A.C.T. Staff
Staff
Pam MacKinnon
Artistic Director
Biography
PAM MACKINNON (Artistic Director) is celebrating her third season as A.C.T.’s fourth artistic director. She is a Tony, Drama Desk, and Obie Award–winning director, having directed upwards of 70 productions around the country, off-Broadway, and on Broadway. Her Broadway credits include Beau Willimon’s The Parisian Woman (with Uma Thurman), Amelie: A New Musical, David Mamet’s China Doll (with Al Pacino), Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles (with Elisabeth Moss), Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance (with Glenn Close and John Lithgow), Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle nomination), and Bruce Norris’s Clybourne Park (Obie Award, Tony and Lucille Lortel nominations). Her most recent credits include Bruce Norris’s Downstate (Steppenwolf Theatre Company, London's National Theatre), Lydia R. Diamond's Toni Stone (Roundabout Theatre Company), and Edward Albee's Seascape (A.C.T.). She is an artistic associate of the Roundabout Theatre Company, an advisory board member of Clubbed Thumb, and an alum of the Drama League, Women’s Project, and Lincoln Center Theater’s Directors’ Labs. She is also the executive board president of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC). She grew up in Toronto, Canada, and Buffalo, New York, acted through her teens, but majored in economics and political science at the University of Toronto and briefly pursued a PhD in political science at UC San Diego, before returning to her true passion: theater.
Jennifer Bielstein
Executive Director
Biography
JENNIFER BIELSTEIN (Executive Director) joined A.C.T. in 2018 with more than 25 years of theater management experience. She serves on the board of Theatre Forward, is a member of the International Women's Forum, and is president of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT)—an organization that represents 75 theaters nationwide—having previously served as LORT’s vice president; chair of its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee; secretary; and on multiple union negotiating teams. Before relocating to the Bay Area, Bielstein was the managing director of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, managing director of Actors Theatre of Louisville, and executive director of Writers Theatre in Chicago. She has also worked for Steppenwolf Theatre Company, About Face Theatre, Northlight Theatre, and Lincoln Park Zoo, as well as served on the boards of the League of Chicago Theatres, the Arts and Cultural Attractions Council, and other civic boards. She has received the Center for Nonprofit Excellence’s Pyramid Award of Excellence in Leadership, has been recognized in Louisville’s Business First’s 40 Under 40, and was named by Twin Cities Business as a Person to Know and a Real Power 50 member by Minnesota Business magazine. Bielstein is a graduate of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, attended Stanford’s Graduate School of Business Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders in the Arts, and earned an MBA from Bellarmine University, where she received the MBA Faculty Merit Award and was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the honor society for business programs.
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Artistic Director Emerita, Carey Perloff
Producing Director Emeritus, James Haire
Conservatory Director Emerita, Melissa Smith
Artistic
Andy Chan Donald*, Associate Artistic Director
Joy Meads, Director of Dramaturgy and New Works
Allie Moss*, Literary Manager and Casting Associate
Ariana Johnson, Interim Associate Producer
Commissioned Artists
Julia Cho and Seret Scott; Jeremy Cohen and Dipika Guha; Eisa Davis; Lorena Feijoo, Alfredo Rodriguez, Damaso Rodriguez and Caridad Svich; Kate Kilbane and Dan Moses; Craig Lucas; Will Power; Mfoniso Udofia; Anne Washburn
Coaches
Christine Adaire, Voice and Text
Joel Chapman, Music
Danyon Davis, Movement
Daniel Feyer, Music
Dave Maier, Fights
Danielle O’Dea, Fights
Lisa Anne Porter*, Voice and Text
Production
Martin Barron, Director of Production
Jack Horton, Production Manager
Michael Anderburg, Conservatory Production Manager
Jessie Amoroso* , Costume Director
Administration
Gracie Brakeman, Executive Assistant and Board Liaison
Human Resources
Amanda Roccuzzo*, Interim Director of Human Resources and EDI
General Management
Louisa Liska, Director of Finance and General Management
Amy Dalba*, Associate General Manager
Sabra Jaffe, Company Manager
Finance
Jim Sivori, Chief Financial Officer
Deborah Horwith, Controller
Ning Xiao, Controller
Sharon Boyce, Accounting Manager
Eric Law, Senior Accountant
Information Technology
Thomas Morgan, Director
Joone Pajar, Network Administrator
Operations
Eric Brizee, Operations and Facilities Manager
Jeffrey Warren, Assistant Facilities Manager
Leopoldo Benavente, Facilities Crew Member
Development
Caitlin A. Quinn, Director of Development
Tiffany Redmon, Deputy Director of Development
Nicole Chalas, Associate Director of Development
Sasha Habash, Associate Director of Individual Giving
Stephanie Swide, Senior Manager, Development Operations
Hillary Bray*, Donor Relations and Membership Manager
Derek Collard, Development Associate
Sarah Gray, Development Assistant
