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Except where otherwise noted, PTC staff may be reached by calling 215.985.1400.

Sara Garonzik Sara Garonzik (Producing Artistic Director, x107) has directed and produced for Philadelphia Theatre Company since 1982, and introduced more than 130 world or regional premieres of major new American plays and musicals to Philadelphia including new work by Terrence McNally, Bill Irwin, Jeffrey Hatcher, Christopher Durang, John Henry Redwood, Tracey Scott Wilson, Naomi Wallace, and Bruce Graham, among others. In 1991 she was named to the Philadelphia Theatre Company Board of Directors. Other service has included: Board Member of ArtReach and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (GPCA); theater panels for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio State Councils on the Arts; theater panels for The Philadelphia Theatre Initiative, the McKnight Foundation Advancement Awards for Playwriting and the O'Neill Playwrights Conference, and as a judge for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. She is listed in "Who's Who of American Women" and was named one of Business Philadelphia's and Philadelphia Magazine's "People to Watch." She has received the Award of Honor from the Alumnae Association of the Philadelphia High School for Girls and the President's Award from the Philadelphia Young Playwrights. In 2007, she received the Achievement Award from the American Association of University Women, an honor she proudly shared with Dawn Staley and Terry D'Alessandro. In June 2008, she received the first Arts Pioneer Award created by Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown. She currently serves as a Board Member of the Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia, as President of the Board of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and on the advisory board of PlayPenn, a new play development organization.

Diane Claussen Diane Claussen (Managing Director, x114) joined PTC in 2007 a few weeks before the opening of the Suzanne Roberts Theatre in the newly created position of Managing Director after serving as the Managing Director at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey. She previously served as the Executive Director of Court Theatre, a professional LORT theater in Chicago, as the Managing Director of George Street Playhouse in New Jersey, and as the Managing Director, an Assistant Professor and Director of the Theatre Management Program at Ithaca College. While in Chicago, Claussen chaired the Board of Trustees of the League of Chicago Theatres, served on the Executive Committee for the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), as a panelist for peer review panels for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and she also taught on the faculty of the graduate arts management program at Roosevelt University. She currently serves as a Vice Chair of the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia. Claussen and Court Theatre received the ABBY Award for Arts Management Excellence from the Arts & Business Council of Chicago.

Executive Office

Assistant to the Producing Artistic & Managing Directors Sharon Kling (x116)

Business

Business Manager Patricia Lustig (x119)
General Office Assistant Rashanda Freeman (x100)

Development

Director of Institutional Advancement Lisa Ketcham (x115)
Manager of Development Communications Barbara Barnett (x103)
Manager of Donor Relations Gina DeGiovanni (x110)

Education

Director of Education Maureen Sweeney (x106)
Resident Teaching Artist & Programs Associate Mindy Beers (x111)

Marketing

Director of Marketing & Communications Amy Lebo (x102)
Publicist Deborah K. Fleischman (215.735.7356)
Group Sales Manager Carol Flannery (x304)

Patron Services

Patron Services Manager Meg Morris (215.985.0420 x105)
Box Office Manager Sarah Blask (215.985.0420 x104)
Assistant Box Office Manager Amy Harting (215.985.0420 x103)
House Manager Ron Hunter
Telemarketing Manager Frank Malovrh (x301)

Production & Artistic

Director of Production & Theater Operations Bruce Charlick (x108)
Technical Director & Theater Operations Manager Michael L. Cristaldi (267.322.7989 x113)
Associate Production Manager Bridget A. Cook (x109)
Literary Manager and Dramaturg Jacqueline Goldfinger (x113)
Company Manager Greg Schell (x105)
Associate Technical Director Paulo S. Martins
Facilities Supervisor Chris Butterfield
Stage Manager Collen Martin
Props Master Melissa Cristaldi
Wardrobe Supervisor Kate Sorg
Production Electrician Terry Smith
Sound Supervisor Dan Little
Casting Hotline 215.984.1400 x305

Teaching Artists

Andrew Borthwick-Leslie
Brandi Jeter
Anthony Marsala
Jan Michener
Melody Tash
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