Theater: FY 2007 Grants Panelists

Access to Artistic Excellence #1A
June 27 – 30, 2006

David Kirk Chambers
Managing Director
Salt Lake Acting Company
Salt Lake City, UT

Tim Emert (Layperson)
Attorney
Independence, KS

Karen L. B. Evans
President & Executive Director
Black Women Playwrights’ Group
Washington, DC

Dawn Helsing
Executive Director
Court Theatre
Chicago, IL

Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj
Artistic Director
Rebel Theater Company
New York, NY

Jonathan Moscone
Artistic Director
California Shakespeare Theatre
Oakland, CA

Michael Ross
Managing Director
CENTERSTAGE
Baltimore, MD

Susan Trapnell
Managing Director
A Contemporary Theatre
Seattle, WA 98101

Access to Artistic Excellence #1B
August 1-4, 2006

Susan Booth
Artistic Director
The Alliance Theatre
Atlanta, GA

Jeffrey Herrmann
Producing Director
Perseverance Theatre
Douglas, AK

Michael Keck
Actor/Composer
New York, NY

Andrew Michael (Layperson)
Arts Patron
Hedgesville, WV

Joette Pelster
Executive Director
Coterie Theatre
Kansas City, MO

Jorge Piña
Artistic Director
Talento Bilingue de Houston Cultural Arts Center
Houston, TX

Elmo Terry-Morgan
Artistic Director
Rites & Reasons Theatre
Providence, RI

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel A
November 14 - 17, 2006

Fred C. Adams
Founder/Artistic Director
Utah Shakespearean Festival
Cedar City, UT

Linda Bove
ASL Coach/Actor
Studio City, CA

Jay Edelnant, Ph.D.
Professor of Theatre
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA

John Flax
Founding Artistic Director
Theatre Grottesco
Santa Fe, NM

Mercedes Paz (Layperson)
Partner
Shirley Associates, Executive Search Consultants
Culver City, CA

Jim Petosa
Director, School of Theater
Boston University
Artistic Director, Olney Theatre Center
Quincy, MA

Kumiko Yoshii
Producer
Gorgeous Entertainment Inc.
New York, NY

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel B
November 17, 2006

Linda Bove
ASL Coach/Actor
Studio City, CA

Jay Edelnant, Ph.D.
Professor of Theatre
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA

Mercedes Paz (Layperson)
Partner
Shirley Associates, Executive Search Consultants
Culver City, CA

Jim Petosa
Director, School of Theater
Boston University
Artistic Director, Olney Theatre Center
Quincy, MA

Kumiko Yoshii
Producer
Gorgeous Entertainment Inc.
New York, NY

Access to Artistic Excellence, Panel C
November 17, 2006

Mercedes Paz (Layperson)
Partner
Shirley Associates, Executive Search Consultants
Culver City, CA

Jim Petosa
Director, School of Theater
Boston University
Artistic Director, Olney Theatre Center
Quincy, MA

Kumiko Yoshii
Producer
Gorgeous Entertainment Inc.
New York, NY

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