Theatre Building Chicago Staff
Employment:
For more information on available positions at TBC, click here
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Administrative telephone: 773.929.7367 |
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| Betsy A. Beams (Customer Services Director) |
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| Allan Chambers (Theatre Services & Associate Artistic Director) |
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| Jeff DeLong (Marketing Director) |
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| Nancy Farnand (Box Office Assistant) |
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| Leah Kaiser (Fund Raising Consultant) |
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| Joan Mazzonelli (Executive Director) |
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| John Sparks (Artistic Director) |
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| Jennifer Stafford (Intern, Musical Program) |
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| Christian Vernon (Intern, Marketing) |
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| Thom Van Ermen (Operations Director) |
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| Casey Whitaker (Intern, Marketing) |
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Theatre Building Chicago Board of Directors
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Attorney
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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Assurance Manager
Grant Thornton LLP
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Founder and President
NetWorlding
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Executive Director
Theatre Building Chicago |
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Co-Founder, Retired CEO and President
The Middleby Corporation
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Michael A. Rosenbaum
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Founder of Rosebaum Advisors Inc. |
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Attorney
McGuire Woods LLP
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Chief Executive Officer
American Recruiters
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Theatre Building Chicago Advisory Board
| Hon. John Cullerton |
State Senator, 6th District |
| Hon. Sara Feigenholtz |
State Representative, 12th District |
| Hon. John Fritchey |
State Representative, 11th District |
| Paul Grigonis |
Graphic Designer, PCI |
| Patricia Haynes |
Mother McAuley High School |
| Georgann Joseph |
Attorney, Playwright |
| Michael A. Kerker |
Head, Music Theatre Division, ASCAP |
| Karen McManus |
Arts Advocate |
| Sheldon Patinkin |
Director, Columbia College Theatre Arts Department |
| Tim Pleiman |
Principal, Bravo Systems |
| Geoffrey Rogers |
President, DeWindt Corp., Contractors |
| Joel S. Rothman |
Attorney, Joel Rothman and Associates |
| Keith D.Schulz |
(retired) Counsel, Borg Warner |
| Howard Walker |
President, Manufactured Communities |
 If you'd like to usher at TBC, please call 773.529.5510 or visit the Saints online.
Biographies: Staff
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Betsy Beams Customer Services Director
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Betsy oversees Theatre Building Chicago’s box office and group sales. Betsy came to TBC in 2004 as a full-time, year-long box-office/marketing intern where she gained experience in all aspects of theatre management. Before arriving at TBC, Betsy had previously been a Tour Coordinator and Concessions Manager at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. After earning her B.S., theatre at Illinois State University, she has worked as a stage manager, technician, creative drama instructor, actor and musician.
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Allan Chambers Associate Artistic Director and Theatre Services
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Allan has served in many capacities for Theatre Building Chicago including actor, dramaturg, director, and workshop coordinator. Allan oversees theatre company client services and assists in directing the musical program. He is the immediate past-president of the Illinois Theatre Association, a founding and former board member of Chicago Alliance for Playwrights, and artistic consultant for Creative Musical Theatre, an honors class dedicated to the development of new music theatre voices at Valparaiso High School. Allan has served as an adjunct instructor at Robert Morris College and at North Park University, and has worked in various capacities with the Goodman Theatre, Music/Theatre Workshop, Our Town Productions, Prologue Theatre, American DreamWorks, Different Drummer Theatre, Bailiwick Repertory, The Western Stage, Cabrillo Stage, Bigfork Playhouse and North Shore Music Theatre. M.F.A. , musical theatre, San Diego State University. B.S., theatre acting/directing, University of Idaho. – Esto perpetua.
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Jeff DeLong Marketing Director
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Jeff joins Theatre Building Chicago with extensive experience in consumer marketing,He has worked as consultant for Comcast Cable, developed promotions and sponsorship for Chicago’s Museum of Science & Industry, launched Women’s Entertainment Television (WE: TV) as their Director of Consumer Marketing and Promotions in New York, Jeff is also a former Territory manager for American Movie Classics and worked for several year in Denver for Jones Intercable. His background also encompasses performances with the Tempo players in Oak Brook IL, former board member of the Free Associates Theater Company and voice over work for local Chicago television commercials. Jeff received a BA in Communication from Columbia College Chicago and serves on the Alumni Advisory Board of its Television Department.
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Leah Kaiser Fundraising Consultant
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Leah has been an arts consultant in the areas of fund raising and philanthropy. She has worked with Theatre Building Chicago, Performing Arts Chicago, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Family Focus, Inc., Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and The Alford Group Inc. Her experience in philanthropy includes reviewing grant requests for the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation and the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at Prince Charitable Trusts. In 1999, she wrote a case study for the National Endowment for the Arts about the planning process behind an arts organization's move to a new facility. Previously Leah spent five years with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, where she worked in all areas of fund raising and board development. As part of Hubbard Street's four-member development team, she helped to launch and implement a four-year, $6 million campaign for capital, endowment and artistic projects. A.B. in English and American Literature and Language, Harvard University.
