Sherri Dienstfry-Swanson is the current President of our Board. She retired from ISU as the Director of the University Honors Program. She earned her BS from the University of Nebraska, her MA from North Dakota State University, and her Ph.D. from Kent State. During her career, Sherri has directed over 100 productions and enjoys directing and teaching at the Palace Theatre. Sherri is thrilled to be a founding member of OTAS and adores the freedom to work on various presentations with a multitude of creative and dedicated artists with strong work ethics. Sherri is the proud grandma of Kevin and Meredith Wilson.

Ted Bonman is a longtime OTAS performer who joined the board in 2012.  He now has two children and teaches Theater and English at Century High School. That means that he appears onstage at OTAS less often.  He is, however, proud to serve as a member of the OTAS board and work behind the scenes and on one-man shows.  You can see him some Friday nights with his improvisational theatre troupe, the Comedy Project.

Trina Bonman has a lifelong love of theatre, and has been honored to be a prolific costumer and actor in the Pocatello theatre community. She's employed as the Associate Director at Marshall Public Library, and when she's not at work or onstage, she's with her husband, two lovely children, and three cats.

Tiffini Briscoe has directed and performed in shows all across Pocatello and Chubbuck. Some of her favorite past roles include Della in The Cake and Paulette in Legally Blonde. When not performing scripted work, she works with local improv comedy troupe The Comedy Project. Anytime she gets a break from the stage, Tiffini loves watching Disney movies, painting, and playing board games with friends and family.

Tracy Mull has a B.S. in Theatre from Idaho State University. Since 2005, she has performed with multiple comedy troupes in Idaho, Utah, New Jersey, Connecticut, NYC and through the Caribbean aboard a cruise ship. Tracy is very happy to be back home with her family and friends, old and new. She feels very fortunate to be able to perform and create with the wonderful folks at OTAS, Palace Theatre and Comedy Project.

Abby Newell is a 2017 graduate from Idaho State University with an AAS in Paralegal Studies. Abby loves spending her time playing board games with her best buds, eating spicy food, reading the still very cool and relevant Animorphs books, and thinking about how Tobias got stuck as a hawk. Abby also usually spends her Friday nights running the front of house for local improv troupe, The Comedy Project. She acts, she techs, she’s the best of us.

Jason Reed is a proud member of the OTAS board and currently serves as the Treasurer. He also teaches math at ISU. You can also catch him on stage in an OTAS production.