BERKELEY REP - Key Persons
Amanda joined Berkeley Rep in the 2000/01 season as the Associate Technical Director. Over the years Amanda has served as the Associate Production Manager, Associate General Manager, and now as the Director of Operations. Amanda has an MFA in Technical Direction from University of Missouri at Kansas City and a BFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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- Associate Properties Supervisor
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- DIRECTOR
- Director of the School of Theatre
Anthony is a director, deviser, educator, and arts administrator. He currently serves as the Director of the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre where he oversees a team of talented artists, educators and administrators; serving adults and students in grades K-12 in all nine Bay Area Counties and beyond. Anthony is a board member for the Arts Education Alliance of the Bay Area and serves as a member of the Berkeley Arts Education Steering Committee. Previously, Anthony was at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, where he held multiple roles including Training Programs Manager and Partnership Manager while also teaching in all of the Community Engagement department's programming. Anthony has traveled to India and Croatia as a guest artist with the U.S. Department of State devising original plays with Arena Stage's Voices of Now program. Anthony has also presented workshops at the American Alliance for Theatre and Education, Theatre Communications Group Conference, and the Southeastern Theatre Conference. In 2019, he was selected to be a member of the artEquity cohort. As an actor, he has toured the U.S. and has performed with the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Olney Theatre, Arena Stage, and other regional theatres.
Ari joined Berkeley Rep in April 2023. Prior, he served as the director of development at the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus and Chan National Queer Arts Center, leading all fundraising efforts for the organization. Previous experience includes more than four years with San Francisco Ballet, where he held several increasingly senior positions in individual giving, and four years at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, working closely with the Center's trustees and the Washington National Opera's individual donors. Ari graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University with a degree in public relations.
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- MARKETING and REGISTRATIONS MANAGER
- Marketing and Registrations Manager at the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre
Ashley is the marketing and registrations manager at the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre, where she oversees all marketing and communications, as well as provides administrative support for classes and other educational programming. Born and raised in the Bay Area, she fell in love with the vibrant and diverse world of theatre at a young age. She has since gone on to combine her passions for theatre and communications at Willamette University in Salem, OR, where she earned a degree in Civic Communications and Media Rhetoric along with a minor in Theatre. Previously, she has worked with organizations such as the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Pleasanton Civic Arts Stage Company, and most recently, the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C.
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- Member of the General Management and Company Management Team
- Director of Production
A lifelong arts maker, Audrey ventured to the United States from Singapore to seek new experiences. Prior to Berkeley Rep, she has worked at American Conservatory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, and Brooklyn Academy of Music. She has had the pleasure of working with artists across all performing arts genres such as Tony Taccone, Chay Yew, Christopher Ashley, William Kentridge, Alex Timbers, Catherine Martin, Sam Mendes, Paul Simon, Laurie Anderson, John Turturro, and Elaine Stritch. Outside of work, Audrey strives to be her best self. Always pushing to learn new skills, her main loves include martial arts and West Coast swing dances. Audrey holds an MFA in Technical Direction from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
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- Marketing Associate / Facilities and Operations
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- Vice President of the Board of Trustees
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- Video and Multimedia Content Creator
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- Development Operations Coordinator / Marketing and Communications
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- Associate Sound and Video Supervisor
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- Web and Database Specialist
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- Associate Artistic Director
David is a director, designer, and Associate Artistic Director at Berkeley Rep, where they directed Sanctuary City. David serves as a Producing Artistic Leader of The Movement Theatre Company (2019 Obie Award) and is a founding member of The Sol Project (2022 Obie). Directing credits include: the bandaged place (Roundabout/NYSAF), Mushroom (People's Light), Notes on Killing… (Soho Rep), and Don't Eat the Mangos (Magic). David is a Princess Grace Award recipient. Alumnus of Soho Rep Project Number One, Ars Nova Vision Residency, Drama League Directors Project, LAByrinth Intensive Ensemble, LCT Directors Lab, artEquity, NALAC, and TCG Leadership U. BFA - NYU Tisch.
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- Director of Ticketing and Sales
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- ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
- Director
- Associate Director of the School of Theatre
Dylan is a director, teaching artist, new play developer and community engagement specialist. Dylan has directed productions at American Conservatory Theatre Conservatory, TheatreFirst, New Conservatory Theatre, and Actors Lab Arizona. Most recently, Dylan was the Director of Education and Community Engagement at Laguna Playhouse. Dylan envisioned and created the OUR STORIES program at Laguna Playhouse, which utilizes generative theatre practices to create awareness about mental health and amplify the voices of youth and young adults ages 16-25. Dylan created the Drama Department at Jewish Community High School of the Bay, which was recognized as one of the top high school theatre programs in America by Stage Directions Magazine and twice performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland. She has taught at Laguna Playhouse, California Shakespeare Theatre, Northwestern University's National High School Institute, Marin Theatre Company and New Conservatory Theatre Center.
