Board Members

Maggie Thomas – Corbin Board of Directors, President

Maggie Thomas has been involved with Corbin for 12 amazing years. She has directed many shows, including her favorites, Dixie Swim Club, Moon Over Buffalo, and  Nunsense! She is also the founder and director of Corbin Kids Company, which began in 2010. Her favorite roles onstage were Jo in That Darn Plot and Buttons in Lying in State. In addition to acting and directing, Maggie is a professional vocalist, performing at local venues and at countless private events, as well as singing the hits of Broadway on Corbin’s stage. When not on stage, she is the Senior Rapid Re-Housing Case Manager at Metro Lutheran Ministries, a busy mom of four kids, and is working on her Master’s Degree in Social Work with an emphasis in trauma.

Brandi Amos – Corbin Board of Directors, Secretary

Brandi Amos is proud to have been asked to sit on the board of Liberty’s Corbin Theater. She attended LPS starting in 3rd grade and graduated from LHS in 1981. She attended the Conservatory of Music at UMKC for both her undergraduate (Bachelor of Music Education) and graduate degrees (Master of Music in Choral Conducting). She began her career in St. Joseph, Mo. at Lafayette HS and two years later, returned to Liberty for the remainder of her 31 year teaching career. She primarily taught at Liberty Junior High/Heritage Middle School, although she periodically travelled and taught at additional schools in Liberty. She has been the vocal director for numerous musicals, at the middle school, junior high, and high school levels. Professional memberships include MMEA, MCDA, ACDA, and MRTA. She retired from LPS in 2017

Steve Hawkins – Corbin Board of Directors, Treasurer

For 24 years Steve Hawkins was a city council member and then mayor of Liberty. Professionally, though largely retired, he is a CPA and  has a law degree as well. He is a musician (pianist) by avocation. Steve has lived in Liberty since 1963 and he and his late wife Jean, who married in 1975, are parents to four young men each of whom graduated from Liberty public schools and William Jewell College.  They are grandparents of four: two granddaughters and a grandson in Pendleton, Indiana and a grandson in Topeka.

William Stilfield – Corbin Board of Directors, Music Chair

Bill Stilfield grew up in Liberty and is an LHS graduate. He later graduated with a music degree from MU. He’s been a lifelong pianist majoring in Music Theory and Composition. He spent 40 years in Los Angeles in the music business, first working for bandleader Stan Kenton, and then various jazz recording labels before forming his own two labels in 1987. Since Bill and his wife, Cathy, moved back to Liberty in 2012 he has performed with Corbin Theatre, volunteers on the Liberty Arts Commission and the event director for Make Music Liberty. He’s also the pianist with the FMO Big Band and plays piano and sings in the choir of Second Baptist Church.

Becky Poitras – Corbin Board of Directors, Vice President, Fundraising Chair

Laura Warren Barge – Administrator

Laura Warren Barge has been a professional musician for over 30 years. After learning the classics at Springfield College of Illinois, she traveled to Boston, MA to finish her degree at Berklee College of Music in the late 1980’s. While attending Berklee she fell in love with the more contemporary forms of music. Contemporary Country/Pop/Folk, Jazz Standards and Rhythm & Blues are her favorites, but she loves most forms of modern Americana music. After touring with various bands around the country like ‘Black and Blue’, ‘Cruzin’, ‘Legacy’, ‘After Hours’ and ‘X-Factor’ for over a decade, she now resides in North KC where she performs for different venues, privately teaches, and is the administrator for Corbin Theatre Company in Liberty, MO.Ms Barge is a proud member of NATS – National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc. Laura was nominated for Best KC Jazz Vocalist of the year for 2021 and 2022 through KC Jazz Ambassadors (JAM Magazine). In 2022 I was featured in an article for VoyageKC Magazine and in 2023 I was featured in Bold Journey Magazine..