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artistic
Les Waters,
Associate Artistic Director (biography)
Amy Potozkin,
Artistic Associate & Casting Director
Madeleine Oldham,
Literary Manager / Dramaturg
Mina Morita,
Bret C. Harte Directing Intern
Alex Rosenthal, Literary / Dramaturgy Intern
David Adjmi, Artist Under Commission
Glen Berger, Artist Under Commission
Marcus Gardley, Artist Under Commission
Rinne Groff, Artist Under Commission
Jordan Harrison, Artist Under Commission
Naomi Iizuka, Artist Under Commission
Dan LeFranc, Artist Under Commission
Tarell McCraney, Artist Under Commission
Rita Moreno, Artist Under Commission
Carlos Murillo, Artist Under Commission
Sharon Ott, Artist Under Commission
Sarah Ruhl, Artist Under Commission
production
Tom Aberger,
Production Manager
Amanda Williams O'Steen,
Associate Production Manager
Christopher Jenkins,
Company Manager
Octavia Driscoll,
Production Management Intern
Jamie Caplan,
Company & General Management Intern
stage management
Michael Suenkel,
Production Stage Manager
Cynthia Cahill,
Stage Manager
Karen Szpaller,
Stage Manager
Megan McClintock,
Production Assistant
Leslie Radin,
Production Assistant
Lee Helms, Stage Management Intern
stage operations
Julia Englehorn, Stage Supervisor
prop shop
Ashley Dawn,
Properties Manager
Gretta Grazier,
Assistant Properties Manager
Jill Green,
Assistant Properties Manager
Sarah Lowe, Properties Artisan
Lisa Mei Ling Fong,
Properties Intern
scene shop
Jim Smith,
Technical Director
Ryan O'Steen,
Associate Techincal Director
Sam McKnight, Shop Foreman
Colin Babcock, Master Carpenter
Edward Hazzard, Carpenter
Stephanie Shipman, Carpenter
Christopher Chauvet, Shop Intern
scenic art
Lisa Lazar,
Charge Scenic Artist
Michael Fink,
Scenic Art Intern
costumes
Maggi Yule,
Costume Shop Manager
Maggie Whitaker, Assistant Costume Designer
Kitty Muntzel, Draper
Kathy Kellner Griffith, Tailor
Janet Conery, First Hand
Barbara Blair, Wardrobe Supervisor
Lauren Fischer, Costumes Intern
electrics
Frederick Geffken,
Master Electrician
Christine Cochrane,
Production Electrician
Zoltan DeWitt,
Production Electrician
Masha Tsimring, Electrics Intern
sound
Heather Bradley,
Sound Supervisor
James Ballen,
Sound Engineer
Robyn Bykofsky,
Sound Engineer
Jocelyn Thompson, Sound Intern
administrative
Suzanne Pettigrew,
Controller
Gustav Davila,
Director of Technology
Andrew Susskind,
Executive Assistant
Kristin Cato,
Bookkeeper
Eric Ipsen,
Human Resources Manager
Laurel Leichter,
Human Resources Consultant
Diana Amezquita,
Database Manager
Barbra Ritchison,
Receptionist
marketing and communications
Robert Sweibel,
Director of Marketing & Communications
Terence Keane,
Director of Public Relations /
Associate Director of Marketing & Communications
Cheshire Isaacs,
Art Director
Elissa Dunn,
Audience Development & Events Manager
Megan Wygant,
Communications Manager
Pauline Luppert,
Marketing & Multimedia Manager
Christina Cone,
Web Master
Abigail Hanson,
Graphic Design Intern
Joan Anderson,
Marketing Intern
Ellen Felker,
Program Advertising
development
Sara Fousekis,
Director of Development, Campaign & Corporate
Lynn Eve Komaromi,
Director of Development, Annual Fund
Margo Chilless,
Special Events Manager
Lauren Elaine Davidson,
Corporate Giving Manager
Laura Fichtenberg,
Individual Giving Manager
Elisabeth Millican,
Institutional Grants Manager
Catrina Kaupat,
Development Assistant
Jane Voytek,
Development Database Coordinator
Siobhan Doherty,
Gifts Entry Associate
Angele Rodgers,
Development Intern
box office
Christine Bond,
Ticket Services Director
Laurie Barnes,
Subscription Manager & Associate Sales Manager
Destiny Askin, Sales Agent
Mark Blank, Sales Agent
Christina Cone, Sales Agent
Elana McKernan, Sales Agent
Christina Walker, Sales Agent
Michael Woo, Sales Agent
Joan Anderson,
Box Office Intern
patron services
John Gay, Patron Services Manager
Katrena Jackson,
House Manager
Aleta George,
Substitute House Manager
Ellen Maloney,
Substitute House Manager
Kiki Poe, Substitute House Manager
Mike Whalen, Substitute House Manager
Michelle R. Barron, Concessionaire
Ben Cannon, Concessionaire
Christopher Fan, Concessionaire
Zoe Kalionzes, Concessionaire
Marilyn Goodman, Usher Coordinator
Nelson Goodman, Usher Coordinator
operations
Alex Edwards,
Director of Operations
Christopher Dawe,
Facilities Manager
Iben Benschop, Facilities Assistant
Guy Colwell, Facilities Assistant
Johnny Van Chang, Facilities Assistant
berkeley rep school of theatre
Rachel L. Fink,
Associate General Manager & Director
MaryBeth Cavanaugh,
Associate Director
Dave Maier,
Outreach Coordinator
Gendell Hernández,
Education Associate
Amelia Bird,
School Administrator
Devon LaBelle,
Education Intern
tony taccone
