Our Team
Our Directors
Featured here are our directors in costume for “A Kingly Christmas Carol“! Miss Maryann Koretoff is our music director, and miss Hannah-Ruth Huffey is our director.
Photo Credit: Bill Koretoff
Miss Hannah-Ruth
One of the founders of NWA Lights Up, as well as it’s owner, Hannah-Ruth has been our director since the first show. She developed a love for theatrics and performing at a very young age, and that passion has grown with her ever since. She considers her casts her family and strives to be a director worthy of them.
When not in the rehearsal room or on stage, she’s probably sewing, embroidering, listening to music, or writing. She loves to make costumes and historical garments, and wears them regularly.
Photo Credit: Holly Black
Miss Maryann
Maryann Koretoff is both the Co-Head Chairwoman and the Music Director of NWA Lights Up. Among other hats she wears, she is the resident vocal coach and also acts alongside the actors. Having been in theatre all her life she has a particular passion for the arts and her goal as a leader is to encourage a love of music in all the actors who walk through the doors of Lights Up. When not in the rehearsal room or on stage, Maryann works as a preschool music teacher. She is active in Bible study and enjoys Apologetics workshops. Maryann also owns and runs two small businesses: Creatively Cozy Co- a custom crochet business, and Floating Lantern Entertainment- a traveling Party Princess company.
Photo Credit: Bill Koretoff