Jeremy Stanbary
Roles: Playwright, Director, Sound & Projections Designer, Actor (KAROL WOJTYLA “LOLEK”)

Jeremy holds a BA in Fine & Performing Arts with over 20-years of experience producing and performing theater professionally while advancing his uniquely redemptive vision for the arts. In 2003, Jeremy began touring full-time with his original one-man and small-cast dramas. For the next 8-years, he performed for tens of thousands of people both nationally and internationally, reaching countless others via cable television. In 2011, Jeremy & Sarah founded Open Window Theatre. Since then, Jeremy has written five original full-length plays for the OWT stage and is working on his sixth one, Joan of Arc, which is scheduled to premiere in Season 12.

Jeromy Darling
Roles: JULIUSZ, JUREK, SEMINARIAN, NAZIS

Jeromy is an actor, singer-songwriter and professional speaker. He’s appeared in commercial, print, film, television and various stage productions, including the role of Will Kellogg in the popular History Channel mini-series “The Food That Built America”. He has previously been seen on stage at Open Window Theatre in Lolek, Frassati, George Orwell’s 1984, Nicholas, Mercy Unrelenting, The Scrutinies, and The Living Water.

Sarah Stanbary
Role: HALINA

Sarah is the co-founder of Open Window Theatre and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with a dual degree in Theatre Performance and Arts Management. Sarah toured both nationally & internationally with husband Jeremy between 2007-2011 and also served as a youth theater instructor for their E-Rhapsody Youth Theater program from 2007-2016. 

Aside from her acting talents, Sarah is also an accomplished ballroom dancer and dance instructor.

Eleanor Koop
Understudy: HALINA

Eleanor is returning to the Open Window stage after debuting in Dante’s Inferno in 2023. She’s currently in her sophomore year at the University of Mary, studying Theatre and Communications. During her freshman year, she played Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, and Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion.

Other credits include the MN Fringe Festival’s Gasthaus and Reception, as well as numerous other productions across the Twin Cities and beyond. She performed in four OWT YAA productions before making her professional debut.

Stephen O’Toole
Role: Co-Director

Stephen has been a Twin Cities based theatre practitioner for over thirty years and has taught & directed at Century College, Lyric Arts, Elk River Community Theatre, Lakeshore Players and Festival Theatre. Stephen was a company member for five seasons with Door Shakespeare in Door County, Wisconsin. At Open Window Theatre, Stephen has ben privileged to direct The Potting Shed and The Originalist, while providing directorial assistance for LOLEK (2020 & 2025), The Scrutinies, NICHOLAS, Mercy Unrelenting, and FRASSATI (2021 & 2025). Stephen holds an MFA in Theatre Arts and M.Ed. both from the University of Minnesota.

Kendra Kispert
Role: Stage Manager & Board Operator

Open Window Theatre: A Christmas Carol (2024)

REPRESENTATIVE THEATRE:
(STAGE MANAGEMENT) UNW Theatre: Sherlock Holmes, Romeo and Juliet, These Shining Lives
(DIRECTOR) UNW Theatre Bathrobes Christmas Festival: A Hallmark Christmas; UNW Theatre One Act Festival: Hanging On

UPCOMING: Faith Community Theatre: You Can’t Take It With You
TRAINING: University of Northwestern, St. Paul (Theatre); Internship at Sight and Sound Theatre, Branson, MO
LEARN MORE: https://kendrakispert.weebly.com

Stephanie Mogren
Role: Assistant Stage Manager

Stephanie has been a valuable member of the OWT team since joining us as an Associate House Manager three years ago. LOLEK marks her second foray into the world of stage management, following the OWT production of The Living Water in 2024. In addition to her work at Open Window Theatre, she also currently works on staff at Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church (Montgomery, MN). As a self-taught artist and musician, Stephanie can play piano, guitar, banjo, and penny whistle by ear! She also enjoys creating digital art and has started selling some of her prints. (Website coming soon!)

Nathan Farley
Roles: Set & Props Designer, House Manager

Nate has been with OWT since our second season (2012-2013) and has been a cornerstone of our operations since then. Nate is a Librarian by day at the University of Northwestern–St. Paul, and a freelance designer/actor by night. Nate’s broad spectrum of creative talents are showcased in a variety of ways as our Resident Designer at Open Window Theatre, having worked on just about every production in one way or another since Season 3. His love for people and his heart for service is on display at almost every performance as our lead House Manager.

Sue Berger
Role: Lighting Designer

Sue is thrilled to return to OWT after previously designing lights for Dante’s Inferno, The Living Water, The Lilies of the Field, Wizard of Oz, and most recently, A Christmas Carol (2024) and FRASSATI (2025). Sue is Production Coordinator and Resident Lighting Designer at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. Her work has been seen with The Finnish National Opera, Arizona BroadwayTheatre, The Palace Theatre WI Dells, Yellow Tree, Historic Pantages Theatre, Ordway Center, North Star Opera, Valleyfair, MusicBox Theatre, Carousel Dinner Theatre, Circa21 and Park Square Theatre, among others. She enjoys spending her summers designing for Iowa’s Cedar Summerstock while also teaching at ChanDT’s Musical Theatre Camp. She’s been a guest artist with several universities and high schools, has taught theatre for all levels.

MaryBeth Schmid
Role: Costume Designer

Open Window Theatre: Multiple productions over the past 4 seasons, including: The Originalist, Leaving Iowa, Nicholas, Mercy Unrelenting, Our Town, Foshay: The Musical, Willy Wonka, The Wizard of Oz, and most recently TOLKIEN. MaryBeth is a retired homeschooling Mom that enjoys gardening, reading, thrifting and has just discovered the magic of sourdough! MaryBeth also teaches hand sewing classes to children.