Artistic Director
 Mr. Petosa began his association with Players when he composed the original music score for the 32nd Tour's production of The Tempest. Since then National Players productions have included Cyrano de Bergerac, Dracula, Animal Farm, Amadeus, As You Like It, The Elephant Man, among others. Since 1994 he has served as the Artistic Director for the Olney Theatre Center and since 2002 the Director of the School of Theatre in Boston University's acclaimed College of Fine Arts. He is one of three co-artistic directors at the Potomac Theatre Project/NYC just completing its third year at Manhattan's Atlantic Theatre Company after twenty years of producing in Washington, D.C. He is the recipient of a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical and a nominee for Outstanding Direction of a Play as well as a nominee for Outstanding New Play for Look! We Have Come Through!, co-authored with Carole Graham Lehan. Regional credits include D.C.'s Studio Theatre, Roundhouse Theatre, Theatre J, Washington Jewish Theatre, as well as guest artist residencies at Catholic University of America, University of Maryland - College Park, George Washington University, and Middlebury College. He is a member of Actors Equity Association and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.
Associate Artistic Director; Director, A Midsummer Night's Dream
 Mr. Hopper has been directing for National Players and Summer Shakespeare Festival since 2003. Credits include Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Othello, The Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet and Amadeus. He also directed Triumph of Love on Olney Theatre Center's Main Stage and Call of the Wild, a musical adaptation of Jack London's novel by Jon Lipsky, first as a workshop at Boston University, then as a touring production for The National Players on Tour 59, culminating in the World Premier on Olney Theatre Center's Main Stage in 2009. Other recent credits include On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning at Contemporary America Theater Festival Actor's Lab. In 2002 he founded and produced a new play series called New Works/After Hours at Lincoln Center Institute's Clarke Studio Theatre. Off-off-Broadway: A Home Without by Robert Westfield, Different Zen by Clay Hopper with Third Eye Rep, Earthworms by Albert Innaurato with The Working Group, Triage by Chris Shiea with Miranda Theatre, and The Interrogation by Murphy Guyer with The Miranda Theatre. He has taught acting at Boston University, Woolly Mammoth's Theatre School, and College of Wooster, where he directed King Lear and was visiting assistant professor in 2006. As assistant director he has worked at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival and Woolly Mammoth Theater Company. Clay received his BFA from North Carolina School of the Arts and his MFA from Boston University's College of Fine Arts.
Director, Of Mice and Men
 Jason is honored to be directing his first production with the National Players. Currently in his third year of graduate studies in Directing at Boston University, Jason has previously spent twelve seasons with the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, directing on both of their main stages, as well as adapting and directing numerous classical works for multi-state tours. For two years Jason was the Staff Repertory Director for The Acting Company's national tours of Richard III, Murder by Poe and Jane Eyre. Other regional directing credits include Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles, New Jersey Repertory Company, Vital Theatre, Michael Chekhov Theatre Company, and 12 Miles West, among others. At Boston University Jason has directed new works as well as plays by Aeschylus, Moliére, Ionesco, Williams and (this winter)Ibsen.
Acting Coach, Benefactor
  William H.Graham has been associated with National Players for over fifty years as artist and administrator. After serving in the Navy from 1944 to 1946, Mr. Graham received his BA in Pre-Law from LaSalle University, and received an MA in Drama from The Catholic University of America. He has directed over 50 theatrical productions, and had leading roles in over 40 productions. Mr. Graham has served as Managing Director of St. Michaels Playhouse, Executive Director of Olney Theatre, and Chairman of The Catholic University of America's Drama Department. He was a founder and director of the MFA acting program at Catholic University. He is currently the chairman of the Board for Olney Theatre Center for the Arts. A member of Actor's Equity Association (AEA), Screen Actor's Guild (SAG), and American Federation of Television and RadioArtists (AFTRA), Mr. Graham has narrated for National Geographic, Voice of America, and PBS. Thanks to Mr. Graham's dedication to National Players, the touring company continues to thrive.
