STEVIE WALKER-WEBB
Artistic Director

Stevie Walker-Webb is a Tony Award-nominated, Obie Award-winning Broadway director, playwright, and cultural worker who believes in the transformational power of art. His work has been produced on and off-Broadway, including AIN’T NO MO’ (The Public Theatre/Broadway), OH HAPPY DAY! (The Public Theatre), and the upcoming 2026 Broadway musical WANTED by Angelica Chéri and Ross Baum. He has received commissions from the National Black Theatre and the American Civil Liberties Union, and directed productions with the Paper Mill Playhouse, the New Group, Classic Stage Company, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Walker-Webb founded Hundreds of Thousands, an advocacy organization that uses the arts to raise awareness about the treatment of mentally ill incarcerated people and solitary confinement. He has received the Princess Grace Award for Theatre, the Lily Award from the Dramatists Guild of America, and is a 2050 Fellow at New York Theatre Workshop. He’s a contributing writer for BET’s Emmy-nominated hit comedy The Ms. Pat Show and has served as a visiting artist and lecturer at Harvard University. He was also the Founding Artistic Director of the Jubilee Theatre in Waco, Texas.

KEN-MATT MARTIN
Producing Director

Ken-Matt Martin has established himself as a preeminent theater director, cultural worker, and producer who has worked with some of the industry’s most formidable artists. Notable directing credits include productions of August Wilson’s Fences and The Piano Lesson (Pyramid Theatre Company), Chicago Premiere of How I Learned What I Learned (Congo Square Theatre Company, Starring Harry Lennix), A Son, Come Home and Brotherhood at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Nia Vardalos’ adaptation of Cheryl Strayed’s Tiny Beautiful Things (Baltimore Center Stage), the world premiere of NANCY (Mosaic Theatre Company), Hello, Dolly! (Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Starring Amber Iman), and the World Premiere musical adaptation of Jason Reynolds’ Long Way Down at Olney Theatre Center and New York’s Apollo Theatre. Martin’s directorial work has been honored with three Cloris Leachman Excellence in Theatre Awards, Michigan’s Oscar Wilde Award for Best Director, and Chicago’s Black Theatre Alliance Award for Outstanding Director. In addition, Ken-Matt has been praised as an innovator in the modern American theater; he created the 20/50 New Play Festival, the Ignite Chicago Festival, Goodman Theatre’s Live @Five Show, and was the co-founder of the Pyramid Theatre Company. A highly sought after administrator, he has served in executive/senior leadership positions at Baltimore Center Stage, Victory Gardens Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. He also produced the world premieres of Mexodus, Oh Happy Day!, Selling Kabul, Grand Horizons, In Every Generation, A Human Being of a Sort and produced development workshops of Primary Trust and The Outsiders musical. Martin holds a M.F.A. in directing from Brown University and two undergraduate degrees from Drake University.

Staff Directory

All staff may be reached by dialing 410.986.4000 or emailing info@centerstage.org.

Leadership

Artistic Director — Stevie Walker-Webb
Producing Director — Ken-Matt Martin

Executive Office

Executive Office Associate — Shaquan Pearson
Producing & Board Liaison — Davon Williams

Producing

Line Producer — Bridgette C. Burton
Company Manger — Maya Camille 
Company Management Apprentice — William Delfin

Artistic

Artistic Associate, New Works — Avon Haughton
Artistic Associate, Education — Erin Margaret Pettigrew
Artistic Associate, Education — Hope Hynson
Artistic Associate, Civic & Community — Greeyo
Artist in Residence — Bo Frazier

Finance & Operations

Chief Operating Officer — Jenn Dewberry
HR Manager — Meg Williams
Business Associate — Michael Logue
Events Manager — Sarah Young

To inquire about a rental, please email rentals@centerstage.org.

