CENTERSTAGE Staff
The CENTERSTAGE staff may be reached by calling 410.986.4000.
Kwame Kwei-Armah, an award-winning British playwright, director, actor, and broadcaster, was selected as CENTERSTAGE's Artistic Director in February 2011 after a nine-month search. Kwei Armah is well-known to CENTERSTAGE’s audiences through his plays Elmina’s Kitchen and Let There Be Love, as well as a turn as director of Things of Dry Hours. He serves on the board of The National Theatre and The Tricycle Theatre, both in London. He most recently served as Artistic Director for the World Arts Festival in Senegal, a month-long World Festival of Black Arts and Culture. His first fully programmed season will be the 2012-13 season.
Managing Director—Stephen Richard
Stephen Richard, a leader on the national arts scene for more than 30 years, joined CENTERSTAGE in January 2012 as the theater’s new Managing Director. Stephen comes most recently from a position as Vice President, External Relations, for the new National Children’s Museum. Previously, he served 18 years as Executive Director of Arena Stage, where he planned and managed the theater’s $125 million capital campaign for the Mead Center for American Theater. Also a professor at Georgetown University and George Mason University, he has served on the boards and committees of some of the nation’s most prestigious arts organizations, including the National Endowment for the Arts, American Arts Alliance, League of Resident Theatres, and Theatre Communications Group.
Associate Artists
E. Faye Butler—Actor
Willy Conley—Actor/Playwright
Robert Dorfman—Actor
Edward Gero—Actor
Karen Hansen—Composer/Musician
Kwame Kwei-Armah—Director/Playwright
James Magruder—Dramaturg/Playwright
Jefferson Mays—Actor
Marion McClinton—Director/Playwright
Laurence O’Dwyer—Actor
Catherine Zuber—Costume Designer
Administration
Artistic
Audience Relations
- Box Office Manager—Mandy Benedix, x4030
- Assistant Box Office Manager/Subscriptions Manager—Jerrilyn Keene, x4031
- Assistant Box Office Manager— Blane Wyche, x4017
- Box Office Associate/Group Sales—Alana Kolb, x4008
- Full-Time Assistants— Ashley Fain, x4132; Courtney Proctor, x4131; Christopher Lewis x4130
- Part-Time Assistants—Janna Small, Froilan Mate, Susie Martinez, Lily Brown
- Bar Manager—Sean Van Cleve, x4045
- House Manager & Volunteer Coordinator—Bertinarea Crampton, x4011
- Assistant House Managers—Karin Crighton
- Front of House Intern—Cedric Gum, x4233
- Audio Description—Ralph Welsh, Maryland Arts Access
*All time-sensitive ticketing correspondence must be sent to boxoffice@centerstage.org to ensure a prompt response. Messages sent to individual employees may take up to 3 business days to receive a response.
Audio
- Engineer—Amy Wedel, x4067
- Assistant Engineer—Eric Lott, x4260
- Multimedia Fellow—Stew Ives, x4260
- The Jane and Larry Droppa Audio Intern—Dan Cassin
Community Programs & Education
- Director—Julianne Franz, x4050
- Education Coordinator—Rosiland Cauthen, x4051
- Community Programs Fellow—Jay Michael Gilman, x4052
- The James and Janet Clauson Education Intern—Shayna Small, x4039
- Guest Artists—D. Wambui Richardson, Oran Sandel
Costumes
Development
Dramaturgy
- Associate Artistic Director/Director of Dramaturgy—Gavin Witt, x4041
- The Lynn and Tony Deering Dramaturgy Fellow—Kellie MeCleary, x4140
Electrics
Finance
Graphics
Information Technologies
Marketing & Communications
Operations
- Director—Harry DeLair, x4004
- Assistant—Len Dozier, x4301
- Housekeepers—Glenn Rivers, Jaqueline Stewart
- Security Guards—Crown Security
Production Management
- Production Manager—Mike Schleifer, x4060
- Assistant Production Manager—Raine Bode, x4068
- Production Management Intern—Caitlin Powers, x4135
Properties
Scenery
Scenic Art
- Scenic Artist—Ruth Barber, x4063
- The Freeman and Jacqueline Hrabowski Scenic Art Intern—Johanna Josephian, x4063
Stage Management
- Production Assistant—Katie Ambrose, x4070
- The Peter and Millicent Bain Stage Management Intern—Becky Reed, x4070
Stage Operations