HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Stage 9 announced Thursday that Lynsey Becher, Producing Artistic Director has left the production group. Becher has taken a new position with the Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma
Becher was hired in an assistant role in 2018 before being selected as the Producing Artistic Director in June 2019.
Becher was instrumental in the creation of two new fundraising events for Stage 9—"Lip Sync Nine,” a community lip sync battle, and “If Walls Could Talk,” a historic walking tour of downtown Hutchinson. During COVID-related gathering restrictions, Becher led Stage 9 through two virtual productions—"The Sound of Music” and the self-written “Hutchinson: The Pandemic.”
A combination of volunteer efforts and paid assistants will move forward with the full season of productions planned for 2022.
Rehearsals are already underway for Stage 9’s improv troupe, The Mainstreet Players. The improv show “HutchProv!” will be at the Stage 9 theatre February 25-27 and March 4-6, 2022.
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