Staff
Our Staff and Board
Under the direction of Artistic Director Loretta Greco and Executive Director Christopher Mannelli, The Huntington brings world-class theatre artists from Boston, Broadway, and beyond together with the most promising new talent to create eclectic seasons of exciting new works and classics made current. View our Board of Trustees and Advisors
Leadership

Loretta Greco (Artistic Director) is an artistic director, producer, and director with over two decades of artistic leadership experience. Her passion is championing groundbreaking artists whose work asks robust questions about our humanity, and fostering a nurturing, rigorous artistic home for extraordinary theatremakers and audiences.
Her freelance directing career spans the spectrum from reimagined classics to musicals and world premieres. Greco’s impact on the field is significant. 20 of the 26 world premieres she developed and produced have gone on to have to subsequent productions in New York and throughout the country (in 24 states) and internationally. Highlights include: the world premieres of Oedipus el Rey by Luis Alfaro; Hir by Taylor Mac; Don’t Eat the Mangos by Ricardo Perez Gonzalez; American Hwangap by Lloyd Suh; and the chamber opera Arlington by Victor Lodato and Polly Pen. Large scale productions include the Magic Theatre’s rolling world premiere of Taylor Mac’s five-hour allegory, The Lily’s Revenge with 36 performers and 6 women directors; the repertory of Mfoniso Udofia’s Sojourners and runboyrun; Jessica Hagedorn’s Dogeaters; and Barbara Hammond’s The Eva Trilogy among others. During her tenure at the Magic Theatre, playwrights have been recognized as Pulitzer finalists, Tony Award nominees, Herb Alpert honorees, Academy Award winners, and MacArthur “Genius” Award recipients.
Throughout her career, Greco has worked diligently to seek and create exciting community partnerships. Her community collaborations at the Magic included Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music in association with The Curran Theatre, Pomegranate Arts, and Stanford Live; the repertory of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s Brother/Sister Plays with ACT and Marin Theatre Company, and the Sheparding America celebration with ACT, Campo Santo, Crowded Fire, and Word for Word, among others. A passionate community builder, Greco spearheaded Magic’s Tenderloin Arts and Community programs for youth and adults and the Magic Laney College collaboration.
Greco has directed both premieres and reimagined classics in New York, San Francisco, and throughout the country. She directed Calderon’s Life is a Dream for Cal Shakes, and critically acclaimed American revivals such as Fool for Love by Sam Shepard for Magic and Speed the Plow by David Mamet for American Conservatory Theater. She also developed and directed the world premiere of Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s Lackawanna Blues for The Public Theater and directed the national tour of Emily Mann’s Having Our Say and its international premiere at the historic Market Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
In addition to her long tenure as Magic Theatre’s Artistic Director, she has served as Producing Artistic Director of New York’s WP Theater (formerly known as the Women’s Project) where she championed and produced a who’s who of theatre women including, Liesl Tommy, Annie Dorsen, Anne Kaufman, Lisa D’Amour, Katie Pearl, Leigh Silverman, and Diane Paulus, among many others. As Associate Director and staff producer of the McCarter Theatre Center, Greco originated their Second Stage-On-Stage festival, commissioning and producing plays from dozens of writers, including Nilo Cruz, Adrienne Kennedy, and Doug Wright, while line producing mainstage premieres such as Anna Deveare Smith’s Twilight, Athol Fugard’s Valley Song, Stephen Wadsworth’s The Triumph of Love, and Mann’s Having Our Say which then moved to Broadway.
Greco has taught at UCSD and at Brown University. She has served on TCG/Fox, ART/ New York, Pew Center for Arts, Drama League, and Herb Alpert Foundation panels. She is a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect and the recipient of Bay Area Critic’s Association Awards, Drama League fellowships, the Princess Grace Award, a Sundance/Luma Director’s fellowship, the 2018 Zelda Fichandler Award, the 2019 Gene Price Award, an honorary Acting Degree from American Conservatory Theatre, and the 2020 Sam Shepard Legacy Award. She is the proud mother of Sophia Greco Brill.
(As of February 2022)

Christopher Mannelli (Executive Director) is a seasoned theatre executive with a track record of strategic thinking and sound organizational leadership during periods of transition and growth. He has forged deep and meaningful connections with various local communities, and been responsible for innovative and successful fundraising and audience engagement initiatives.
As the Executive Director and Co-CEO of Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY since 2016, he oversaw the successful completion of the $10 million Front and Center Campaign, increasing their endowment and exceeding campaign goals. He managed the renovation and modernization of Geva’s theatre lobby, kitchen, bar, and audience seating, while also raising the company’s local and national profile and producing some of their most successful productions, including nine world premiere plays and musicals.
