STONE FENCE THEATRE is a non-profit charity founded in October 2002 dedicated to cultural, heritage and economic development in the Ottawa Valley. Our home performance venue is the Rankin Culture & Recreation Hall, 15 minutes south of Pembroke on Highway 42, although we perform in many places around the Ottawa Valley.
Our mandate is to foster artistic, heritage and historic awareness by developing and producing theatre, music, dance, storytelling and comedy in, of, and about the Ottawa Valley.
Stone Fence Theatre Board of Directors, 2024-25
Stone Fence Theatre’s Board of Directors provides advice, feedback, experience, grounding in the community and a great deal of volunteer help! Board members are elected at the company’s annual General Meeting. This year’s directors are:
Arlene Goldie, President
Melissa O’Connor, Treasurer
Kathy Eisner, Secretary
Members at large: Peter Bruck, Irene Daley, Chris Hinsperger, Joanne Murray, Carmen Schultz, Candace Woolley
Stone Fence Theatre Crew
Stone Fence Theatre is a semi-professional company that pays its artists modest fees.
A core staff of professionals keep things rolling.
Ish Theilheimer
Producer and CEO, is a writer, organizer, musician and composer who lives in Golden Lake and has written or co-written many of the company’s productions since co-founding the company in 2002.
Kathy Eisner
Production Manager, is an educator who has loved and been involved with theatre all her life.
Terry Mask
Technical Director, operates a full service sound and technical company Groove Marketing in Barry’s Bay. He has been with the company since 2016, relieving stress for everyone else.