PORTLAND’5 CENTERS FOR THE ARTS
Founded in 1988, Oregon Children’s Theatre (OCT) is Oregon’s largest nonprofit professional children’s theater company. OCT’s mission is to create exceptional theater experiences that transform lives. OCT annually reaches over 120,000 children, parents, and educators from more than 18 Oregon and four Washington counties. OCT offers a yearround Acting Academy for students ages 3–18 and the unique Young Professionals mentoring program. The company also offers a range of services to schools and the community, including teacher professional development, resource guides and suggested lesson plans, Loud & Clear (a public speaking workshop), an extensive outreach program, and student internship and apprenticeship opportunities. Under the shared vision of healthier kids and communities, Kaiser Permanente Northwest and OCT are delivering free Educational Theatre Programs to schools and community organizations in Oregon and SW Washington. This innovative collaboration helps catalyze healthy life choices. Through free touring productions, residencies, workshops and after-school programs, the Educational Theatre Program has served over 300,000 students since its inception in 2006. Oregon Children’s Theatre is a resident company of Portland’5 Centers for the Arts and a member of Theatre Communications Group, Travel Portland, and ASSITEJ, the international children’s theater association.
OREGON CHILDREN’S THEATRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Stanley Penkin President Jennifer Cies Vice President Rachel Ellerbrook Treasurer Amanda Carter-Jura Secretary Jami Curl Dennis Edwards Andrew Eggert Stan Foote Lauren Fortin C. Andrew Gibson Yasodha Gopal Brett Hamilton
Kyle Hanson Jeff Hurder KelliAnn Klindtworth Ross McKeen Patricia Nimelman Rebecca Semper Laura Thalacker
Sondra Pearlman Founder
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OREGON CHILDREN’S THEATRE
OREGON CHILDREN’S THEATRE STAFF
Eric Adams Master Carpenter Dani Baldwin Education Director Joe Bolenbaugh Marketing Associate Tamara Carroll ETP Program Director Stephanie Cordell ETP Teaching Artist Don Crossley Production Associate Marci Crowson Associate Artistic Director Jake Dannen Patron Services Assistant Terra Dawson Carpenter Jeff Desautels ETP Teaching Artist Ticia Evans Finance Manager Elizabeth Fagan Acting Academy Co-Manager Stan Foote Artistic Director Kim Freimoeller Patron Services Manager Jessy Friedt Development Director RJ Hodde Development Associate Savira Kambhu ETP Teaching Artist
Kira Lombardozzi Production Manager Sharon Martell Communications & Marketing Director Ross McKeen Managing Director Olivia Murphy Company Manager Emily Newton ETP Teaching Artist Zoë Rudman Acting Academy Co-Manager Jeffrey Ruggiero Carpenter Kerry Ryan ETP Administrative Manager Kay Spielman Business Analyst Chrissy Sukboriboon ETP Teaching Artist Allison Wales Patron Services Assistant Blake Wales Acting Academy Assistant Lucas Welsh Finance Assistant Emily Wilken Scenic Charge Artist and Craftsperson Morgan A. Yeates Technical Director
Portland’5 Centers for the Arts includes the Keller Auditorium, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, and Antoinette Hatfield Hall, comprising the Newmark Theatre, Dolores Winningstad Theatre, and Brunish Theatre. All are public facilities owned by the City of Portland and managed by Metro through the Metropolitan Exposition-Recreation Commission. Each year approximately one million people attend more than 1,000 performances in these facilities.
Metro Tom Hughes, Metro Council President
City of Portland Ted Wheeler, Mayor
Metropolitan ExpositionRecreation Commission Karis Stoudamire-Phillips, Chair Ray Leary, Vice-Chair Deidra Krys-Rusoff, Secretary-Treasurer Damien Hall Judie Hammerstad Danel Malan Deanna Palm Scott Cruickshank, Visitor Venues General Manager
Portland’5 Centers for the Arts Robyn Williams, CFE, Executive Director Julie Bunker, Director of Operations Joe Durr, Director of Event Services Tom Sessa, Director of Booking Sales and Marketing Stephanie Viegas Dias, Director of Ticket Services Justin Riedl, pacificwild, General Manager
Portland’5 Centers for the Arts Advisory Committee Greg Brown Jim Brunberg Gus Castaneda, Chair Susan Hartnett Greg Heinze Antonio Lara Gary Maffei
Adrienne Nelson Susan Nielsen Brian Sanders Daniel A. Sullivan George Taylor Richard Wattenberg
PATRON INFORMATION Oregon Children’s Theatre’s box office is located at 1939 NE Sandy Boulevard, Portland, Oregon. Box office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm. Tickets can be ordered online at www.octc.org or by calling 503-228-9571. Wheelchair seating is available at all performances and should be reserved in advance through Oregon Children’s Theatre’s box office. Selected performances are sign language interpreted. Infrared audio enhancement and children’s booster seats are available at the cloakroom.