PORTLANDSTAGETheTheaterofMaine2015-16ANNUALREPORT
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What do you wish more people knew about Portland Stage?
What do you do when you aren't at Portland Stage?
Share the story of how you became involved with Portland Stage. I rst came to Portland Stage in December 1989 to work on Fugard’s Sizwe Bansi and the Island. What I remember most was the incredible talent and skill of the staff. Portland Stage worked miracles with budgets half the size of other theaters I was designing at. I also remember the “can do” energy of the intern company and the really smart questions that the audience asked. It was an impressive place.
Just how much we are doing with incredibly limited resources and how dedicated Portland Stage staff and artists are. What would you tell someone who is thinking about becoming involved with Portland Stage – attending a shows or event, subscribing, donating or volunteering? Theater is a way of engaging in the world we live in. We tackle hard topics in safe spaces, we imagine worlds that help inform ourselves and our community. When you let go and engage it is intoxicating.
Work in my vegetable garden and spend time with my children and husband.
Can you share a story where you saw rst-hand the power of a program at Portland Stage impacting someone's life?
From watching working men wipe tears out of their eyes at the end of Papermaker, to seeing a woman in a hijab engage with Veils, to hearing a child speak for a rst time in front of his class during a PLAY program, to participating in an intense discussion about art and religion following Asher Lev, to watching a girl who would cling to her mother suddenly take center stage, part of what makes me want to come to work every day is knowing just how powerful theater can be for members of our community. Participating in and witnessing transformation is really my compensation.
Give us three words to describe Portland Stage! Vibrant, nourishing, provocative!
Can you describe a production or program that transformed how you thought or felt?
ANITA STEWART, EXECUTIVE AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
As Artistic Director, every play and every program is a moment for transformation and growth. Each show is an opportunity to take all that I have learned and apply it to make a piece of art that is more meaningful, more complete, more right. What I love about theater is that it is never nished. There is always more to discover and new ways to engage with both artists and audiences.
Board members as of Fall 2016
In the ‘80s when Portland Stage Company inhabited the sub level of a parking garage, I began holding season tickets. I had been stationed in New York City while in the US Coast Guard and had access to Broadway and Off Broadway shows through the USO and other organizations and always had a good time enjoying live theater. Portland Stage’s high quality has been consistent, the themes challenging, and the acting has always been superior.
Give us three words to describe Portland Stage! Worthy of support.
Board Photo: Samantha Bowen, Pamela Cleghorn, Dawn Hagin, Lily Hanstein, Stephen Jenks, Greg Lanou, Elizabeth Margolis-Pineo, Sara A. Murphy, Darrell Pardy, Malcolm Poole, Stephen Sears, MD, Nelson A. Toner
What do you wish more people knew about Portland Stage?
In 1999 I was invited to join the Board of Trustees, more from a business and nance aspect than an artistic one. I have served on the Board or on a committee up to the present, now serving a second term as Board Chair. I enjoy the organization, its challenges, the ne people associated as staff, trustees, Af liate Artists, interns, and audience. I have witnessed tremendous growth in programming, nancial stability and reach in the Portland community under the leadership of Anita Stewart. It has been fun to be a participant.
Share the story of how you became involved with Portland Stage.
MALCOLM POOLE, PRESIDENT, BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Not present: Benjamin Bertram, Barry Holmes, David Jourdan, Judy Miskell, Moriah Moser, Hilary Rapkin, Joe Rosenfield, Venita Simcock
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
I am very fortunate to be a fth generation Portlander. The arts give the city texture, color and make for quality of life experiences. Portland Stage is at the heart of bringing color and texture and life to the whole State of Maine. Portland Stage offers many ways to be involved and connected in small ways, by taking in a show, and in large extended ways, like Culture Club, Theater for Kids, and especially the intern program.
Portland Stage is a small theater where most departments only have one staff member and an intern doing the work of what in other theaters 6-10 people would do. For the rst time, I got to work on all the hard projects, doing everything from tailoring to corsetry and even single handedly running wardrobe backstage. The experiences I gained in nine months would have taken years to accumulate working at other theaters, and has greatly shaped me into who I am today. I am happy to now be the one carrying on the tradition and training the next generation of theater artists.
“If there is something truly beautiful on stage we built it here, if there is something ugly on stage we likely made it too.”
How did you start working at Portland Stage?
