Larry A Brechner  (Producer / Director / Lighting Designer)

Larry currently is the Auditorium Director for the 1000-seat School Town of Munster Auditorium servicing school system and community/commercial clients. He has also established the student based Auditorium Staff, setting professional level standards for its operation.  

As Producer/Director for the Munster Theatre Company, he has produced and directed very successful musical productions of South Pacific, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Cinderella, Hello Dolly!, Fiddler on the Roof, and Oklahoma! and several non-musical productions. 

With 30 years of professional and educational theatrical experience, Larry worked as the Theatre Administrator for The Center for Visual and Performing Arts, and as the Production Manager/Resident Lighting Designer for The Center's resident professional Equity theater 1992-98.  Prior to that he was the Auditorium Director for 13 years at Highland's Monbeck Auditorium, and Producer/Director for the Highland Theatre Company. Larry has worked on hundreds of productions as an award winning lighting designer with a variety of theater and opera companies, receiving critical acclaim for his work.  He also serves as an adjunct professor of theater for the Media and Fine Arts department of Calumet College.

Larry completed his Doctor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Studies in 2007. He received both his Bachelor and Master's degrees from Purdue University Calumet in Telecommunications and Theatre Production Management. In 1997, Purdue honored him with the prestigious Distinguished Corporate/Community Service Award. Since 1980, Larry is a voting member for the Grammy Awards, and he serves on the Board of Directors for Leadership Northwest Indiana, LakeNET, and WYIN-TV PBS Channel 56 (where he has often be seen as a on-air pledge host).  

In 1999, Larry received the Distinguished Leadership Award from the National Association for Community Leadership at the annual national conference. He is married to Carol Lynn and is proud dad to Lauren and Jamie (plus grandpa to Carlie and Brooke). In his spare time Larry is a recognized photographic artist with several gallery exhibits to his credit, a licensed instrument-rated commercial pilot, and Extra Class amateur radio operator (WB9FQS).

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