“Reading Control Top brought back memories of one of my first jobs where women were required to wear skirts or dresses. Turns out, it wasn’t an ‘official’ policy, but the owner/manager of the office made the rules. We have come so far, we have so much farther to go.””
Meredith Neary
Meredith, the youngest of five, was born in Boston, but eventually became a Vermonter by heart. In 1997, she discovered Burlington’s renown Lyric Theatre Company and her love of lighting. “It was when I ‘fell off the wagon’ during a run of Showboat. Ask Kelly Kendall, she was there!”
Meredith has spent many long nights in the ceiling of the Flynn Theater, no small feat. The experience made her “comfortable with heights and hot instruments.” A real must for any lighting technician. Over many years, Meredith has both run the board and called the cues. But, by far, her favorite thing is to operate the follow spot. As one lighting designer put it, “She is damn good at it!”
A large part of Meredith’s career, 36 years, was with a prominent local TV station. Currently, she works for a family-owned dental practice in St. Albans. Along with tap-dancing classes with Jen Barden and Barb Demic, Meredith adds, “I’m happy to still be able to do the hobbies I love, including this show.”