Staff Directory
TheatreWorks is made up of an incredible team of folks working behind the scenes to bring great art to the stage.
Giovanna Sardelli
Artistic Director (she/her)
Phil Santora
Executive Director
Criss Henderson
Interim Executive Director
Artistic
Jeffrey Lo
Associate Producer of Casting & Literary Management (he/him)
Miller Liberatore
Line Producer (they/them)
William Liberatore
Resident Musical Director
Michelle Skinner
Artistic Assitant
Volunteer Artist Hospitality Committee
Cindi Sears, Barbara Maher, Terry Maher, Patrick McKenna
Production, Lighting, Sound
Karen Szpaller
Director of Production (she/her)
Steven B. Mannshardt
Facilities Manager / Production Electrician / Resident Lighting Designer
Bryan P. Clements
Production Coordinator (they/them)
Cliff Caruthers
Sound Supervisor (he/him)
Electricians
Olivia Downey, Herb Evans, Steven Fetter, Tori Fong, Camille Kelly, Kyle Langdon, Yichun Li, Ben McAuliffe, Laura Merrill, Harris Meyers, Charlotte Saunders, Ashton Souza, Marie Verant, Isadora Zucker
Load-in/Strike Volunteer
Ed Hunter
Scenery
Frank Sarmiento
Technical Director
Cy Bordelon
Lead Scenic Artist (they/them)
Carpenters
Brendan Coté, Sean Gallagher, Thomas Nguyen, Denni Rebero, Maya Sanderson, Amanda Sy
Properties
Christopher Fitzer
Properties Director (he/him)
Stephanie Dittbern
Properties Stock Manager & Artisan
Prop Rentals
650.463.7180
Costumes
Jill Bowers
Costume Director
Lisa Claybaugh
Assistant Costumer (she/her) 650.463.7151
Yen La Wong
Lead Cutter / Draper
Michelle Roque
Assistant Cutter / First Hand
Jeanne Naritomi
Hair Stylist
Lauren Suiter
Wardrobe Supervisor
Abby Halper
Costume Rentals Manager
Stage Management
Randall K. Lum
Resident Stage Manager
Emily Anderson Wolf
Resident Assistant Stage Manager
Taylor McQuesten
Resident Stage Manager
Development
Aaron Nicholson
Director of Development
Andrea Tsang
Individual Giving, Associate to Development
Tammy Partanen-Palomino
Development Communications / Events Manager
Noritaka Okada
Development Operations Manager
Leslie Martinson
Grant Writer
Arts EDUCATION
Jake Arky
Director of Education
Children’s Healing Project
Vincent Nel, Kelly Rinehart
Lead Teaching Artists
Lauren Berman, Josh Matthews
Teaching Artists
Carlos Aguirre, Christopher Carter, Eric Esquivel-Guiterrez, Sinjin Jones, Brittney Mignano, Ilana Niernberger, Nicole Odell
Marketing
Lorraine VanRod
Director of Marketing
Sarah Benjamin
Sales & Marketing Manager
Andrea Garcia
Revenue & Systems Analyst
Hannah Ly
Communications Associate
Michelle Ly
Marketing Assistant
patron services
Brigette Losey
Patron Services Manager
Kady Poling
Assistant Patron Services Manager
Patron Services Representative
Sean Gilvary, Aleisha Lew, Mariana Nemirovsky, Amanda Nguyen, Moses Nyuiadzi, Vicky Pham
Administrative
Isabelle Carman
Director of Finance and Administration
Christopher Hanabusa
Senior Accountant/FP&A
Jennifer Druskin
Director of Human Resources
Brooke Nicholson
Company Manager (she/her)
Sarah Weatherford
Front Desk/Finance Assistant
Ken Maitz
Database Administrator (he/him)
Ken Maitz
Database Administrator (he/him)
Christopher Hanabusa
Senior Accountant
board of trustees
Mark Greenstein, Board Chair • Holly Ward, Vice Chair • Matt Fuller, Treasurer • Wynne Dubovoy, Secretary • Elisa Marina Alvarado • Katie Blodgett • Debbie Chinn • Sarah Donaldson • Peggy Woodford Forbes • Matt Fuller • Rose Hau • Roy Johnson • Jim Knipple • Alex Perez • Giovanna Sardelli • Barbara Shapiro • Daniel Shiplacoff • Gary Stanford, Jr. • Mrigendra Steiner • Lynn Szekely • Mark Vershel • Jane Weston
Katie Blodgett
Board Chair
Mark Greenstein
Vice Chair
Wynne Dubovoy
Secretary
Lee Ann Payne
Treasurer
JoAnne Baker
Jim Bassett
Aldo Billingslea
Shari Conrad
Sarah Donaldson
David Gaba
Rose Hau
Annette Hilton
Jim Knipple
Danielle O’Hare
Aji Oliyide
Alex Perez
Carol Ramsay
Lana Schuler
Barbara Shapiro
Joe Simitian
Daniel Shiplacoff
Nancy Ginsburg Stern
Mrigendra Steiner
Lynn Szekely
Edlyn Yuen
Mrigendra Steiner
Lynn Szekely
First Last
First Last
First Last
Board Emeritus
Nancy Meyer, Founder • William F. Adler • Edward T. Anderson, MD • Doug Barry • Lauren Berman • Chuck Bernstein • Michael Braun • Polly W. Bredt • Patricia Bresee • Denise Brosseau• Mary Carbullido • Cabell Chinnis • Bruce C. Cozadd • Jeff Crowe • Peggy Dalal • Yogen Dalal • Jenny Dearborn • Susan Fairbrook • Michael R. Flicker • Matt Fuller • Dan Garber • Doug Garland • Aaron Gershenberg • Ciro Giammona • Marcia Goldman • Anne Hambly • Emeri Handler • Ron Hayden • Judy Heyboer • Larry Horton • Susan M. Huch • Perry A. Irvine • Charlotte Jacobs • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Roy Johnson • Lisa Jones • Gina Jorasch • Derry Kabcenell • Roberta R. Katz • Julie Kaufman • Robert Kelley • Tom Kelley • Robin Kennedy • Michael Kwatinetz • Dick Maltzman • Suzanne Martin • Donnie Matsuda • Patti McClung • Don McDougall • Bruce McLeod • Cynthia S. Miller • Leslie Murphy-Chutorian • Eileen Nelson • Karen Nierenberg • Ellice Papp • Carrie Perzow • Carey Pickus • Margot Mailliard Rawlins • John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Sandi Risser • Lynn Wilson Roberts • Ray A. Rothrock • Phil Santora • Loren Saxe • Denise Stanford • Nancy Ginsburg Stern • Debra Summers • Rosina Lo Sun • James Sweeney • Cathie Thermond • Ewart Thomas • Helaina Titus • Tzipor Ulman • Robert J. Van der Leest, MD • Mark Vershel • Kristina Vetter • Holly Ward • Ronni Watson • Lisa Webster • Elissa Wellikson • Jane Weston • Gayla Lorthridge Wood
Robert Kelley • TheatreWorks Founder, Artistic Director Emeritus
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Office Information
Patron Services
1.877.662.TWSV (8978)
Tue–Sun : 12 noon–6pm
Donations
650.463.7154
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 50458, Palo Alto, CA 94303-045
Admin Office
901 Shasta Street, Redwood City, CA 94063