SPECIAL GUESTS REBECCA BROMELS Rebecca Bromels is the Assistant Professor of Arts Administration at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, where she teaches the next generation of arts leaders in the MA/ MBA dual degree program. Prior to teaching, Rebecca spent 17 years in the non-profit arts. As Managing Director of Cincinnati Shakespeare Company for eight years, she had direct responsibility for major gi&s, Board development, marketing and public relations, human resources, and budgeting. In 2011, she joined ArtsWave, Cincinnati’s regional arts fund and the first and largest united arts fund in the country. As Senior Director of Communications and Engagement, she oversaw the development of new messaging as the 87 year-old organization transitioned to a new name, brand, mission, and grantmaking process. She also provides strategic planning and Board development consultation to small non-profit arts organizations. Rebecca holds a BFA in Theatre Performance from Texas Christian University and is pursuing her MBA at University of Cincinnati. GINA CERIMELE!MECHLEY Gina, a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors, is an early company member of CincyShakes. Regional credits include: Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Opera Theatre St. Louis, Denver Center Theatre Company, Human Race Theatre, Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and Nintendo. Gina focuses much of her time on her now nationally recognized private acting studio and the High School Acting Studio at Cincinnati Actor’s Studio & Academy. Gina has been awarded The United States of America Distinguished Teacher Award, was the first recipient of the Cincinnati Arts Association Arts Educator Award, and was recently nominated for the “Excellence in Theatre Education Award” presented by The Tony Awards. She was just dubbed a knight by the order of The Knights of Madoc, in honor of her work in the art of stage combat and in recognition of her fine character and enduring good will. ANNALISA DIAS Annalisa Dias is a citizen artist, theatre maker, and community organizer. She is a Producing Playwright and Acting Creative Producer with The Welders, a DC playwright’s collective; and is Co-Founder of the DC Coalition for Theatre & Social Justice. Annalisa frequently teaches theatre of the oppressed workshops nationally and internationally and speaks about race, identity, and performance. She is a TCG Rising Leader of Color and also works in diversity and inclusion full time at the American Political Science Association. Upcoming original work includes 4380 NIGHTS, a world premiere new play about detainees at Guantanamo and the historical legacy of global colonialism, opening in January 2018 at DC’s Signature Theatre as part of the 2nd Women’s Voices Theatre Festival.

24 SHAKESPEARE THEATRE ASSOCIATION | 28TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY | JANUARY 14-20, 2018 25 SPECIAL GUESTS SPECIAL GUESTS BECCA EFFRON TERESA S. HAUGHT Becca is a Client Solutions Manager at Facebook. In English that Teresa (Teri) Haught is Vice President of Operations and Chief means she is an in-house product and strategy expert, advising Financial O6cer for ArtsWave. She has served in a variety of some of the world’s largest advertisers. Becca started her career financial leadership roles within ArtsWave since 1993 including at Deloi-e Consulting working on government innovation concurrently serving as the Finance Director for the Ta& Museum teams to help use data to drive be-er decision making. She then of Art for the first fourteen years of her career in the arts. Before moved to the Big Apple to follow her passion for advertising in a joining ArtsWave, she worked as an audit manager with KPMG disrupter agency, VaynerMedia as an Account Supervisor. There and continues to maintain an active CPA license. She currently she worked with large CPG clients Unilever and Pepsico on their serves on the board of Cincinnati Works, the Ohio Society of CPA’s digital strategies and creative. Her passion for the platforms led Foundation, Ursulines of Cincinnati Charitable Trust and the Saint her to Facebook and Instagram today where her clients include Ursula Academy Parent Board. She has served as a member of the the Procter and Gamble beauty brands. In beauty, she’s helped her Executive Board of the Ohio Society of CPA’s and the Greater brands start the journey to Facebook and Instagram eCommerce Cincinnati Foundation Finance Commi-ee and is a 2005 graduate including media strategy, creative, and digital path to purchase. of Leadership Cincinnati. Ms. Haught received her B.S. in Business Administration from Miami University where she graduated LAURA FISHER magna cum laude. Laura T. Fisher is Originator and Coordinator of the Chicago Theatre Standards. She is a 30-year veteran of Chicago theatre TODD HENSLEY community, who