SDCF Board of Trustees | Staff Departments | Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation

Mark Brokaw – President

Broadway: Simon Stephen’s *Heinsenberg*, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s *Cinderella,* Nicky Silver’s The Lyons, After Miss Julie, The Constant Wife, Reckless, Cry-Baby. New York premieres include works by Douglas Carter Beane (*As Bees in Honey Drown*), David Auburn, …

Anne Kauffman – Vice President + Secretary

Anne Kauffman is a New York based free-lance director focused on new work. She is a founding member of The Civilians. With the Civilians: THE LADIES by Anne Washburn (Cherry Lane, Dixon Place, Chashama), MAPLE AND VINE by Jordan Harrison …

Sharon Ott – Treasurer

**Sharon Ott** is an Associate Professor and served as the Chair of Dept. of Theatre from 2017 until August, 2021. She currently serves as the Artistic Director for the department. Before coming to VCU, she was a Professor in the …

Justin Emeka

Justin Emeka is the resident director of Pittsburgh Public Theater, as well as a tenured professor of Theatre and Africana studies at Oberlin College. As a director, writer, actor, and Capoeirista he specializes in new approaches to “classic” texts, as …

Linda Hartzell

**Linda Hartzell** (*Artistic Director Emerita*) served as Artistic Director of Seattle Children’s Theater from 1984 until her retirement in 2016. She received her BA in Education from the University of Washington. She directed 87 plays, 56 of which …

Laura Penn

Laura Penn joined Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) in 2008, after a 25-year management career in the League of Resident Theatres (LORT). Under her leadership SDC Membership has grown 35%, a result of successful expansion of jurisdiction nationally and …

Seema Sueko

SEEMA SUEKO grew up in Honolulu, with a Pakistani father and a Japanese American mother. Conversations about the arts, politics and community wove through her upbringing, stitching the tapestry of her core belief: theater is transformative and can contribute to …

Maria Torres

Maria Torres’ extensive career as director, choreographer, instructor, and Producer began as a critically acclaimed performer, contributing choreography while performing in the film Dance, with the six-time Tony-nominated Broadway musical Swing and Me!. Torres was nominated for a 2018 Ovation …

Victoria Traube

Victoria Traube is Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs of Concord Theatricals, North America. She is responsible for the business and legal affairs of Concord Theatricals, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and Concord’s motion picture and television division. She started work …

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