Matt Morgan is the co-managing Broker for Crye-Leike, REALTORS here in Collierville. He has been a resident of Collierville since 2014 after marrying his wife, Ashley, and they now have two beautiful daughters and a Boston Terrier together. Matt is so excited to be serve on the Collierville Arts Council and spread arts advocacy around Collierville. Matt works as a freelance theatre director with past credits including Spamalot Young@Part, Legally Blonde Jr., The Little Mermaid, and Freckleface Strawberry at New Day Children’s Theatre as well as Godspell Jr., Madagascar Jr., and Shrek Jr. The Musical at Briarcrest Christian School. Matt also serves on the Board of Directors for Leadership Collierville, Chairman of the Realtor Political Action & Governmental Affairs Committee for Memphis, and is a member of Collierville United Methodist Church.

Melanie Duncan is a 28 year resident of Collierville. She moved here in 1994 with her husband, John and daughters, Meredith and Heather. Melanie has been involved with the Arts Council for five years most recently serving as Vice Chair. She has enjoyed performing on the Harrell Stage. Her full time job is Director of Congregational Care at Collierville Methodist Church. She enjoys working with the senior adults, keeping them active and engaged. Melanie has been involved with the Page Robbins Board, Collierville Beer Board and currently is a member of the Collierville Contemporary Club. You can contact her at singingmelanie@comcast.net.

Do you like to arts and want to get more involved in your community? We are always looking for people who like theatre and would like to volunteer with us. Contact Terry Dean or any arts council members to learn more about what we do and how you can help!

Bentley Black is an alum of Houston High School and The University of Alabama, receiving a BA in Musical Theatre with a minor in Dance. His performance credits include a stint as Production Singer for Carnival Cruise Lines, the 1st National Tour of Queen’s We Will Rock You, AmazonPrime’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and most recently the roles of Barry Mann in Theatre Memphis’ production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical & Frank Abagnale Jr. in POTS’ Catch Me If You Can. Bentley also spent several years in New York City working in operations as the General Manager of the flagship studio for Barry’s Bootcamp, authoring the Operations Playbook used by all U.S. studios. He currently works as the Director of Operations for the West Tennessee Home Builders Association in Collierville. Bentley grew up performing on the Harrell Theatre stage and is delighted to welcome this full-circle moment as he steps into the role of Executive Director of the Collierville Arts Council!

Terry has a Bachelors Degree in Journalism from CSU, Chico. She was the Executive Director for Leadership Collierville from 2006-2016. Along with her husband Tom, and daughters Lucy and Liz, they moved to Collierville in 1997 after Tom retired from the Navy and began a new career in Global Operations at FedEx. Terry began volunteering with the Collierville Arts Council in 2013 and became the Executive Director in 2016. She is thrilled to work with so many talented people at The Harrell Theatre. Thanks to the Town of Collierville for providing their support and this wonderful facility that allow us to bring fun musicals, plays and art events to our community.