I have several amazing volunteers who work with me in the Costume Shop. Our volunteers have different levels of sewing skills and are all different ages. We have tons of fun and learn a lot from each other as we tackle challenging sewing and craft projects ranging from full Marie Antoinette gowns to making a pair of feather wings for the Wright Brothers.
MAINSTAGE
What do you wish more people knew about Portland Stage?
SUSAN THOMAS, COSTUME SHOP MANAGER
What would you tell someone who is thinking about becoming involved with Portland Stage –attending a show or event, subscribing, donating or volunteering?
Give us 3 words to describe Portland Stage! Small but mighty.
The rst thing I’d like people to know is that Portland Stage creates its own productions, we are not a touring house. If there is something truly beautiful on stage we built it here, if there is something ugly on stage we likely made it too. It takes a lot of skill and many long hard hours of work, but we get it done on time and with a very small crew. The other thing people don’t know is that we are a training ground for young theater artists. Every year we have a new crew of interns that almost doubles our staff size. Each of those interns comes in with basic skills and will leave with a wealth of knowledge that they could not get at most other theaters. When I was an intern I came with a decent foundation of sewing skills, but it was at Portland Stage that my sewing horizons truly opened up.
I rst came to Portland Stage as an Intern for the 2001-2002 season after graduating from Smith College. I had spent the last two summers of college working as a stitcher in the costume shop of Shakespeare & Company. Having grown up in Maine, I cannot describe how happy I was to get to be working at Maine’s only LORT theater company that just happened to be only one town over from my family!
At our Open House, I was teaching a workshop in Stage Combat, and this young man, maybe 12 years old, came to the workshop, and at rst, he was pretty reluctant to stand up and try things out, but eventually really seemed to enjoy himself - he even came back for a second session! Afterward, his mother thanked me for the workshop. She told me she had been struggling with getting him to engage, that he was in foster care with her, and asked if we did any mentoring because the workshop seemed to open him up in ways in the way she had been searching for.
I would say do it! Jump in! Live Theater needs you! In this day and age, when it’s so easy to get lost on a smartphone or sitting behind a computer, The Human Experience is a great gift.
One that leaps out is Veils by Tom Coash. Doing a play about women who choose to be veiled was incredibly eyeopening. I didn’t realize my biases, but they were there, subconsciously. The choice to be veiled and the decision not to are both liberating, and there is room for both viewpoints. Tolerance for a wrong word and generosity of spirit are so nice to have in the room.
What do you wish more people knew about Portland Stage?
“I thought to myself, ‘If I could ever work at a place like this, if that could ever happen, I would know I was successful.’”
Can you describe a production or program that transformed how you thought or felt?
What would you tell someone who is thinking about becoming involved with Portland Stage –attending a show or event, subscribing, donating or volunteering?
ARTISTS
Tell us about your rst experience at Portland Stage. The rst time I came to Portland Stage, I was a junior in college. I was dating someone who whose father lived in South Portland, and we ended up taking a crosscountry trip to look at grad schools and see the world. I very much remember sitting in the audience before the play even started and thought to myself, “If I could ever work at a place like this, if that could ever happen, I would know I was successful.”
I think that people would be astounded to know what Ted [Technical Director] and Susan [Costume Shop Manager] do at the theater. I am often astounded by their abilities to take something from a design process to reality. I think they’re like the superheroes of Portland Stage, but they have excellent secret identities.
How have you seen the power of a play or program at Portland Stage impacting someone’s life?
SALLY WOOD, AFFILIATE ARTIST, DIRECTOR OF PAPERMAKER AND DANCING AT LUGHNASA
Can you describe a production or program that transformed how you thought or felt?
What do you wish more people knew about Portland Stage?
Give us three words to describe Portland Stage!
The most moving performance I saw was The Mountaintop. I was brought to tears near the end as the actors took us on a journey through the civil rights movement and to the current day, celebrating the advances our society has made but also warning us of how far we still have to go.
The rst show I attended was Our Man in Havana, through the Rush 35 program. I was curious about the quality of the theater and performances, as all I knew about the stage were the banners hanging from the second story of the building. I gured that I should give it a try, given the discounted tickets available for people under 35 years old. I was absolutely blown away by the intimacy of the theater, the quality of the acting and set design, and how the play made us think and re ect.
provoking shows that are so accessible to us. When we consider possible plans for a date night, Portland Stage is at the very top of the list.
