Ambassadors Council
NNPN’s Ambassadors Council are new play enthusiasts who are both familiar with and committed to NNPN’s mission, vision, values, and work. At Large Ambassadors come to the Network as freelance artists, avid patrons, and industry professionals who aren’t currently working with an NNPN Member Theater. Core Member Artist and Patron Ambassadors represent those Member Theaters’ local constituencies within the Network’s activities. Members of the Ambassadors Council are invited to participate in program adjudication processes, self-nominate to serve on the NNPN Board of Directors, and attend the Annual Conference and National Showcase of New Plays. Additionally, Ambassadors are invited to NNPN benefits, special events, and opportunities to engage and connect with each other and the Network through constituency-specific Zoom meetings at regular intervals throughout the year.
At Large Ambassadors
- Leah Abrams, Independent Producer
- Chelsea Anderson, Director
- Kelly Armstrong, Playwright
- Brian Balcom, Director
- Meghan Beals, Dramaturg
- Beth Blickers, APA
- Mark Bly, The Acting Company/Fordham University
- Gigi Bolt, Columbia School of the Arts
- Bostin Christopher, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Ron Clark, Co-Founder, Riverside Theatre
- Mario Correa, Screenwriter
- Steven Dietz, Playwright
- Michael Dove, Director
- Carol Dweck, Stanford University
- Liz Engelman, Tofte Lake Center
- Pat Flick, Shakespeare Theatre Association
- Trevor Floyd, Playwright
- Bryan Fonseca, Artistic Director, Fonseca Theatre Company*
- Lydia Fort, Director
- David H. Friedlander, Entertainment and Intellectual Property Attorney
- David Goldman, Director, Stanford University National Center for New Plays; NNPN Founder
- Barclay Goldsmith, Founder, Borderlands Theater
- Jane Harrison
- Aimée Hayes, Director
- Gary Heisserer, Graceland University
- Gregg Henry, Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
- Donna Hoke, Road Less Travelled Productions
- Jody Hovland, Co-Founder, Riverside Theatre
- Morgan Jenness, In This Distracted Globe
- Dr. Ram Koppaka, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- Kate Langsdorf, Comedy Writer
- Jessica Litman, University of Michigan Law School
- Liz Maestri, Playwright
- Amy Rose Marsh, Concord Theatricals
- Ricky J. Martinez, Director & Playwright
- Annaliese McSweeney, Literary Manager, Stage Left Theatre
- Kelly Miller, Literate.
- Naysan Mojgani, Associate Artist, Round House Theatre
- Amy Mueller, Director
- Shannon Musgrave, Communications Manager, Allegheny Regional Asset District
- Bridget O’Leary, Independent Director and Dramaturg
- Kittson O’Neill, Philadelphia Theater Maker
- Bruce Ostler, Bret Adams, Ltd.
- Markus Potter, Director
- Alejandro Rodriguez, Producer & Playwright
- Art Rotch, Emeritus Artistic Director, Perseverance Theatre
- Lisa Rothe, Director
- Mark Routhier, Director
- Olga Sanchez, Artistic Director Emerita, Milagro
- Jordan Schwartz, Associate Producing Director, Fonseca Theatre Company
- Jean Bruce Scott, Emeritus Executive Director, Native Voices at the Autry
- Sandy Shinner, Shattered Globe Theatre/DePaul University
- Dan Shoemaker, Emeritus Executive Director, Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte
- Timothy Jay Smith, Founder, the NNPN Smith Prize for Political Theatre
- Zev Valancy, Dramaturg
- Kristen Vehill, Board Member, 16th Street Theater and Prop Thtr
- Nicole A. Watson, Associate Artistic Director, McCarter Theatre
- Amanda White Thietje, DalekoArts
- Donna Willis, Board Member, Actor’s Express
- Richard Winkler, Red Hanger Productions
- Gavin Witt, Dramaturg and Director
- Joseph Zettelmaier, Roustabout Theatre Troupe
Core Member Artist Ambassadors
- Anna Bahow, Silk Road Rising
- Evan Bergman, New Jersey Repertory Company
- John Biguenet, Southern Rep Theatre
- Enrique Bravo, Perseverance Theatre
- Jasmine Brooks, Company One Theatre
- Eric Coble, Cleveland Public Theatre
- Walter Coppage, Unicorn Theatre
- Dennis Delamar, Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte
- Jennifer Fawcett, Riverside Theatre
- Thomas Gibbons, InterAct Theatre Company
- Lauren Gunderson, Marin Theatre Company
- Andrew Kramer, Phoenix Theatre
- Aditi Brennan Kapil, Mixed Blood Theatre
- York Kennedy, Magic Theatre
- Robert Koon, 16th Street Theater
- Maya Malan-González, Milagro
- Mike Marinaccio, Orlando Shakespeare Theater
- Jonathan Norton, Kitchen Dog Theater
- Jenny O’Hara, Fountain Theatre
- Beau O’Reilly, Prop Thtr
- Joe Rodota, B Street Theatre
- Bruce Sevy, Curious Theatre Company
- Eric Shimelonis, Contemporary American Theater Festival
- Herbert Siguenza, San Deigo REPertory Theatre
- Tito Smeath-Livas, Salt Lake Acting Company
- Mark St. Germain, Florida Studio Theatre
- Eva Zorille Tessler, Borderlands Theater
- Donya K. Washington, Actor’s Express
Core Member Patron Ambassadors
- Susan Arkin, Orlando Shakespeare Theater
- Dennis Bolin, Kitchen Dog Theater
- Terry Cramer, Perseverance Theatre
- Ron David, Borderlands Theater
- Kipp Delbyck, Marin Theatre Company
- Bill Farkas, Phoenix Theatre
- Greg Frankenfield, Mixed Blood Theatre
- Rick Frey, B Street Theatre
- Bernard Jaffe, Southern Rep Theatre
- Karen Kondazian, Fountain Theatre
- Vasi Laurence, New Jersey Repertory Company
- Jessica Linden, Actor’s Express
- Keryl McCord, Horizon Theatre Company
- Pete Miller, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
- Dawn Moore, San Diego REPertory Theatre
- Clayton Owens, Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte
- Brian Saliman, Magic Theatre
- RB Seem, Contemporary American Theater Festival
- Jeremy Shamos, Curious Theatre Company
- Charna Sherman, Cleveland Public Theatre
- Gayle Smith, InterAct Theatre Company
- Terence Stephens, Salt Lake Acting Company
- Encarnacion Teruel, Prop Thtr
- Fouad Teymour, Silk Road Rising
- Sasha Abby VanDerzee, Company One Theatre
- Jennifer Whitmore, Riverside Theatre
- Shari Wilson, Unicorn Theatre
*in memoriam