Development

Associate Director of Development — Brittany Adams
Annual and Institutional Giving Manager — Toby Lewellen
Tessitura Database Manager — Kelly Broderick
Special Events Manager — Chania Hudson

Marketing & Communications

Senior Director of Marketing & Communications — Tyrone Manning
Associate Director of Marketing & Communications — Bo Frazier
Graphic Designer — Theresa Lammon
TikTok Ambassador — Alexys Adams
Marketing Apprentice — Marquetta Brown

PR Firm — PROFILES

Resident Videographer — Hand Me Down Films
Resident Influencer — Simone Phillips (@CharmCityTable)

Looking to collaborate with our Marketing Team? Email marketing@centerstage.org.

Audience Services

Director of Audience Services — Dana Hurd
Audience Services Assistant — Josh Bouldin
Docent Coordinator — Pat Yevics
House Managers — Griffin DeLisle, Nat Dent, Aaron Fletcher, Gray Hemphill, Anna Herb, Kelleigh Pangratz, Aaron Shaw, Hannah Winston
Concessions — Mike Changwe, Candice (Bunny) Christmas, Michael Gbadamosi, Heidi Holleger, Valerie Long, Asia Maxton, Jane Schwartz

Information Technologies

Director of Information Technologies — John Paquette

Box Office

Associate Director of Patron Services — Jerrilyn Keene
Patron Services Manager— Sydney Pope
Patron Services Associates — Natalie Dent, Aaron Fletcher, Stephanie Mendoza, Edward Parker

To contact the Box Office, email boxoffice@centerstage.org.

Production

Associate Production Manager — Alexis Davis

Audio & Multimedia

Director of Audio & Multimedia — Eric Denson
Audio Engineer — Simon Briggs
Audio & Multimedia Apprentice — Maxwell Angel Beadle

Costumes

Costume Director — Frederick Deeben
Craftsperson — William E. Crowther
Cutter/Draper — Erin Stanek
Wardrobe Head — Linda Cavell

Electrics

Lighting Director — Samantha Brewer
Assistant Lighting Director — Jessica Anderson
Lead Electrician — Kim Parson

Properties

Properties Director — Rachael Erichsen
Assistant Properties Manager/Artisan — Jessie Combest
Lead Craftsperson — Nathan Scheifele

Scenery

Technical Director — John McAfee
Lead Carpenter — Brian Jamal Marshall
Scenic Carpenter — Elijah (Eli) Miller
Scenic Carpenter Apprentice — Nigel Guest Hatcher
Charge Scenic Artist — Erich Starke

The Center Stage Board of Trustees

Sandy Liotta (President)
Dr. Nia Banks (Vice President)
Sharonne Bonardi (Vice President)
Jill Pratt (Vice President)
Scot T. Spencer (Vice President)
Brian M. Eakes (Treasurer)
Luna Ravenna (Secretary)

Casey Boccia
Dr. Durryle Brooks
Bobby Burks Jr.
Darek S. Bushnaq
Christel Curtis
Jed Dietz
Walter B. Doggett III
Lynne Durbin
Amy Elias
Annette Fisher
Greg Guarnaccia
Cheryl O’Donnell Guth
Carla Henry Hopkins
Anna Horevay
Elizabeth J.
Himelfarb Hurwitz
Chris Jeffries

The Reverend Kobi Little
John Mai
John McCardell
Dr. Carole Miller
Dawn Moore
Robyn Murphy
Dr. Destiny
Simone- Ramjohn
E. Hutchinson Robbins, Jr.
Jordan D. Rosenfeld
Jesse Salazar
Dr. Bayinnah Shabazz
Becky Smith
Del. Stephanie M. Smith
Deborah St. Lawrence Thompson
Chrissy Thornton
Charles Washington
Nicole Whitecar
Julie Wolf

Trustees Emeriti

Edward C. Bernard
Katharine C. Blakeslee
James T. Brady +
C. Sylvia Brown
August J. Chiasera
Lynn Deering
Jane W.I. Droppa
Juliet A. Eurich
Suzan Garabedian
Martha Head
John Keenan
E. Robert Kent, Jr. +
Joseph M. Langmead
Kenneth C. Lundeen
Marilyn Meyerhoff +
J. William Murray
Charles E. Noell III
Esther Pearlstone
Philip J. Rauch
Monica Sagner
Robert W. (Jay) Smith
George M. Sherman +
J.W. Thompson Webb

+ In Memoriam