I wish that young adults in our community knew about the Rush 35 program and how valuable Portland Stage is to the cultural vibrancy of our city. We are so fortunate to have such a quality theater producing relevant and thought-
“We are so fortunate to have such a quality theater producing relevant and thought-provoking shows that are so accessible to us.”
How did you start attending Portland Stage?
What do you do when you aren’t at Portland Stage?
What would you tell someone who is thinking about becoming involved with Portland Stage – attending a show or event, subscribing, donating or volunteering?
AUSTIN SUTHERLAND, ‘RUSH 35’ AUDIENCE MEMBER
AUDIENCE
I am currently a Director of Product Development at Unum. In my free time, I love playing hockey with Maine Morning Hockey, running along the Eastern Prom, and serving on the Board of the Munjoy Hill Neighborhood Organization.
Portland Stage offers the best in play selection, acting and set design on the main stage, while also contributing to our community through camps, educational programs and competitions for new playwrights. Portland Stage brings so much to the community within their auditorium and outside of it. I can’t think of another organization that so authentically and consistently embodies what is special about our city.
Relevant, thought-provoking, high quality.
The premier of my play Veils at Portland Stage in 2014 remains one of the high points in my life. I had been working on this play for over ve years, rewriting and rewriting. Veils had more than twenty staged readings under its belt before Portland Stage boldly took the leap and produced it, which is a big leap for a theater, to produce an unknown play about a controversial subject by an unknown playwright. It’s taking a big risk artistically and nancially. They took the risk, took me in hand, and put on a dream production. Veils has
since won several awards, including the M. Elizabeth Osborn Award for 2015 Best New Play by an Emerging Playwright from the American Theatre Critics Association and has so far had six full productions including a run in London. Portland Stage most assuredly launched this play and gave my career a major boost. That rst production at Portland Stage remains my favorite production I’ve ever had of any of my plays and I would dearly like to return with another one.
I wish more people around the country knew how really, really great the new play program is at Portland Stage. The Little Festival of the Unexpected combined with the Clauder Competition, the great audience and community support, and the superb quality of the productions makes Portland Stage one of the best places in the country to develop and premier a new play. I also wish more people were aware of the fantastic connection Portland Stage has with local schools and young people and their dedication to involving the theater in the community and vice-versa.
“Veilshas since won several awards, and has had six full productions including a run in London. Portland Stage most assuredly launched this play and gave my career a major boost.”
Tell us about how you became involved with Portland Stage.
In 2013 my new play Veils won the Clauder Competition for New England Playwrights, which included participation in the Little Festival of the Unexpected playwriting workshop followed by a wonderful world premier production in the next season. From the rst introductory phone call to the closing night of the premier I felt like I was part of a new family and continue to feel the same way now years, later. I have a very warm place in my heart for Portland Stage.
TOM COASH, PLAYWRIGHT, VEILS
Give us three words to describe Portland Stage! Collaborative, innovative, family.
NEW WORK
What do you wish more people knew about Portland Stage?
Can you tell us about the power of a play or program at Portland Stage impacting someone’s life?
I am currently teaching 5th grade. When I mentioned to my students that we were having our rst Play Me a Story performance soon, they got very excited. However, when I told them that they wouldn’t be involved in the workshops this year, they became upset and somewhat mad! They wanted to know why they weren’t included this year. I explained that they had been fortunate to participate in the workshop longer than any other grade level but that didn’t help the complaining to die down. I guess they really enjoyed the workshop sessions! They have pleaded with me to include them. On another note, being able to relate how much voice the actors put into the reading of the books, really helps to teach reading orally with expression. The transfer of this skill is seamless for many.
Give us three words to describe Portland Stage! Awesome, fun and engaging!
What a gem it is! Portland Stage is an exceptional group of very talented people. The Play Me a Story presentations are well planned, of top quality, and just plain fun for all ages. Their theater is wonderful in every way. Every seat is a good one, and it has a nice cozy feel to it. Our teachers prefer it over the Merrill which can be a bit overwhelming, especially since we always seem to sit in the “nosebleed seats.”
HEIDI NICHOLS, TEACHER, PRESUMPSCOT SCHOOL
What would you tell someone who is thinking about becoming involved with Portland Stage – attending a show or event, subscribing, donating or volunteering?
What do you wish more people knew about Portland Stage?
It is a great group to get involved with. Our students and staff always look forward to having the Play Me Story group visit us. The kids love seeing and hearing the stories and working with the actors afterward. It’s such a treat!