recently originated the role of Mary Page Todd Hensley, ASTC, is a Partner with Schuler Shook Theatre Marlowe at 50 in the world premiere of Tracy Le-s’Mary Page Planners and directs the theatre consulting services of its Chicago Marlowe , directed by Anna Shapiro at Chicago’s Steppenwolf o6ce. He brings a 25-year background in theatre design to his Theatre. Laura has worked with many theatres including The consulting work. Todd has led the design of over 300 projects with Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Court Theatre, Schuler Shook. Notable projects include Cincinnati Shakespeare’s Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre, The Lyric Opera, new O-o M. Budig Theater, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Indiana Repertory, Milwaukee Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Repertory and many others. Outside of the Midwest, she has and Victory Gardens Theater, the Shanghai American School’s performed in New York, Scotland, Singapore and throughout the new Pudong Campus theatre, renovations of the opera houses of United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Feature Films include Sea-le and Sarasota, and the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago’s Contagion, Princess Cyd, and the upcoming Captive State and Millennium Park. Todd is a member and past President of the Steve McQueen’s Widows . American Society of Theatre Consultants (ASTC) and a Lighting Designer member of United Scenic Artists. He has designed stage LIZ GRUBOW lighting for theatre and opera productions in many US theatres. In her over twenty years at LPK, Liz has led brand identity He also teaches stage lighting at DePaul University. programs for some of thlanguage, her multilingual perspective has guided her intimate involvement with these brands, meeting CELIA HOFFMAN with consumers and studying their lifestyles in Europe, Asia and Celia Ho:man is the Associate Director of The Goodman Center, the Middle East. Liz frequently speaks on global branding issues where she teaches communications and marketing professionals and has presented at multiple forums, among them the HBA how to harness the power of stories and make their work resonate. Global Expo in New York and the International Conference on The Goodman Center is known internationally for their speeches Brand Management in Hong Kong. She is a regular contributor and workshops on storytelling, leading trainings for clients of all to the Paris-based BW Confidential, as well as Global Cosmetics shapes and sizes including CARE, The Nature Conservancy, The Industry and the Design Management Journal, among others. Her Smithsonian Institute, MIT, Princeton, the Bill and Melinda Gates unique insights on the beauty category have also been published Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and many in the fundamental cosmetic handbook Sustainable Cosmetic others. Celia’s specialty is in the intersection of storytelling, visual Product Development. communication and play. Before joining the Goodman Center, she designed learning games, including GLYPHiTS, a set of illustrated magnets that enabled people to play with language and tell stories through pictures. She funded the project through Kickstarter, where it went viral and sold all over the world.

26 SHAKESPEARE THEATRE ASSOCIATION | 28TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY | JANUARY 14-20, 2018 27 SPECIAL GUESTS SPECIAL GUESTS KELLY HUNTER CAMERON KNIGHT Kelly Hunter is the Artistic Director of Flute Theatre, for whom she Cameron Knight is an Assistant Professor of Acting/Shakespeare has created Hamlet, Twel&h Night, The Tempest for children with with The Theatre School at DePaul University, he also serves as the autism and A Midsummer Nights Dream for young people with head of undergraduate Acting. Directing credits include: Othello autism and their families. Kelly is an award winning actor, she has (summer 2018), Twel&h Night, Pericles Notre( Dame Shakespeare ) performed with the RSC, Royal National Theatre, English Touring Romeo and Juliet (DePaul University, fall 2016 ), Seven Guitars and Theatre and Vesturport. She is the author of two books, Shakespeare’s Once on this Island ( Carnegie Mellon University ) Underneath the Heartbeat, drama games for children with autism and Cracking Lintel (12 Peers theatre). Regional Theatre Credits include: Teatro Shakespeare; A hands-on guide for actors and directors. From Vista, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Texas Shakespeare Festival, 2002-2006 she was the Artistic director of Touchstone Shakespeare Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Theatre, a company set up to o:er Shakespeare to children with Richmond Shakespeare Festival, Michigan Shakespeare Festival, no access to the arts. Kelly has created a series of sensory drama Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Kennedy