Board of Directors

Laura Malkus....................................President President@fpct.org

J Purnell Hargrove...................Vice President Vicepresident@fpct.org

Penelope Chan................................Secretary Secretary@fpct.org

Michael Lonegro..............................Treasurer Treasurer@fpct.org

Dr. Lindsey R. Barr...............Member-at-Large Memberatlarge@fpct.org

Kimberley Lynne....................Artistic Director Artisticdirector@fpct.org

Brad Norris........................Managing Director Managingdirector@fpct.org

Laura Malkus, President

Laura Malkus (she/her) is Baltimore-based performer, musician, songwriter, and arts management evangelist who has been a veteran of Baltimore’s small stages for the past two decades. Favorite past roles include Brooke in Other Desert Cities (FPCT), Ms. Thelma in Promenade: Baltimore (Single Carrot Theatre), Brunehilde et al in Das Barbecue (Vags) and Harper in Angels in America I & II (Axis Theatre). She attended the professional actor training program at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in NYC and received a Graduate Certificate in Arts Leadership and Cultural Entrepreneurship from Northeastern University.

J Purnell Hargrove, Vice President

J Purnell Hargrove is a Baltimore based performer who has been shimmying up and down the east for more years than they care to admit. They are the co-founder of The Greasy Utterson, a podcast production company whose audio drama podcasts (including a twelve episode adaptation of THE SECRET GARDEN) can be found on all major podcatcher’s. J was last seen in the American Premier of Zelda the Musical, a show based on the life of Zelda Fitzgerald and will next be seen as the title character in the world premier of The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. Carpe Noctem~

Penelope Chan, Secretary

By day, Penelope teaches middle and high school science. She spends the rest of her waking hours making theater! Penelope started in theater as a makeup artist and designer in 2006. Since then she has been involved in many plays and film projects as as an actor, director, and writer. Her most recent projects include assistant-directing High School Coven at Strand Theater Company in January, and directing 2 short plays in FPCT’s 10x10x10 Festival in 2022, and 2 more in 2023.

Michael Lonegro, Treasurer

Michael graduated from Yale University with a BA in Arts and Literature. He is the current Director of Operations and Finance at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in Baltimore. Michael has been a theatrical lighting designer and electrician, Adjunct Faculty at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and the Humanities Editor for the Johns Hopkins University Press.