Panelists
2017-2018 Professional Theatre

September 19, 2016
9:00 AM - to conclusion
Teleconference (How to participate)

Chair: Glenn Lochrie
Program Manager: Ginny Grimsley

Samer Al-Saber

Leon County

Assistant Professor in Theatre Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Davidson College
Ph.D. in Theatre History, Theory & Criticism, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Leon County

Executive Director, Tallahassee Little Theatre, Tallahassee, Florida
Formerly with the Tallahassee Museum, where she worked for ten years, six of them as Finance Director
B.A. in Humanities with concentrations in Theatre, English and Religion, Florida Southern College

Duval County

Executive Artistic Director, Stage Aurora Theatrical Company, Jacksonville, Florida
Member of Duval County Public Schools Arts Advisory Council, Theatre Communications Group, National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and Alumni of Lincoln Center Director's Lab (2014), Florida Professional Theatre Association, Board of Directors at Amas Musical Theatre (Off-Broadway, NY)
Performed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, Film, Television, National and International Tours
Member of Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Film and Radio Artists, American Guild of Variety Artists, American Guild of Musical Artists
Graduate of the University of Florida in Architecture

Brevard County

General Manager/Artistic Director, Titusville Playhouse, Titusville, Florida
Vice Chairman of the Brevard County Cultural Marketing Committee for the county Tourist Development Commission and serves on several other civic organizations
Attended Auburn University with a major in Music Education with a vocal emphasis

Leon County

Associate Professor in Theatre Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Editor (with Christine Woodworth), Working in the Wings: New Perspectives on Theatre History and Labor (Southern Illinois University Press, 2015)
Author, Staging the People: Community and Identity in the Federal Theatre Project (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)
PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Maryland, College Park (2007)

Lee County

Development Director, Florida Repertory Theatre, Fort Myers, Florida
Grant Writer for Barefoot Productions Theatre in Michigan
Master’s degree in Performing Arts Administration from the University of Michigan, May 2015

Sarasota County

Managing Director/CEO, Players Theatre, Sarasota, Florida
Board Member, Sarasota County Arts & Cultural Alliance; serves as one of three members of the Governance Committee for the Sarasota County Arts & Cultural Alliance
Featured in November 2011 issue of West Coast Women and October 2011 in the Powerful Women issue of The Sun; one of the most influential leaders in Sarasota in “Leading the Scene” SCENE Magazine 2011, and Top 100 Women on the Scene” SCENE Magazine 2009 & 2012
Degree in Interdisciplinary Social Studies