He has been a leader in the Geva Theatre Center’s anti-racism efforts, and successfully led the theatre through the global pandemic shutdown as well as their artistic director search and transition in 2022.
Prior to his seven years in Rochester, Chris held several key leadership positions in Chicago: first as deputy director of the esteemed Chicago Shakespeare Theater where he oversaw operations and helped to produce the theatre’s “World Stage” international programming, including their first-ever tour to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; and then as managing director of Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater, leading the renowned company for five years during a period of reorganization and strategic planning. He was also the managing director of HotCity Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri before moving to Chicago.
He has served on the board of directors for the national League of Resident Theatres (LORT). In Chicago, he served on the boards of the League of Chicago Theatres, Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce, and Emerald City Theatre, and as a steering committee member for Enrich Chicago (a group of arts organizations in Chicago working collectively to address racial equity).
In New York, he has served on the New York State Council on the Arts’ Theatre advisory panel, the corporate board for the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center, and the board of Rochester Downtown Development Corporation (RDDC) as a member of the executive and nominating committees.
Chris grew up on Long Island and began his career as an actor and a musician, touring nationally and internationally. He holds a BA in opera performance from the SUNY Geneseo School of Performing Arts, an MFA in arts leadership from DePaul University, and an Executive Scholars Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
(As of August 2023)
Administration
Associate General Manager | Melissa Duey |
Assistant General Manager | Maya Neville |
Executive Assistant to the Executive Team |
Claudia Ramirez
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Company Manager | Chelsea Tuffy |
Assistant Company Manager | Lee Forrest |
Management Assistant | Kate Rubel |
Artistic
Director of New Work | Charles Haugland |
Associate Director of Artistic Programming and Activation | Kevin Becerra |
Resident Producer | Kevin Schlagle |
Casting Assistant | Brett Duffy |
Literary Associate | Sid Jepsen |
Front Porch Arts Collective | Pascale Florestal, Maurice Emmanuel Parent, Donovan Holt |
Development
Chief Development Officer | Elisabeth H. Saxe |
Director of Development | Jessica Morrison |
Associate Director of Individual Giving | Brook Holladay |
Major & Planned Giving Officer | Brad Delzer |
Individual Giving Officer | Alexandra Breland |
Events & Engagement Officer | Alicia Hartz |
Campaign Manager | Robin Valovich |
Institutional Giving Manager |
Bethany Seabolt |
Development Communications & Board Relations Specialist | Katy Poludniak |
Development Database & Operations Coordinator |
Christopher Lysik |
Development Associate | Bryce Putt |
Development Volunteer | Julie Nadal |
Education
Director of Education | Meg O’Brien |
Associate Director of Education & Workforce Development | Marisa Jones |
Manager of Education Operations | Bec Ray Lowe |
Manager of Curriculum and Instruction | Kalee Burrows |
Education Programs Associate | Latasha Snider |
Resident Teaching Artist | Naheem Garcia |
Teaching Artists |
Kortney Adams, Angelina Benitez, Jesse Garlick, Ash Long, Keith Mascoll, Susan Thompson, Oliver Rizzo, Jalyse Ware
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Finance
Director of Accounting and Finance | Lisa Tobias |
Senior Accountant | Octavio Sierra |
Associate Director | John Josti |
AP Accountant | Ryan Douglass |
Human Resources
HR Director | Hortensia Hinds |
HR Business Partner | Desireth Diaz |
Talent and Engagement Specialist | Ashley Atkins |
Human Resources Coordinator | Lequinn Pettway |
Information Technology
IT Director | Scott Poole |
Network Administrator | Daniel Moloney |
Marketing
Chief Marketing Officer | Anne Rippey |
Associate Director of Marketing | Derrick Martin |
Associate Director of Publicity | Gabrielle Jaques |
Creative Design Manager | Joi Garron |
Digital Marketing Coordinator | Jenna Glazier |
Social Content & Marketing Coordinator | Zacharie Mega |
