Center Theatre Group

SNEHAL DESAI Artistic Director | MEGHAN PRESSMAN Managing Director/CEO

DOUGLAS C. BAKER Producing Director | GORDON DAVIDSON Founding Artistic Director

Center Theatre Group would like to thank its exceptional staff for their ongoing commitment, dedication, and extraordinary efforts.

ARTISTIC
LINDSAY ALLBAUGH♦
Associate Artistic Director

TIFFANY SLAGLE
Artistic & Literary Administrative Assistant

CASEY NICHOLAW, PHYLICIA RASHAD, PAULA VOGEL
Associate Artists

EXECUTIVE
CAMILLE SCHENKKAN♦
Deputy Managing Director

KHANISHA FOSTER
Director of Equity, Belonging & Engagement

A'RAELLE FLYNN-BOLDEN
Staff Programs Manager

QUINN O'CONNOR
Assistant to the Artistic Director and Managing Director/CEO

MANAGEMENT
NAUSICA STERGIOU♦
General Manager

ERIC SIMS♦
Ahmanson Theatre Presentations Manager

KATIE SOFF♦
Associate General Manager

JEFFREY UPAH♦
General Management Associate

KIARA BRYANT
Company Manager

EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
TRACI KWON♦
Arts Education Initiatives Director

JESUS REYES♦
Director of Learning and Community Partnerships

AURORA ILOG
Creative Workforce Initiatives Director

MEIGHAN LA ROCCA
Program Manager

COURTNEY CLARK
Digital Learning Manager

NATALIA QUINTERO-RIESTRA
Education & Community Partnerships Coordinator

ESTELA GARCIA, CHRISTINE BREIHAN
Resident Teaching Artists

ZACHARY BROWN, RAMY EL-ETREBY,
AJA HOUSTON, JOHNATHON L. JACKSON,
DAVID JIMENEZ, CARENE ROSE MEKERTICHYAN,
MARA PALMA, ROBERT PATERNO, TARA RICASA,
TIANA RANDALL-QUANT, NEGIN SINGH,
MONIQUE SYPKENS
Teaching Artists

PRODUCTION
JOE HAMLIN♦
Director of Production

SHANNON G. BICKNELL
Production Manager

KATIE CHEN
Associate Production Manager

CAMBRIA CHICHI
Production Coordinator

SHAWN ANDERSON♦
Head Carpenter (Ahmanson Theatre)

SCOTT LUCAS
Head Properties (Ahmanson Theatre)

JARED BATTY
Head Electrician (Ahmanson Theatre)

ROBERT SMITH♦
Head Sound (Ahmanson Theatre)

SHANE ANDERSON
Head Flyrail (Ahmanson Theatre)

MICHAEL GARDNER♦
Wardrobe Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre)

MARY BORGIA
Hair & Make-up Supervisor (Ahmanson Theatre)

CHRISTINE L. COX♦
House Manager (Ahmanson Theatre)

EMMET KAISER♦
Head Carpenter (Mark Taper Forum)

SEAN LEWELLYN
Head Carpenter Interim Substitute (Mark Taper Forum)

MARY ROMERO
Head Properties (Mark Taper Forum)

AARON STAUBACH♦
Head Electrician (Mark Taper Forum)

CHRISTIAN LEE
Head Sound (Mark Taper Forum)

LORETTA BUSSEN
Wardrobe Supervisor (Mark Taper Forum)

MERRIANNE NEDREBERG♦
Shop Director

KATE REINLIB
Associate Prop Director

ERIC BABB
Assistant Prop Director

RAUL VEGA MARTINEZ
Shop Supervisor

SHANTA FARIA DE SA
Costume Shop Manager

CAYLYN DABNEY
Resident Assistant Costume Designer

ASHPHORD JACOWAY
Resident Assistant Costume Designer

OPERATIONS
PETER WYLIE
Operations & Facilities Director

CHASE ANDERSON-SHAW
Kirk Douglas Theatre Manager

CHRISTIAN TAYLOR
Facilities Manager

VANESSA DE LOERA
Facilities Associate

JULIO A. CUELLAR♦
Facilities Assistant

JASMINE BRAFF
Operations Supervisor

CURT GAVIN
Operations Assistant

NATALIE MARCEAU, D’ANGELO ANDERSON,
SIMON J.O. MARTIN, REGINA NILES
Drivers

VANESSA BRADCHULIS, OLIVIA CHOATE,
PRESSLY COKER, MONICA GREENE,
PAT LOEB, TWON POPE, SAM UDERO
Stage Door Attendants

FINANCE, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES
CHERYL SHEPHERD
Chief Financial Officer

PETER BANACHOWSKI
Controller

DENICE BEHDAD
Assistant Controller

ANAHITA ASHRAFIPOUR
Senior Accountant

XOCHITL ORTEGA
Accounts Payable Supervisor

KERRY LARICK
Accounting Assistant

JESSICA HERNANDEZ
Payroll Manager

JUAN MARTINEZ
Payroll Specialist

TOM MEGALE
Director of Business Applications

JANELLE CABRERA TORRES
Tessitura & Web Administration Director

JOEY SOLANO
Digital Product Manager

CHIMA OMEAKU
Help Desk Support

CRIS SPACCA♦
Tessitura & IT Support

JODY HORWITZ♦
Director of Human Resources

CRISTINA TORRES
Human Resources Generalist

MOSS ADAMS
Auditor

MICHAEL C. DONALDSON, LISA A. CALLIF
Legal Counsel

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER
Legal Counsel

INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
SARAH SULLIVAN
Director of Institutional Advancement

