Cindy has toured Nationally in Singin’ In The Rain and internationally
in My Fair Lady.

Regionally her credits include: Columbia in The Rocky Horror Show; Patty in Be Here Now; Kate in Surviving Grace; Alison in Fun Home; Anybodys in West Side Story; Agnes in On The Twentieth Century; Millie in Good News; Flossie in On The Town; Perkins in Annie; Kristine in A Chorus Line; Edith in The Pirates Of Penzance; Miss Hannigan in Annie; Mrs. Hopkins in My Fair Lady; Hymen in As You Like It; Airie in The Robber Bridegroom and the Atlanta premieres of: The Taffetas, A Taffeta Christmas; A Grand Night For Singing; Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol; The Sisters of Swing: the Story of the
Andrews Sisters
and My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra.

Her television and film credits are extensive, including: Law & Order, Sex And The City, Die Hard III, Sabrina, Maid in Manhattan, The Thomas Crown Affair , Zoolander, Shaft, FUBAR, Noble Vision. Commercial work includes: K-Mart, Mr. Quick, Prilosec, Ohio Lottery, Silver Screen TV, George Washington National Bank, Riverview Health. Cindy’s Cabaret performances have been seen at The Horn of Plenty and Bluesland in NYC and at Feinstein’s at The Hotel Carmichael.

For Actors Theatre of Indiana, she has performed in and or choreographed My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra; Cole: The Words & Music of Cole Porter; And The World Goes ‘Round; Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters; The Taffetas; Perfect Wedding; Forbidden Broadway; A Year with Frog & Toad; Nunsense; A Grand Night for Singing; CHICAGO; The Musical of Musicals, the Musical; Always Patsy Cline; My Fair Lady; Xanadu; The Fantasticks; Sweeney Todd; Cabaret; Ruthless!; It’s A Wonderful Life; Working; and Mr. Confidential.

A native of Livingston, N.J. and longtime resident of New York City, Cindy has resided in Carmel, IN since the founding of ATI in 2005.

Don Farrell – Co-Founder Emeritus

Don Farrell is a co-founder of Actors Theatre of Indiana and served as its Artistic Director for 18 years, during which time he oversaw the creation and implementation of all programming and produced every production including the Palladium debuts of two-time TONY award winning Sutton Foster (An Evening with Sutton Foster) and two-time TONY award winning Broadway legend Chita Rivera (CHITA: A Legendary Celebration), both to critical acclaim.  He has directed many shows for ATI including Beyond the Rainbow: The Frances Gumm Story (Indiana premiere); Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters (Indiana premiere); My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra (Central Indiana premiere); COLE (Indiana Professional premiere); And The World Goes ‘Round; Rounding Third; A Grand Night For Singing; The Taffetas; Forever Plaid; and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.  

Don has been a member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1992, is a veteran of the concert/ theatrical stage, and has worked steadily in practically every capacity of the business. He has spent over 33 years working as a professional singer, dancer, actor, director, choreographer, and producer with a career that includes Off-Broadway, International Tour, National Tour, Las Vegas, Regional, Symphony concerts and educational productions.  He made his Off-Broadway debut as Jimmy O’Flaherty at the Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse in Irene starring Lee Roy Reams, George S. Irving and Ruth Warrick. His stage performances have been lauded whether it be musicals or plays, from the vengeance seeking title role in Sweeney Todd to his flamboyantly dramatic Albin/Zaza in La Cage Aux Folles, to the guilt ridden John Proctor in The Crucible, to the opera diva / peppy bellhop of “Tito / Bepo” in A Comedy of Tenors.  He originated the role of “Louis” in the world premiere of Last of the Red-Hot Mamas, the Sophie Tucker Revue-sical and “Ruby Waxman” in the world premiere of TUNING IN.  He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Music Theatre from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. He has served as a member of the drama faculty for NYC’s premier musical theatre training conservatory Collaborative Arts Project 21, has taught drama workshops and master classes for theatre companies and universities and is a scholarship adjudicator for the National Society of Arts and Letters (NSAL) Music Theatre Competition. 

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Brad Osborne – Technical Advisor

Brad Osborne describes himself as being a “behind the scenes guy.” Someone who is enhancing the successes of those who choose to trust him. Most notably, Brad has been a residential Realtor for nearly 44 years, helping thousands of families and fellow agents achieve their goals. Since 2015, until the start of the COVID era, Brad has been able to enjoy his “bucket-list job” as a school bus driver on #BradsCoolBus. While interviewing with Carmel Clay Schools, he was asked for three words to describe himself. “Creative. Engaging. Improving.” His life of service to others helps propel clients of MEG & Associates to their next level of success.