Our Staff & Board
Artistic
Producing Artistic Director
Terrence J. Nolen
Associate Artistic Director
Jonathan Silver
Artistic Assistant
Nick Hatcher
Commissioned Playwrights
Lorene Cary
Kash Goins
Robi Hager
James Ijames
R. Eric Thomas
Administration
Managing Director
Amy L. Murphy
General Manager
Clayton Tejada
Business Manager
Paola Cruz
Facilities and Office Manager
Larry Brooks
Audience Services Manager
Tanner Richardett
Box Office Manager
Jason Blacketer
Assistant Box Office Manager
Amanda Adams
House Manager
David Demnicki
Front of House Associate
Kathryn Bondi
Front of House Assistants
Adiah Hicks
Angel Acuña
Margaux Cattelona
Sol Cort
Becky Fleckner
Chelsey Gaskins
Erica Lowry
Catey Midla
Glynnis Nadel
Will Vence, Jr.
Tori Zdunkiewicz
Box Office Email
boxofficer@ardentheatre.org
Development
Director of Development
Jessica Abel
Manager of Individual Giving
Orelí Uzdavinis
Manager of Institutional Giving
Matthew Reddin
Development Coordinator
Tylar Benedetto
Education
Director of Education and Community Outreach
Hannah Cordes
Education Associate
Josh Thorps
Production
Director of Production
Matthew Given
Assistant Technical Director
John Winter
Electrics Supervisor
Martin Stutzman
Sound Supervisor
John Kolbinski
Costume Supervisor
Stephanie Shaw
Charge Scenic Artist
Kristina Chadwick McGrath
Props Supervisor
Shane Dreher
Production Stage Manager
Alec E. Ferrell
Kate Nelson
Marketing
Director of Marketing and Communications
Stephen Rapp
Marketing Manager
Andressa Royer
Publicist
Carrie Gorn
Teaching Artists
Elise D’Avella
TJ Harris
Campbell O’Hare
Brennen Malone
Donovan Lockett
Mariah Ghant
Liz Crino
Kennedy McAlister
Jessica Money
Taylor Mitchell
Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters
Matthew Mastronardi
Josh Walker
Julianna Babb
Arden Professional Apprentices
Board of Directors
Officers
Michael A. Donato, President
Rayenne Chen, Vice President
Rhonda Ball, Vice President
Michael S. MacFarland, Treasurer
Richard L. Maimon, Secretary
Members
Anne Cook
Joy L. De Jesús
Robert Elfant
Nancy Elfant
Elizabeth Fernandez-Vina
Elizabeth H. Gemmill
N. Peter Hamilton
Joanne Harmelin
Richard Harris
Dr. Valerie Harrison
Ann Marie Horner
Holly Kinser
Dr. Saifuddin T. Mama
John J. McCawley
Amy L. Murphy
Terrence J. Nolen
Hon. Judge Rosalyn Robinson
Charles H. Rose
Monica Horan Rosenthal
Genvieve Shields
Lee van de Velde
Steve Wolfson
Diane Dalto Woosnam
Ellen Yin
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Task Force
José Avilés
Nancy Burd
Rayenne Chen
Anne Cook
Joy L. De Jesús
Jonathan V. Edmondson
Robert Elfant
Kash Goins
Richard Harris
Zuhairah McGill
Amy L. Murphy
Bi Jean Ngo
Terrence J. Nolen
Hon. Judge Rosalyn Robinson
Clayton Tejada
Orelí Uzdavinis