Peta Coy
Executive Assistant
Australian born director/choreographer Peta Coy has worked in theatre, film and dance as a director, choreographer, movement coach, fight director, tour manager, company manager, executive assistant, and performance arts educator. She holds degrees in dance, performing arts and stage direction …
Dan Knechtges
Dan Knechtges is the Artistic Director of Theatre Under The Stars in Houston, TX. Dan Knechtges Broadway – Lysistrata Jones (Direction & Choreography), Xanadu (directed by Chris Ashley, Tony nomination, Drama Desk nomination), Sondheim on Sondheim (directed by James Lapine), …
John Dillon
John Dillon is a stage director who makes his home in Seattle, though he’s also the Associate Director of Tokyo’s Institute of Dramatic Arts (and where his productions have twice won Japan’s highest theater award). He’s the Founding President of …
Pam MacKinnon
President
Pam MacKinnon’s recent credits include Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance (Broadway); Bruce Norris’ The Qualms (Steppenwolf); Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Broadway, Arena Stage, Steppenwolf; Tony Award and Drama Desk Awards for Best Director of a Play, Outer …
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, …
Danielle (Dani) Barlow
Foundation Director
Danielle (Dani) Barlow (she/her) is a theatre manger who most recently served as the Interim Associate Producer at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, DC, where she provided support for productions in the 2020-21 season including Telephonic Literary Union’s Human …
John Rando
Executive Vice President
John Rando was most recently represented on Broadway with the Tony Nominated Best Musical: A Christmas Story. He is the 2002 Tony Award and Outer Critic’s Circle Award-winning director of Urinetown, The Musical. Other Broadway credits include: The …
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 …
Hannah Kutten
Program Associate
Hannah Kutten (she/they) serves as the Program Associate for SDCF. Hannah has a background in government relations, community organizing, and the performing arts as a performer and advocate. She fell in love with performing when she started tap classes at …
Leigh Silverman
Vice President
Broadway: Violet (Tony nomination); Chinglish; Well. Off-Broadway: American Hero (2ST); Kung Fu (Signature Theatre); The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence (Playwrights Horizons); The Call (Playwrights Horizons); The Madrid (MTC); Golden Child (Signature Theatre); No Place to …
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 …
Oz Scott
Secretary
Oz Scott is an award-winning television, theatrical and motion picture director whose credits span hundreds of television episodes and dozens of feature films, stage productions and made-for-TV movies. Oz’s directorial talents have contributed to the success of award-winning shows such …