Mission and Vision
St. Croix Festival Theatre’s mission is to make the performing arts welcoming to all people as an essential part of the well being and vitality of the community.
St. Croix Festival Theatre is the artistic and social hub for professional theatre and the arts for the extended Central St. Croix Valley and an economic anchor for St. Croix Falls and the surrounding business community
St. Croix Festival Theatre is the artistic and social hub for professional theatre and the arts for the extended Central St. Croix Valley and an economic anchor for St. Croix Falls and the surrounding business community
Our Staff
Isaac Bont - Interim Co-Executive Artistic Director & Marketing Director
Isaac Bont is thrilled to be a part of this amazing theatre family! Isaac graduated with a BA - Psychology degree from UW - Stout in 2013 and a BA - Theatre degree from UMN - Twin Cities in 2018. He has enjoyed working with various Festival Theatre summer companies, having performed in many shows since 2012 including Once Upon a Mattress, Man of La Mancha, Honk: The Musical, Crazy for You, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Frogs, Rumors, and Elephant's Graveyard. He also served as stage manager for This Untoward Generation, 1776: The Musical, and Little Women.
Outside of Festival Theatre, Isaac has performed for Mixed Precipitation's picnic operettas and Combustible Company's Bluebeard's Dollhouse, The Imaginary Invalid, and Flying/Falling. Other favorite roles of his have included Van Helsing (Dracula), Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), Mr. Peachum (The Threepenny Opera), Collatinus (The Rape of Lucretia), and Bottom (A Midsummer Night's Dream). He is forever thankful to friends, family, and the countless performing artists he's been inspired by through his journey.
Outside of Festival Theatre, Isaac has performed for Mixed Precipitation's picnic operettas and Combustible Company's Bluebeard's Dollhouse, The Imaginary Invalid, and Flying/Falling. Other favorite roles of his have included Van Helsing (Dracula), Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro), Mr. Peachum (The Threepenny Opera), Collatinus (The Rape of Lucretia), and Bottom (A Midsummer Night's Dream). He is forever thankful to friends, family, and the countless performing artists he's been inspired by through his journey.
Megan Hanks - Interim Co-Executive Artistic Director & Arts Education Director
Megan is the Interim Co-Executive Artistic Director, the Arts Education Director, and the Sponsorship Manager for Festival Theatre. She also works closely with the Box Office and Development teams. You will often find her acting on stage and directing our youth programs at Festival. She has lived in St. Croix Falls since 2019, but is originally from Phoenix, AZ. She has a BA in Theatre Arts and Creative Writing (focused in Poetry) from the Univ. of Arizona. She thanks the wonderful sponsors and donors that sustain our non-profit organization!
Philip Hoks - Technical Director
Philip Hoks has served as artistic director, technical director, scenic designer and props designer for theater productions and college productions in the Twin Cities area and also in greater Minnesota. Some of the places Hoks has worked are:Theater in the Round, Sample Night Live, Minneapolis Musical Theater, Illusion Theater, Camelien Theater Circle, Chaska Valley Family Theater, Flower Shop Project, Yellow Tree, Paul Bunyan Playhouse, Maple Grove High School, Fred Moore School for the Performing Arts, Minnetonka Middle School West, Invergrove Community College, St. Cloud State University. Hoks Holds his BA from St Cloud State University in Theater Arts. Hoks is looking forward to this year with Festival Theatre