About Us
Who We Are
Yale Repertory Theatre, the internationally celebrated professional theatre in residence at Yale School of Drama, has championed new work since 1966, producing well over 100 premieres—including two Pulitzer Prize winners and four other nominated finalists—by emerging and established playwrights. Seventeen Yale Rep productions have advanced to Broadway, garnering more than 40 Tony Award nominations and 10 Tony Awards. Yale Rep is also the recipient of the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Established in 2008, Yale’s Binger Center for New Theatre has distinguished itself as one of the nation’s most robust and innovative new play programs. To date, the Binger Center has supported the work of more than 50 commissioned artists and underwritten the world premieres and subsequent productions of 31 new American plays and musicals at Yale Rep and theatres across the country.
Yale Repertory Theatre Staff
James Bundy, Artistic Director
Victoria Nolan, Managing Director
Jennifer Kiger, Associate Artistic Director and Director of New Play Programs
Artistic
Resident Artists
Playwright in Residence: Tarell Alvin McCraney
Resident Director: Liz Diamond
Resident Dramaturg: Catherine Sheehy
Set Design Advisor, Resident Set Designer: Michael Yeargan
Costume Design Advisor: Ilona Somogyi
Resident Costume Designer: Jess Goldstein
Lighting Design Advisor: Jennifer Tipton
Resident Lighting Designer: Stephen Strawbridge
Sound Design Advisor: David Budries
Voice and Speech Advisor: Walton Wilson
Fight Advisor: Rick Sordelet
Stage Management Advisor: Mary Hunter
Associate Artists
52nd Street Project: Kama Ginkas, Mark Lamos, MTYZ Theatre/Moscow New Generations Theatre, Bill Rauch, Sarah Ruhl, Henrietta Yanovskaya
Artistic Management
Production Stage Manager: James Mountcastle
Literary Manager: Amy Boratko
Artistic Associate: Kay Perdue Meadows
Artistic Coordinator: Jocelyn Prince
Literary Associate: Charles O’Malley
Casting: Tara Rubin, C.S.A., Laura Schutzel, C.S.A., Merri Sugarman, C.S.A., Kaitlin Shaw, C.S.A., Claire Burke, C.S.A., Peter Van Dam C.S.A., Felicia Rudolph, C.S.A., Xavier Rubiano, Louis DiPaolo
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Artistic Director and Associate Artistic Director: Josie Brown
Senior Administrative Assistant for the Directing, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Playwriting, and Stage Management Departments: Laurie Coppola
Senior Administrative Assistant for the Design and Sound Design Departments: Kate Begley Baker
Senior Administrative Assistant for the Acting Department: Ellen Lange
Library Services: Lindsay King
Production Stage Manager: James Mountcastle
Literary Manager: Amy Boratko
Artistic Associate: Kay Perdue Meadows
Literary Associate: Charles O’Malley
Casting: Tara Rubin, C.S.A., Laura Schutzel, C.S.A., Merri Sugarman, C.S.A., Kaitlin Shaw, C.S.A., Claire Burke, C.S.A., Peter Van Dam C.S.A., Felicia Rudolph, C.S.A., Xavier Rubiano, Louis DiPaolo
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Artistic Director and Associate Artistic Director: Josie Brown
Senior Administrative Assistant for the Directing, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Playwriting, and Stage Management Departments: Laurie Coppola
Senior Administrative Assistant for the Design and Sound Design Departments: Kate Begley Baker
Senior Administrative Assistant for the Acting Department: Ellen Lange
Library Services: Lindsay King
Production
Production Management
Director of Production: Shaminda Amarakoon
Production Manager: Jonathan Reed
Associate Head of Production and Student Labor Supervisor: C. Nikki Mills
Interim Production Coordinator, Rob Chikar
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Production, Theater Safety and Occupational Health, and Technical Design and Production Departments: Grace O’Brien
Scenery
Technical Directors: Neil Mulligan, Matt Welander
Electro Mechanical Laboratory Supervisor: Alan Hendrickson
Shop Foreman: Eric Sparks
Master Shop Carpenters: Matt Gaffney, Ryan Gardner, Sharon Reinhart, Libby Stone
Painting
Scenic Charge: Ru-Jun Wang
Scenic Artists: Lia Akkerhuis, Nathan Jasunas
Scenic Painting Intern: Amelia Pizzoferrato,
Properties
Properties Master: Jennifer McClure
Properties Craftsperson: David P. Schrader
Interim Properties Assistant: Madeline Winward
Properties Stock Manager: Mark Dionne
Properties Intern: Hyejin Son
Costumes
Costume Shop Manager: Tom McAlister
Senior Drapers: Harry Johnson, Clarissa Wylie Youngberg, Mary Zihal
Senior First Hands: Deborah Bloch, Patricia Van Horn
Costume Project Coordinator: Linda Kelley-Dodd
Drapers: Nikki Fazzone, Stephanie Taff
Wig and Hair Design: Denise O’Brien
Company Hairdresser: Barbara Bodine
Costume Stock Manager: Elizabeth Beale (on leave)
Interim Costume Stock Manager: Jamie Farkas
Electrics
Lighting Supervisor: Donald W. Titus
Senior Head Electricians: Jennifer Carlson, Linda-Cristal Young
Electrics Interns: Kyra Tamiko Murzyn, Ruo-Qiao Li
Sound
Sound Supervisor: Mike Backhaus
Staff Sound Engineer: Stephanie Smith
Sound Interns: Marisa Arellano, Yitong Huang
Projections
Projection Supervisor: Erich Bolton
Head Projection Technician: Mike Paddock
Stage Operations
Stage Carpenter: Janet Cunningham
Wardrobe Supervisor: Elizabeth Bolster
Head Properties Runner: Billy Ordynowicz
FOH Mix Engineer: Jacob Riley
Light Board Programmer: David Willmore
Administration
General Management
General Manager: Kelvin Dinkins, Jr.
