Who we are

Leadership team

Berkeley Rep staff

Artistic

Johanna Pfaelzer
Artistic Director

David Mendizábal
Associate Artistic Director / Director of In Dialogue

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Associate Producer — New Work

Karina Fox
Resident Casting Director and Artistic Associate

Todd Almond | Rafael Casal | Daveed Diggs | Dipika Guha | Richard Montoya | Nico Muhly | Lisa Peterson | Sarah Ruhl | Jack Thorne
Artists Under Commission

 

General Management and Company Management

Sara Danielsen
General Manager

Ryan Duncan-Ayala
Company Manager

Emily Betts
General Management Associate

 

Production Management

Audrey Hoo
Director of Production

Kali Grau
Production Manager

 

Costumes

Kiara Montgomery
Resident Design Associate

Star Rabinowitz
Draper

Barbara Blair
Wardrobe Supervisor

 

Electrics

Frederick C. Geffken
Lighting Supervisor

Sarina Renteria
Associate Lighting Supervisor

Kenneth Coté
Senior Production Electrician

Desiree Alcocer
Production Electrician

 

Properties

Jillian A. Green
Properties Supervisor

Amelia Burke-Holt
Associate Properties Supervisor

Brittany Watkins
Properties Artisan

 

Scene Shop

Matt Rohner | Jim Smith
Co-Technical Directors

Read Tuddenham
Assistant Technical Director — Shop

Grant Vocks
Assistant Technical Director — Engineering

August Lewallen | Zach Wziontka
Scenic Carpenters

 

Scenic Art

Lisa Lázár
Charge Scenic Artist

 

Stage Operations

Julia Englehorn
Stage Supervisor

Gabriel Holman
Associate Stage Supervisor

James McGregor
Head Stage Technician

 

Sound and Video

Lane Elms
Sound and Video Supervisor

Rebecca Satzberg
Associate Sound and Video Supervisor

Angela Don
Senior Sound Engineer

 

Administration

Tom Parrish
Managing Director

Sam Linden
Director of Finance

Katie Riemann
Associate Finance Director

Jennifer Light
Payroll Administrator

Alanna McFall
Bookkeeper

Annie Stonebarger
Executive Assistant

Victoria McNaughton
Yale Management Fellow

Modesta Tamayo
Director of Human Resources and Diversity

 

Development

Ari Lipsky
Director of Development

Laura Fichtenberg
Associate Director of Development

Kelsey Scott
Senior Institutional Giving Manager

Andrew Maguire
Philanthropy Officer

Harper Brown
Annual Fund Manager

Elaina Guyett
Corporate Partnerships Manager

Rodrick Edwards
Development Coordinator

Cassidy Milano
Development Operations Coordinator

 

Operations

Amanda Williams O’Steen
Director of Operations

Peter Orkiszewski
Associate Director of Operations

Adam Johnson
Facilities Manager

Thomas Tran
Building Engineer

Jesus Rodriguez
Building Technician

Theresa Drumgoole | Wendi Lau | Sophie Li | Darrel De La Rosa
Facilities Assistants

Destiny Askin
CRM Project Manager

Christina Cone
Web and Database Specialist

Nicole Peña
Medak and Rentals Manager

 

Marketing and Communications

Voleine Amilcar
Director of Marketing and Audience Services

Heather Orth
Associate Director of Marketing

DC Scarpelli
Creative Director

Kevin Kopjak — Prismatic Communications
Public Relations Consultant

Kristi Deprin
Digital Content Manager

Calvin Ngu
Video and Multimedia Content Creator

Quinn Barringer
Graphic Designer

Klaus Andrieu
Marketing and Communications Coordinator

SMART Marketing
Direct Sales

 

Audience Services

Emily Byrne
Sales and Audience Services Manager

Saoirse Keogh
Box Office Supervisor

pan ellington | Matthew Hayden | Kathlyn Ibazeta | Olga Khitarishvili | Jack Melcher | Sesar Sanchez | Celeste Wong
Box Office Agents

Kelly Kelley
Front of House Director

Maddi Gjovik | Armando Herrera | Caitlyn Lee | Megan Rossoni
House Managers

Julian Balcziunas | Steven Cole | dean dawkins | Latasha Hayes | Camille Kobelin | Courtney Marchi | Elisa Matalon | Nicolas Puorro | Tuesday Ray | Kira Street | Kailani Zabala
Patron Experience Representatives

 

Berkeley Rep School of Theatre

Anthony Jackson
Director of the School of Theatre

MaryBeth Cavanaugh
Director of Classes and Summer Programming

Ashley Lim
Marketing and Registrations Manager

AeJay Antonis Marquis Mitchell
Education Programs Associate

Euan Ashley
In-School Residency and Curriculum Supervisor

 

2025/26 Berkeley Rep Fellowships

James Calhoun
Costumes Fellow

Claire Chesne
Electrics Fellow

Katie Genzer
Bret C. Harte Artistic Fellow

Alex Hamm
Production Management Fellow

Isla Hoffman
Scenic Construction Fellow

Khia Jefferson
Marketing and Development Fellow

Karina Lipe
Education Fellow

Riley Oberting
Harry Weininger Sound Fellow

Amelia Reyes-Gomez
Properties Fellow

Elena Sanchez
Peter F. Sloss Artistic Fellow

Katelin Shum
Company Management Fellow

Olivia Spreen
Stage Management Fellow

Courtney Sutherland
Scenic Art Fellow

Board of Trustees

William T. Espey
President

Juan Oldham
Vice President

Sudha Pennathur
Vice President

Leonard X Rosenberg
Treasurer

Steven C. Wolan
Secretary

Alfredo Silva
Chair of the Audit Committee

Jill Fugaro
Chair of the Governance Committee

Henning Mathew
Chair of the Investment Committee

Anna Bellomo | Christina Crowley | Christopher Doane | Sandra Eggers | Chuck Fanning | Steven Goldin | Scott Haber | Sandra R. McCandless | Tom Parrish | Johanna Pfaelzer | Emily Shanks | Allan Smith | Sherry Smith | Barbara Tomber | Carlos Vadillo | Gail Wagner | Brian Watt
Trustees

Rena Bransten | Diana Cohen | Robin Edwards | William Falik | David Fleishhacker | Kerry Francis | Paul T. Friedman | Karen Galatz | Bruce Golden | David Hoffman | Richard F. Hoskins | Dugan Lamoise | Jonathan C. Logan | Melanie Maier | Helen Meyer | Peter Pervere | Marjorie Randolph | Patricia Sakai | Jack Schafer | William Schaff | Richard M. Shapiro | Michael Steinberg | Roger A. Strauch | Jean Z. Strunsky | Felicia Woytak | Martin Zankel
Sustaining Advisors

Helen C. Barber | A. George Battle | Carole B. Berg | Robert W. Burt | Shih-Tso Chen | Narsai M. David | Thalia Dorwick, PhD | Nicholas M. Graves | Richard F. Hoskins | Jean Knox | Robert M. Oliver | Stewart Owen | Marjorie Randolph | Harlan M. Richter | Richard A. Rubin | Emily Shanks | Edwin C. Shiver | Roger A. Strauch | Gail Wagner | Martin Zankel
Past Presidents

Michael W. Leibert
Founding Director
Producing Director, 1968–83

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