Staff & Board of Directors
Meet the People Behind the Scenes at A Red Orchid!
This page features members of our staff and board of directors. Each staff photo links through to an extended biography. Looking for members of A Red Orchid’s Ensemble? Click here.
Staff
Audrey Billings
Managing Director
Kirsten Fitzgerald
Artistic Director
Travis A. Knight
Associate Artistic Director
Stephanie Shum
Marketing & Development Director
Peter Ruiz
Literary Coordinator
Patrick Starner
Production Manager
Julia Alvarez
Administrative Intern
Grace Archer
Audience Services & Development Associate
Sheri Tarrer
Development & Special Events Intern
Lawrence Grimm
Director of Education
Board of Directors
Jane Madden
Board Chair
Lead ESG Partner, Buro Happold
Lawrence Grimm
Vice Chair/Secretary
Actor, Founding Ensemble Member
Becky Coleman
Treasurer
Partner – Coleman & Associates
dado
AROT Ensemble Member, Director, Performer
Myron Elliott
AROT Ensemble Member, Costume Designer, Assistant Professor – University of Illinois at Chicago
Kirsten Fitzgerald
AROT Artistic Director, Ensemble Member, Actor
Monica Byrd
Chief Financial Officer – Family Office
Georgia Casciato
Regent, American College of Healthcare Executives – Metro Chicago/ Georgia Casciato Healthcare Consulting Inc.
Elizabeth Derrico
Principal – Elizabeth Derrico & Associates: Consultants to Law-related Nonprofits
Heidi Graham
Eileen Hirsch
Client Relations Analyst – Private Equity at Holland & Knight LLP
Dozie Ibekwe
Senior Associate – Madison Dearborn Partners
Erin Roberts
Chief Executive Partner – The Civic Agency
Michael Shannon
Actor, Founding Ensemble Member
Tom Shapiro
Partner, Cultural Strategy Partners
Tom South
Chief Information Officer, Northern Trust
Guy Van Swearingen
Actor, Founding Ensemble Member, Chicago Fire Department (Retired)
Jennifer Baumann
Senior Counsel, KBL Law: Trademark, Sports/Entertainment and IP Contracting Attorneys