Theater: FY 2011 Grants Panelists

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A1 November 16-19, 2010

Lisa Bargas (Layperson) Arts Patron Minneapolis, MN Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. Writer, director, producer Owner W. Allen Bennett Productions, Inc. Chatsworth, CA Lenora Inez Brown Dramaturg Chicago, IL Wendy C. Goldberg Artistic Director, National Playwrights Conference Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Brooklyn, NY Hillary Hart General Manager Dallas Theater Center Richardson, TX Van Kaplan Executive Producer Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (CLO) Aspinwall, PA Ricardo Khan Co-founder and Creative Advisor Crossroads Theatre Company Hoboken, NJ Mario Ernesto Sanchez Actor, Playwright Producing Artistic Director Teatro Avante Key Biscayne, FL Laura Zam Writer, Performer, Educator Washington, DC

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A2 November 19, 2010

Lisa Bargas (Layperson) Arts Patron Minneapolis, MN Walter Allen Bennett, Jr. Writer, director, producer Owner W. Allen Bennett Productions, Inc. Chatsworth, CA Hillary Hart General Manager Dallas Theater Center Richardson, TX Ricardo Khan Co-founder and Creative Advisor Crossroads Theatre Company Hoboken, NJ Mario Ernesto Sanchez Actor, Playwright Producing Artistic Director Teatro Avante Key Biscayne, FL Laura Zam Writer, Performer, Educator Washington, DC

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel B1 December 7-10, 2010

Karen Baxter Producer/Managing Director Rites and Reason Theatre Brown University Foster, RI Dwight Callaway (Layperson) Director of Recruiting and Executive Consultant Shipley Associates, Inc. Washington, DC Alayne Hopkins Actor Program Coordinator The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library St. Paul, MN John Killacky Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer Flynn Center for the Performing Arts South Burlington, VT Jerry Manning Artistic Director Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle, WA Kristin Marting Artistic Director HERE New York, NY Richard Montoya Director, Writer, Performer Co-Founder Culture Clash Los Angeles, CA Carlos Murillo Playwright Assistant Professor, Head of Playwriting The Theatre School DePaul University Chicago, IL Heidi Reklis General Manager PlayMakers Repertory Company Chapel Hill, NC

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel B2 December 10, 2010

Karen Baxter Producer/Managing Director Rites and Reason Theatre Brown University Foster, RI Dwight Callaway (Layperson) Director of Recruiting and Executive Consultant Shipley Associates, Inc. Washington, DC Alayne Hopkins Actor Program Coordinator The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library St. Paul, MN Jerry Manning Artistic Director Seattle Repertory Theatre Seattle, WA Richard Montoya Director, Writer, Performer Co-Founder Culture Clash Los Angeles, CA

Access to Artistic Excellence - Panel A1 June 28-July 1, 2010

Robert Alexander Playwright Mitchellville, MD Robert Booker Executive Director Arizona Commission on the Arts Phoenix, AZ Clinton Turner Davis Dramaturg, Director, Arts Consultant Associate Producer, New Federal Theater Adjunct Associate Professor Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO Becca Doten (Layperson) Director of Communications Los Angeles City Council District Seven Los Angeles, CA Joseph Haj Actor, Director Producing Artistic Director PlayMakers Repertory Company Chapel Hill, NC Gavin Lawrence Actor, Composer, Playwright, Director, Educator Chicago, IL Whit MacLaughlin Artistic Director New Paradise Laboratories Philadelphia, PA Keryl McCord Development Director Alternate ROOTS Alpharetta, GA Kimberly Motes Managing Director Theater Latté Da Plymouth, MN

Access to Artistic Excellence - Panel A2 June 28-July 1, 2010

Robert Alexander Playwright Mitchellville, MD Robert Booker Executive Director Arizona Commission on the Arts Phoenix, AZ Clinton Turner Davis Dramaturg, Director, Arts Consultant Associate Producer, New Federal Theater Adjunct Associate Professor Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO Becca Doten (Layperson) Director of Communications Los Angeles City Council District Seven Los Angeles, CA Whit MacLaughlin Artistic Director New Paradise Laboratories Philadelphia, PA Keryl McCord Development Director Alternate ROOTS Alpharetta, GA Kimberly Motes Managing Director Theater Latté Da Plymouth, MN

Access to Artistic Excellence - Panel B1 July 20-23, 2010

Timothy Bond Producing Artistic Director Syracuse Stage, Department of Drama Syracuse University Syracuse, NY Steven Bosacker (Layperson) City Coordinator City of Minneapolis Minneapolis, MN William Christian Actor, Dancer Pasadena, CA Grace Grillet Managing Director The People’s Light and Theatre Company Havertown, PA Aimée Hayes Actor, Producer Artistic Director Southern Rep Theatre New Orleans, LA Ricky J. Martinez Dancer, Choreographer Artistic Director New Theatre Miami, FL Jerry Rapier Producing Director Plan-B Theatre Company Salt Lake City, UT Art Rotch Artistic Director Perseverance Theater Douglas, AK Gwendolyn Whiteside Fiction Writer, Actress Producing Artistic Director American Blues Theater Chicago, IL

Access to Artistic Excellence - Panel B2 July 23, 2010

Steven Bosacker (Layperson) City Coordinator City of Minneapolis Minneapolis, MN William Christian Actor, Dancer Pasadena, CA Aimée Hayes Actor, Producer Artistic Director Southern Rep Theatre New Orleans, LA Jerry Rapier Producing Director Plan-B Theatre Company Salt Lake City, UT Art Rotch Artistic Director Perseverance Theater Douglas, AK Gwendolyn Whiteside Fiction Writer, Actress Producing Artistic Director American Blues Theater Chicago, IL