ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Tony Taccone BIOGRAPHY MANAGING DIRECTOR Susan Medak BIOGRAPHY GENERAL MANAGER Karen Racanelli ARTISTIC Les Waters, Associate Artistic Director   BIOGRAPHY Amy Potozkin, Artistic Associate & Casting Director Madeleine Oldham, Literary Manager/Dramaturg Marissa Wolf, Artistic Intern Kimberly Weisberg, Dramaturg/Literary Intern Gabriel Crane, Artist Under Commission (School of Theatre) Paul Dresher, Artist Under Commission Tom Fontana, Artist Under Commission Ellen McLaughlin, Artist Under Commission Itamar Moses, Artist Under Commission Sharon Ott, Artist Under Commission Sarah Ruhl, Artist Under Commission Stew, Artist Under Commission PRODUCTION Tom Aberger, Production Manager Madelyn Mackie, Associate Production Manager Christopher Jenkins, Company Manager Harumi Ikeda, Production Management Intern Miranda Hixson, Company & General Management Intern STAGE MANAGEMENT Michael Suenkel, Production Stage Manager Cynthia Cahill, Stage Manager Megan McClintock, Production Assistant Leslie Radin, Production Assistant Karen Szpaller, Production Assistant Rachel Motz, Stage Management Intern STAGE OPERATIONS Julia Englehorn, Stage Supervisor PROP SHOP Ashley Dawn, Properties Manager Jill Green, Properties Artisan Gretta Grazier, Properties Artisan Cody Neal Pearson, Properties Intern SCENE SHOP Jim Smith, Technical Director Amanda Williams O'Steen, Associate Technical Director Ryan O'Steen, Shop Foreman Andrew O’Keefe, Master Carpenter Bryce Berggren, Carpenter/Welder Edward Hazzard, Carpenter/Welder Kristen Gilmore, Shop Intern SCENIC ART Lisa Lazar, Scenic Charge Robb Bauer, Scenic Artist Erin Wilson, Scenic Art Intern COSTUMES Maggi Yule, Costume Shop Manager Leah Marthinsen, Assistant Costume Designer Kitty Muntzel, Draper Kathy Kellner Griffith, Tailor Janet Conery, First Hand Barbara Blair, Wardrobe Supervisor Tara Shucart, Hair & Make-up Hannah Reich, Costumes Intern ELECTRICS Frederick Geffken, Master Electrician Christine Cochrane, Production Electrician Zoltan DeWitt, Production Electrician Stephanie Buchner, Electrics Intern SOUND Heather Bradley, Sound Supervisor James Ballen, Sound Engineer Robyn Bykofsky, Sound Engineer Matt O’Hare, Sound Intern ADMINISTRATIVE Suzanne Pettigrew, Controller Gustav Davila, Director of Technology Joanna Spencer, Executive Assistant Eric Ipsen, Bookkeeper Valerie St. Louis, Human Resources Administrator Laurel Leichter, Human Resources Consultant Diana Amezquita, Database Manager Barbra Ritchison, Receptionist COMMUNICATIONS Robert Sweibel, Director of Marketing & Communications Terence Keane, Public Relations Director Cheshire Dave, Art Director Adrienne Mansard, Marketing Associate Megan Wygant, Communications Associate Emily Fleisher, Group Services & Audience Development Coordinator Christina Cone, Web Master Alli Nash, Graphics/Communications Intern Lindsey Coates, Marketing/Communications Intern Ellen Felker, Program Advertising DEVELOPMENT Sara Fousekis, Director of Development, Campaign and Corporate Lynn Eve Komaromi, Director of Development, Annual Fund Kirsten Berzon, Special Events Manager Lauren Elaine Davidson, Corporate Coordinator Elisabeth Millican, Institutional Grants Manager Laura Fichtenberg, Individual Gifts Manager Rachel Dickey, Development Database Coordinator Margo Chilless, Campaign Assistant Dina Beigelman, Development Intern BOX OFFICE Christine Bond, Ticket Services Director Laurie Barnes, Subscription Manager & Associate Sales Manager Todd Barker, Box Office Supervisor Amelia Bird, Sales Agent Christina Cone, Sales Agent Jes Painter, Sales Agent Andrew Susskind, Sales Agent PATRON SERVICES Kelly Kelley, Director of Patron Services Paul Coddington, House Manager Aleta George, Substitute House Manager Kristin Bongiovanni, Concessionaire William d’Amrusso, Concessionaire Christopher Fan, Concessionaire Emily Fleisher, Concessionaire Aaron Gleason, Concessionaire Kelli Jew, Concessionaire Charlotte McIvor, Concessionaire Jessica Modrall, Concessionaire OPERATIONS Bruce Veenstra, Director of Operations Marco Wiebes, Facilities Manager Earl Covington, Facilities Assistant David MacAaron, Facilities Assistant Juan Mendoza, Facilities Assistant Johnny Van Chang, Facilities Assistant BERKELEY REP SCHOOL OF THEATRE Rachel L. Fink, Associate General Manager and Director MaryBeth Cavanaugh, Associate Director Dave Maier, Outreach Coordinator Joanne Seelig, Education Associate Jessica Modrall, School Administrator Sylvia Hathaway, Education Intern TONY TACCONE is in his tenth year as artistic director of Berkeley Rep, where he has