Marketing & Public Relations
Randy Taradash, Acting Director of Marketing
Syche Phillips, Associate Director of Marketing
Kevin Kopjak/Prismatic Communications, Public Relations Counsel
Samantha Lomax*, Digital Engagement Manager
Laura Clatterbuck, Lead Visual Designer
Dani Karonis, Graphic Designer
Beryl Baker, Video Content Producer
Livian Yeh, Editorial Associate
Ticket Services
Jennifer Peterian*, Director of Ticketing and Sales Operations
Jorena de Pedro, Box Office Manager
Mark C. Peters, Subscriptions Manager
Elizabeth Halperin, Assistant Head Treasurer
Audience Services
Megan Murray, Audience Services Manager
Education & Community Programs
Juan Manzo, Director of Education & Community Programs
Hannah Clague*, School Programs Manager
Elizabeth Halperin, Student Matinee Coordinator
Conservatory
Peter J. Kuo*, Director of the Conservatory
Christopher Herold, Director of Summer Training Congress
Jack Sharrar, PhD, Director of Academic Affairs
Jerry Lopez, Director of Financial Aid
Charlotte Brockman, Conservatory Manager
Alejandra Maria Rivas*, Conservatory Associate, Academic Programs
Master of Fine Arts Program Core Faculty
Danyon Davis, Director of the MFA, Head of Movement
Christine Adaire, Head of Voice
Peter J. Kuo*, Collaboration Building
Joy Meads, Character and Text
Lisa Anne Porter*, Head of Acting
Jack Sharrar, PhD, Theater History
MFA Program Adjunct Faculty
Milissa Carey, Singing, Director
Matt Chapman, Clowing
Richard Dent, Play Intensive
Andy Chan Donald, Arts Leadership
Julie Douglas, Beginning Mask
Lauren English, The Business of Acting
Daniel Feyer, Accompanist
Janet Foster, Audition
Anthony Fusco, Acting
Jasmin Hoo, Citizen Artistry
Mark Jackson, Performance Making
Darryl Jones, Acting, Director
W. D. Keith, On-Camera Acting
Philip Charles MacKenzie, On-Camera Acting
Heidi Marshall, On-Camera Acting
Hope Mohr, Dance
Danielle O'Dea, Combat
Kari Prindl, Alexander Technique
Tiffany Redmon, Fundraising
Gabriel Romero, Latin Social Dance
Lindsay Saier, Stage Makeup
Virginia Scott, Clowning
Elyse Shafarman, Alexander Technique
Lee Strawn, Singing
Lisa Townsend, Director, Choreographer
Brian Thorstenson, The Actor Writes
Library
Joseph Tally*, Head Librarian
Library Volunteers
G. David Anderson, Theresa Bell, Laurie Bernstein, Helen Jean Bowie, Bruce Carlton, Barbara Cohrssen, William Goldstein, Pat Hunter, Connie Ikert, Ashok Katdare, Martha Kessler, Nelda Kilguss, Barbara Kornstein, Gail McGown, Vineet Mishra, Lynnda Means, Maida Paxton, Connie Pelkey, Christine Peterson, Dana Rees, Roger Silver, Jane Taber, Aileen Thong, Susan Torres, Joyce Weisman, Jean Wilcox, Marie Wood
Studio A.C.T.
Mark Jackson, Director of Studio A.C.T.
Sophia Nguyen, Young Conservatory & Studio A.C.T. Programs Manager
Liz Anderson, On-Camera Acting, Improv
Heidi Carlsen, Acting, Voice, Movement
Eugenie Chan, Playwriting
Julie Douglas, Acting, Clown, Improv
Francie Epsen-Devlin, Musical Theater
Deb Fink, On-Camera Acting
Paul Finocchiaro, Acting
Margo Hall, Acting
W. D. Keith, Acting, On-Camera Acting
Drew Khalouf, Speech, Shakespeare
Dave Maier, Stage Combat
Michelle Maxon, Acting, On-Camera Acting
Carolina Morones, Acting
Kari Prindl, Alexander Technique
Mark Rafael, Acting
Radhika Rao, Improv
Katie Rubin, Stand-Up Comedy, Acting
Naomi Sanchez, Musical Theater
Caitlyn Tella, Movement
Laura Wayth, Acting, Musical Theater
Valerie Weak, Acting
Beth Wilmurt, Acting, Movement, Voice
Young Conservatory
Jill MacLean, Craig Slaight Director of the Young Conservatory
Sophia Nguyen, Young Conservatory & Studio A.C.T. Programs Manager
Andy Alabran, Acting, Voice
Robert Allen, Accompanist
Cristina Anselmo, Acting, On-Camera
Kimberly Braun, Musical Theater
Joel Chapman, Accompanist
Fenner, Voice & Dialect, Acting
Nancy Gold, Physical Character, Acting
Michael Mohammed, Musical Theater
Andrew Mondello, Musical Theater
Thaddeus Pinkston, Accompanist, Musical Arranger
Salim Razawi, Acting
Corinna Rezzelle, Musical Theater
Elena Ruggiero, Musical Theater
Vivian Sam, Musical Theater, Dance
Katelyn Tan, Accompanist
Valerie Weak, Acting
Krista Wigle, Musical Theater, Voice
Conservatory Accompanists
Daniel Feyer, Christopher Hewitt, Louis Lagalante, Paul McCurdy, Thaddeus Pinkston, Naomi Sanchez, Katelyn Tan
Professional Development
Ben Quinn, Mark Rafael, Katie Rubin, Patrick Russell, Radhika Rao, Dominique Salerno
*denotes a member of the Staff EDI Committee
A.C.T. is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group, the national organization for the nonprofit professional theater.
A.C.T. is a member of Theatre Bay Area, the Union Square Association, the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, and the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau.
A.C.T. operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
The directors and choreographers employed by A.C.T. at the American Conservatory Theater are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.
The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT theaters are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.
The scenic shop, prop shop, and stage crew are represented by Local 16 of the IATSE.
A.C.T. is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
A.C.T. is supported in part by a grant from the Grants for the Arts.
