Welcome to the Hangar Theatre Leaders and Staff.

PETER FLYNN (Artistic Director) is delighted to begin his third season as Artistic Director of the Hangar Theatre, where last year he directed Man of La Mancha, and in 2009 he directed Tony nominee Emily Skinner in Dirty Blonde, and Broadway veteran Wally Dunn in David Mamet’s November. Broadway credits: Actors’ Fund concerts of On the 20th Century, Chess with Josh Groban, and Funny Girl with Whoopi Goldberg. Off-Broadway credits: Lee Blessing’s Two Rooms - Lion Theatre, Henry & Mudge, & Junie B. Jones (nominated Lucille Lortel Award - Best Musical), and Rhapsody in Seth - Actors’ Playhouse starring Seth Rudetsky. Regional credits: Barrio Grrrl! - Kennedy Center, Sleuth & Man of La Mancha (Carbonell Award, best director) - Maltz-Jupiter Theatre, Gypsy - St. Louis MUNY, The Piano Lesson and The Crucible - Tampa PAC, The Santaland Diaries - Pittsburgh City Theatre, A Child’s Christmas in Wales - National Theatre of the Deaf. As a writer, commission: Huntington Theatre with writing partner, composer/lyricist Brooks Ashmanskas. Graduate: Northwestern University. 

LISA BUSHLOW (Executive Director) celebrates her twenty-third (23rd!) season with the Hangar Theatre, and her eleventh year as executive director. While studying at Cornell University to obtain a combined degree in theatre, psychology and education, Lisa’s contribution to the Hangar first began as a KIDDSTUFF and Lab Company intern in 1989. For the following decade, she served as the theatre’s founding education director, where Lisa was instrumental in transforming the Hangar into a year-round institution that places teaching artists in elementary, middle, and high schools throughout Tompkins County. Before joining the Hangar staff full-time, Lisa worked at the John F. Kennedy Center’s Theatre for Young People in Washington, DC and directed numerous educational productions at local public schools and arts venues. Lisa’s all-time favorite job is being mom to her two sons, Samuel and Julian. They each  inspire her on a daily basis, and clearly illustrate Lisa’s true passion—family.