Associate Managing Directors: Trent Anderson, Caitlin Crombleholme, Leandro A. Zaneti
Assistant Managing Director: Caitlin Volz
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Managing Director and General Manager: Emalie Mayo
Management Assistants: Madeline Carey, Oakton Reynolds
Company Managers: Dani Barlow, Markie Gray
Assistant Company Managers: William Gaines, Eliza Orleans
Development and Alumni Affairs
Director of Development and Alumni Affairs: Deborah S. Berman
Senior Associate Director of Institutional Giving: Janice Muirhead
Senior Associate Director of Operations for Development and Alumni Affairs: Susan C. Clark
Senior Associate Director of Annual Giving and Special Projects: Joanna Romberg (on leave)
Associate Director of Development and Alumni Affairs: Lisa D. Richardson
Senior Administrative Assistant to Development and Marketing & Communications: Jennifer E. Alzona
Development Assistants: Chad Kinsman, Emma Perrin
Finance and Human Resources
Director of Finance and Human Resources: Katherine D. Burgueño
Business Manager: Erin Ethier
Director, Yale Tessitura Consortium: Janna J. Ellis
Business Office Analyst: Stacie Wcislo
Business Office Specialists: Preston Mock, Teressa Reese
Senior Administrative Assistant to Business Office, Digital Technology, Operations, and Tessitura: Shainn Reaves
Business Operations Portfolio Analyst: Ann Corris
Business Office: Assistant: Ashlie Russell
Marketing, Communications, and Audience Services
Director of Marketing: Daniel Cress
Director of Communications: Steven Padla
Senior Associate Director of Marketing and Communications: Caitlin Griffin
Associate Director of Marketing and Communications: Sam Linden
Marketing and Communications Assistants: Emma Perrin, Estefani Castro
Publications Manager: Marguerite Elliott
Director of Audience Services: Laura Kirk
Assistant Director of Audience Services: Shane Quinn
Subscriptions Coordinator: Tracy Baldini
Audience Services Assistant: Molly Leona
Box Office Assistants: Mikaela Boone, Morgan Cronin, Samantha Else, Paige Hann, Kenneth Murray, Alexis Payne, Amir Rezvani, Elijah Weaver
Ushers: Jillian Albrecht, Lorena Benitez, Tracy Bennett, Tasha Boyer, Denyse Burke, Sabrina Clevenger, Kristina Cuello, Helia Gagnon, Renata Hanuskova, Christiana Hart, Hannah Herzog, Taylor Hoffman, Bonnie Moeller, Emily Persico, Jordan Pilant, Tobiah Richkind, Hannah Sachs, Ryan Sutherland, Monica Traniello, Jocelyn Wexler, Cody Whetstone, Elizabeth Wiet, Cate Worthington, Larsson Youngberg
Art and Design: Paul Evan Jeffrey
Production Photographer: Joan Marcus
Videography: David Kane
Operations
Director of Facility Operations: Jennifer Gonsalves
Operations Associate: Nadir Balan
Operations Assistant: Devin Matlock
Arts and Graduate Studies Superintendents: Jennifer Draughn Michael Halpern
Team Leaders: Andy Mastriano, Sherry Stanley
Facility Stewards: Michael Humbert, Marcia Riley
Custodians: Tylon Frost, James Hansberry, Rodney Heard, Kathy Langston, Patrick Martin, Andy Martino, Shanna Ramos, Mark Roy
Digital Technology
Director of Digital Technology: Chris Kilbourne
Digital Technology Associate: Andre Griffith
Web and Email Services Associate: Luis Serrano
Database Application Consultants: Bo Du, George Sheehy, Ben Silvert
Theater Safety and Occupational Health
Director of Theater Safety and Occupational Health: Anna Glover
Customer Service and Safety Officers: Kevin Delaney, Ed Jooss, John Marquez