FIRST STAGE - Key Persons


Alex Kramer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Vice President at Large

Alicia Pilarski

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Andrea Klohn

Job Titles:
  • Creative Services Manager

Andrea Lara

Job Titles:
  • Wardrobe Assistant

Ashley Wroblewski

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Betsy Corry - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Brent Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Brian Gilpin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Brian Heggeland - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Finance Director

Bryn Dresselhuys

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Carpenter, Steve Siegel

Job Titles:
  • Lead

Caryn Esten

Job Titles:
  • Immediate past President
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Chris Marschka

Job Titles:
  • President of the Executive Committee

Christine Bestor Townsend

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Vice President at Large

Christopher Vance

Job Titles:
  • Academy Associate Administrator

Cindy Moran

Job Titles:
  • Public Relations Consultant

Clare Kuhnen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Patron Services Manager

Corrie Prunuske

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Daniel Kempken

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Darren Goldstein

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer of the Executive Committee

Elizabeth Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Special Events Manager

Ellen Basting

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Eric Maassen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Greg Kaye - CTO

Job Titles:
  • Technical Director

J.T. Backes

Job Titles:
  • Academy Director

Jeff Frank

Job Titles:
  • Artistic Director

Jeff Spence

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Jennifer Hubbartt

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing & Communications

Jennifer Martin-Nash

Job Titles:
  • Grant Accountant

Jessica Noones

Job Titles:
  • Director of Production

Josh Schmidt

Job Titles:
  • Associate Artist

Kate Schmitt - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Finance

Kelly Gerlach

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development

Kerri Warner

Job Titles:
  • Annual Campaign & Development Database Manager

Laura Orr

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Vice President of Governance

Lauren Pagenkopf

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Lavanyaa Surendar

Job Titles:
  • Education Administrator

Leah Dueno

Job Titles:
  • Wardrobe Supervisor

Liv Mauseth

Job Titles:
  • Company Manager

Melissa Nelsen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Michelle LoRicco

Job Titles:
  • Associate Artistic Director
  • New Associate Artistic Director
Michelle LoRicco joins First Stage as new Associate Artistic Director

Mya Giuliani

Job Titles:
  • Content Marketing Manager

Nikki Kulas

Job Titles:
  • Properties Master

Rob Goodman - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder

Sagar Murthy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Sally Cartwright

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Samantha D. Montgomery

Job Titles:
  • Inclusion and Community Engagement Director
Samantha D. Montgomery is named Artistic Inclusion and Community Engagement Director at First Stage

Scott Stiverson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Shantanu Singh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Shea Hittman

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Production

Sheri Williams Pannell

Job Titles:
  • Artistic Associate

Susie Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Institutional Giving Director

Suzanne Clausing

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Tami Martin

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Executive Committee

Timothy Lantz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors