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

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Audrey Billings

Managing Director

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Kirsten Fitzgerald

Artistic Director

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Travis A. Knight

Associate Artistic Director

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Stephanie Shum

Marketing & Development Director

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Peter Ruiz

Literary Coordinator

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Patrick Starner

Production Manager

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Julia Alvarez

Marketing Associate

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Grace Archer

Audience Services & Development Associate

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Sheri Tarrer

Development & Special Events Intern

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Lawrence Grimm

Director of Education

Board of Directors

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Jane Madden

Board Chair

Lead ESG Partner, Buro Happold

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Lawrence Grimm

Vice Chair/Secretary

Actor, Founding Ensemble Member

Becky Coleman

Becky Coleman

Treasurer

Partner – Coleman & Associates

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AROT Ensemble Member, Director, Performer

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Myron Elliott

AROT Ensemble Member, Costume Designer, Assistant Professor – University of Illinois at Chicago

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Kirsten Fitzgerald

AROT Artistic Director, Ensemble Member, Actor

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Monica Byrd

Chief Financial Officer – Family Office

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Georgia Casciato

Regent, American College of Healthcare Executives – Metro Chicago/ Georgia Casciato Healthcare Consulting Inc.

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Elizabeth Derrico

Principal – Elizabeth Derrico & Associates: Consultants to Law-related Nonprofits

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Heidi Graham

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Eileen Hirsch

Client Relations Analyst – Private Equity at Holland & Knight LLP

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Dozie Ibekwe

Senior Associate – Madison Dearborn Partners

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Erin Roberts

Chief Executive Partner – The Civic Agency

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Michael Shannon

Actor, Founding Ensemble Member

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Tom Shapiro

Partner, Cultural Strategy Partners

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Tom South

Chief Information Officer, Northern Trust

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Guy Van Swearingen

Actor, Founding Ensemble Member, Chicago Fire Department (Retired)