Alan Campbell, Managing Director

As an actor: Broadway - Sunset Boulevard (Tony nomination), Contact. Off-Broadway: Chris Durang's Adrift In Macao, Lanford Wilson's Book Of Days and AVOW.
Regional: Hayfever, Oleanna, Beauty And The Beast, Johnny Guitar, Bell's Are Ringing, Of Thee I Sing, On Shiloh Hill, Boogie Woogie Rumble of a Dream Deferred, Breakfast At Tiffany's, I Love My Wife, The Nerd.
Feature films: Weekend Warriors; Bump in the Night; Tom, Dick and Harry, A Simple Wish.
On television: 5 seasons on CBS's "Jake and the Fatman". ABC's "Three's a Crowd", "Another World", "All My Children", "Contact; Live From Lincoln Center", CBS Movie, "Redflag", "Law and Order", "Law and Order SVU", "Homicide", "Facts of Life", "Throb", "Matlock".
Recordings: Sunset Boulevard, Adrift In Macao and The Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Alan is married to Lauren Kennedy and they share production credit for Riley Rose. alancampbell.net

Lauren Kennedy, Producing Artistic Director

At HSN, she has directed Drift, True West and Romance Romance. On Broadway she starred as Lady Of The Lake in Monty Python's Spamalot, Daisy Hilton in Side Show, Fanitine in Les Miserables, and Sunset Blvd with Glenn Close. Off-Broadway: Mary in Vanitites (CD avail. On Sh-k-boom) and Good Ol' Girls. London: Trevor Nunn's RNT revival of South Pacific as Nellie Forbush. New works and Premieres: The Ten Commandments opposite Val Kilmer, Waiting For The Moon (Barrymore Award Nom.), The Rhythm Club (Helen Hayes Nom), White Christmas, and The Last Five Years. Her debut solo album Lauren Kennedy Songs Of Jason Robert Brown and her second album, Here And Now are both available on PS Classics. Lauren is most proud of her collaboration with husband Alan Campbell: their daughter Riley. www.LaurenKennedy.com.

Adam Twiss, Associate Artistic Director

is delighted to be working with Hot Summer Nights. Currently an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Barton College and the Director of Barton's Theatre Program, Adam has performed numerous roles on local stages and his recent directing credits include Barton College productions of Waiting For Godot, The Crucible, and the musical Violet, and the landmark production of Angels In America and Give It Up Turn It Loose, both at Theatre In The Park. Adam holds an MFA with honors in Acting and Directing from Trinity Rep Conservatory and lives in Cary with his wife Andrea and their two children Isabel (6) and Elijah (3).

Andrea Schulz Twiss, Associate Managing Director

At HSN, Andrea has received critical acclaim in I Love You You're Perfect Now Change, The Robber Bridegroom and Drift. Other credits include the Waitress in Working with the Justice theatre Project, Lady Montague in Romeo & Juliet starring Evan Rachel Wood, Harper Pitt in Angels In America, Honey in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf with Theatre In The Park. Regional roles include Eva in Evita, Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Marta in Company, Ado Annie in Oklahoma and Patty Simcox in Grease. She is married to actor/director Adam Twis and is the mother of two children, Isabel and Elijah.

Hilary Russo, Publicity and Media Relations Director

A professional actress and award-winning television Anchor/Producer/Reporter, Hilary has been Hot Summer Nights' Publicity and Media Relations Director since the theatre opened in 2005. Hilary's stage credits include, with HSN: The Last Night at Ballyhoo (Lala Levy), Blithe Spirit (Edith) and Rumors (Cassie Cooper). Other credits: The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof (with Paul Sorvino), The King and I (with Lou Diamond Philips) and The Diary of Anne Frank (Margot Frank). Last year, Hilary added HSN Producer to her credits. While she continues to work regularly in the Carolinas, Hilary now resides in NYC. She can still be seen regularly hosting on the PBS affiliate UNC-TV as a travel/destination correspondent for "NC Weekend" and also hosts their Festival and Winterfest Telethons as well as a number of other programs throughout the country. For more about Hilary, visit www.hilaryrusso.com.