Elizabeth R. English
Manda Martin
Elizabeth Moreau
Roberta Pereira
Stephanie Ybarra
ELIZABETH R. ENGLISH
Before coming to New York, Elizabeth has produced theater in Los Angeles, Chicago, and at the Edinburgh Fringe. Recently she co-produced with award-winning LA based Rogue Artists Ensemble their workshop production of HYPERBOLE: origins at the inaugural Hollywood Fringe Festival. Her developmental production of The Exile of Petie DeLarge by Jennifer Barclay has been presented at Son of Semele Theater and REDCAT in downtown Los Angeles. She worked with Big Dance Theater during their residency at the Getty Villa, and produced Silver Years of Dust, three shorter dance theater pieces by members of that company at Highways Performance Space. In 2009 she produced Erik Ehn and Katie Shook’s object theater and multimedia adaptation of “Godzilla”, One Eye Gone, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She produced the Chicago premiere of John Patrick Shanley’s The Big Funk, nominated for two Joseph Jefferson Awards, and the Los Angeles premiere of Thomas Bradshaw’s Strom Thurmond Is Not A Racist for Blank-the-Dog. Elizabeth founded her own production company, A Collection of Shiny Objects, to explore alternative models for the development of theatrical and multidisciplinary live performance. She has a BS in Theatre from Northwestern University and an MFA in Producing from the California Institute of the Arts. www.collectshinyobjects.com.
MANDA MARTIN
Manda Martin is a theater producer, consultant, and food blogger. She is currently Associate Producer at Culture Project, and the lead producer for Women Center Stage, a multi-disciplinary initiative committed to supporting and promoting the work of women artists. Other productions at Culture Project include the Lucille Lortel Outstanding Play Betrayed, Lenelle Moïse’s Expatriate, Lemon Andersen’s County of Kings, and In Conflict. With producer Olivia Greer, Manda recently cofounded Vicious Bear Productions dedicated to producing “fierce work by women of conscience,” by supporting the development and production of new theatrical, musical, and multi-media works by emerging and established women artists. VB is currently developing WATER (or the secret life of objects) with a creative team led by director Daniella Topol and playwright Sheila Callaghan. Additionally, Manda is an associate member of the League of Professional Theater Women, a frequent collaborator with Arts in Bushwick, and a co-author of the New York food blog, Young Broke and Hungry.
ELIZABETH MOREAU
Elizabeth Moreau is a producer, stage manager, company manager and production manager. She is currently the Associate Production Manager at the Public Theater, the Artistic Associate of the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT, and a producer for the green theater collective Superhero Clubhouse. She produced the short film Matchbook of a Heart with Louisville musician Jason Noble, featuring members of SITI Company. For eight years she was the stage, company, and production manager for Anne Bogart's SITI Company, touring nationally and internationally with the company's repertoire. She has also worked with the ensembles Lightbox and Rude Mechs. Recently, she stage managed Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson for the Public Theater, as well as Idiot Savant with Richard Foreman and Willem Dafoe. She is a graduate of Bates College.
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Roberta Pereira is an Associate Producer at Anne Bogart’s SITI Company. Previously, she was Executive Producer of Summer Cabaret (New Haven) and Associate Managing Director for Yale Repertory Theatre/World Performance Project, where she produced a series of international music and theater events. Roberta also produced all the auxiliary events for the 2006 Dublin International Theatre Festival. As an independent producer, her recent New York credits include Spacebar: A Broadway Play By Kyle Sugarman (Studio 42), Usher (New York International Fringe Festival, Outstanding Musical Award), the production concept of Ainadamar (winner of the Opera America Director-Designer Showcase), and We Declare You A Terrorist (Summer Play Festival). Roberta is an Artistic Associate of art.party.theater. company and is a graduate of Yale School of Drama’s Theater Management program. Originally from Brazil, Roberta currently lives in New York City.
STEPHANIE YBARRA
Stephanie Ybarra is currently the Producing Director of The Playwrights Realm, where she has produced Dov and Ali (by Anna Ziegler, directed by Katherine Kovner), Dreams of the Washer King (by Christopher Wall, directed by Giovanna Sardelli), and Dramatis Personae (by Gonzalo Rodriguez Risco, directed by Erik Pearson). She is a member of the LXP Producing Collective and has developed work with Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Foundry Theatre and the Drama League. Prior to The Playwrights Realm, Stephanie served as Interim General Manager for Two River Theater Company, Associate Managing Director of New Play Production at Yale Repertory Theatre, and Executive Producer of Ensemble Company for the Performing Arts. Additionally, Stephanie has worked in Development and Marketing for Dallas Children's Theater and Dallas Theater Center, as well as Deputy Director of Operations for Citizen Schools, a national after school program. New York Producing credits include: The Brothers Size (The Public Theater's 2007 Under the Radar Festival) for which she was awarded the inaugural Producer’s Chair Award from the Foundry Theatre; and Finding Ways to Prove You're Not an Al-Qaeda Terrorist When You're Brown (HERE). Stephanie holds a BFA from Baylor University and an MFA from Yale School of Drama.
