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Berkeley Rep Company 2023

Who we are

Johanna Pfaelzer
Artistic Director

Tom Parrish
Managing Director

Artistic

David Mendizábal
Associate Artistic Director / Director of In Dialogue

victor cervantes jr.
Associate Producer — New Work

Karina Fox
Associate Casting Director and Artistic Associate

Rebs Chan
In Dialogue Coordinator

Todd Almond | Rafael Casal | Daveed Diggs | Dipika Guha | Richard Montoya | Nico Muhly | Lisa Peterson | Sarah Ruhl | Jack Thorne
Artists Under Commission

General Management and Company Management

Sara Danielsen
General Manager

Ryan Duncan-Ayala
Company Manager

Production Management

Audrey Hoo
Director of Production

Kali Grau
Production Manager

Costumes

Maggi Yule
Costume Shop Director

Kiara Montgomery
Resident Design Associate

Star Rabinowitz
Draper

Barbara Blair
Wardrobe Supervisor

Electrics

Frederick C. Geffken
Lighting Supervisor

Sarina Renteria
Associate Lighting Supervisor

Kenneth Coté
Senior Production Electrician

Desiree Alcocer
Production Electrician

Properties

Jillian A. Green
Properties Supervisor

Amelia Burke-Holt
Associate Properties Supervisor

Brittany Watkins
Properties Artisan

Scene Shop

Matt Rohner | Jim Smith
Co-Technical Directors

Read Tuddenham
Assistant Technical Director — Shop

Grant Vocks
Assistant Technical Director — Engineering

August Lewallen | Zach Wziontka
Scenic Carpenters

Scenic Art

Lisa Lázár
Charge Scenic Artist

Stage Operations

Julia Englehorn
Stage Supervisor

Gabriel Holman
Associate Stage Supervisor

James McGregor
Head Stage Technician

Sound and Video

Lane Elms
Sound and Video Supervisor

Angela Don
Senior Sound Engineer

Akari Izumi
Sound Engineer

2024/25 Berkeley Rep Fellowships

Katie Anthony
Company Management Fellow

Caitlyn Brown
Scenic Art Fellow

Cassidy Carlson
Scenic Construction Fellow

Amanda Geyer
Costumes Fellow

Kaileykielle Hoga
Harry Weininger Sound Fellow

Mondara Ixchel
Education Fellow

Jason Joo
Properties Fellow

Xiaoyu (Mary) Liu
Peter F. Sloss Artistic Fellow

Manon McCollum
Bret C. Harte Artistic Fellow

Rhea Mehta
Production Management Fellow

Renata Taylor-Smith
Lighting Fellow

Zach Terrillion
Marketing and Development Fellow

Trinity Wicklund
Stage Management Fellow

Administration

Jared Hammond
Finance Director

Katie Riemann
Associate Finance Director

Jennifer Light
Payroll Administrator

Alanna McFall
Bookkeeper

Kate Horton
Senior Executive Assistant and Board Relations Manager

Modesta Tamayo
Director of Human Resources and Diversity

Kira Findling
Human Resources and Diversity Coordinator

Development

Ari Lipsky
Director of Development

Laura Fichtenberg
Associate Director of Development

Kelsey Scott
Senior Institutional Giving Manager

Andrew Maguire
Philanthropy Officer

Harper Brown
Annual Fund Manager

Isabella Chayet
Corporate Partnerships Manager

Elaina Guyett
Stewardship and Events Manager

Emily Betts
Donor Stewardship Coordinator

Cassidy Milano
Development Operations Coordinator

Marketing and Communications

Voleine Amilcar
Director of Marketing and Audience Services

Heather Orth
Associate Director of Marketing

DC Scarpelli
Creative Director

Kevin Kopjak — Prismatic Communications
Public Relations Consultant

Lindsey Abbott
Audience Development Manager

Sarah Doherty
Digital Marketing Manager

Calvin Ngu
Video and Multimedia Content Creator

Quinn Barringer
Graphic Designer

Beatriz Hernandez
Marketing Associate

SMART Marketing
Direct Sales

Facilities and Operations

Amanda Williams O’Steen
Director of Operations

Peter Orkiszewski
Associate Director of Operations

Adam Johnson
Facilities Manager

Thomas Tran
Building Engineer

Jesus Rodriguez
Building Technician

Theresa Drumgoole | Wendi Lau | Sophie Li | Darrel De La Rosa
Facilities Assistants

Destiny Askin
CRM Project Manager

Christina Cone
Web and Database Specialist

Nicole Peña
Medak and Rentals Manager

Patron Services

pan ellington | Matthew Hayden | Olga Khitarishvili | Jack Melcher | Em Parker
Box Office Agents

Kelly Kelley
Front of House Director

Maddi Gjovik
Patron Services Supervisor

Emma Allen-Landwehr | Alicia Battle | Megan Bedig | Steven Cole | Matthew Hayden | Latasha Hayes | Armando Herrera | Jeremy Johnson | Caitlyn Lee | Jennifer Light | Ana-is Lino | Kalani Murray | Maura Oliverira | Kathleen Parsons | Angela Phung | Nicolas Puorro | Tuesday Ray | Anna Riggin | Melissa Scheulin | Alana Scott | Debra Selman | Sloane Sim | Anna Vorobyeva | Linda Wu | Kailani Zabala
Patron Experience Representatives

Berkeley Rep School of Theatre

Anthony Jackson
Director of the School of Theatre

Dylan Russell
Associate Director of the School of Theatre

MaryBeth Cavanaugh
Director of Classes and Summer Programming

Ashley Lim
Marketing and Registrations Manager

AeJay Antonis Marquis Mitchell
Education Programs Associate

Euan Ashley
In-School Residency and Curriculum Supervisor

Board of trustees

William T. Espey
President

Juan Oldham
Vice President

Sudha Pennathur
Vice President

Leonard X Rosenberg
Treasurer

Steven C. Wolan
Secretary

Alfredo Silva
Chair of the Audit Committee

Jill Fugaro
Chair of the Governance Committee

Henning Mathew
Chair of the Investment Committee

Trustees

Anna Bellomo
Marc Blakeman
Christopher Doane
Sandra Eggers
Chuck Fanning
Steven Goldin
Scott Haber
Sandra R. McCandless
Tom Parrish
Johanna Pfaelzer
Todd B. Rubin
Emily Shanks
Allan Smith
Sherry Smith
Barbara Tomber
Gail Wagner
Brian Watt

Founding director

Michael W. Leibert
Producing Director, 1968–83

Sustaining advisors

Rena Bransten
Diana Cohen
Robin Edwards
William Falik
David Fleishhacker
Kerry Francis
Paul T. Friedman
Karen Galatz
Bruce Golden
David Hoffman
Richard F. Hoskins
Dugan Lamoise
Jonathan C. Logan
Melanie Maier
Helen Meyer
Peter Pervere
Marjorie Randolph
Patricia Sakai
Jack Schafer
William Schaff
Richard M. Shapiro
Michael Steinberg
Roger A. Strauch
Jean Z. Strunsky
Felicia Woytak
Martin Zankel

Past presidents

Helen C. Barber
A. George Battle
Carole B. Berg
Robert W. Burt
Shih-Tso Chen
Narsai M. David
Thalia Dorwick, PhD
Nicholas M. Graves
Richard F. Hoskins
Jean Knox
Robert M. Oliver
Stewart Owen
Marjorie Randolph
Harlan M. Richter
Richard A. Rubin
Emily Shanks
Edwin C. Shiver
Roger A. Strauch
Gail Wagner
Martin Zankel

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