Marketing Database & Analytics Coordinator | Courtney Tuozzo |
Production
Director of Production | Bethany Ford |
Scenery
Technical Director | Mike Hamer |
Associate Technical Director | Todd Burgen |
Scene Shop Supervisor | David Breland |
Lead Carpenter | Larry Dersch |
Lead Welder | Milosz Gassan |
Carpenters | Lou Gerstle, Jorge Pinto, Jay Pizzuti, Max Rocca, Nathan Sherrier, Brian Winsor |
Scenery Administrator | John Graham Parker |
Properties
Properties Director | Kristine Holmes |
Assistant Properties Director | Justin Seward |
Properties Run | Andrew DeShazo |
Paints
Charge Scenic Artist | Kristin Krause |
Assistant Charge Scenic Artist | Romina Diaz-Brarda |
Scenic Artists | Katie Keaton, Michelle Sparks |
Costumes
Costume Director | Carolyn Hoffmann-Schneider |
Assistant Costume Director | Virginia V. Emerson |
Head Draper | Anita Canzian |
Tailor/Draper | Lorien Haigh |
Costume Crafts Artisan / Dyer | Denise M. Wallace-Spriggs |
Stitcher | Ana Ayanna-Escalante |
First Costumer | Sarah “Becky” Hylton |
Wardrobe Supervisor | Christine Marr |
Associate Wardrobe Supervisor | Barbara Crowther |
Electrics
Lighting & Projections Supervisor | Bridget Collins |
Associate Lighting Supervisor | Shodge Hodgkins |
Sound
Sound Supervisor | Steve Deptula |
Sound Supervisor Emeritas | Ben Emerson |
Sound Engineer | Lexie Lankiewicz |
Stage Management
Stage Managers | Lauren Burke, Lucas Bryce Dixon, Kelly Hardy, Deirdre Benson, Emily F. McMullen, Ashley Pitchford, Kevin Schlagle |
The Huntington Theatre
Huntington Theatre Manager | Kat Herzig |
Huntington Theatre House Manager | |
Huntington Theatre Operations Supervisor | Abbie Huneycutt |
Event Outreach and Operations Coordinator | Esther Daube-Valois |
Huntington Theatre Management Associate | Emily Elisabeth Holzman |
Huntington Theatre Sound Engineer | Lexie Lankiewicz |
Huntington Theatre Deck Lead | Andrew Wissmann |
Huntington Theatre Properties Run | Andrew Deshazo |
Huntington Theatre Wardrobe Coordinator | Christine Marr |
The Huntington Calderwood
Director of Theatre Operations | Katie Most |
Associate Director of Theatre Operations | Taylor Ness |
Calderwood Operations Associate | Henry Hutchinson |
Calderwood House Manager | Justin Hatch |
Calderwood Management Associate | Jessie Marasco |
Calderwood Pavilion Run Carpenter | Mitchell Gavin |
Calderwood House Electrician | Roshane Brown |
Calderwood House Sound Engineer | Kalen Anderson |
Front of House
Huntington Theatre Interim House Manager | Mariella Murillo, Jess Meyer, Mirabella Pisani, Tyler Dean |
Assistant House Managers |
Kelly Chick, Sean Dorgan, Claire Johnston, Ksenia Lanin, Josh Nyland, Micaela Slotin, Ciera-Sade Wade
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Front of House Staff |
Calysa Alba, Izzy Astuto, Jennifer Alexis Boucugnani, Bubriski, Yakira Cadavid, Rachel Castagentti, Frane Cebalo, Lou Conrad, Melanie Davis-Kay, Noah Dawson, Hannah Dellert, Leila DeMoss, Blythe Dewitt, Steven Dias, Joe Ellard, Leif Ennis, Kaitlyn Epps, Scarling Ferrera Mejia, Makenzie Finnegan, Molly Flanigan, Rio Foust, Maya Gomez del Campo Rojas, Sean Hanke, Kristen Hanley, Patrick Harford, Kelly Harrigan, Drew Holland, Dustin Holmburg, Jared Hornsby, Keandra Hunt, Natti Jaraschatrkaew, Miranda Joyce, Noah Klein, Marissa Krenn, Roxanne Leal, Kyhana Lechuga, Shawn Lindaberry, Noah Leikind, Nicholas Long, Theo Madsen, Brooke Marion, Emma Mason, Blakely Massey, Colleen Mcgrath, Carly Mentis, Ida Mihok, Amanda Milsop, Emma Murray, Lucy Negron Hall, Hannah Nilsson, Kelechi Njoku, Bella Nordman, John O’Neil, Katie “Perry” O’Neill, Matt Pace, David Paligora, Maerose Pepe, Reid Perry, Micah Pflaum, Victoria Pozzato, Reid Rademacher, Gabriel Riccardi, Liza Rice, Mireya Sanchez-Maes, Maddie Sebastian, Lucas Serna, Kaya Solheid, Fiona Stern, Sarah Ursini, Penny Wall, Cameron Ward, Ellie Watson, Ashton Williams
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Ticketing Services
Ticketing Operations Manager | Noah Ingle |
Associate Ticketing Operations Manager | Robin Russell |
Calderwood Pavilion Ticketing Services Coordinator | Lucy Hayes |
Huntington Theatre Ticketing Services Coordinator | Ellie Noble |
Ticketing Associates | Stuart Foster,Megan Harris, Emma Giorgio |
Customer Service Representatives | Cam McCarty, Maddie Sebastian, Lindsey Weaver |
In addition to our in-house Ticketing Services team, we partner with a Direct Sales Vendor, SMART Marketing.
As of March 2025.