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Joan Mazzonelli Executive Director
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Joan is delighted to be surrounded by the creative chaos of the numerous performing troupes that call Theatre Building Chicago home. She currently serves on the Artistic and Technical Team of the Joseph Jefferson Committee and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. She is past president of Child's Play Touring Theatre, past vice president of the Chicago Dance and Music Alliance, past treasurer of the League of Chicago Theatres, past secretary of the Illinois Theatre Association, and past board member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. Previously she was executive director of the Opera Shop at the Vineyard Theatre, managing director for On Stage Productions and tour director for the National Shakespeare Company. In addition to the original musicals she has supervised at TBC, she has directed, designed and produced a wide variety of pieces for the lyric stage with an emphasis on programs for children and families. Fine Arts, B.A., Fordham University, NYC.
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Casey Whitaker Intern, Marketing
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When Casey is not interning at Theatre Building Chicago and Second City Chicago, she is a senior Theatre & Arts Administration double major at the University of Kentucky. Originally from Beavercreek Ohio, she moved to Lexington and became a proud Wildcat and member of the Delta Zeta Sorority. Currently she is the Internal Philanthropy Chairman and recently finished planning the 9th Annual Mr. UK Pageant, which raised over $10,000 for the speech and hearing impaired. She is also President of the Golden Key International Honor Society on campus and also stays active by doing several Main Stage Productions for the UK Theatre Department and singing with Paws-n-Listen, an all girls a’capella group. This year she was nominated for the Irene Ryan Acting Award for her performance as Mrs. Siezmagraff in Betty’s Summer Vacation by Christopher Durang. Other production credits include Barbara in Summertime by Charles Mee, Susan in tick tick…boom! By Jonathan Larson and most recently she got the privilege to travel to Paris, France with a production titled Moliere’s Women.
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John Sparks Artistic Director, Musical Theatre Writers’ Workshop
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John selects and oversees about 20 new musicals each season. He also directs the TBC writers' workshop, which he co-initiated in 1987. John has served as the director for the Academy for New Musical Theatre in Los Angeles since 1981, and is currently a board member and guest instructor with Mercury Musicals Development in London. He has collaborated in writing numerous musicals such as Babes in Barns, Hans Brinker, Cashel Byron, and The Arresting Dilemma of Mr. K, which have been produced in Chicago, Los Angeles and the east coast. He has received local awards such as the After Dark Award for Best Score and several commissions from Theatre Building Chicago and from the Frederick Loewe Trust, awarded by the National Alliance for Musical Theatre B.A., Stonehill College, North Easton, MA, M.F.A. Playwrighting, UCLA.
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Jennifer Stafford Intern, Musical Program
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As an intern, Jennifer assists John Sparks and Allan Chambers in the musical program, covering various tasks from stage managing to archiving; facilitating communication between the Musical Theatre Writers Workshop members and all participants of TBC's Stages - an annual festival of new musicals. Jennifer's also a lyricist and member of TBC's musical theatre writers workshop.
Jennifer holds a BFA in Music Theatre Performance from the Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University. She performed, directed, and taught professionally in Washington D.C. at both the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Tony Award-winning Arena Stage. She recently completed a 15-month national tour of The Pied Piper with the Missoula Children's Theatre, and is glad to call Theatre Building Chicago home this season!
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Christian Vernon Intern, Marketing Program
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As an intern, Christian assists Betsy Beams and Jeff Delong in the marketing program, covering various tasks from helping the box office to assisting with marketing initiatives.
Christian holds a BA in Theatre and Education from Denison University. He has acted in numerous plays including Fuddy Meers, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, and The Shape of Things. Directing credits include The Last Five Years and Gasping For Air. He has worked as an assistant teacher for
John Sipes, movement and fight director for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Christian calls Charlotte, North Carolina home, but is happy to call Chicago his second.
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Thom Van Ermen Operations Director
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Thom manages the day-to-day finances and all aspects of the physical plant at Theatre Building Chicago. He has a wide range of experience as a freelance technical director and production manager for many theatres in Chicago such as Famous Door Theatre Company, Bailiwick Repertory and Porchlight Music Theatre. Thom is a stage director as well as a member of Actors’ Equity and his stage credits include work with Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Shakespeare’s Motley Crew, Bailiwick Repertory, Stage Left, Plan B Productions and Wayside Theatre. B.A., Marquette University. |
Biographies: Board
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Arthur Don, Secretary
Attorney, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Arthur Don is an attorney with Seyfarth Shaw, LLP in the areas of corporate investment management and securities. He is a Corporate and Securities Partner and Chair of the Investment Management Services Group. Arthur has more than 25 years of experience representing mutual funds, fund independent directors, investment advisers, private investment companies, broker-dealers and public companies in a variety of sophisticated securities transactions. His experience includes all aspects of investment company practice, from organizing new funds through acquisitions and mergers of funds. He also frequently advises independent directors on fiduciary duties, and advises clients on compliance policy issues. J.D., Northwestern University, cum laude, Editorial Board- Northwestern University Law Review, B.S., Northwestern University, with distinction.
