LEADERSHIP
Alan Paul, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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Before joining BSC, Alan was the Associate Artistic Director of the Tony Award-winning Shakespeare Theatre Company, where he directed productions of Our Town; Camelot; The Comedy of Errors; Romeo and Juliet; Kiss Me, Kate; Man of La Mancha; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and the film of Patrick Page’s All the Devils Are Here, which was a New York Times Critic’s Pick.
Along with his work at STC, Alan has directed productions at theatres across the country including Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, Chicago’s Drury Lane Theatre and at almost every top Washington, D.C. theatre including Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Studio Theatre and Round House Theatre.
Alan is particularly dedicated to new work and has spent much of his career developing new plays and musicals. At STC, Alan commissioned Lauren Gunderson to write a feminist adaptation of Peter Pan and Wendy which premiered in 2019. He brought in significant musical theatre composers such as Michael John LaChiusa, Daniel Kluger and Jenny Giering to compose scores for his productions.
Alan has a passion for classical music and works regularly at The Kennedy Center. He directed the world premiere of Penny for the Washington National Opera and is a frequent guest with the National Symphony Orchestra. He recently directed John Williams: The 90th Birthday Gala Concert at the NSO with Steven Spielberg, Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daisy Ridley. In 2013, Alan was the only American finalist for the European Opera Directing Prize in Vienna, Austria. Alan has been nominated for five Helen Hayes Awards and was awarded Best Director in 2014.
Greg Reiner, MANAGING DIRECTOR
Greg Reiner is a nationally recognized arts leader with over two decades of experienceadvancing the nonprofit theater sector through strategic leadership, public service, and cultural advocacy. From 2015 to 2025, he served as the Director of Theater and Musical Theater at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), where he oversaw a $6.2 million grantmaking portfolio and represented the agency to the national theater community. At the NEA, Greg launched critical initiatives including the High School Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge, and landmark convenings on Theater for Young Audiences, accessibility, and post-pandemic recovery.
Previously, Greg held executive leadership roles at some of the nation’s most dynamic theater companies. As Executive Director of Classic Stage Company, he led the organization’s largest-ever fundraising campaign and expanded its education and accessibility programs. At TectonicTheater Project, he built the company’s administrative infrastructure and spearheaded high-impact national projects including the global launch of The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. His tenure at The Actors’ Gang saw significant growth in revenue, national and international touring, and the establishment of a robust education program. He began his management career at Shakespeare Festival/LA, where he led the expansion of its nationally recognized education programs and secured its first permanent facility.
Greg is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University and an alumnus of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders in the Arts. He was selected for the National Arts Strategies Chief Executive Program and has served on multiple arts advisory panels and boards. Passionate about the role of theater in civil society, Greg brings a deep commitment to equity, innovation, and community engagement across all of his work.
ARTISTIC
Branden Huldeen, ARTISTIC PRODUCER; ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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Branden joined BSC in 2016 as a member of the Artistic Team. From 2008–2016, he was the New Works Director and Festival Producing Director at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) where he produced the Festival of New Musicals, launched managed the National Fund for New Musicals and grants for writers, as well as consulted on, spoke about and advocated for new works development internationally. He was also a teacher and director at CAP21 and Molloy College, and a freelance dramaturg/consultant. Prior to NAMT, Branden worked in education at TDF, house managed the Vineyard Theatre and produced for NYU, SPF, NYMF and FringeNYC. He holds a BS and an MA from NYU. He is the Board President of Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. and happily lives with his husband and senior dog in a house within walking distance of the theatres.
Moira O’Sullivan, ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE
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Previously, Moira was the Director of New Works at Playhouse on Park, where she directed over a dozen new play workshops. Directing: The Amazing Adventures of Dr. Wonderful, Snow White, Shakespeare 4 Kids (Playhouse on Park); Fortune’s Children, Changing Fortunes, A Womb with A View (Hartford Opera Theatre); The Mon Valley Medium (The Emerging Artists Festival); Rosemary, Sharp Lines (New Wave Theater). Associate/Assistant Directing: Primary Trust (Theaterworks Hartford, Connecticut Critics Circle Best Play), All is Calm, The Agitators (Playhouse on Park); A Tuna Christmas (Portland Stage). Script selection: Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, NAMT Festival of New Musicals, The Playwrights Center, Jewish Plays Project, The Clauder Competition. BFA NYU Tisch, UCB Comedy. www.moiraosullivan.com
Cassandra (Cassie) Peltier-Polston, DIRECTOR OF ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
ADMINISTRATION
Rick Martelle, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
K Morgan Prikazsky, FINANCE & HR COORDINATOR
Sarah Fiete, GENERAL MANAGER
Seth Peto, DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES
Matt Santorelli, COMPANY MANAGEMENT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Sharron Frazier-McClain, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DEIA
Meredith Felix, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER
DEVELOPMENT
Jessica Provenz, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
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Barrington Stage is a marriage of Jessica’s passion for theatre and development. Prior to joining BSC, she was the Annual Fund Director at Berkshire Country Day and was the chair of the Berkshire County Development Alliance for four years. As a playwright, Jessica’s comedy BOCA!, which has been published by Theatrical Rights Worldwide, premiered at BSC in 2021 before playing at GableStage in Miami in 2022, both directed by Julianne Boyd. She has had plays produced and workshopped at Cape Cod Theatre Project, New Georges, Irish Rep, Pioneer Theatre, Barrow Group and Berkshire Playwrights Lab among others. A recipient of the Lecomte Du Noüy Award for emerging playwrights and a 2022 Writer in Residence at The Mount with the Straw Dogs Writers Guild, Jessica has been a regular magazine contributor including a feature she wrote for NY Magazine about working on Anthony Weiner’s 2013 mayoral campaign. Jessica was a playwright-in-residence at the Juilliard School. A graduate of Northwestern University, Jessica lives in Lenox with her son Rhys and dog Zeus.
