IPAY Board
Vice President of Development
Whit MacLaughlin
Whit MacLaughlin is an OBIE and Barrymore Award-winning creator of performance theatre work. He serves as Artistic Director of New Paradise Laboratories. He has conceived, written, directed, and designed 14 original performance works with the company since its inception in 1996. Prior to his founding of NPL, he was a charter member, for 17 years, of the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, originally under the artistic direction of famed theatre teacher Alvina Krause. Thus, since 1978, he has acting in, directed, or written hundreds of theatre productions, many devised in collaborations between several producing organizations.
He is also a well-known director of theatre works for young audiences and families. He is the Artistic Director of PAPAYA, a large-scaled theatre project for transitional audiences developing in Philadelphia. His most recent original work in this vein includes FATEBOOK: Avoiding Catastrophe One Party at a Time, which was created for young adults aged 18-25. It existed both in real-space and cyberspace. His award-winning projects have been presented at the Children’s Theatre Company of Minneapolis and at the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia.
