Theater: FY 2008 Grants Panelists

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A June 19 - 22, 2007 Jessica Andrews Executive Director Arizona Theatre Company Tucson, AZ Lynne Bolton Actor/Producer New Canaan, CT Kathy Evans Executive Director National Alliance for Musical Theater New York, NY Ricky J. Martinez Artistic Director New Theatre Miami, FL Sara O’Leary Development Director Riverside Theatre Coralville, IA Julia Rodriguez-Elliott Founder/Artistic Co-Director A Noise Within Tujunga, CA Eric Simonson Director Los Angeles, CA Riley Temple (Layperson) Partner Halprin Temple Law Firm Washington, DC Chris Widdess Managing Director Penumbra Theatre Company Minneapolis, MN Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel B1 July 17 - 20, 2007 Luis Alfaro Playwright, Writer/Performer University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Raymond Bobgan Executive Artistic Director Cleveland Public Theatre Cleveland, OH Tisa Chang Artistic Producing Director Pan Asian Repertory Theatre New York, NY Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Layperson) Arts Advocate, Arts Patron Washington, DC Amy L. Murphy Managing Director Arden Theatre Company Media, PA Eric Rosen Playwright, Artistic Director About Face Theatre Chicago, IL M. Edgar Rosenblum Administrative Producer, Berkshire Theatre Festival Executive Director, Rubicon International Theatre Festival Woodstock, NY Rebecca Sherr General Manager Intiman Theatre Seattle, WA Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel B2 July 20, 2007 Raymond Bobgan Executive Artistic Director Cleveland Public Theatre Cleveland, OH Dean R. Gladden Managing Director Alley Theatre Houston, TX M. Edgar Rosenblum Administrative Producer, Berkshire Theatre Festival Executive Director, Rubicon International Theatre Festival Woodstock, NY Rebecca Sherr General Manager Intiman Theatre Seattle, WA Jean Schepers (Layperson) Arts Patron, Retired Judge Washington, DC Access To Artistic Excellence, Panel A November 6-9, 2007 Javier Chacin Artistic Associate Florida Stage Lake Worth, FL Don Goodyear, Jr. (Layperson) Retired Educator, Arts Patron Carlisle, PA Aditi Kapil Actress, Writer, Director Artistic Associate Mixed Blood Theatre Minneapolis, MN Adonia D. Placette, Ph.D. Director of Theater Lamar University Beaumont, TX Andrew Polk Actor, Artistic Director The Cape Cod Theatre Project Woods Hole, MA Jacquelyn Roberts Actor, Playwright Assistant Professor of Theater SUNY Albany Delmar, NY Sara Rutstein Managing Director Everyman Theatre Baltimore, MD Robert Taylor Executive Director Great Lakes Theater Festival Lakewood, OH Jim Volz, Ph.D. Arts Consultant, Author Professor of Theatre California State University, Fullerton Fullerton, CA Access To Artistic Excellence, Panel B November 9, 2007 Javier Chacin Artistic Associate Florida Stage Lake Worth, FL Don Goodyear, Jr. (Layperson) Retired Educator, Arts Patron Carlisle, PA Adonia D. Placette, Ph.D. Director of Theater Lamar University Beaumont, TX Jacquelyn Roberts Actor, Playwright Assistant Professor of Theater SUNY Albany Delmar, NY Sara Rutstein Managing Director Everyman Theatre Baltimore, MD Robert Taylor Executive Director Great Lakes Theater Festival Lakewood, OH Jim Volz, Ph.D. Arts Consultant, Author Professor of Theatre California State University, Fullerton Fullerton, CA