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- Stewardship and Events Manager
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- Director
- CURRICULUM and EDUCATION PROGRAMS MANAGER
Elizabeth (Liz) Woolford is a director, teaching artist, and devisor originally from the D.C. area. As the School of Theatre's Curriculum and Education Programs Manager, she is responsible for coordinating our in-school outreach programs, student matinees, and helping to facilitate our Teen Council cohort. Liz has previously taught and directed with Bay Area Children's Theatre (BACT), Ghostlight Theatre Camp (ME), Educational Theatre Company (VA), and Wesleyan University (CT). She was a co-founder of Tin Can Learners, a virtual and community-based after-school program created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Liz specializes in creating immersive and site-responsive performance pieces with youth and professionals. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University in CT.
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- Donor Stewardship Coordinator
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- Treasurer of the Board of Trustees
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- Company Management Fellow
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- Associate Stage Supervisor
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- Co - Technical Director
- Assistant Technical Director - Engineering
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- Associate Director of Marketing
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- Chairman of the Investment Committee
- Member of the Board of Trustees
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- Corporate Partnerships Manager
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- Head Stage Technician / Sound and Video
Jared became Berkeley Rep's Finance Director in March 2019, a year before the COVID-19 shutdown. He was instrumental in securing $10+ million in federal relief funds to help sustain Berkeley Rep. Other significant accomplishments include managing the financial aspects of the construction of the Medak Center and implementing new accounting software. Prior to Berkeley Rep, Jared worked 20+ years in the nonprofit theatre and museum sectors including financial management, general management, and administrative positions with The Acting Company, Hammer Museum, and Hudson River Museum. A theatre major at Pomona College, he earned an MBA from the University of Texas, Austin.
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- Chairman of the Governance Committee
- Member of the Board of Trustees
Johanna joined Berkeley Rep in the 2019/20 season as its fourth artistic director. Prior to her arrival at Berkeley Rep, she served for 12 years as the artistic director of New York Stage and Film (NYSAF), a New York City-based organization dedicated to the development of new works for theatre, film, and television. Notable works that were developed under Johanna's leadership at NYSAF include the Tony Award-winning Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Humans by Stephen Karam, Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell, The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe, Junk and The Invisible Hand by Ayad Akhtar, A 24-Decade History of Popular Music by Taylor Mac, The Homecoming Queen by Ngozi Anyanwu, The Great Leap by Lauren Yee, John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning Doubt, The Fortress of Solitude by Michael Friedman and Itamar Moses, The Jacksonian by Beth Henley, and Green Day's American Idiot. In addition, Johanna is proud to have developed the work of many notable writers, both established and early-career, including Jocelyn Bioh, Zach Helm, Halley Feiffer, Billy Porter, Lucy Thurber, Duncan Sheik, V (formerly Eve Ensler), Steven Sater, Jaclyn Backhaus, Patricia Wettig, and Marcus Gardley. She was formerly a producing director of Zena Group, and served for five years as the associate artistic director of American Conservatory Theater. Johanna is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice Program, and has taught in the MFA Theatre Program at Columbia University School of the Arts. She lives in Berkeley with her husband, Russell Champa, and their son, Jasper.
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- Vice President of the Board of Trustees
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- Associate
- Member of the General Management and Company Management Team
- Production Manager
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- Associate Casting Director & Artistic Associate
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- Associate
- Finance Director
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- Production Management Fellow
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- Senior Institutional Giving Manager
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- Senior Production Electrician
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- Prismatic Communications / Public Relations Consultant
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- Resident Design Associate
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- Sound and Video Supervisor
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- Associate Director of Development
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- Scenic Construction Fellow
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- Audience Development Manager
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- Co - Technical Director
- Charge Scenic Artist
Mark leads the maintenance operation of seven buildings and two theatres on the two Berkeley Rep campuses. Recent projects include the construction of the Medak Center and the seismic retrofit of the props/paint/scene shops. Prior to joining Berkeley Rep in 2014, Mark spent more than 20 years in the North Bay at Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, and Jarvis Opera Conservatory. Mark studied theatre at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon, and holds an MBA in Arts Administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco.
