Staff
Artistic Director | Rick Dildine
Managing Director | Ryan French
Executive Assistant | Jen Johnsen
Artistic
The Acting Company | Gerald Drake, Dean Holt, Autumn Ness, Reed Sigmund
Music Director | Victor Zupanc
Casting Director/Associate Producer | Alli St. John
Generation Now Fellow | Antonisia Collins
Production
Director of Production | Ellen Baker
Associate Production Manager/Company Manager | Todd Kalina
Stage Managers | Taylor Engel, Janae Lorick, Z Makila, Shelby Reddig, Kenji Shoemaker, Nate Stanger
Stage Management Fellow | Jada Smith
Student Actor Supervisors | Meta Lobben, Meghan Gaffney, Nate Stanger
UnitedHealth Group Head Stage Carpenter | Charles Fillmore
Run Crew | Dante Benjegerdes, Katie Cornish, Taylor Engel, Meghan Gaffney, Tyion Houston, Jud Kilgore, Evangelen Lee, Janae Lorick, Eric Lucas, David Pisa, Nicholas Prax
Technical Director | Adriane L. Heflin
Head Carpenter | Bradley Holmes
Carpenter/Drafter | Eric Charlton
Carpenters/Welders | Matt Arcand, Whitley Cobb, Frank Grant, Julia Junghans, Steve Kath, Kris Paulson, Julia Reisinger
Charge Artist | Mary Novodvorsky
Scenic Artist | Lizzie Tredinnick
Costume Director | Amy Kitzhaber
Costume Assistant | Jessica McHugh
Cutter/Drapers | Alexandra Gould, Daylee Reichenbach
First Hands | Carol Lane, Yelena Rowen
Crafts Artisan | Sara Olson
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, 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, Andrew Saboe
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 and Community Engagement | Ann Joseph-Douglas
Theatre Arts Training Manager | Amanda Espinoza
School Programs Manager | Claire Bancroft Loos
Community Education Program Manager | Johanna Gorman-Baer
Education Operations Coordinator | 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
ASL Interpreters | Cheryl Fielitz, Jules Lehto
Audio Describers | Elana Center, Connie Fullmar, Laurie Pape Hadley, Laura Wiebers
Administration
Director of People, Culture, and Equity | Keaton Duersch
Facilities Operations
Facility Systems Manager | Aaron Novodvorsky
Day Porter | Alex Itzep
Safety and Security Team Leads | Aster Kander, Jori Walton
Safety and Security Associates | Bryan Harroun, Theo Janke-Furman, Logan Lang
Finance
Director of Finance | Jill Jensen
Payroll and Benefits Administrator | Anna Wienke
Accounting Associate | Sara Klaphake
Patron Services
Front of House Manager | Lindsay Higgins
Front of House Performance Supervisors | Jace Cruz, Gwendolyn Glessner, Genia Voitsekhovskaya
Concessions Leads | Linnea Dahlquist, Carter Jensen, Donovan Stroebl
Front of House Associates | Ben Anderson, Lynn Annis, Tim Baka, Corey Cagle, Basha Douglas, James Estwick, Nat Evensen, Julie Flannery, Suzanna Greiveldinger, Chiara Guglielmo, Willow Higbee, Angelina Huynh, Will Johnson, Abby Koel, Addison Landy, Grace Lemerond, Quin McConkey, Hasan Mohammad, Alex Rios, Esau Sponslier, Frank Thorpe, Talia Weinstein
External Relations
Director of External Relations | Irene Green
Development
Associate Director of Development, Institutional Giving | Jill Underwood
Associate Director of Development, Individual Giving | Vera Jane Lee
Senior Manager, Stewardship and Events | Suzy Q. Piper
Development Officer | Tiana Daun
Annual Fund Manager | Julie Erickson
Development Operations Coordinator | Katlyn Moser
Marketing & Communications
Associate Director of Communications | Jonathan White
Senior Manager, Design and Digital | Kaitlin Randolph
Tessitura Systems Administrator | Andrew Gaffney
Design & Digital Assistant | Ryan Brook
Ticketing Services
Ticket Office Manager | Abigail Fleming
Ticket Office Supervisors | Kate Bonnett, Charles Evans-Anders, Theodore Kidd
Ticket Office Associates | Lukas Brasherfons, Alia Gaildon, Semaj Moore, Sri Peck, Johnna Pietz, Esteban Rodriguez
Plays for New Audiences
Director of Plays for New Audiences | Karli Twedten
The Core Company
The Core Company consists of trusted artists who serve as regular collaborators and artistic partners of Children’s Theatre Company. The members are recognized for their meaningful contributions to the rehearsal room, the creative process, and performance culture. They form a community dedicated to advancing CTC’s mission of creating extraordinary theatre experiences that educate, challenge, and inspire young people and their communities. These artists have a positive influence on the institution’s culture through their professionalism, generosity, rigor, curiosity, and kindness, while also serving as mentors and role models for the Acting Cohort, apprentices, and other young individuals working within the organization’s spaces. As ambassadors and spokespeople for CTC, they represent the organization and its values within the theatre field and the larger community. CTC provides the Core Company members with an artistic home where they can propose, develop, and shape new projects and future programming, while also contributing to a collaborative artistic think tank that reimagines what theatre for young audiences can become.