“The Play Me a Story presentations are well planned, of top quality, and just plain fun for all ages.”
How did you become involved with Portland Stage?
IMPACT
Presumpscot School was selected as a Pilot School for the Play Me a Story Program. My principal asked another teacher and me if we would be interested in having your group come to work with our students. I ended up being the contact person since my second graders, at the time, were the rst group to be a part of the workshops. That was six years ago, and Portland Stage has made nearly 20 visits to our school during that time.
Can you share a story where you saw rsthand the power of a play or program at Portland Stage impacting someone’s life?
I wish more people knew about the important work that we do with young people. From our in-theater programming to our in-school outreach, we encourage students to become creative collaborators, effective communicators, and generous individuals. We bring play and literacy together, allowing students to explore their expressive selves in a safe, inclusive environment.
“Watching [the children] work together seamlessly, communicate kindly and efficiently, and approach each other with generosity and care, was one of the most moving experiences I’ve ever had as an educator.”
EDUCATION
I am usually cooking, reading, acting, directing, exploring Maine, eating delicious food throughout Portland, teaching, babysitting, or, obviously, watching Gilmore Girls.
HANNAH CORDES, EDUCATION MANAGER
How did you start working at Portland Stage?
What do you do when you aren’t at Portland Stage?
During a school visit to an elementary school, we animated a poem from The Snow Queen by focusing on certain words and coming up with a movement for them. The rst word was “hope.” When we asked the students what the word hope meant to them, I was in awe of their maturity and depth. They told us that hope was “light in the darkness,” “your heart’s deepest desires,” and “the thing that keeps you going through hard times.” Without even trying, these students summed up what it means to be human and to nd joy in the smallest of things, something that many adults struggle to do on a daily basis.
Can you share a story where you saw the power of a play or program at Portland Stage impacting someone’s life?
Can you describe a production or program that transformed how you thought or felt?
My rst experience at Portland Stage was as an Education Intern. My year as an intern shaped me as an artist, prepared me for the professional world of theater, and provided me with invaluable experiences and skills. As a result of this unique, hands-on experience, I was hired by Portland Stage as the Education Manager at the end of my internship!
Last year during our Roald Dahl Camp, we set up a James and the Giant Peach-themed obstacle course. After all the campers had all gone through once, I decided to give them a bigger challenge: go through the obstacle course as a team, maintaining physical contact with each other the entire time. At rst, they struggled to make it through, but then something amazing happened: they gured out that the people in the front of the line could make their way through the course in ways to make it easier for the people in the back. They realized each person could help the rest of the group by pausing in certain places, changing their levels, helping each other balance, and by cheering their teammates on. Watching these third, fourth, and fth graders work together seamlessly, communicate kindly and ef ciently, and approach each other with generosity and care, was one of the most moving experiences I’ve ever had as an educator.
What do you wish more people knew about Portland Stage?
What do you do when you aren’t at Portland Stage? Ice skating, dancing, singing, swimming, cooking with Dad, creating art and painting, or simply family fun.
Portland Stage really had an impact on my life when I joined A Christmas Carol, because I had no idea what was going to happen but I had a great time and made new friends. It also really helped with my acting because being onstage with professional adult actors really helps you become better by learning from them.
What do you do when you aren’t at Portland Stage?
How has Portland Stage made an impact on your life?
Give us three words to describe Portland Stage! Fun, social, learning.
My husband and I always wanted our daughter Aahana to get involved with acting or some other aspect of the stage. We found online that Portland Stage provides a program for young kids to start acting in the early stages of life. This motivated us and we made a commitment to drive from Augusta to Portland and make sure that we expose our daughter to the theater world through Portland Stage.
During the early days, Aahana took some time to get comfortable with the environment and the teachers. After a short time, we found that she started mimicking actors while watching TV. When months passed, we also found that even while talking with us she started using those facial expressions, enthusiasm, and excitement. We could see that in her personal life Aahana was able to express her feelings and communicate better.
I read a lot, I play soccer and other sports, I play with my cats, and I play video games. professional adult actors really helps you become better by learning from them.”
RYAN STRACK, STUDENT & ACTOR
Give us three words to describe Portland Stage! Awesome. Friendly. Nurturing.
How did you became involved with Portland Stage?
How did you became involved with Portland Stage?