Center. Acting: Othello games named The Hunter Heartbeat Method, which form her in Othello , Dogberry in Much ado about Nothing , Booth in Topdog/ work with children with autism. This methodology was the basis Underdog , Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet , John Worthing in The of a longitudinal study at Ohio State University 2011-2015 and is Importance of Being Earnest, Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s the part of a pilot study currently being undertaken at UCL. Dream, Hud in Hair , Cleante in The Imaginary Invalid , Bill Walker in Major Barbara , Cory in Fences . Television: Chicago ETHAN JOSEPH Med, Film: The world without you. Voice-overs and commercial: As Spektrix’s North American account manager, Ethan is responsible Kellogg’s Raisin Bran, Honey Nut Cheerios, Dodge Ram, PBS, for building relationships with existing and future clients, and Pennsylvania Lo-ery and Subway. cameronmknight.com developing strategies to enable them to improve operational e6ciency and drive revenue growth. Prior to joining Spektrix, ELIZABETH KNUPPEL Ethan served as manager of individual giving at New Music USA, Grounded in philanthropic best practices—with the expertise and where he was integral to the creation of New Music Connect, a energy to bend the rules—Elizabeth Kohler Knuppel has dedicated philanthropic network that leverages New Music USA’s project her professional life to helping nonprofits raise money more e:ectively grants platform to enable individuals to support contemporary and realize their dreams. Drawing on 25 years of fundraising experience music projects. A recent graduate of the MBA program at Yale and a lifetime as a musician, Liz creatively develops fundraising School of Management, Ethan has also held strategyand operations strategies that move donors to give. CEO of Skystone Partners, Liz’s roles at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the John F. consulting experience includes planning and managing capital Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. A classical violinist by campaigns, major gi&s, and assisting nonprofits strengthen their training, he can o&en be found at a bluegrass jam session in NYC. giving programs. With her interactive style and practical, innovative solutions, Ms. Knuppel is a sought-a&er speaker for lectures and ALECIA KINTNER workshops regionally and nationally. She holds a bachelor’s degree Alecia Kintner has been President & CEO of ArtsWave since 2014. from the University of Cincinnati CCM, and actively volunteers She is proud to be leading the country’s largest community arts for Cincinnati Parks Foundation. A former board member of the campaign and the region’s foremost local arts agency, which is Cincinnati Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals known nationally as an innovator in research and services as well (AFP), Ms. Knuppel continues as an active member of AFP and as impact-based grantmaking and fundraising. Since joining served as a founding member of the chapter’s Ethics Commi-ee. ArtsWave, Alecia has developed groundbreaking new partnerships with the Regional Tourism Network, #StartUpCincy and the Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative, among others. Alecia’s career in nonprofit management and arts administration has led to work experiences in Moscow, Honduras, New York City, and Connecticut, where she served for a decade as Deputy Director of the Greater Hartford Arts Council. Long an advocate for building community through the arts, Alecia’s interests lie in cross-sector collaborations and nontraditional business and arts partnerships. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and a BA in Performing Arts Journalism from schools in her native Southern California.

28 SHAKESPEARE THEATRE ASSOCIATION | 28TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE CINCINNATI SHAKESPEARE COMPANY | JANUARY 14-20, 2018 29 SPECIAL GUESTS SPECIAL GUESTS DAVID G. MALLETTE STEPHEN RICHARD David Malle-e is a partner at Management Consultants for the Arts. Stephen Richard joined Management Consultants for the Arts in MCA specializes in executive recruitment, strategic planning, and 2015 a&er working in ballet, theater and museums for more than organizational development for arts and cultural organizations. 