is in his 12th year as artistic director of Berkeley Rep, where he has staged more than 35 shows, including world premieres by Culture Clash, Rinde Eckert, David Edgar, Danny Hoch, Geoff Hoyle, Quincy Long and Itamar Moses. Taccone recently made his Broadway debut with Bridge & Tunnel, which was universally lauded by the critics and won a Tony Award for its star, Sarah Jones. He also staged the show’s record-breaking off-Broadway run, workshopped it for Broadway at Berkeley Rep and directed Jones’ previous hit, Surface Transit. He commissioned Tony Kushner’s legendary Angels in America, co-directed its world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum and has collaborated with Kushner on six projects. Their latest piece, Brundibar, featured designs by beloved children’s author Maurice Sendak. It debuted at Berkeley Rep and then traveled to Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven and the New Victory Theatre in New York City, where it sold out its run and was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards. In 2004, his production of David Edgar’s Continental Divide transferred to the Barbican in London after playing the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse and England’s Birmingham Rep. Taccone frequently works in Ashland, where he has also directed Coriolanus, Othello, Pentecost and the American premiere of Seamus Heaney’s The Cure at Troy. At present, he has two hit shows touring the nation: Danny Hoch’s Taking Over and Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking. His regional credits include Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arizona Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre and San Francisco’s Eureka Theatre, where he served six years as artistic director before coming to Berkeley Rep. Taccone has served on the faculty at UC Berkeley, sat on the board of Theatre Communications Group and acted as a regional representative for the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.
susan medak
has served as Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s managing director since 1990, leading the administration and operations of the Theatre. She is president of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and recently completed two terms on the board of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), where she served three years as treasurer. Medak has served extensively with the National Endowment for the Arts’ Theatre Program panel, as well as on NEA panels in three other areas: Overview, Prescreening and Creation & Presentation. She has chaired panels for both the Preservation & Heritage and the Education & Access programs, also serving as an onsite reporter for many years. In addition, she led two theatre panels for the Massachusetts Arts Council. Closer to home, Medak is a commissioner of the Downtown Business Improvement District, former vice president of the Downtown Berkeley Association and the founding chair of the Berkeley Arts in Education Steering Committee for Berkeley Unified School District and the Berkeley Cultural Trust. A proud member of the Mont Blanc Ladies’ Literary Guild and Trekking Society, Medak lives in Berkeley with her husband and son.
les waters
is entering his sixth year as associate artistic director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre. His shows ranked among the Top 10 Plays of 2007 in Time Magazine, 2006 in the New York Times and 2005 in TimeOut New York. Waters has a history of collaborating with prominent playwrights like Caryl Churchill and Charles Mee, and champions important new voices such as Will Eno, Jordan Harrison, Sarah Ruhl and Anne Washburn. His productions at Berkeley Rep include the world premieres of Fêtes de la Nuit, Finn in the Underworld and To the Lighthouse; the American premiere of TRAGEDY: a tragedy; the West Coast premiere of Eurydice; and extended runs of The Glass Menagerie, The Pillowman and Yellowman. He won an Obie Award for Big Love, staging its premiere at the Humana Festival and subsequent runs at Berkeley Rep, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Goodman Theatre and Long Wharf Theatre. His other New York credits include Classic Stage Company, the Connelly Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, Second Stage Theatre and Signature Theatre Company. Elsewhere in America, he has directed for A Contemporary Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, American Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Guthrie Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, the Mark Taper Forum, Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Yale Repertory Theatre. In his native England, Waters has worked with the Bristol Old Vic, Hampstead Theatre Club, Joint Stock Theatre Group, National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre and Traverse Theatre Club. Waters led the M.F.A. directing program at UC San Diego, serves on the board of Theatre Communications Group and is an associate artist of The Civilians, a theatre group based in New York. His many honors include a Drama-Logue Award, an Edinburgh Fringe First Award, a KPBS Patte and several awards from critics' circles in the Bay Area, Connecticut and Tokyo.