Acting Coach
  Halo Wines serves as Associate Artistic Director for Olney Theatre and National Players. Her most recent appearances at Olney include Melanie Fine in Brooklyn Boy, Maureen/Clara in In the Mood (world premiere), Lavinia Penniman in The Heiress, Esty in Morning's at Seven, Aunt Ev in The Miracle Worker, Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit, Azra in Necessary Targets, Daisy Werthan in Driving Miss Daisy, Madame Spritzer in 13 Rue de L'Amour, and Ruth Steiner in Collected Stories (a reprise of her 2001 performance at Theatre J as part of Olney's Potomac Theatre Festival). Her directing credits include Olney's Is He Dead?, Hedda Gabler, Omnium Gatherum, Having Our Say, The Miser, The Rivals, Tartuffe, Summer Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, National Players Tour 54 production of As You Like It, Catalyst Theater's Cloud Nine and Catholic University's The Mad Woman of Chaillot. She has been honored with five Helen Hayes Award nominations and received the award for her triple performance in Cloud Nine at Arena Stage, where she spent 25 years as a resident company member.
Lighting Designer
Sonya is excited to be part of the National Players team this year. Her credits include: Olney Theatre: Grease (co-lighting design) A Christmas Carol (lighting design), Annie, Call of The Wild, Is He Dead? (assistant lighting design) The Shakespeare Theatre: Henry V, Richard II, Design For Living (assistant lighting design) The Santa Fe Opera: Falstaff, The Marriage of Figaro, Billy Budd (lighting supervisor). Sonya has a BA from The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and an MFA from The University of Maryland.
Costume Designer
Ivania is delighted to be designing her 2nd National Players Tour. Her design credits include: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Farragut North for Olney Theatre Center; Full Circle, Bright New Boise and Boom for Woolly Mammoth, Adding Machine, Pop! and F***ing A at Studio Theatre; The Four of Us, The Odd Couple, Photograph 51 and In Darfur for Theatre J; Angels in America at Forum Theatre (co-design); Lucido and True History of Coca Cola in Mexico at Gala Hispanic Theatre; Mother Courage for Dog & Pony DC; Heroes and The Real Inspector Hound for MetroStage; Way out West for the Berkshire Theatre Festival; and Lidless and Breadcrumbs for the Contemporary American Theater Festival; amongst others. She has a MFA from the University of Maryland.
Sound Designer
Recent design work includes Gruesome Playground Injuries with Woolly Mammoth Theater; Scorched with Forum Theater; and All My Sons with Everyman Theatre. He has also designed with Children's Theater Charlotte, Olney Theater Company, Theater J, Adventure Theatre, Synetic Theater, Bay Theater, Journeyman Theatre, Rorschach Theatre, Kennedy Center TYA, American Century Theatre, Constellation Theatre Company, Theatre Alliance, Source Theatre Festival, American College Theatre Festival, Young Playwrights Theatre, University of Maryland, Catholic University, American University, Actors Theatre of Charlotte, and National Players.
General Manager
 Kevin Hasser is pleased to re-join the National Players after performing ontheir 60th Tour as Winston in 1984 and Dukes Frederick/Senior in As You Like It. Kevin has also worked as a performer, administrator, and technician in many of the DC metro area's professional theatres. He's previously performed at Olney Theatre Center (Farragut North), The Shakespeare Theatre Company (All's Well that Ends Well), Keegan Theatre (Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Golden Boy, and The Crucible- US residency and Ireland tour), The Virginia Shakespeare Festival (Hamlet and The Comedy of Errors),1st Stage- (Fuddy Meers and The Prisoner of Zenda) and The Maryland Shakespeare Festival (The Complete Works...[Abridged]). Kevin is excited to be on board at Olney again, and is looking forward to continuing the tradition of the National Players. Feel free to drop him a line about bookings in your area!
National Players Associate, Dramaturge, and Assistant Director
 Michael joins Olney Theatre Center this year as the Education Associate and is a recent graduate of American University with a double major in Theatre Arts and History; he also trained at the Midsummer in Oxford program through the British American Drama Academy. Michael has served as dramaturge on Company, Doctor Faustus, The Hot L Baltimore, and The Comedy of Errors for The Folger Shakespeare Theatre, where he worked as a Dramaturgy intern. He was nominated for the 2011 LMDA/KCACTF Student Dramaturgy Award for his work on Company. He is especially proud of his work on See Something, Say Something (AU 2011 Senior Theatre Capstone) in which he served as co-playwright, dramaturge, and actor. He is a member of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.
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