Elizabeth R. English
Manda Martin
Roberta Pereira
Stephanie Ybarra
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ELIZABETH R. ENGLISH
Contact: www.collectshinyobjects.com
Elizabeth R. English is the Founder, Producer and Co-Artistic Director of the Brooklyn based performance collective A Collection of Shiny Objects. Her developmental production of The Exile of Petie Delarge by Jennifer Barclay was presented at Son of Semele Theater and Redcat (Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater) in downtown Los Angeles as part of the 2010 Redcat/NOW (New Original Works) Festival. Also in Los Angeles, Rogue Artist Ensemble’s developmental production of Hyperbole: Origins at the inaugural Hollywood Fringe, Silver Years of Dust at Highways Performance Space, the LA premiere of Thomas Bradshaw’s Strom Thurmond Is Not A Racist for Blank-the-Dog Productions, and she assisted on the Getty Villa residency of Big Dance Theater’s Alkestis. In Chicago, the premiere of John Patrick Shanley’s The Big Funk nominated for two Joseph Jefferson Awards. At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Erik Ehn and Katie Shook’s object theater and multimedia adaptation of “Godzilla”, One Eye Gone. New York credits include Apple Cove (Women’s Project, Associate Producer), and the developmental projects Goods and Services by playwright Gregory Moss, and Darling, a new rock musical to be debuted at Ars Nova as part of ANT Fest 2011. Liz has a BS in Theatre from Northwestern University and an MFA in Producing from the California Institute of the Arts.
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.
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Roberta
Pereira has been an Associate Producer with Bisno Productions since 2010, where she has worked on shows such as Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical (Broadway), Tony-award winner War Horse (Lincoln Center, tour and Toronto), and Through A Glass Darkly with Carey Mulligan (co-production with Atlantic Theater Company). Previously, she was an Associate Producer at Anne Bogart’s SITI Company, 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 credits include the Broadway premiere of David Mamet's A Life in the Theatre starring Sir Patrick Stewart and T.R. Knight (Broadway), 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 on the Board of Directors of Studio 42, a founding ensemble member of Tilted Field and a member of Women’s Project Lab. A graduate of Yale School of Drama’s Theater Management program, Roberta is originally from Brazil and currently lives in New York City. Fellowship: 2011 Old Vic New Voices TS Eliot US/UK Exchange.
STEPHANIE YBARRA
Stephanie Ybarra, an avid fan of her hometown San Antonio Spurs basketball team, still owns (and often wears) a pair of cowboy boots. With over a decade of experience under her belt (which matches her boots), Stephanie is frequently up to one ear in scripts and the other ear in spreadsheets as Producing Director of the Playwrights Realm. She made her New York producing debut in 2007 with the original production of Tarell McCraney’s The Brothers Size at the Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival, for which she received the inaugural Producer’s Chair Award from the Foundry Theater. Since then she has produced at HERE Arts Center, Ars Nova’s A.N.T Fest, and INTAR, and has served as the casting director for Two River Theater Company's Crossing Borders Festival. Stephanie got her start in her native Texas, working in Marketing and Development for Dallas Theater Center and Dallas Children's Theater, and then spent time in Boston serving as Deputy Director of Operations for Citizen Schools, a national after school program. Roles such as Associate Managing Director of New Play Production at Yale Repertory Theatre, Executive Producer of Ensemble Company for the Performing Arts and Interim General Manager for Two River Theater Company round out her tri-state credits. Stephanie is a card-carrying member of the LXP Producing Collective and sits on the board of the tri-state chapter of the Yale Latino Alumni Association. She holds a BFA in Performance from Baylor University, an MFA in Theater Management from Yale School of Drama, and a deep belief in the power of the post-it note.
