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Staff


Artistic Director | Rick Dildine

Managing Director | Jill A. Anderson

Executive Assistant | Jen Johnsen

Artistic

Associate Artistic Director/Director of Equity and Community Partnerships | Michael Winn

The Acting Company | Gerald Drake, Dean Holt, Autumn Ness, Janely Rodriguez, Reed Sigmund

Music Director | Victor Zupanc

Casting Director | Alli St. John

Performing Apprentices | Davon Cochran, Tyler Susan Jennings

Generation Now Fellow | Antonio De La Vega

Production

Director of Production | Ellen Baker 

Associate Production Manager/Company Manager | Kyia Britts 

Production Management Fellow | Yuheng Jiang  

Production Stage Manager | Jenny R. Friend   

Stage Managers | Taylor Engel, Janae Lorick, Z Makila, Shelby Reddig, Kenji Shoemaker, Nate Stanger

Stage Management Fellow | Elijah Virgil Hughes

Student Actor Supervisor | Bridget Brooks

UnitedHealth Group Head Stage Carpenter | Charles Fillmore  

Cargill Head Stage Carpenter | Melissa Johnson

Run Crew | Dante Benjegerdes, Taylor Engel, Meghan Gaffney, Jud Kilgore, Ely Kinnunen, Evangelen Lee, Eric Lucas, Rick A. McAllister, David Pisa, Nicholas Prax

Technical Director | Adriane L. Heflin

Assistant Technical Director | Kelly Pursley   

Head Carpenter | Bradley Holmes   

Carpenter/Drafter | Adam Terry

Carpenters/Welders | Matt Arcand, Steve Kath, Kris Paulson, Julia Reisinger   

Charge Artist | Mary Novodvorsky 

Scenic Artist | Lizzie Tredinnick

Costume Director | Amy Kitzhaber   

Costume Assistant | Lucie Biros

Cutter/Drapers | Mary Gore, Alexandra Gould, Daylee Reichenbach 

First Hands | Carol Lane, Jody Rosquist   

Stitcher | Yelena Rowen

Crafts Artisan | Celia Kasberg

Painter/Dyer/Crafts Artisan | Michele Lanci

Head of Wigs, Hair, & Makeup | Andrea Moriarity  

UnitedHealth Group Stage Wardrobe Head | Andi Soehren   

Wardrobe Assistants | Jennifer Probst, Emily Jannusch, Julia Kugler 

Props Director | Sue Brockman   

Props Artisans | Katie Albright, Christopher Engstrom, Amy J. Reddy   

Lighting & Video Director | Matthew T. Gross   

Head Electrician | David A. Horn   

Staff Electricians | Andy Glischinski, Carl Schoenborn  

Light Board Programmer/Operator | Jeremy Ellarby

Electricians | Mark Kieffer, Paul Epton  

Sound Director | Reid Rejsa

Head Sound Engineer/UnitedHealth Group Stage Sound Board Operator | Rick Berger   

Cargill Stage Sound Board Engineer/Operator | Sean Healey

Deck Audio Technician | Ryan Healey

Education

Director of Education | Ann Joseph-Douglas

Theatre Arts Training Manager | Amanda Espinoza

School Engagement Coordinator | Claire Bancroft Loos

Resident Teaching Artists | Johanna Gorman-Baer and Kiko Laureano

Education Administrative Associate | Carson Uthe

Teaching Artists | Sarah Arnold, Hannah Bakke, Claire Chenoweth, Maggie Cramer, Laura Delventhal, Bre’Elle Erickson, Talia Fittante, Alex Hagen, Wesley Hortenbach, Andrew Fleser, Megan Kelly Hubbell, Linda Talcott Lee, Natavia Lewis, Ben Lorhberg, Xan Mattek, Jeffrey Nolan, Hawken Paul, Marley Ritchie, Dominic Delong-Rogers, Sara Sawyer, Jesse Schmitz-Boyd, Jen Scott, Eli Sibley, Mason Tyer, Willis Weinstein, Christina Zappa

ACT One

Associate Artistic Director/Director of Equity and Community Partnerships | Michael Winn

Artistic and Equity Coordinator | April Crowley

ASL Interpreters | Cheryl Fielitz, Jules Lehto

Audio Describers | Elana Center, Connie Fullmar, Laurie Pape Hadley, Laura Wiebers

Administration

Chief Operating Officer | Ryan French

Tessitura Systems Administrator | Erin Korthals

Facility Systems Manager | Aaron Novodvorsky

Day Porter | Alex Itzep

Safety and Security Supervisor | Adam Scarpello

Safety and Security Team Lead | Jori Walton

Safety and Security Associates | Em Engler, Aster Kander, Zoe Walczyk

 

Human Resources

Director of Human Resources | Andrew Robertson

 

Finance 

Director of Finance | Jill Jensen

Payroll and Benefits Administrator | Anna Wienke

Accounting Associate | Sara Klaphake

Patron Services

Senior Audience Experience Manager | Daniel Stock

Front of House Manager | Lindsay Higgins

Front of House Performance Supervisors | Gwendolyn Glessner, Rebekkah Schultz, Genia Voitsekhovskaya

Concessions Leads | Linnea Dahlquist, Asher de Forest, Carter Jensen, Lily McCann

Front of House Associates | Marion Anderson, Alex Faust, Ash Higbee, Simone Larkin, Basil Matthes, Miles Mattigly, Emery McElin, Sophia Nelson, Al Pratt, Xander Salazar, Donovan Stroebl, Ella Rios, Suzanna Robinson

 