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Arla Ebeling, Treasurer
Assurance Manager, Grant Thornton LLP
Arla Ebeling is an Assurance Manager with Grant Thornton LLP, and has over seven years of experience in public accounting in service to public and private clients mainly in the manufacturing, distributing, sales, and service industries, including several international public companies. She has comprehensive experience in providing auditing and accounting services and review and improvement of internal control systems. Arla has worked extensively with dynamic companies ranging in revenues up to $1 billion. She also has significant experience with the review of SEC filings, including annual and quarterly filings, securities registrations, and proxy statements. Arla gained international experience while working for Grant Thornton in Melbourne, Australia. Accountancy, B. S., University of Illinois.
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Melissa Giovagoli
Founder and President,
NetWorlding
Melissa Giovagnoli is the founder and president of Networlding and an expert on the development of individual and community leadership networks as a means of growing and accelerating brand loyalty and performance improvement inside and outside organizations. Melissa is the author of top-selling books, such as Networlding: Building Relationships and Opportunities for Success. She is a frequent presenter at conferences looking for interactive sessions. Her unique program, “The Extravaganza”, has been highly evaluated by Meeting Professionals International (MPI). In 1998 she was chosen as one of six extraordinary women of the year by The University of Chicago Women’s Graduate Business Alumni Board. Networlding was recently licensed by Yale University through their graduate school of business. BA in Sociology, B. A., J.D., DePaul University College of Law
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Joan Mazzonelli
Executive Director, Theatre Building Chicago
Joan Mazzonelli is the Executive Director of Theatre Building Chicago, and is delighted by the creative chaos of the numerous performing troupes that call Theatre Building Chicago home. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild and currently serves on the Artistic and Technical Team of the Joseph Jefferson Committee and on the membership services committee of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. She is past president of Child's Play Touring Theatre, past vice president of the Chicago Dance and Music Alliance, past treasurer of the League of Chicago Theatres, past secretary of the Illinois Theatre Association, and past board member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. Previously she was executive director of the Opera Shop at the Vineyard Theatre, managing di010rector for On Stage Productions and tour director for the National Shakespeare Company. Fine Arts, B. A., Fordham University.
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David P. Riley
Co-Founder, Retired CEO and President, The Middleby Corporation
David P. Riley is the retired co founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Middleby Corporation, a $500 million dollar public company that manufacturers commercial restaurant equipment with sales and service in more than 120 countries. He is past Chairman of the Board of Clearbrook, a charity that serves the mentally challenged and currently Chairman of Major Gifts and a member of the finance and marketing committees for this organization. He is past Education Chairman for the Chicago Chapter of the World Presidents Organization, and incoming Chapter Chairman. He is also an advisor for the Arial Homes Foundation, and the chapter advisor to the WPO Legacy committee. In addition he serves on several private and not for profit boards.
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Michael A. Rosenbaum
Founder of Rosenbaum Advisors, Inc
Michael A. Rosenbaum is founder of Rosenbaum Advisors, Inc., a communications and management consultancy serving small and mid-sized businesses. He is active in a number of non-profit endeavors, including Friends of the Forum and the American Jewish Committee and serves on the board of the World Presidents’ Organization in Chicago. Michael partnered with David Brimm in 2008 to write and produce their first play, Pitching Penguins, which ran for six weeks at the Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater in Chicago. Michael holds a bachelor of science degree in communication from the University of Illinois in Urbana and an MBA from Roosevelt University in Chicago.
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Gabrielle S. Stormo
Attorney with McGuire Woods LLP.
Gabrielle S. Stormo is an attorney with McGuire Woods LLP in the areas of technology & business and international transactions. Gabrielle provides legal and business counsel related to telecommunications, emerging technologies and cable television matters. She frequently appears before municipalities throughout the country on right-of-way and cable television matters, and advises on related public utility commission and other regulatory filings. She currently serves as outside counsel to one of the nation's major communications providers. Gabrielle also serves on the DePaul University College of Law Alumni Board. J. D., DePaul University College of Law, Editor in Chief of the DePaul-LCA Journal of Art & Entertainment Law; B. A., Calvin College.
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Craig S. Wilson, President
Chief Executive Officer, American Recruiters
Craig Wilson is a successful businessman, with ownership of American Recruiters, a management recruiting firm, as well as equity in other ventures. Craig’s personal goal is to write music that stands the test of time. His most recent work is Black, White & Gray (book by Luther Goins, lyrics by Myrna Petlicki and music by Craig Wilson) which will debut in March 2007. Craig is also writer of the book, lyrics, and music for Rio, a passion play symbolizing the plight of poorer classes, which was recorded in conjunction with key members of the Northwestern University WAA-MU cast in 1992. His production company, Air Play Music Ltd., has produced several commercials including Clearbrook, which aired on Chicago radio throughout 2002-2004. Craig wrote songs for The Young Immigrant, a movie starring Patrick Wayne, which was produced in 1976. M.B.A., Northwestern, Engineering, B.S., Northwestern University. |
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