Emily Comisar (Executive Artistic Director) has been a theater person her entire life, but on staff at OKC Rep since September 2022. She has worked in fundraising and management positions at Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, MCC Theater, and Pipeline Theatre Company. She was the General & Company Manager for the commercial off-Broadway world premiere of The View Upstairs, and has produced in festivals including FringeNYC, SheNYC, and the Game Play Festival (The Brick). Emily has also spent many years as a playwright and independent producer.  Her full length work includes The Campaign (Theatre Crude Fringe Festival 2024), Dumpster Fire (She NYC Festival 2018), Undrown’d: Seeking Asylum (co-written with Benita de Wit, Columbia Stages), Switzerland (Lone Star Theatre Co.), Moonlighting (Lone Star Theatre Co.), Track Twelve (FringeNYC), and The Last Hurrah (Northwestern University). She is currently an instructor in the OU Online MA in Arts Management program. Emily holds a Bachelor of Arts in Performance Studies from the Northwestern University School of Communications, with specialties in critical studies, adaptation of narrative for the stage, and multimedia performance.  She also holds a Master of Arts in Italian Language and Media from Middlebury College and a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Management & Producing from Columbia University.

Rachael Niederhauser (General Manager) recently joined the OKC Rep team in August 2024. Before becoming an Oklahoman, she worked with performing arts organizations in Chicago and Houston including Lookingglass Theatre Company, Steppenwolf, Houston Ballet, and Stages. Rachael holds a music degree from Baylor University, which she dusts off occasionally to sing with the Norman Philharmonic, and also studied graduate-level Arts Management & Entrepreneurship at the University of Oklahoma. She is honored to serve on the OU Theatre Guild Board, helping raise scholarships for emerging artists. 

David Pilchman (Production Manager) was born and mostly raised in OKC.  After graduating from OU, he Production Stage Managed for The Crown Uptown Theater (Wichita, KS) and several Norwegian Cruise Line shows. David became a Production Manager in NYC working on World Premieres such as The View Upstairs, Small Mouth Sounds, Mike Birbiglia's Thank God For Jokes, and Clinton the Musical.  Since moving back home in 2020, he has worked with local organizations such as Oklahoma Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, OKC Ballet, Painted Sky Opera, RACE Dance, SPARK! Creative Lab, Theatre Crude Fringe Festival, and Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center.  David recently ran as the Independent candidate for OK-State Senate District 46. He wants to encourage you to VOTE at every chance you get.  Not just “the big ones.”  Thanks to everyone creating and supporting theater in his hometown.  You can check your Voter Registration at okvoterportal.okelections.gov

Jenny Brand (Associate Producer) has been organizing theater since the age of 16 when she lived in the Netherlands. Since graduating from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Jenny has worked extensively in both the UK and US, including National Youth Music Theatre (UK), European Union Youth Orchestra (UK), Children’s Theatre Company (MN), Twin Cities Horror Festival (MN), Revolutions International Theatre Festival (NM), and California International Theatre Festival as their executive producer. In addition to her role with OKC Rep, she has worked locally with OCCC, Jewish Theatre of Oklahoma, and Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, and is the Executive Director of Theatre Crude, Oklahoma's own fringe festival - theatrecrude.org.