Staff Bios

Ellen Callas, (General Manager, Collective Member) in 1976 co-founded Hit and Run Theater, a political sketch comedy troupe that toured rural northern California for many years. Since joining the Mime Troupe in 1986, she has worked as a writer, actor, director, teacher, production, company & stage manager and project director/teacher for the company's ongoing Youth Theater Project. Ellen also continues her long career as an improvisational theater performer.

Adan Gonzalez (IT)

Erica Lewis-Finein (Publicist)

Jerome Moskowitz (Development Director) worked as a grantwriter for American Conservatory Theater from 1993 to 1998, eventually advancing to the position of associate director of development. He has worked for the Mime Troupe in a consulting capacity since November 1998, where he has increased the company’s success rate at grant solicitation, developed a stable core of major donors, and helped with strategic planning and management issues. Jerome helped to plan the Mime Troupe’s 40th anniversary celebrations in 1999 and will do the same for the upcoming 50th festivities in 2009. When not working with the Mime Troupe and other nonprofit clients, Jerome can be found pursuing his passion for performing cabaret and musical theater. In summer 2008, he was one of 36 students selected from a nationwide audition to participate in the sixth annual Cabaret Conference at Yale University.

Michele Rudenko (Bookkeeper, IT)

Karen Runk (Production Stage Manager, Web Programmer) moved to SF with the intention of only staying for a few months. One and a half decades later she's still here! This is largely due to the talented folks at the Troupe. Runk first experienced the Troupe by stage managing two '97 youth projects, Revenger Rat Meets the Merchant of Death and Inside Out. After which she ran screaming into the arms of the Magic Theatre and there she stayed, contently for two years. The Troupe then wooed her back for their '99 Summer Production City For Sale. Still under the Troupe's wooing spell she's stage managed a plethora of their summer shows and has only managed to escape, successfully, one full summer back in '02 when she worked with SFShakes.

Wan-Yin Tang (Tour Manager, Collective Member) is a recent graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, a performer, director, and most recently teacher of theater. In the past, she has been heavily involved with UCSC's multi-cultural theater troupe, Rainbow Theater, and has also served as artistic director for UCSC's student theater company, BarnStorm. She started off as an intern and workshopper at the troupe, and is now currently ecstatic to be working with the Youth Theater Project and the Troupe's summer season. The Troupe is her wacky family and home away from home, and she is so glad to be working here as an artist as well as a member of the staff!

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Schedule - Come See Us!

• 16th Annual Youth Theater Project
  Mission Cultural Center
  Sat, Apr 14th @ 7:00 PM
  Sun, Apr 15th @ 2:00 PM
  2868 Mission Street, San Francisco
  Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
  
  
• Opening Weekend
  Dolores Park
  Wed, Jul 4th @ 2:00 PM (Music 1:30)
  Sat, Jul 7th @ 2:00 PM (Music 1:30)
  Sun, Jul 8th @ 2:00 PM (Music 1:30)
  18th St. & Dolores St., San Francisco
  Ticket Info: FREE (donation)
  
  

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