Rebecca Li Grady

Contract Affairs Representative

Lucy Gram

Community and Communications Associate

As SDC’s Community & Communications Associate, Lucy Gram supports SDC’s active connections with our Membership via new Member orientation and Membership events, social media strategy and community management, and more. She works closely with the Director of Artistic Affairs to …

Saheem Ali

Saheem Ali is a New York-based theater director focused on new work. Recent credits include Dangerous House (Williamstown Theater Festival), Sugar in Our Wounds (MTC), Tartuffe (Playmakers Rep), Where Storms Are Born (Williamstown), Henry V (NYU Tisch), Twelfth Night (Public …

Andrew Hazer

Contract Affairs Representative

Andrew administers contracts for the New England Area Theatres (NEAT), Tier Agreements, and is responsible for League of Resident Theatres (LORT) theatres in the West/Northeast regions of the United States. Along with administering contracts, he also participates in negotiating, bargaining, …

Molly Winstead

Contract Affairs Representative

Molly administers the Off-Broadway Agreement and Association for Non Profit Theatre Companies (ANTC) Agreement, as well as the TIER Agreement. She joined the SDC in April of 2024, after four years in the agency world, first at A3 Artists Agency, …

Christopher Ashley

Christopher Ashley has served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director since 2007. During his tenure, he has helmed the Playhouse’s productions of Come From Away, Chasing the Song, The Darrel Hammond Project, His Girl Friday, Glengarry

Michele Holmes

Business Manager

Joshua Bergasse

Parker Nolan

Finance Associate

As Finance Associate, Parker supports SDC, SDC Foundation, and the SDC Pension & Health Funds. He is responsible for compiling and analyzing accounting data; preparing financial reports; aiding management with budgeting and projections; ensuring compliance with standard accounting procedures as …

Laura Penn

Executive Director

Laura Penn has been Executive Director of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) since 2008. This year, she was appointed by President Biden to serve as a member of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. Most recently, …

Jo Bonney

Gina Scalia

Senior Royalty Analyst

As Royalty Analyst, Gina is responsible for all royalty income and reporting for all Collectively Bargained Agreements (CBA) for Broadway, Off Broadway, Tours, League of Resident Theatres (LORT), New England Area Theatres (NEAT), and Association of Non-Profit Theatre Companies (ANTC), …