Martin Mansfield, DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL GIVING
Lori Bashour, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Molly Meador, DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
EDUCATION
Jane O’Leary, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
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Jane joined Barrington Stage in September 2015 as the Director of the Playwright Mentoring Project (PMP) and KidsAct! programs. Prior to joining BSC, Jane earned her Masters in Applied Theatre at CUNY School of Professional Studies. Having studied Drama as an undergraduate at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Jane studied at Stella Adler Studios as well as Playwrights Horizons. A member of Actors’ Equity, Jane has performed in many productions regionally and in NYC. A former teacher and director at Gotham City Improv, Jane has performed, produced and directed countless Improv shows in NYC at Gotham City Improv, The Magnet, Upright Citizen’s Brigade and The PIT. Jane has presented at conferences at Williams College, Keane University and Baruch College. As a teaching artist, Jane has worked with the Creative Arts Team, Broadway Classroom, NYC Children’s Theater, Mosholu Montefiore and JCC on the Palisades. Jane serves on the Board of the Christian Center in Pittsfield and is deeply committed to issues of social justice. She recently won an award for her work with PMP in North Adams.
Emily Rivera, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
Randi Gescheit, EDUCATION ASSOCIATE
GUEST SERVICES
Tracey Bonner, DIRECTOR OF GUEST SERVICES & SALES
Mackenzie Acquaviva, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF GUEST SERVICES
COMMUNICATIONS
Jodi Joseph, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Jodi Joseph is a Berkshire-native who spent more than a dozen years leading all Communications activity at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art), during a period of historic growth for the institution that The Washington Post declared the largest contemporary art museum in North America. As the museum doubled not just its physical footprint and program offerings, Jodi led the small team that kept pace with that expansion, doubling and sustaining MASS MoCA’s annual attendance, its performing arts ticket sales, and its digital engagement. In the non-profit arts space, she has contributed her entrepreneurial style of institutional storytelling, profile raising, and audience development to The Norman Rockwell Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Oz Art, National Sawdust, the FreshGrass Festival, and Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival of Music and Art. Jodi has also worked on fundraising initiatives with the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, where she is a Foundation Board Member. She previously served as a board member for 1Berkshire, BART Charter Public School, MASSBike, Destination Williamstown, and in 2018 was recognized by MASSHire as Volunteer of the Year.
Suzy Learish, MARKETING MANAGER
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PRODUCTION
Amie Jay, PRODUCTION MANAGER
William Spratt, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
FACILITIES
Austen DuPont, FACILITIES MANAGER
HONORARY
Julianne Boyd, FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Julianne Boyd has directed many productions at BSC, including the critically acclaimed musicals West Side Story, Company and Follies. In 1997 she directed BSC’s smash hit production of Cabaret, which won six Boston Theater Critics Awards and transferred to the Hasty Pudding Theatre in Cambridge. She also directed the world premieres of Mark St. Germain’s Dancing Lessons, The Best of Enemies and Dr. Ruth, All the Way, as well as Christopher Demos-Brown’s American Son, the latter two having moved to Off Broadway and Broadway respectively.
Boyd oversaw the development of Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which moved to Broadway and won two Tony Awards; the 2013 critically acclaimed revival On the Town, which also transferred to Broadway; and the world premiere of Freud’s Last Session, which moved Off Broadway. Boyd conceived and directed the Broadway musical Eubie! Based on the music of Eubie Blake and starring Gregory Hines; it garnered three Tony nominations. She also co-conceived and directed (with Joan Micklin Silver) the award-winning Off Broadway musical revue A…My Name Is Alice and its sequel A…My Name Is Still Alice.
From 1992–1998 Boyd served as President of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, the national labor union representing professional directors and choreographers in the U.S. She and her husband Norman, a New York dentist, have three grown children.