Development

Director of Development | Katie Nelsen, CFRE   

Associate Director of Development, Institutional Giving | Jill Underwood   

Associate Director of Development, Individual Giving | Vera Lochtefeld

Senior Manager, Stewardship and Events | Suzy Q. Piper   

Corporate Engagement Manager | Ranosha Coffelt

Annual Fund Manager | Julie Erickson

Development Operations Coordinator | Katlyn Moser

Marketing & Communications

Director of Marketing and Communications | Chad Peterson   

Associate Director of Communications | Jonathan White

Associate Director of Marketing | Julia Nicholas

Content, Design, & Digital Manager | Kaitlin Randolph

Digital Marketing Coordinator | Amanda Maurer

Design & Digital Assistant | Adán Varela

Design & Digital Assistant | Ryan Brook

Ticketing Services

Ticket Office Manager | Joshua Vosberg

Ticket Office Supervisors | Charles Evans-Anders, Andrew Gaffney, Theodore Kidd

Ticket Office Associates | Kate Bonnett, Lukas Brasherfons, Mia Lawrence, Lior Perlmuter, Johnna Pietz, Esteban Rodriguez, Theresa Venth

Plays for New Audiences

Director of Plays for New Audiences | Karli Twedten

Acting Company


Children’s Theatre Company is one of few professional regional theatres to employ a full-time professional resident acting company. CTC’s accomplished acting company is comprised of Gerald Drake, Dean Holt, Autumn Ness, Janely Rodriguez, and Reed Sigmund. 

CTC acting company members, all members of Actors Equity Association, were hand-selected for their talent and versatility and are cast in CTC productions throughout the season.  

Board of Directors


Officers: 

Chair: Mary Loeffelholz | Co-proprietor, Dampfwerk Distillery

Vice Chair: John W. Geelan | General Counsel & Secretary, Piper Sandler Companies

Vice Chair: Steven J. Thompson | Community Leader, NorthStar Healthcare Advisors 

Secretary: Adebisi Wilson | Partner, Ward & Wilson, P.C.     

Treasurer: Kashi Yoshikawa | Senior Regional Investment Manager, Wells Fargo Private Bank  

Members: 

Stefanie Adams | Principal, Director of Client Service and Marketing, Peregrine 

Gulzar Babaeva | Vice President Deputy General Counsel, APi Group

Tomme Beevas | Founder and Chief Strategic Officer, Pimento Jamaican Kitchen  

Ellen Bendel-Stenzel | Neonatologist, Mayo Clinic Children’s Center

Michael J. Blum | VP and General Counsel, Securitas Technology North America

Kwadwo Boadi-Aboagye | Director, Eleven Eleven Development  

Morgan Burns | Partner, Faegre Drinker LLP

Joe Carroll | Executive Vice President, Enterprise Solutions and Technology U.S. Bank

Scott Cummings | Market Development Director, Accenture 

Corey Day | Principal, Blue Ox Strategies

Tami R. Diehm | President and Shareholder, Winthrop & Weinstine 

Peter Diessner | President, Kraus-Anderson Realty & Development Companies

Amol Dixit | VP, New Ventures & Business Development, Solhem Cos, Founder, Hot Indian Foods

Danielle Duzan | Vice President, Human Resources, Polaris  

 

Ben Eklo | Chief Financial Officer, UnitedHealthcare Medicare and Retirement 

Meredith Englund | Founder and CEO, Camperoni

Kara Feemster Smith | Enterprise Sales Director, Fuel Cycle

Jean Freeman | Principal and CEO, Zambezi  

Betsy Frost | CEO, Hoplark Brands 

Judge Andrew Gordon | Ramsey County Court

Conor Green | Partner, TT Capital Partners  

Lili Hall | President and CEO, KNOCK, Inc.  

Andy Ho | Principal, Deloitte

Hoyt Hsiao | President and CEO, Shaw-Lundquist Assoc. Inc.

Dominic Iannazzo | Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

Bill Johnson | Community Leader

Katherine Johnson | Storj Labs, Chief People and Legal Officer, Head of Compliance

Ellen Krug | Founder and President, Human Inspiration Works, LLC

Chad M. Larsen | Realtor, Berg Larsen Group of Coldwell Banker Realty

Melissa Leick | Vice President, Human Resources, Cargill

Anne Lockner | Partner, Robins Kaplan LLP

Trisha London | Community Leader and Counselor, Crisis Text Line

Wendy Mahling | SVP, Corporate Secretary & Securities and Corporate Law, Ameriprise Financial

Kunal Mehta | VP of Strategy, Marketing and Business Development, Winnebago

Kelly Miller | Executive Director, J.P. Morgan Private Bank  

Sonny Miller | Partner, Dorsey & Whitney  

Fatima Moore | Principal, Firefly Advocacy  

Jeb A. Myers | President, Cretin-Derham Hall

Nnamdi Njoku | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Omnicell, Inc.

Todd Noteboom | Litigation Attorney & Partner, Stinson LLP  

Melissa Ostrom | Vice President, Controller, Xcel Energy 

Harry Overly | President and CEO, Flagstone Foods

Angela Pennington | Community Leader  

Silvia M. Perez | President & General Manager, 3M, Commercial Solutions Division

Donald-Stephen Porter | Managing Director, Sector Portfolio Manager/Analyst, Winslow Capital

Maria Wagner Reamer | Community Leader  

Hillery Shay | Vice President Marketing & Communications, Children’s Minnesota 

Anne E. Stavney | Head of School, The Blake School  

Tanya M. Taylor | SVP, General Counsel, Tepper Sports and Entertainment 

 

Lifetime Board Member 

Mary Lou Dasburg