Board of Directors
Officers:
Chair: Stef Adams | Principal, Director of Client Service and Marketing, Peregrine Capital Management
Vice Chair: Michael Blum | Business Leader
Vice Chair: Maria Wagner Reamer | Community Leader
Vice Chair: Adebisi A. Wilson | Partner, Ward & Wilson, P.C.
Secretary: Sonny Miller | Partner, Dorsey & Whitney
Treasurer: Kashi Yoshikawa | Senior Regional Investment Manager, Wells Fargo Private Bank
Members:
Jill Applebaum | Senior Director, Technology Strategy, Johnson & Johnson
GerShun Avilez | Dean, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
Gulzar Babaeva | Business Leaders
Ellen Bendel-Stenzel | Neonatologist, Mayo Clinic Children’s Center
Ashley Bowes Johnson | Senior Client Partner, Financial Offers Practice, KornFerry
Morgan Burns | Partner, Faegre Drinker LLP
Joe Carroll | Executive Vice President, Enterprise Solutions and Technology U.S. Bank
Scott Cummings | Market Development Director, Accenture
Tami R. Diehm | President and Shareholder, Winthrop & Weinstine
Amol Dixit | VP, New Ventures & Business Development, Solheim Companies, Founder, Hot Indian Foods
Kara Feemster Smith | Enterprise Sales Director, Fuel Cycle
Jean Freeman | Principal and CEO, Zambezi
Sharla Frenzel | Chief Legal Officer, Artisan Design Group
Betsy Frost | CEO, Q Mixers
John Geelan | General Counsel, Piper Sandler
Judge Andrew Gordon | Ramsey County Court
Steve Howard | Partner, KPMG
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
Anne M. Lockner | Partner, Robins Kaplan LLP
Mary Loeffelholz | Co-proprietor, Dampfwerk Distillery
Trisha London | Community Leader and Counselor, Crisis Text Line
Joe Long | Chief Growth Officer, UnitedHealthcare
Wendy Mahling | SVP, Corporate Secretary & Securities and Corporate Law, Ameriprise Financial
Ricky Margarit | Partner, Audit, Ernst & Young LLP
Kunal Mehta | VP, Corporate Development and Growth, Malibu Boats, Inc.
Vikram Narain | Vermilion Group, Vice President
Nnamdi Njoku | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Omnicell, Inc.
Melissa Ostrom | Vice President, Controller, Xcel Energy
Harry Overly | President, TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
Angela Pennington | Consultant, Curated Events
Donald-Stephen Porter | Managing Director, Sector Portfolio Manager/Analyst, Winslow Capital
Hillery Shay | Vice President Marketing & Communications, Children’s Minnesota
Jacob F. Siegel | Managing Partner, Ciresi Conlin
Ion Skillrud | Principal, Deloitte
Shane Swanson | Partner, Stinson
Steve Thompson | Community Leader, NorthStar Healthcare Advisors
Tim Trujillo | Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Boston Scientific
Lifetime Board Member
Mary Lou Dasburg