Theatre director pleads guilty
by Barry Cohen 

ANTHEM – Theatre Maxim’s artistic director, Dominik Rebilas, 31, will have to register as a sex offender now that he has pleaded guilty to two felony counts of indecent exposure, according to the Maricopa County Superior Court.

Judge Bethany G. Hicks accepted Rebilas’ guilty pleas and in June placed him on 20 years probation for each count, with the sentences to run concurrently, the county reported. The state dismissed four other indecent exposure charges against Rebilas, who could not be reached for comment.

Sheriff’s deputies on Dec. 8, 2005, arrested Rebilas after four children, ranging in age from nine to 13, said he exposed himself and fondled his genitalia in front of them on two separate occasions, according to The Desert Advocate archives.

The two incidents took place in public view during late October and mid‑November 2005 at Rebilas’ residence in the 40000 block of Trailhead Way, according to authorities. Each incident took place while the victims were walking to school.

Rebilas and his wife, Shana Rebilas Bousard, in 1999 created Theatre Maxim, a nonprofit North Valley theatre, located on Gavilan Peak Parkway.

Theatre board member Julie Turko said she wasn’t prepared to speak on the organization’s behalf, adding, “I’ve been out of the loop for a while.” Other representatives of the theatre did not return calls seeking comment.

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