Board Members

Lindy Erschabek

    Lindy attended The Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in New York City, Voice lessons from Ron Shetler, and Performed Improv Comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York City and has performed in many plays/musicals, to name a few- "Grace Land," "Waiting for Lefty," "Teach Me How to Cry," "Final Placement," "Two Women Sitting Around Talking," "You know I Can't Hear You When the Waters Running," "A Christmas Carol," "My Gun is Pink," "Hee Haw Hey Ride," "Barbequing Hamlet," "Barefoot In the Park," "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged Revised Again". Lindy has been clogging since 1988. She has danced at Disneyland and Seaworld with her clogging troupe and has also competed in the Clogging and Power Tap Nationals at Lagoon in Ogden UT.  She also has experience in Jazz, modern and Ballet. Lindy has performed, directed, wrote Cabarets and choreographed with Creek Side Performing Arts since 2012.

Katrinna Thomas

     Katrinna has been involved in various capacities with Creek Side Performing Arts since around 2017, before officially joining the board in 2025. She often helps backstage for its productions and events, something she has enjoyed doing since participating in high school theater where she helped out with set changes and props. Katrinna can often be seen behind the sound board during Creek Side's productions.

Marie Verger

       Marie Verger, along with her husband Don Verger, founded a Children's Musical Theater in California. She served as the Executive Director and Artistic Director for over eighteen years before moving to Wyoming in 2008. Her theatrical experience spans everything from performing to properties management, set design, backdrop painting, stage managing, directing, and producing. Some of her notable productions include "Peter Pan," "Aladdin," "Li'l Abner," "Snoopy," "Cinderella," "The Wizard of Oz," "Bye Bye Birdie," "Annie," "Oliver!," "Grease," "Guys and Dolls," "Cinderella," "Oklahoma," "Music Man," "Beauty and the Beast," and her 2007 production of "Les Miserables," which won the National Youth Theater Award for Outstanding Production. She served on the California Center for the Arts, Escondido board of directors and is currently serving on the board for the Carousel Center. Under her direction, The Carousel Center produced and partnered with Creekside Performing Arts to present "Seussical JR," "Willy Wonka JR," and "Into the Woods JR," involving over 120 kids. She looks forward to providing amazing programs between the two organizations for Johnson County. 

Jackie Galli

     Jackie has loved community theater since she first stepped onto the stage at 10 years old as one of the brothers in a middle school production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Since then, she has been fortunate to perform at various community theaters in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She minored in Theater Arts at Loyola University New Orleans, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism, before moving to Buffalo in 2023 and joining Creek Side Performing Arts in 2024.

Julie Hook

      Julie is a dance instructor. Her first production with Creek Side Performing Arts was in the summer of 2021 with Shrek Jr. the Musical. She has gone on to act and co-direct several plays.

Kevin Thomas

     Kevin has been involved in theater in several capacities. He has been a stage hand and an actor. He has a great passion for the Buffalo Community Theater.

Don Verger

   Don is a Master Carpenter and helps with building sets and props.

Jeremy Jarvis

      Jeremy earned a Bachelor's Degree at West Virginia University in 2005 and a Master's Degree at Arizona State University in 2007, both in Music Composition.  Jeremy is a member of the Society of Composers, Inc.  Jeremy plays Drums and Percussion, some Piano/Keyboard, occasionally Guitar, Sings and Dances awkwardly, and Acts generally as a Villain or a Buffoon.