AAHANA BHATT, PLAY ME A STORY
LEARN
“We drive from Augusta to make sure we expose our daughter to the theater world through Portland Stage.”
How has Portland Stage made an impact on your life?
I rst became involved with Portland Stage after I moved to Maine, and was interested in working on my acting. I was 9 at the time. We found the Portland Stage camps and tried them, and I liked them. I did more camps and also participated in a production A Christmas Carol. I have also been in the Middle School Shakespeare Conservatory.
SUPPORT
What would you tell someone who is thinking about becoming involved with Portland Stage – attending a show or event, subscribing, donating or volunteering?
Bring friends to a performance or tech event. Share a favorable review of a speci c performance with your immediate community of friends and associates. Experiencing live theater at Portland Stage always enriches our life in some tangible way. Joy, angst, re ection, contemplation, unease, contentment and hope are a few gifts these performances provide.
What do you wish more people knew about Portland Stage?
So many to choose from! With recent memory most top of mind, we thoroughly enjoyed The Irish: And How They Got That Way. The cast, music and message were all captivating. When we laugh, cry, muse and re ect during a performance, we depart in a better place.
“While we have liked some plays better than others, all have made us think, and many have caused us to examine our beliefs and value systems...”
Give us three words to describe Portland Stage!
GEORGE “BUD” & CHERYL HIGGINS, EDUCATION SUPPORTERS
Can you describe a production that transformed how you thought or felt?
Organic, provocative, community.
Portland Stage is a community of people who love theater; the craft, the excitement, and the emotion. The plays as well as numerous related activities, such as cast talk-backs and the detailed educational materials on every play, provide incredibly rich life-long learning experiences. While we have liked some plays better than others, all have made us think, and many have caused us to examine our beliefs and value systems, or want to nd out more about a time period in history. Besides learning from the plays themselves, we have come to recognize the incredible commitment Portland Stage professionals have, not only to bringing excellent theater to Maine, but also constantly expanding the ability for people of all ages, especially students, in the larger community of Greater Portland to experience the thrill of live performance. It is a joy and a privilege to be a part of this incredibly gifted and committed community.
REVENUE
OUR RESPONSIBILITY: STABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, GROWTH
TOTAL EARNED $1,323,133
TOTAL PROGRAM ACTIVITY $1,465,103
Subscriptions
GrantsCONTRIBUTEDandFoundations $ 170,708 Individuals $ 326,982 Corporations, Events, Bequest, Endowment, Infrastructure $ 177,470
EXPENSES
Performance
TOTAL CONTRIBUTED $ 675,160
TOTAL $ 615,565
TOTAL EXPENSES $2,080,669
Our cash position is very strong – we have not utilized our line of credit since May 2015. Even though it was budgeted, Portland Stage did not draw from our endowments in FY16. PS was cash neutral for the year. Depreciation, a non cash event, was $120,327 which caused the net gain to be negative.
Additional
Single Tickets / Group Sales $ 418,442 Misc. (Rentals, Advertising, In-Kind) $ 339,852
EducationEARNED $ 141,083 $ 423,755
PROGRAM ACTIVITY
StaffADMINISTRATION $ 313,088 Costs / Benefits $ 127,568 $ 167,456 / Development / Events / Facilities $ 7,452
Marketing
ADMINISTRATION
Actors / Guest Artists $ 377,685 Facilities / Occupancy $ 166,985 Royalties $ 66,799 Costs $ 174,616 Production Costs $ 166,367 Education $ 320,046 Additional (In-Kind / Deprec.) $ 192,605
TOTAL NET GAIN (LOSS) ($82,376)
TOTAL INCOME $1,998,292
Administrative
TOTAL ASSETS $3,125,703 $ 2,898,580
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $3,125,703 $2,898,580
Other Assets (Bequest / Investments) $1,151,431 $ 1,164,998
Notes Payable $1,130,334 $ 1,023,018 Accounts Payable / Accrued Expenses $ 31,453 $ 5,772
30-Jun ‘16 30-Jun ‘15
LIABILITIES
Other Liabilities (Notes, Leases, Deposits) $ 17,270 $ 12,983
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION FY16 $1MreachTo for endowmentsinFY17. annualsustainTo5%growthincontributedincome. positive90%achieveTosurveyresponses. of100%Endowmentincomere-invested. members.436Rush35 donatedpounds700OveroffoodduringLost Boy Found in Whole Foods. STRATEGIC ACCOMPLISHMENTSGOALS
Bequest Portion $ 44,000 $ 42,000 Property & Equipment $2,636,444 $ 2,498,414 Less Accumulated Deprecation ($1,208,557) ($ 1,088,230) $1,427,887 $ 1,410,184
ASSETS
Prepaid Expenses $ 29,082 $ 23,774
NET ASSETS $1,378,084 $ 1,465,460
TOTAL LIABILITIES $1,747,619 $ 1,433,120
Deferred Revenue $ 568,562 $ 391,347
Cash $ 464,508 $ 235,289 Accounts / Pledges Receivable $ 8,795 $ 22,345
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Ushers: Sign up to usher for our performances! Ushering can involve anything from taking tickets to working concessions during intermission to guiding patrons to their seats. The best part? You get to see the show too!
