Zachary Chiero (Artistic Director) has been working with Enchantment Theatre Company since he graduated from Muhlenberg College in 2009. He began as part of the original cast of the national tour of The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon. Since then, he has appeared in ten Enchantment productions, including national tours (The Velveteen Rabbit, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble), Enchantment Everywhere productions (The Brave Little Tailor, The Beast in The Bayou), and most recently, the symphony production of Peer Gynt, where he played the title role and choreographed the show for its world premiere with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Over the years, Zachary has worked as a choreographer and associate director for multiple productions, as an administrator, and most recently he has taken on the role of Artistic Director of ETC. In addition to his work with ETC, Zachary is an Equity performer who works regularly in Philadelphia. His work with ETC over the last 15 years makes him an ideal collaborator on this benchmark production, that will usher in a new age of ETC productions.

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Leslie Reidel (Founding Artistic Director, Resident Director) has dedicated the last 30 years of his professional life to both the preservation of classical theatre and the development of young audiences. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Muhlenberg College and a Masters of Fine Arts from Temple University. He served as a member of the M.F.A. faculty at Temple University and was a founding member of the Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Delaware. His directorial credits include The Walnut Street Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, the Madison Civic Rep, the Pennsylvania, Utah, Colorado, and Fort Worth Shakespeare Festivals and 12 years as the resident director of the Great American Children’s Theatre. His most recent creations with Enchantment Theatre Company are the authorized North American production of Peter Rabbit™ Tales, which premiered in 2015; and Ravel’s Mother Goose and Aladdin and Other Enchanting Tales, both of which premiered in 2013 and toured nationally. Other productions include Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Scheherazade, and The Velveteen Rabbit, as well as The Fisherman and the Flounder, The Brave Little Tailor, and The Bremen Town Musicians for the Enchantment Everywhere regional touring program. Leslie is Professor of Theatre at the University of Delaware and a director for the Resident Ensemble Players in Newark, DE, where his recent projects have included Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Pinter’s The Homecoming and McPherson’s The Weir. In the fall of 2011 he directed a critically acclaimed production of Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes. Leslie is also a frequent guest lecturer on “Acting Shakespeare” and is a member of The International Shakespeare Conference, located in Stratford-upon-Avon.

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Jennifer Blatchley Smith (Founding Artistic Director, Literary & Education) studied writing and theater at Bennington College. For the last 30 years, she has co-created and performed in over 20 original productions presented around the United States and abroad. As a founding member of Enchantment Theatre Company, Jennifer created roles as diverse as the Broom in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Beauty in Beauty and the Beast. She performed in Enchantment productions at Lincoln Center and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York; the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.; and the Annenberg Center, the Kimmel Center and the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. She has traveled to Asia six times with Enchantment productions. Her most recent roles have been in Enchantment’s newest symphony production, Mother Goose, as well as The Firebird and Scheherazade. Her recent co-creations with Enchantment’s artistic team are the authorized North American production of Peter Rabbit™ Tales, which premiered in 2015 and toured nationally; Aladdin and Other Enchanting Tales, which premiered in 2013 and toured nationally; Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, which toured nationally 2011-2012; The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon, which toured nationally 2009-2011; Scheherazade, which premiered with The Cleveland Orchestra in 2008; and The Velveteen Rabbit, which toured nationally 2007-2009 and 2012-2013. She is a co-creator of Enchantment’s newest program, Enchantment Everywhere, which brings high quality, portable productions into schools and community venues in the Greater Philadelphia area. Recent Enchantment Everywhere productions include The Fisherman and the Flounder, The Brave Little Tailor, The Beast in the Bayou, and The Bremen Town Musicians.

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Landis Smith (Founding Artistic Director, Production) studied theater with Jewel Walker at Carnegie-Mellon University and with Jacobina Caro at Webster University Conservatory in St. Louis. He began performing magic at the age of six and studied violin and voice beginning at the age of nine. His love of theater, music and the art of illusion led to the founding of Enchantment Theatre Company in 1979. As a founder and performer with Enchantment, Landis has created, produced and performed in productions in North America and Asia. In 1985, Landis and Enchantment collaborated with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to premiere The Symphony and the Sorcerer, the first of a series of programs introducing young people to the magic of symphonic music. Since then, Landis has appeared with major orchestras nationwide, including the premiere of Enchantment’s theatrical adaptation of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade with The Cleveland Orchestra in 2008. Landis appeared with the Boston Pops on their annual holiday PBS television special, which aired for five years. He has performed in Enchantment symphonic productions of The Firebird, Cinderella, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and Mother Goose with the Philadelphia, Baltimore, Atlanta, Montreal, and Seattle symphonies, among others. Landis collaborated in the creation of Enchantment’s most recent national touring productions of Peter Rabbit™ Tales, Aladdin and Other Enchanting Tales, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, The Adventures of Harold and the Purple Crayon and The Velveteen Rabbit. He toured throughout Asia six times with Enchantment, performing in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. Landis is a co-creator of Enchantment’s newest program, Enchantment Everywhere, which brings professional, portable productions to students and family audiences around the Greater Philadelphia area. Recent Enchantment Everywhere productions include The Fisherman and the Flounder, The Brave Little Tailor, The Beast in the Bayou, and The Bremen Town Musicians. Landis has been an adjunct professor of theater at Muhlenberg College since 2012.

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Eleni Delopoulos (Enchantment Everywhere Coordinator) started in the world of educational theater when she began her own theater program at 15 years of age for her local elementary school to empower student to express themselves through the arts. Happily that program is still alive today- 30 years later! She went on to own a theatrical summer camp for a decade and was also a teaching artist for countless theaters on the east coast including Shakespeare & Company. She is the executive director of a nonprofit that brings historical lessons with Hands-On immersive activities to 20 schools in the New York area and currently uses her teaching skills in retirement communities while also continuing to professionally act in the Philadelphia area where she resides with her husband and 10 year old son. She truly believes that exposing folks the theater at a young age can change the course of their lives and is an invaluable contribution to our community as a whole!

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Collaborators

Enchantment Theatre Company has been fortunate to work with the following talented artists over the years.

Alex Bechtel Composer
Jonathan Becker Mask and Puppet Designer
Andrew Coles Resident Lighting Designer
Dirk Durossette Scenic Designer
Charles Gilbert Resident Composer
Thomas Hase Lighting Designer, haseltd.com
Millie Hiibel Costume Designer
Marla Jurglanis Costume Designer
Alisa Sickora Kleckner Mask and Puppet Maker
Aaron Lathrop Puppet Maker
Bruce Marrs Mask Maker
Scott McPheeters Choreographer
Robbie Molinari Animation Director / Animator
David O’Connor Lighting Designer Emeritus
James Pyne Scenic Designer
C. David Russell Production Designer
Don Sebesky Composer
Thom Sirkot Costume Designer
Brian Strachan Costume Designer
Susan Sweeney Narrator
Andy Teirstein Composer

Board of Directors