Educator

theatre│ staff positions

Primary manager for productions, festival operations, and volunteers
Oversee community relations with local sponsors, venues and donors
Produce a world premiere Tennessee Williams one-act: SUNBURST
Help re-mount a production of THE PARADE, which I co-directed as a 2006 premiere
Act as box office liaison, interfacing with a contracted ticket office manager, volunteer ticket sellers and ticket buyers for 60 events in 4 days
Oversee the contracting and payment schedule for over 20 plays and special events
Serve as company manager, arranging travel and housing for 84 artists
Negotiate terms for seven performance venues
Work with festival curator, president and executive director on a daily basis
Supervise technical director/resident designer, directing assistant, and over 30 volunteers

Manage artistic department of $12MM theatre, with 3 direct reports including a resident assistant director, literary manager, and artistic intern
Work closely with artistic director, managing director and general manager on operational, producing, and strategic issues
Act as local casting director, and manage the hiring of all actors/understudies, and Coordinate casting with New York casting director
Liaison for guest directors, including casting, orientation, production concerns, etc. (worked with Mary Zimmerman, Kate Whoriskey, Keith Baxter, Stephen Wadsworth, Doug Wager)
Create and manage an actor budget of approx. $1.2MM
Recruit, screen, and supervise an annual company of acting fellows
Direct productions, readings, re-mounts as necessary
Serve as artistic presence on committees, in meetings, and in educational programs
Work with fundraising/development, PR/marketing, and education departments — public speaking, donor events, interviews, board meetings, workshops, etc.
Adapted and Directed As You Like It in collaboration with the Kennedy Center’s youth and family programming series.

Resident Assistant Director 2003-04

Assisted the directors of 5 mainstage productions in rehearsal, tech and previews
Supervised directing interns
Responsible for understudy rehearsals, put-in rehearsals, and replacements
Maintain quality of production throughout the run of the show
Work closely with associate director and artistic director
Coordinate scheduling with stage management and production management
Other administrative duties, including committees, publication editing
Participate in audience enrichment and other educational programs
Direct play readings as part of the ReDiscovery series

Support all producing efforts for a 2-show summer repertory season
Produce a free outdoor concert series with 7 music groups and 13 concerts
Oversee all guest services: box office, house management, access services
Manage human resources: recruitment, hiring procedures, contracting, orientation, etc.
Hire, train and supervise a company manager with responsibility for travel and housing of a 28-member acting company and 40+ staff and guest artists throughout the season
Coordinate a volunteer program with over 300 volunteers, manage a steering committee, and implement the use of a new database
Residency supervisor for interns and acting apprentices
Collaborate on educational programs, fundraising, and other projects

Responsible for all aspects of programming, production, and administration of a small semi-professional theatre specializing in gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues
Grew budget size from $33K to $125K in 5 years (3-4 play season)
Directed 7 productions, produced 16
Acted as managing director for 2 seasons, executing all financial, marketing, accounting and fundraising duties
Helped secure, renovate, and operate a shared permanent theatre space
Worked with a 9-member board of directors

Responsible for coordinating volunteer programs, including training tour guides
Responsible for coordinating all outreach programs (tours, speakers, career programs, and customized workshops)
Outreach programs served over 5,000 students and adults annually
Spoke at hundreds of schools state-wide reaching thousands of students
Coordinated in-house tours for annual open house event
Worked closely with education coordinator, Sheila Livingston
Interacted with all production departments

Responsible for coordinating volunteer programs, including recruitment, placement, training and retention
Trained and supervised a team of volunteer tour guides and wrote a new tour guide manual
Created an interactive volunteer database to manage 400 volunteers
Coordinated tours for annual open house event
Worked closely with education coordinator, Sheila Livingston
Interacted with departments who used volunteers, including house management (ushers), development (events), company management (hospitality), and production (costumes)