Our Staff
Linda Hartzell, Artistic Director
Linda Hartzell has been the Artistic Director of SCT and its Education Programs since 1984. She received her BA in Education from the University of Washington. She has directed over 45 plays for SCT, over 35 of which were world premieres, including The Red Badge of Courage, Holes, Pink and Say, Still Life with Iris, The Odyssey, Afternoon of the Elves, and The Rememberer. She recently directed The Grapes of Wrath at Intiman Theatre. Ms. Hartzell was formerly on the board of Theatre Communications Group, and she is a former vice president of the United States Center for the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People (ASSITEJ/USA). She was recently honored with the prestigious Gregory Falls Sustained Achievement Award, given by Theatre Puget Sound, and the Mayor’s Arts Award. She has also been inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre. She was a recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award from UW College of Arts and Sciences in 1994.
Mary Ann Ehlshlager, Managing Director
Mary Ann Ehlshlager joined SCT in June 2012. Ms. Ehlshlager, originally from Roanoke, VA, most recently served as Executive Director at Delaware Theatre Company in Wilmington DE. Ehlshlager comes to SCT with over 18 years of leadership experience within some of America's largest and most notable regional theatres, including the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Arena Stage in Washington, DC and New York's Roundabout Theatre Company and Pearl Theatre Company. Ehlshlager has served in various leadership capacities throughout her career in not-for-profit resident theatre companies, managing financial stabilization and operational transitions at the Delaware Theatre Company and Off-Broadway’s Pearl Theatre Company, as well as serving as Project Manager for the Guthrie Theater’s $125 million new facility, which opened in Minneapolis in 2006. A strong advocate for collaboration within the arts and the non-profit arena, Ehlshlager is also a founding Board member of the Delaware Arts Alliance as well as the Belize Humane Association and the Alliance Against AIDS. Ehlshlager graduated with a BA from the University of Virginia and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts.
Artistic & Production:
Nanette Acosta, Costume Shop Manager
Paul Bert, ASL Interpreter
Elizabeth Friedrich, Properties Shop Manager
Alexis Garrigues, Company Manager
Rita Giomi, Artistic Associate
Michael K. Hase, Technical Director
Eric Koch, Assistant Technical Director
Denise Martel, Associate Production Manager
Mark Perry, Literary Manager
JoAnna Smith, ASL Interpreter
Chris R. Walker, Resident Sound Designer
Michael Wellborn, Production Manager
Education Programs:
Joanna Barnebey, Education Business Manager
Chris Dewar, Education Outreach Manager
Don Fleming, Summer Season Producer
Andrea Ichikawa, Education Program Manager
Karen Sharp, Education Director
Allison Sutton , Education School Year Intern
Development & Marketing:
Chris Allen, Marketing & PR Coordinator
Ariel Bradler, Sales Manager
Sue Brekke, School Show Assistant
Patrick Connor, Telefunding & Telemarketing Manager
Kelly Otis, Staff Writer
Brooke O'Neal, Annual Fund & Major Gifts Manager
Deborah Taylor-Kasindorf, Director of External Relations
Jennifer Watkins, Marketing & PR Manager
Administration:
Tammy Hase, Volunteer Coordinator
Jeff Kaminski, Director of Patron Services/Facilities
Sue McAllister, Accounting Manager
Amy Beth Nolte, Management Associate
Patrick Schroeder, Business Office Manager
Joseph Tracy, IT Administrator
Front of House:
Aimee Filippi, Gift Shop Assistant
Tammy Hase, Volunteer Coordinator
Jeff Kaminski, Director of Patron Services/Facilities
Victor Matlock, Gift Shop Assistant
Grace Orr, Gift Shop Assistant
Myra Veltkamp, House Manager
Alex Wheelwright, Gift Shop Assistant
Ticket Office:
Trick Danneker, Ticket Office Associate
Taylor Griffin, Ticket Office Associate
Stephanie Hofmeister, Ticket Office Associate
Eron Huenefeld , Group Sales Coordinator
Kaeline Kine, Ticket Office Associate
Kanani Knudson, Sales & Database Coordinator
Lauren Walter, Ticket Office Associate
Lucinda H. Wilder, Ticket Office Associate
Backstage Crew:
Benjamin Baird, Master Stage Carpenter
Valerie Ferguson , Lead Dresser
Kate Jordan, Lead Stagehand
Kaes Kniestedt, Lead Electrician
Nick Lauris, Lead Stagehand
Emily McLaughlin, Wardrobe Assistant
Jeff Miller, Master Sound Engineer
Dave Misner, Lead Sound Engineer
Erin Perona, Wardrobe Master
Sal Ponce, Lead Electrician
Nick Shellman, Master Electrician
Joseph Swartz, Lead Sound Engineer
Properties Shop:
Jake Nelson, Master Properties Artisan
Todd Peacock-Preston, Lead Properties Artisan
Puppetry Shop:
Annett Mateo, Master Puppet Artisan
Costume Shop:
Cora Brown, Stitcher/Crafts Assistant/Dresser
Joyce Degenfelder, Wig Master
Scott R. Gray, Master Crafts Artisan
Shellie Moomey, First Hand/Wardrobe
Rigmor Vohra, Master Draper/Dresser
Scenic Shop:
David Baldwin, Scenic Carpenter
Jeffrey Cook, Assistant Charge Artist
Kevin Cuba, Scenic Carpenter
Brian Culver, Master Scenic Carpenter
Jennifer Law, Charge Scenic Artist
Clark Sandford, Scenic Shop Foreman
Stage Management:
Julianna Brei-Crawley, Production Assistant
Rachael Dorman, Production Assistant
Michael John Egan, Stage Manager
Ruth Eitemiller, Production Assistant
Amy Gornet, Stage Manager
Anastasia Higham, Young Performer Supervisor
Sarah S. Mixson, Stage Manager
Michael Paul, Stage Manager
Cristine Anne Reynolds, Stage Manager
Becca Rowlett, Production Assistant
Shellie Stone, Assistant Stage Manager
Nina Trotto, Production Assistant
