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About Us
Westport Country Playhouse
Land Acknowledgement

The Playhouse acknowledges the indigenous peoples and nations of the Paugussett that stewarded the land and waterways of Westport, Connecticut. We honor and respect the enduring relationship that exists between these peoples and nations and this land.

See our full statement here.

Staff

Leadership

Mark Shanahan, Artistic Director

Beth Huisking, Managing Director


Development

Rick Davis, Director of Advancement


Marketing

Kelly Benenati, Marketing Manager
Andrea Quiles, Content & Community Engagement Associate
Patricia Blaufuss, Public Relations Manager


Production

Matthew Melchiorre, Director of Production
Molly Sackett, Company Manager
Bruce Miller, Archivist & Cultural Associate


Finance

Gerry Appel, Director of Finance
Ivon Katherine Gonzalez Guerrero, HR & Finance Associate


General Management

Geoff Topalian, Business Intelligence Manager

Kelly Richards Mikolasy, House & Events Manager

Brad Baldwin, Building Maintenance Manage

Jake Krasniewicz, Box Office Manager

Gretchen Werda, Box Office Supervisor
Maggie Meath, Administrative Associate
Victoria Moore, Jennifer Purcell, Box Office Associates

 

Board of Trustees

Officers

Athena T. Adamson, Chair

Alison K. Smith, Vice Chair

Ellen H. Petrino, Treasurer

Adam G. Clemens, Secretary

Patrick Morrow, Assistant Secretary


Trustees

Dave Altman 

Harold Bailey, Jr

Paige S. Couture

Ben Frimmer

Rashana Graham

Will Haskell

Joyce Hergenhan

Marjorie Jacobson

Anne Keefe

Maggie Lehnerd-Reilly

Roger Leifer

Jonathan Levy

Judy M. Phares

Janet Plotkin

Jake Robards

Barbara Samuelson

Richard Slavin

Barbara Streicker

Fred Zinn 


Honorary Trustees

Elisabeth Morten, Chair
Howard J. Aibel *
Walter Bergen
James P. Bradley
Sandra DeFeo
Kate Devlin
Robert Devlin
Robert H. Forrester
Edith Hall Friedheim
Helen Lee Henderson
Catherine Herman
Dan Kail
Mary Ellen Marpe
Bill Mitchell
Judith Resnick
Carol West Seldin
Ann Sheffer
Joel Smilow
Sharon Sullivan
John Vaccaro
Steven Wolff
Joanne Woodward
Bob Wright

Artist Circle

A.R. Gurney *
Lynne Meadow
James Naughton

* Deceased

Last updated 10/22/24

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