Volunteers help us keep the theater moving forward. It takes a lot of hands and helpers to produce the exceptional theater that our audiences have come to expect. Consider helping us out as a volunteer, and make as big or as small a time commitment as you can!
Office Administration: Put your name on our call list for of ce help. Let us know you’re interested and we’ll give you a call to help us out with anything from mailings to taking actors on grocery runs to lending a hand with special events.
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Stitchers: Every Portland Stage show has new costumes designed and created right here in our costume shop. Interested in meeting new people who share your interest in sewing and theater? Join our volunteer stitchers today!
Call Development at Portland Stage at 207.774.1043 x110 for more information.
Our work is always evolving to stay relevant. We are entrepreneurs who innovate, ask questions, cultivate and incubate. From artists to audience, from long time subscribers to interns and students, our productions, as well as our education and artistic programs, continually evolve to meet the needs of our constituents, thus remaining relevant to our community.
VISION FOR THE FUTURE
Our work is created in our community for our community. Building productions from the ground up, we combine the best local talent with artists from around the nation. We engage our community in this process and build lasting relationships as a result. Our artists interact with students and the broader community, deepening these connections.
As a leading arts institution in our state, Portland Stage is a hub of creative activity. Our community takes pride in the theater and actively engages in its wide range of rst-rate productions and transformative programs. Our nationally known innovative education programs are built with the same rigor as our professional productions. Acknowledged as a gem in the theater eld, our productions attract outstanding artists as well as a diverse audience, while our artistic programs incubate new work and inspire new artists. Our open and inviting building allows artists and audiences to connect around the work which is relevant to our community and sparks discussion and dialogue. We have strong nancial underpinnings and an effective staff and Board, which allow continued innovation and improvement. We are transparent in our objectives and collaborate with other like-minded institutions.
Our work engages, connects and builds understanding. Through the intimate, personal exchanges that happen through live theater and hands-on programs, we help to shape our community and build greater understanding of the “other.” We interpret and share stories from around the world to better understand ourselves and our place in the world.
OUR VALUES
Credits: Harvy Blank* & Kim Staunton* in The Mountaintop by Katori Hall; Cast of Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel; Tyrone Davis Jr.,* Jamil A. C. Mangan,* Corey Turner in Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods by Tammy Ryan; Donetta Livinia Grays* in Veils by Tom Coash *Member, Actor’s Equity. Photos: Aaron Flacke, Todd Brian Backus, Samara Yandell.
ExecutiveSTAFF&Artistic
Audience Services Manager Donald Smith House Management Associate Adam Thibodeau
Costume Shop Manager Susan Thomas Stage Manager Shane Van Vliet Development Director Samara Yandell
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Director of Communications, Marketing & Audience Engagement Eileen Phelan Development Assistant Elinor Reina Education Administrator Julianne Shea
2016/17INTERNSSeason TJ IanCharlotteLyndaBaldassareBirtBrooksChace
General Manager Megan Doane Technical Director Ted Gallant Stage Manager/Group Sales Myles C. Hatch Manager/Lighting & Sound Supervisor Emily Kenny
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Director Anita Stewart
Company Manager Alex Kimmel Finance Director Martin Lodish Assistant Box Office Manager Renee Myhaver
Tyler Metteer Gary “Chipper” Morris C.M. Taylor
Business Manager Paul Ainsworth Properties Master Meg Anderson Literary Manager Todd Brian Backus Scenic Carpenter Daniel Brodhead Social Media & Marketing Associate Lena Castro Education Manager Hannah Cordes House Management/Box Office Associate Chris DeFilipp
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