Pittsburgh Public Theater

Staff

Ted Pappas, Producing Artistic Director

Photo: Duane RiederTed Pappas celebrates his 10th season as artistic director of Pittsburgh Public Theater and his 17th year of close association with the company as a director. He has staged 33 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

Development

Gerri Weiss, Director of Development
Robert Neu, Director of Foundation & Government Relations
Maureen Keane, Development Executive Assistant

Education & Outreach

Rob Zellers, Director of Education & Outreach

House Management

Trent Wolfred, House Manager
Laura Greenawalt, Assistant House Manager

Marketing

Louis A. Castelli, Director of External Affairs
Margie Romero, Communications Manager
Becky Rickard, Group Sales and Audience Development Manager
Kristin Garbarino, Marketing and Promotions Assistant

Production

Lisa Ann Goldsmith, Executive Assistant for Production & Operations
Rob McLeod, Technical Director
Fred Noel, Production Budget Assistant
Kate Mitchell, Costume Shop Director
Phil Lapic, Shop Foreman
Aaron Denk, Keyman Shop
Tim Sharkey, Keyman Shop
Dritan Cullaj, Keyman Shop
William Sharkey, Keyman Shop
Mark Desch, Stage Carpenter
Gay Kahkonen, Properties Master
Kelly Yann, Properties Coordinator
Kevin Miller, Properties Artisan
Zach Moore, Sound Engineer
Evan Stein, Master Electrician
Mindy Miller, Draper
Kari Kramer, Wardrobe Master

Box Office

Miranda Scopel, Box Office Manager
Matthew Calvetti, Assistant to the Box Office Manager
Mary Vehec Krell, Box Office Assistant
Jerome Ross, Box Office Assistant
Kari Shaffer, Box Office Assistant