Staff
Ted Pappas, Producing Artistic Director 
Photo: Duane RiederTed Pappas celebrates his 9th season as artistic director of Pittsburgh Public Theater and his 16th year of close association with the company as a director. He has staged 26 productions for The Public encompassing an extraordinary range of styles and periods, including Euripides' Medea and Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, and The Tempest, Schiller's Mary Stuart, Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, the American premiere of Ayckbourn's RolePlay, the world premiere of Zellers and Collier's The Chief, three Gilbert & Sullivan operettas, Kander & Ebb's Cabaret, Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, and Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. He has enjoyed a distinguished career as a director and choreographer for some of North America's great companies including Joseph Papp Public Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Canadian Opera Company, Toronto's Royal Alexandra, Goodspeed Musicals, and New York City Opera under the leadership of Beverly Sills. He has worked on and off Broadway, at the Cannes Film Festival, in Las Vegas, and on television, where he served as choreographer for NBC's "Saturday Night Live." For the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, he staged the acclaimed concert, The Music of Fred Rogers, featuring Tommy Tune and John Lithgow. A graduate of Northwestern University and Manhattan's Hunter College, he is the past president of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, the national labor union.
Administration & Finance
Cynthia J. Tutera, General ManagerMary Sabol, Accounting Manager
Emily Mateya, Payroll & Benefits Coordinator
Elizabeth Ward, Accounts Payable & Computer Coordinator
Sadie Treese, Accounts Receivable Coordinator
Jenn Sharon, Company Manager
Lisa Ann Goldsmith, Executive Assistant to Production & Operations
Development
Gerri Weiss, Director of DevelopmentRobert Neu, Director of Foundation & Government Relations
Kathleen Iducovich, Director of Individual Giving
Leah Briner, Development Coordinator
Maureen Keane, Executive Assistant for Development
Education & Outreach
Robert Zellers, Director of Education & Outreach
House Management
Trent Wolfred, House ManagerLaura Greenawalt, Assistant House Manager
Literary
Heather Helinsky, Resident Dramaturg
Marketing
Louis A. Castelli, Director of External AffairsBecky Rickard, Group Sales and Audience Development Manager
Kristin Garbarino, Marketing and Promotions Assistant
Production
Monica Bowin, Director of Production and OperationsChip Eccles, Technical Director
Fred Noel, Production Budget Assistant
Cassandra Eccles, Shop Foreman
Aaron Denk, Keyman Shop
Phil Lapic, Keyman Shop
Tim Sharkey, Keyman Shop
Justin Pelissero, Keyman Shop
Gay Kahkonen, Properties Master
Kelly Yann, Properties Coordinator
Todd Kulik, Properties Artisan
Zach Moore, Sound Engineer
Evan Stein, Master Electrician
Kelli French, Costume Shop Director
Mindy Miller, Draper
Kari Kramer, Wardrobe Master
Box Office
Box Office Manager, Box Office Manager
Matthew Calvetti, Assistant to the Box Office Manager
Mary Vehec Krell, Box Office Assistant
Jerome Ross, Box Office Assistant
Miranda Scopel, Box Office Assistant
Kari Shaffer, Box Office Assistant