Who We Are

In 2017, theatre artists Nora Fiffer and Jason Lambert founded Firelight Theatre Workshop in Peterborough, NH.

Co-Founders of Firelight, Nora Fiffer and Jason Lambert, sitting in profile, a woman with reddish curly hair wearing a yellow sweater and an orange scarf, and a bearded man with gray hair wearing a dark jacket, watching rehearsal in a studio.

Nora and Jason connected over an appreciation of immersive, innovative theatre performed in intimate spaces. Now, Firelight has a robust team of collaborators, an experienced board of directors, and has created 20+ site-specific works of theatre and film.

In 2021, Firelight welcomed The Embers, the foundational creative + operational ensemble made up of interdisciplinary artists: Laura Carden, Henry Walters, Jazimina MacNeil, and Sarah Sandback. We devise, write, teach, perform, develop, and produce.

In 2023, Firelight became a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Along with our Inaugural Board of Directors, we are building toward a sustainable + lasting arts and community organization.

Our treasured Board of Directors is the hardworking team of Tim Riley (Chair), Lenny Matczynski (Vice Chair), Jep Streit (Treasurer), Gina Carballo (Secretary), Cathy Cambal-Hayward, Michele Steckler, Justin Voshell, Tara Kessler, and David Bernstein.

The Firelight Creative Team

  • Co-Artistic DIrector of Firelight, Nora Fiffer, at a dinner table with a lit candle, flowers, and bottles in front of her. A still from the Firelight film, Dinner Time.

    NORA FIFFER

    CO-FOUNDER | CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Nora Fiffer is a writer, director, and actor. A graduate of NYU Tisch and The School at Steppenwolf, Nora has performed with Steppenwolf, Goodman, Lookingglass, Court, Northlight, Chicago Shakespeare, Steep, receiving two Jeff Nominations for her work onstage. Since 2017, Nora has co-produced 20+ site-specific, immersive projects with Firelight. In 2020 the New Hampshire Theatre Alliance awarded Nora Best Director and Best Production, and NH Magazine named Firelight Best Experimental Theatre. Nora’s debut feature film, Another Happy Day premiered at Vail Film Festival and was released by Gravitas Ventures in 2024. Nora is a member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.

  • Co-Artistic Director of Firelight, Jason Lambert, wearing a black jacket and a brown shirt, standing indoors in front of a wooden wall and a metal storage shelf.

    JASON LAMBERT

    CO-FOUNDER | CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Jason Lambert is a theatre artist, actor, and drama and humanities teacher. A graduate of Yale and Rutgers’ Mason Gross School of the Arts, he has worked commercially (SAG-AFTRA) and acted and developed new work in Seattle (Annex Theatre), Boston and Cape Cod (Mill 6 and Harbor Stage), Minneapolis (Jeune Lune – Tony 2005), New York (Penguin Rep), and with the collective Agnes Table and the new works residency Drop Forge & Tool.  From New Hampshire’s Monadnock Region, Jason now co-directs and produces with Firelight Theatre Workshop (NHTA and Ewing Art Award Winner, NH Magazine Best Experimental Theatre). Recent and current work also includes The Ballad of Bobby Botswain, The Finding Neverland Project, and Duets with the University of Vermont. 

  • A smiling woman with curly hair wearing a colorful sleeveless top, standing against a dark background, with a graphic overlay indicating she is a participant named Laura Carden in a Firelight Theatre Workshop event since 2018.

    LAURA CARDEN

    ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE | STUDIO CARETAKER

    Laura Carden is an actor, director, and chef. With Firelight she has performed in The Realistic Joneses (Jennifer), Body Awareness (Phyllis, NHTA Nomination for Outstanding Actress), Love & Information, The Ding Dongs (Natalie), The Pavilion (Kari, NHTA Nomination for Outstanding Actress), The Interventionists (Harper), The Big Meal (Nicole/Maddie), and Mary Jane (Sherri/Dr. Toros, NHTA Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress). Laura also directed the Firelight films Dinner Time and Ladies & Gentlemen, The Rain.

  • A woman with brown hair in a blue top standing in front of dark curtains, with text overlays promoting a firelight theatre workshop by Jazimina Creamer-MacNeil, since 2018.

    JAZIMINA CREAMER-MACNEIL

    ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE | DONOR LIASON

  • A woman with short blonde hair and a gray hoodie sitting in a classroom or workshop setting, holding a sign about a Firelight Theatre Workshop. The sign includes her name, Sarah Sandback, and her role as an artistic associate.

    SARAH SANDBACK

    ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE | ADMINISTRATOR | SOCIAL MEDIA

    Bio to come.

  • A poster advertising the Firelight Theatre Workshop featuring Henry Walters, highlighting his role since 2018, with a photo of him in a white shirt against a blue background.

    HENRY WALTERS

    ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE | GRANT WRITER

    Bio to come.

The Firelight Board of Directors

The Firelight Board of Directors sitting around a large wooden table in a meeting room, with a whiteboard on the right side filled with notes and a bulletin board with photos and papers on the back wall.

The Firelight Board of Directors is the hardworking team of Tim Riley (Chair), Lenny Matczynski (Vice Chair), Jep Streit (Treasurer), Gina Carballo (Secretary), Cathy Cambal-Hayward, Michele Steckler, Justin Voshell, Tara Kessler, and David Bernstein. This inaugural board has helped develop a strong organizational infrastructure, best practices for operations, a robust donor database, and has widened the Firelight audience, presence, and community impact. We prioritize warm conversation, deep discourse, and meaningful connection.

Firelight Collaborators

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