staged more than 35 shows, including the world premieres of Continental Divide, The Convict’s Return, Culture Clash in AmeriCCa, The First 100 Years, Geni(us), Ravenshead and Virgin Molly. He commissioned Tony Kushner’s renowned Angels in America, co-directed its world premiere at the Mark Taper Forum and has collaborated with Kushner on six projects. Their latest piece featured designs by beloved children’s author, Maurice Sendak: Brundibar debuted at Berkeley Rep and then traveled to Yale Rep and the New Victory Theatre in New York City. Taccone recently made his Broadway debut with Sarah Jones’ Bridge & Tunnel, which was universally lauded by the critics. He also staged the show’s record-breaking off-Broadway run, workshopped it for Broadway at Berkeley Rep and directed Jones’ previous hit, Surface Transit. In 2004, his production of David Edgar’s Continental Divide transferred to the Barbican in London after playing the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Rep and England’s Birmingham Rep. Taccone frequently works in Ashland, where he has also directed Coriolanus, Othello, Pentecost and the American premiere of Seamus Heaney’s The Cure at Troy. His other regional credits include noted theatres such as Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arizona Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, San Jose Rep, Seattle Rep and San Francisco’s Eureka Theatre, where he served six years as artistic director before coming to Berkeley Rep. Taccone has served on the faculty of U.C. Berkeley, sat on the board of Theatre Communications Group and acted as a regional representative for the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. SUSAN MEDAK has served as Berkeley Rep’s managing director, responsible for administration and operations of the Theatre, since 1990. In addition to her work at Berkeley Rep, Ms. Medak is the president of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), and she recently completed two terms on the board of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), where she served for three years as the treasurer of the board. Ms. Medak has served on the National Endowment for the Arts Theatre Program panel, as well as on Overview, Prescreening and Creation and Presentation panels. She has chaired panels for the Theatre, Preservation and Heritage and Education and Access programs, also serving as an on-site reporter. She chaired two panels for the Massachusetts Arts Council. Closer to home, Ms. Medak has served as vice president of the Downtown Berkeley Association. She serves on the Downtown Business Improvement District and is the founding chair of the Berkeley Arts in Education Steering Committee for Berkeley Unified School District and the Berkeley Cultural Trust. She is a proud member of the Mont Blanc Ladies’ Literary Guild and Trekking Society. She lives in Berkeley with her husband and son. LES WATERS won an OBIE Award for his production of Charles Mee’s Big Love. He directed its world premiere at the Humana Festival and subsequent runs at Berkeley Rep, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Goodman Theatre and Long Wharf Theater. He became associate artistic director of Berkeley Rep in 2003, where he has also staged Eurydice, Fêtes de la Nuit, Finn in the Underworld, The Glass Menagerie, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Suddenly Last Summer and Yellowman. Waters’ work has been seen at theatres across the United Kingdom and the United States. In addition to Big Love, his New York credits include the Connelly Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival and Signature Theatre Company. Elsewhere in America, he has directed for American Conservatory Theater, Goodman Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse and Steppenwolf Theatre Company. In his native England, Waters has staged work with the Bristol Old Vic, Hampstead Theatre Club, Joint Stock Theatre Group, National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre and Traverse Theatre Club. He has a long history of working collaboratively with prominent playwrights like Caryl Churchill and Charles Mee, and champions important new voices, such as Jordan Harrison, Sarah Ruhl and Anne Washburn. Waters is an associate artist of The Civilians, a New York-based theatre group, and he headed the M.F.A. directing program at U.C. San Diego from 1995 to 2003. His many honors include a Dramalogue Award, an Edinburgh Fringe First Award, a KPBS Patte and several awards from the Bay Area Critics’ Circle, Connecticut Critics’ Circle and Tokyo Theatre Critics. BACK TO TOP