Hello Belfast Maskers enthusiasts! My name is Tucker Atwood and I am proud to be your new Artistic Director. I am honored to be given this responsibility and aim to create the best possible experience for everyone involved with the Maskers by ensuring our productions and events are entertaining, meaningful, and satisfy our vision. If I already know you, I look forward to continuing to work with you; if I don’t, I look forward to meeting you and sharing our mutual love of live theater!

A little bit about me: I first came to the Maskers at the end of 2019, when I wandered into town and on a whim auditioned for the groovy 60’s-inspired As You Like It. That production ran for an unprecedented 15 months (okay, something else happened in the middle there...) and by that time I had set down roots in Belfast with my now-fiancé, Autumn Stupca, a familiar face to Maskers audiences. In May 2022, the Maskers graciously provided me an opportunity to premiere my full-length play Dance Again, and since then two of my One Act shows have also found their way to the Bazz: A Dolphin Disguise and Triassic Park. I also played Hal in the Maskers’ production of Proof earlier this year. Most of my other theater experience has come from Lakewood Theater, a summer theater near where I grew up in Madison (about 60 miles from here), where I have acted in dozens of productions and worked in box office, set construction, and stage management roles; but Belfast is my home now, and I am thrilled to be here.

In every experience I’ve had with the Maskers, I have felt overwhelmingly welcomed by the closeknit theater community that has been established in this beautiful seaside town. The productions here are of excellent quality and the steady stream of collaboration on other events makes certain there’s always something interesting happening. I am excited to continue providing the existing opportunities of enrichment and education for this delightful community, and to make improvements wherever they can be made. Theater is the best way to celebrate the human experience, and I can’t wait to celebrate with you!