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Debbie continued supporting the annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon through her childhood, even winning a college three-day dance marathon to continue to raise money for childhood muscular diseases.

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When Debbie was six years old, she sat on Willard Scott’s lap, (he was dressed as Ronald McDonald-his first professional gig!), as he announced she had raised the most money for Muscular Dystrophy through a local neighborhood carnival and talent show she and her family created. Sexton could not be more ecstatic to be joining Parallel 45 as Director of Education and is honored to be part of the ongoing quest to bring adventurous and engaging theatre fare to the community. Francis High School, Drama Kids of Northern Michigan, and the Old Town Playhouse.

Since making Northern Michigan her permanent home, Stacia has worked with many schools and theatre companies including The Children’s House Montessori, St. Sexton most recently held the position of Resident Teaching Artist at Birmingham Children’s Theatre, where she toured and performed Theatre for Young Audiences programming. She spent several years sharing her love for theatre with underserved communities through her instruction with the Boys and Girls Club of America and has served as a Teaching Artist at many regional theatre companies throughout the Southeastern US. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from Brenau University and is trained in both Classical and Musical Theatre Performance, Theatre for Young Audiences, and Theatre Education. Stacia relocated to Traverse City from the Southeast where she worked as an actor, teaching artist, and educator. She directed the Intermediate Repertory and/or Musical Productions at Interlochen Arts Camp for ten summers. She spent 7 years as a curator and producer for LUMBERYARD Contemporary Performing Arts.Her two stage productions at the Rose Theatre of Omaha have been nominated for 7 OEA awards (winning one), 4 TAG awards (winning one) including Best Direction for Tarzan. Upon her master’s graduation, she studied at the Yale School of Drama masters program in theatre management and worked as a Yale Fellow at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Kit attended Interlochen Arts Academy, Sarah Lawrence College, and Northwestern University’s Master of Fine Arts directing program. At P45, she directed The Sound of Music, HAIR, Christmas Carol in Prose, A Streetcar Named Desire, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes), Shakespeare’s R&J, Metamorphoses, and Our Town.

Kit McKay is a stage director, curator, and producer who has spent the last twelve years bringing professional artists from across the country and around the world to northern Michigan as the co-founder of Parallel 45 Theatre.