30 years. He holds an undergraduate degree in American History David joined MCA in 2005 a&er working more than two decades from Reed College. A&er completing graduate work at UCLA, he as a performing arts administrator. His clients span across the U.S. was the founding Managing Director of the Los Angeles Theatre and include theater and dance companies, PACs, presenters, service Center, worked as Executive Director of the Pi-sburgh Ballet organizations, foundations, and festivals. He is a published author Theatre and VP of External Relations at the National Children’s and frequent speaker, focusing on organizational leadership, Museum. He spent 18 years as the Executive Director of Arena governance, and management. David ’s background includes Stage, where he planned and managed the theater’s $125 million working at the Alley Theatre, Houston Ballet, and Texas Ballet capital campaign for the Mead Center for American Theater. Theater (formerly Fort Worth Ballet), where he was Executive Stephen has over 30 years of private consulting clients and has Director. During his 15-year tenure at TBT, the company quadrupled taught arts management at Georgetown University and George in size through expansion across the region and state. David was Mason University, among others. He has also served on the a trustee of Dance/USA, including three years as Chair, and has boards and commi-ees of the National Endowment for the Arts, served on numerous national and regional funding panels. He is American Arts Alliance, the League of Resident Theatres, and the married to Catherine Malle-e; they reside near Princeton, NJ. Theatre Communications Group. CARY MAZER MARK ST. GERMAIN Cary Mazer started writing plays in 2012. In his day job, he Mark’s latest play, RELATIVITY, is being performed nationally is Professor of Theatre Arts and English at the University of through the National New Play Network. He has wri-en FREUD’S Pennsylvania, where he has been involved in the undergraduate LAST SESSION (O: Broadway Alliance Award), CAMPING Theatre Arts major for decades. He has directed plays at Penn, WITH HENRY AND TOM (Outer Critics Circle Award and Lucille worked as a free-lance professional dramaturg, and was theatre Lortel Award) FORGIVING TYPHOID MARY, (Time Magazine’s critic for The Philadelphia City Paper for fourteen years. As “Year’s Ten Best”) BECOMING DR. RUTH, BEST OF ENEMIES, a scholar, he has wri-en books and articles on Victorian and EARS ON A BEATLE, SCOTT AND HEM and OUT OF GAS Edwardian Theatre, Shakespeare Performance History, Modern ON LOVER’S LEAP. Upcoming is GEORGE WASHINGTON’S Drama, and Dramaturgy. He is author of PINCHAS VONTZ (a&er TEETH at Florida Repertory. With Randy Courts, he has wri-en Ibsen’s PEER GYNT); SHYLOCK’S BEARD; SEVEN LECTURES the musicals THE GIFTS OF THE MAGI and JOHNNY PYE. With ON HAMLET; A PUPPETEER WITH THE PALSY PERFORMS John Markus wrote the comedy with music, THE FABULOUS SCENES FROM SHAKESPEARE, OR, THE GHOST IN THE LIPITONES. Mark co-wrote the screenplay for Carroll Ballard’s MACHINE; SWING SET; BENEFIT PERFORMANCE, OR, THE Warner Brothers film, DUMA. He directed the documentary, MY OTHER JEW; and GOT YOUR BACK. DOG, An Unconditional Love Story, featuring Richard Gere, and Glenn Close. He wrote the award winning children’s book THREE TOBY PARK CUPS and is an Associate Artist at the Barrington Stage Company. Toby Park is joint founder, managing artistic director, performer and musical director of international theatre company MICHAEL STICH Spymonkey, based in Brighton, England. For nearly 20 years Prior to joining Rockfish, Michael held senior roles in marketing they have performed their groundbreaking and distinctive (WPP’s Possible, Texas Instruments), strategy (McKinsey) and comedy theatre all over the world, from Just For Laughs venture capital (Dell Ventures). He also holds a B.S. in Computer Montreal to the Sydney Opera House, from London’s West End Engineering from Tu&s University and an M.B.A. in Marketing to Las Vegas. Shows include STIFF, COOPED, ZUMANITY from MIT Sloan. He has been fortunate to serve on teams (with Cirque du Soleil), BLESS, MOBY DICK, OEDIPUSSY and that launched the first $999 multimedia PC, Dell’s Windows THE COMPLETE DEATHS, collaborating with some of the 2000 desktop, the integrated xDSL/802.11n/VoIP broadband leading names of European theatre practice: Emma Rice, Jos gateway, P&G’s One Consumer Place, and multiple cu-ing-edge Houben, Cal McCrystal, Tim Crouch. Toby’s directing credits platforms with Rockfish and their clients. On top of his Rockfish include comedy director for Chichester Festival Theatre’s leadership responsibilities, Michael has acted as a public speaker MACK & MABEL; Finnish clown opera Fabulous Backstrom for decades, bringing a provocative view of the future and Brothers; symphonic comedy BIG BANG SIEGFRIED for Hagen simplifying opportunities for clients to benefit. Michael is also a Philharmonic Germany; A&E Comedy’s award winning ENTER very active advisor to startups, including formal advisory roles THE DRAGONS. He teaches clown, music and comedy around and as a Brandery mentor since 2010. All of this hard work led to the world, including the British National Theatre Connections Michael being named 2016 COO winner of the C-suite Awards by programme and Central School London. the Cincinnati Business Courier.

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