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- DIRECTOR of CLASSES and SUMMER PROGRAMMING
MaryBeth recently received her continuing appointment in the Department of Theatre and Dance at UC Davis, where she has taught for 15 years in the MFA and BFA programs. She also teaches at Academy of Art University. She is a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and a few of her choreography credits include resident choreographer at California Shakespeare Theater for 20 seasons, where she also served as associate artist. She also choreographed for Oregon Shakespeare Festival for five seasons, Shakespeare Santa Cruz for nine seasons, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The New Victory Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre, Brisbane Arts Festival-Powerhouse, Black Swan Theatre Company in Western Australia, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Mills College Repertory, and Summerfest Dance. Directing credits: Following the Wrong God Home, Theatre 212; Possession, United Solo Theatre Festival, New York City; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, TheatreFIRST; Twelfth Night, North Bay Shakespeare Company; and Measure for Measure, Shakespeare at Stinson. Ms. Cavanaugh was invited (all expenses paid) by the Norwegian Consulate in San Francisco to attend the Ibsen Festival in Oslo, Norway and to finish a new English translation of A Doll's House from Ibsen's original manuscript with an Ibsen scholar and a documentary film maker.
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- Producing Director, 1968 - 83
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- Director of Human Resources and Diversity
- Director of Human Resources and Diversity / Development
Modesta (she/her) is a strategic human resources business partner with more than 13 years of experience in education, group facilitation, project management, and advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, access, and antiracism initiatives (EDIAA). Throughout her career, Modesta has partnered with healthcare, education, and theatre leaders to create and implement sustainable and equitable business practices. Modesta received her BA in English Literature and Philosophy from Mills College and later received her education in Human Resource Management from the University of California, Berkeley. Interculturalism, lifelong learning, and authentic connections are core values that guide Modesta as a thought partner, leader, and friend.
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- Building Manager / Patron Services
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- Member of the General Management and Company Management Team
- Company Manager / Production Management
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- Co - Technical Director
- Assistant Technical Director - Shop
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- Marketing and Development Fellow
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- General Manager
- Member of the General Management and Company Management Team
Sara joined the staff at Berkeley Rep with over 20 years of general management, producing, and arts education management experience. Previously, she was the General Manager for Second Stage, a LORT A+ theatre in New York with venues on- and off-Broadway. Also in New York, she worked with Signature Theatre, New York Stage & Film, and BAM (the Brooklyn Academy of Music), where she managed the fifteen plus annual mainstage Next Wave Festival productions in the BAM Fisher, as well as large-scale productions like the Everybooty art party and Radio Love Fest, a multi-venue live radio performance collaboration with WNYC. Sara is a Northern California native and has worked with ACT in San Francisco and Shakespeare Santa Cruz.
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- Associate Lighting Supervisor
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- Secretary of the Board of Trustees
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- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board of Trustees
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- Vice President of the Board of Trustees
Tom has served as a theatre leader and arts administrator for over 20 years, with experience in organizations ranging from multi-venue performing arts centers to major, Tony Award-winning theatre companies. Prior to Berkeley Rep, he served as Executive Director of Trinity Repertory Company, Geva Theatre Center, and Merrimack Repertory Theatre and as Associate Managing Director/General Manager of San Diego Repertory Theatre. As a producer, he has produced over 140 productions, including over 30 world premieres, 11 of which were world premiere commissions. Recognized as a thought and industry leader, he has served as Treasurer of the League of Resident Theatres, on the Board of Directors of Theatre Forward, and as a consultant to theatre producers and arts organizations around the country, most recently as Interim Chief Operating Officer of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. His work has been recognized with a NAACP Theatre Award for Best Producer; "Forty Under 40" recognition in Providence, Rochester, the Merrimack Valley, and San Diego; the Outstanding Eagle Scout Award from the National Eagle Scout Association; and the Best Practice Award for Leadership from the Initiative for Nonprofit Excellence at the Rhode Island Foundation. He received his MBA/MA, Arts Administration from Southern Methodist University; BA in Theater Arts and Economics from Case Western Reserve University; attended the Commercial Theater Institute, National Theater Institute, and Harvard Business School's Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management; and is certified in Leading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by Northwestern University.
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- Director of Marketing and Communications
Voleine is an arts marketer and communicator adeptly bridging the gap between art, culture, and societal change. Spanning a 15-year career, her expertise in strategic communication and groundbreaking marketing initiatives has monumentally uplifted mission-driven organizations, fostering profound ties with diverse audiences. She has held pivotal positions such as Vice President at Wonder: Strategies for Good, Marketing Director at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, PR Director at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and Associate Director at The Independent Television Service. Anchored in Oakland, Voleine is both a practitioner and patron of the arts, consistently immersing herself in rich creative endeavors and pushing the boundaries of artistic marketing paradigms.
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- President of the Board of Trustees