Board

Stacy has had a lifelong love of theater and entertaining since performing in grade school talent shows.  Her hobby growing up was reading everything she could about the great movie musicals from the Golden age of Hollywood dreaming that someday she would perform in front of live audiences on a great stage.

Stacy joined the Spectacular Follies in 2008 as a showgirl and has continued in that role in many shows donning the feathers and beads she loves to wear.  Over the years she has enjoyed more stage time by becoming a Marilyn Monroe tribute artist with a twist; Stacy made Marilyn funny by doing comic monologues to the audience’s enjoyment. Stacy enjoyed a 25-year career in advertising and public relations with some of Dallas’ largest agencies. When she retired from the working world and having been part of the Follies family for several years, she joined the board of directors to help create new advertising and promotional pieces. After sitting on the board for several years, she became president and loves leading the way for the Follies and hopes her legacy will be that the Follies will go on long into the future.

Chris joined the Follies in 2019. He is a lifelong Dallas resident save his years at the University of Oklahoma earning a degree in Business Administration with minors in statistics and business communications. He currently sits on boards of 5 not-for-profit corporations and is hopeful that his experience over the past 35 years owning a business will help the Follies on the path forward of continuing wonderful, entertaining productions.

Jill joined the cast of the Spectacular Follies in 2010 and has been a part of the “Follies Family” since then. Her extensive theatre experience and vocal skill has served her not only as a performer, but also in leadership rolls as a choral captain and voice teacher. Jill was asked to join the Executive Board in 2018 and her corporate skill set has contributed to many facets of her service to the Follies in that capacity as well. She initially served on the by-laws committee. In January 2020, Jill became Secretary of the Board. She also serves as a member of the website committee, the artistic committee, and coordinates the mentoring program for new cast members.

Don joined the cast of the Follies in 2010 as a vocalist in the chorus and with the Texas Rotary Chorus.

Marcie Baker is a recent addition to the Spectacular Follies Board in 2021. She has performed in the Spectacular Follies since 2017. She began actively performing at the age of 61 after taking many years off to raise her family. Her four years of experience as the president of the Ms. Texas Senior America Cameo Club brings many valuable skillful to the board. She is a mentor for new cast members and exudes a positive energy.

Mary was born tap dancing. She began at age four in Elizabeth, NJ. She was co-captain of the Cheerleaders at Sacred Heart High School for 2 years and won a dance scholarship due to her talent as a tap dancer, assisting at the dance studio and perfect attendance.
Mary has performed in many talent shows in New Jersey and other venues in New York City and has also appeared in dance ensembles. She taught tap to elementary school children at the Dorothy Inderlied dance studio and choreographed routines with the Duncanville and Frisco Chambers of Commerce
preparing for their annual award programs.
She has won numerous awards for volunteering and assisting in other theatrical venues in New Jersey.
Her heartfelt gratitude goes out to the outstanding Class Act Tap Co., the Spectacular Follies and her wonderful family. They have all supplied her with “the oxygen” that keeps her going. This is Mary’s 12th year in the Follies.

Jim has appeared in numerous plays and musicals, amateur and professional. He holds B.F.A. and Master of Fine Arts degrees from TCU, and has produced/directed more than 60 film and video productions.

A recent addition to the Follies family, Scott brings his expertise in information technology to the Follies board and serves on the website, social media, artistic and program advertising committees.

Scott worked in information technology for over 30 years and, in addition to teaching various programming topics and helping design a web-based platform for insurance processing, he has led teams of business analysts and programmers in multiple projects though the years.  His love of performing brought him to the Spectacular Follies in 2019 and his devotion to the Follies mission led him to the Board.

Beth is from West Columbia, Texas and a graduate of the American High School, Mexico City. She holds degrees in Spanish and Deaf Education and has a Masters in Communication Disorders. Beth retired in 1994 after 26 years in teaching. She is Ms. Texas Senior America 2003. Beth and Rodney have 3 children and 5 grandchildren. Beth has been in the Spectacular Follies since 2008.

Rodney is from Coleman, Texas. He attended Texas A&M University on a basketball scholarship and was Most Valuable Player 1953. He has a BA (UT Austin), Masters (SFA), PhD (NYU) and Master of Religion (SMU).   He retired after 18 years as an administrator with Highland Park ISD.  He received the Distinguished Service Award from HPISD.   Rodney has  been a featured performer in the Follies since 2008.  He and Beth have 3 children and 5 grands.

Mary Virginia was born in Houston, TX. Early in life, her mother recognized her considerable musical talents and at significant sacrifice, provided for piano lessons at age 4, dance lessons at age 10 and voice lessons at age 14.