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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Hope Campbell Gundlah

Communications Coordinator

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Stephanie Shum

Individual Giving Coordinator

Rebecca Eaton Creech
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Becky Creech

Foundation & Corporate Relations Specialist

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Reilly Ribeiro

Audience Services Manager

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Peter Ruiz

Literary Coordinator

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Kyle Stoffers

Administrative & Casting Associate

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Kathleen Dickinson

Resident Stage Manager

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Jessica G. Smith

Box Office Associate

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Lawrence Grimm

Director of Education

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Sadieh Rifai

Artistic Development Coordinator

Board of Directors

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Jane Madden

Board Chair

Managing Partner, Global Sustainability & Social Impact – Finn Partners

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Georgia Casciato

Vice Chair

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

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Hugh Breslin

Treasurer

Managing Director – Wells Fargo Advisors

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Lawrence Grimm

Secretary

Actor, Founding Ensemble Member

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AROT Ensemble Member, Director, Performer, Professor – Purdue University Northwest

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Myron Elliott-Cisneros

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

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Kirsten Fitzgerald (Ex-Officio)

AROT Artistic Director, Ensemble Member, Actor

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Dozie Ibekwe

Senior Associate – Madison Dearborn Partners

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Erika Jackson

Vice President, Strategic Leadership Team – InSite Realty Advisors

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Rebecca Mills

President – W K Mills Consulting, Inc.

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Marcin Jedrzejewski

Engineering Manager – Conagra Brands

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Gloria Lehr
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Erin Roberts

Chief Partnership Officer – The Executives’ Club of Chicago

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Michael Shannon

Actor, Founding Ensemble Member

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Fred Spreen

Corporate Vice President – New York Life Stable Value Investments

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Christian Chadd Taylor

Attorney (Retired) – Kirkland & Ellis LLP

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Guy Van Swearingen

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

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Robert Weil

Financial Advisor – The AdvisoryOne Group

Associate Board

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Chloe Tarnowski

Associate Board Chair

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Rebecca Husk

Associate Board Vice Chair

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Reilly Ribeiro

Engagement Chair

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Paul Martin

Fundraising Chair

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Taylor Adams
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Sean Baloun
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Sydney Hanson
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Emiley Kiser
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Joel Willison
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Hope Campbell Gundlah

Ex-Officio (Staff Liaison)

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Stephanie Shum

Ex-Officio (Staff Liaison)