RICKY CARTER
Director of Major and Planned Gifts

CRYSTAL DIAZ
Director of Events

PAMELA KUHR
Director of Annual Giving

KATASHA NELSON
Director of Advancement Operations

PAULA MATALLANA
Associate Director of Institutional Grants

ELIZABETH DELLORUSSO
Major Gifts Officer

OYE EHIKHAMHEN
Individual Giving Officer

ZAIN PATEL
Individual Giving Officer

NICOLE SCIPIONE♦
Individual Giving Officer

KATELIN URGO
Individual Giving Officer

CHRISTOPHER ECKHART
Donor Communications Manager

WENDY HUI
Grants Manager

MIKE RATTERMAN
Telefunding Manager

BK DAWSON
Senior Analyst, Gift & Accounting Reporting

HAILEY BRUNSON
Annual Giving Coordinator

ALICE PELAYO
Donor Liason & Institutional Advancement Assistant

IRENE CHO
Executive Assistant

AL BERMAN,♦ BRAD GRIFFITH, VARTAN MERJANIAN,
BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ, PAUL VITAGLIANO
Donor Advisors

MARKETING AND GRAPHICS
GARRETT COLLINS
Deputy Director of Marketing

CANDICE WALTERS♦
Associate Director, Marketing Operations

ANDRESSA ROYER
Senior Manager, Audience Development & Marketing Events

DEVANY HARDEN
Manager, CRM & Email Marketing

KATHARINE MEANS
Marketing Associate

PETER SULLIVAN
Marketing Coordinator

CAROLINE THOMPSON/IMPACT 123
Media Planning

DEANNA McCLURE
Art & Design Director

JAVIER VASQUEZ
Digital Content Producer

LILA WAKILI
Senior Graphic Designer

CINDY ANDRADE

Graphic Designer

CHEYNE GALLARDE

Graphic Designer

COMMUNICATIONS
BRETT WEBSTER
Communications Director

JESSICA DOHERTY
Associate Editorial Director

BOBBY MARTINEZ
Communications Coordinator

DAVIDSON & CHOY PUBLICITY
TIM CHOY, PETER GOLDMAN,
VICTORIA WESTBROOK
Publicity Consultants

TICKET SALES AND SERVICES
SHAWN ROBERTSON♦
Ticket Sales Director

MICHAEL ZOLDESSY♦
Associate Director, Ticket Sales

SKYPP CABANAS♦
Senior Manager, Ticket Operations

TINTIN NGUYEN
Ticketing Operations Coordinator

SANDY CZUBIAK♦
Audience & Subscriber Services Director

JENNIFER BAKER,♦
CHERYL HAWKER
Audience Services Senior Supervisors

JONATHAN FLORES
Audience Services Assistant Supervisor

CHRISTIAN UNGER
Audience Services Sales Associate

JESSICA ABROMAVICH, JUSTINE PEREZ♦
Donor Associates

JOSHUA BADILLO, VICKI BERNDT,♦
CLAY BUNKER, FRANK ENSENBERGER, DANIEL GARCIA,
IVONNE HERRERA, MICHAEL MUNOZ,
FELIPE ROQUE, SAMUEL ROQUE, JURGEN SANTOS,
CHRISTINA WRIGHT
Audience Services Representatives

DANUTA SIEMAK♦
Subscriber Services Supervisor

CHRISTINA GUTIERREZ♦
Subscriber Services Asst. Supervisor

LIGIA PISTE,♦
PETER STALOCH♦
Subscriber Services Senior Representatives

SARAH K. GONTA♦
Box Office Treasurer

KEANA JACKSON, MICHAEL VALLE♦
1st Assistant Treasurers

KAITLYN GALVEZ, MICHAEL KEMPISTY,♦ RICHARD RUBIO,
LUIS ESPINOZA
2nd Assistant Treasurers

SD&A TELESERVICES, INC.
Outbound Sales Partner

JEFFREY LIMONCELLI, KATHLEEN LITTLEFIELD,
DIANE WARD
Subscription Sales Representatives

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT & COMMISSIONS

As part of our commitment to supporting new plays and playwrights, we foster and develop a broad range of theatrical work from diverse artists locally, nationally, and abroad.

Artists creating new work commissioned by Center Theatre Group this season:

AZIZA BARNES

LISA D’AMOUR

LARISSA FASTHORSE

JENNIFER HALEY

ALESHEA HARRIS

GERALDINE ELIZABETH INOA

LISA KRON

KIMBER LEE

YOUNG JEAN LEE

MATTHEW LOPEZ

ROGER Q. MASON

TAHIRIH MOELLER

JANINE NABERS

QUI NGUYEN

LYNN NOTTAGE

MARCO RAMIREZ

CYNTHIA GRACE ROBINSON

SARAH RUHL

T.TARA TURK-HAYNES

LUIS VALDEZ

PAULA VOGEL

KAREN ZACARÍAS

L.A. WRITERS' WORKSHOP

Since 2005, we have invited local playwrights to spend a year researching and writing a new work with the feedback of their fellow writers and artistic staff as part of our L.A. Writers’ Workshop.

Learn more at CTGLA.org/Artists.

2023-24 COHORT

AMY BERRYMAN

INDA CRAIG-GALVÁN°

ISAAC GÓMEZ

CHRISTOPHER OSCAR PEÑA

RAMIZ MONSEF

JASMINE SHARMA

L.A. ARTIST RESIDENCIES

DIANA BURBANO

LARISSA FASTHORSE

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN