About Us

Starting in 2009, Stephen took an interest in all things technical theatre related, running sound for his first show, “Brigadoon,” a school production at Woodstown High School. He immediately fell in love with theatre at his very first rehearsal. It wasn’t long before Stephen became obsessed with learning all that he could about what makes a theatrical production successful, and has directed, acted, and designed many shows using this knowledge. Stephen is currently the Technical Director for his alma mater, Woodstown High School, where he teaches students about every aspect of technical theatre, instilling that same passion that got him hooked. He can be found acting in various productions across New Jersey, including his favorite past roles as The Baker (Into the Woods), The Old Man (A Christmas Story), Seitz/Ensemble (Newsies), and Gaston in the 2019 NJACT “Outstanding Production of a Musical” Perry Award winner, “Beauty and the Beast,” at Off Broad Street Players. Stephen can also be found running technical elements for shows, including his 2019 NJACT “Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play” Perry Award winning work on “The Crucible” at Cumberland Players. He is excited to bring his passion and knowledge of South Jersey theatre to the proverbial “table” that is the NJACT board!

Lori Fabian is a former professional performer and stage manager and has been involved in theatre in New Jersey since 2001. She was a Perry Award nominee in 2011, inducted into the NJACT Hall of Fame in 2016, and has been active in NJACT governance since 2012. Professionally, Lori has had over thirty years of experience as a professional grants manager, writer, and counselor; twenty-seven of them as President and Principal Consultant of Fabian Consulting, Inc. A skilled grant writer, presenter, and project manager, Lori and her FCI team have helped nonprofit organizations raise over $84 million and provided grants research, training, and counsel to hundreds of agencies across the United States. In addition, Lori has provided evaluation consultation and/or external evaluation to nonprofit organizations since 1997.

Bill is very excited to join the NJACT board once again, having served on the board back in 2000 when residing in northern NJ where he grew up. After living several years in both Tucson and Minneapolis, he has resided in South Jersey since 2012 with his husband and three “little ones” and happy to be back in the “ Jersey theater” circle once again!
Early in his career, Bill studied theater in NYC and did day-player soap work while in school. He has over 50+ shows to his directing credit. Favorites include “The Shadow Box”, “Fun Home”, “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” at Haddonfield Plays & Players; “The Boys Next Door” ; “Angels In America” at various theaters in Arizona; “Company”, “And The World Goes Round”, “Picnic”, “Steel Magnolias”, “To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday” at The Players Theater Company- NJ, “Love! Valour! Compassion!”; “Best Little Whorehouse
in Texas” at Antrim Playhouse – NY.
Bill is also the recipient of many NJACT, NJTL, ESTA and AACT awards and nominations over the past 25 years including 5 Perry Award nominations garnering 2 trophies! Most memorable was representing New Jersey in the 2003 AACT Competition with “The Laramie Project” and winning the NJTL state, ESTA regional, and then receiving the NJACT Perry Award for Best Play.  Bill’s work career includes a degree in Finance with 25 years in the optical industry and 17 years in the veterinary Industry. He is currently the Hospital Administrator/HR Director for two veterinary hospitals in the Philly area. Bill is an avid cook coming from Greek parents who taught him early as well as also attending culinary school. Perhaps had he followed this dual path, dinner theater might have ensued!
Aside from directing and cooking, Bill enjoys collecting music, movies, loves to travel and adores his “little ones”, Finn, Phoebe and Cassie. He is thrilled in starting this second chapter with NJACT!

Khy Garner hails from Woodbridge where he teaches private vocal instruction. Deeply rooted in the New Jersey community theater scene for over forty years, he is a co-founder of Mystic Vision Players where he served on the board of directors.  Not only does he understand the life of a singer, actor and dancer, he has directed, musically directed, choreographed, produced, played in pit orchestras and costumed shows across the state.

A multiple Perry Award nominee and winner, Khy was inducted into the NJACT Hall of Fame in 2018. He was also honored in 2019 with an award by the National Council of Negro Women for his lifetime excellence in community service and the field of arts. Khy served as the artistic and musical director for Black History Month programming at the Union County Performing Arts Center. During the Covid lockdown when theaters were closing, Khy was still able to help provide entertainment and education at UCPAC when he introduced Momentum: Voices for Change, giving a platform to black artists to perform and discuss social topics within the black community. Khy is an accomplished playwright with a series of five plays under his belt. His first play Filling in the Blanks, won a Perry Award for 2017 Outstanding Production of an Original Play. Currently Khy has launched a series of Cabarets that have been performed to sold out audiences.

Khy is excited to be a new face on this distinguished board.