Meet the NYC Children’s Theater Team
Our Board
We would like to thank our Board of Directors for their wisdom, guidance and unwavering support.
Barbara Zinn Krieger
Position - Artistic Director
Barbara Zinn Krieger founded New York City Children’s Theater (formerly Making Books Sing) during her tenure as Executive Director of the Vineyard Theatre. read more
Melanie Weinraub
Position - Board Chair
Prior to her time on the Board, Melanie Weinraub worked for 7 years at Lincoln Center Theater as the Associate General Manager. There she helped produce over 35 Broadway and off-Broadway shows such as the Tony Award winning Contact. read more
Erin Eisenberg Blaz
Position - Board Member
Erin Eisenberg Blaz is a civic entrepreneur, currently working as the Senior Advisor to the Chief Program Performance and Financial Management Officer at the NYC Department of Social Services. read more
Richard Hua
Position - Board Member
Richard Hua is a Managing Director of Quantitative Research with the Corporate Investment Bank at JP Morgan Chase & Co. Since 2014, he has led a team of quant researchers focused on various analytics, pricing, and optimization initiatives for the Prime Finance business. read more
Melissa Hurd
Position - Board Member
Melissa Hurd has been a Director of Marketing in the Global Merchant Services team with American Express since 2012. read more
Brooke James
Position - Board Member
Brooke James leads client pricing strategy for J.P. Morgan Wealth Management. Her work supports over 1 million clients, contributing to the firms growth and operational excellence. read more
Amber Kennedy
Position - Board Member
Amber is a lawyer admitted in Australia and California, and a senior member of the Sustainability & ESG Advisory Practice Group at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. read more
Asad Khan
Position - Board Member
Asad Khan is a senior Finance and Technology professional with over 30 years in the industry. Asad is currently with S&P Global and has held senior positions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and other large companies. read more
Warren Kudman
Position - Board Vice-Chair
Warren Kudman is a global IT executive with over 20 years of experience in aligning enterprise-wide IT strategy and programs with business strategy. read more
Teon Loncke
Position - Board Member
Teon Loncke is a Tax Director at PwC, where he has accumulated nearly a decade of experience providing comprehensive tax compliance and consulting services to prominent financial institutions, banks, partnerships, and fintech enterprises. read more
Kimberly Marshall
Position - Board Member
Kim Marshall is the Director + Founder of Wilson Marshall PR+Events, a New York City based boutique company performing public relations and special event services for diverse clients. read more
Bryan McCaffrey
Position - Board Member
Brian is a Senior Director with FTI Consulting in their Forensic & Litigation Consulting division working with Global Organizations to develop robust strategies for capital project execution. read more
Matthew Weeks
Position - Board Member
Matthew Weeks is a Senior Vice President at UBS, where he is dedicated to helping individuals, families, and business owners navigate the complexities of their financial lives with clarity and confidence. read more
Matthew Quint
Position - Board Member
Matthew Quint is the Director of Columbia Business School's Center on Global Brand Leadership, the leading global forum on branding issues. read more
Our Staff
Barbara Zinn Krieger
Position - Artistic Director
Barbara Zinn Krieger founded New York City Children’s Theater (formerly Making Books Sing) during her tenure as Executive Director of the Vineyard Theatre. read more
Cathy Hung
Position - Executive Director
Ms. Cathy Hung is proud to join the New York City Children’s Theater family. Formerly the Executive Director for the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning and Deputy Director for the Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts, Ms. Hung was the first Asian American immigrant woman to ever helm a CIG cultural institution. read more
Madeline Calandrillo
Position - Director of Education
Madeline Calandrillo is New York City-based applied theater practitioner, teaching artist, and theatre-maker drawn to creating accessible and diverse theatrical experiences for young audiences and their families. read more
Aurie Ceylon
Position - Artistic Program Manager, Theater for the Very Young
Aurie Ceylon is a New York City-based actor, writer, teacher, and the creator of Monster Classroom! She is madly in love with the arts and is over the moon to dive in as an official member of the NYCCT team! read more
Stanley Delva
Position - Director of Development
Stanley Delva is an artist and arts administrator who is deeply committed to uplifting and supporting the arts; his passion lies in supporting emerging filmmakers, artists, and small businesses through fundraising. read more
Remy Feldman
Position - Education Administrator
Remy (they/them) is a queer teaching artist, facilitator and arts administrator. They work with NYCCT as both the Education Administrator and a teaching artist. read more
Barry Hamilton
Position - Managing Director
Barry Hamilton, who first served NYCCT as the Technical Coordinator for the award-winning A Band of Angels in 2015, has a wealth of experience in theater production. read more
Sammy Lopez
Position - Producing Director
Sammy Lopez is a curious theatre-maker dedicated to uplifting historically excluded voices & stories through the arts. He is proud to be the first resident director of New York City Children’s Theater. read more
E.A. Meier
Position - Production and Operations Manager
E.A. Meier is delighted to be making her debut with NYC Children's Theater. She is an NYC-based performer and arts manager originally from Dallas, Texas. read more
Frank Ruiz
Position - Education Program Manager
Frank Ruiz (He/Him) is a proud Nicaraguan-American Actor-Musician, Director, and Educator based in New York City. He attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, where he also served as a founding member of the Curriculum Review Committee. read more
Sofie Wasserman-Smith
Position - Grant Writer
Grant writer Sofie Wasserman-Smith is a lifelong theatre artist and experienced administrator, bringing over a decade of expertise in development and grant-writing. read more
Our Teaching Artists
Alexia Antinou
Alexia is a singer-songwriter who has worked as a teaching artist with New York City Children’s Theater for over six years! read more
Ana Cantorán
Ana Cantorán is a Mexican-born, NY-based Theatre Artist and Arts Educator. She is an actress, director, mover, singer, collaborator, teaching artist, space holder, and passionate theatre creator. read more
Becca Bernard
Becca Bernard is an Off-Broadway performance artist who blends physical comedy, music, and dance to communicate her ferociously optimistic perspective of the world. read more
Brian Feinstein
Brian Feinstein is a New York city based composer delighted to be a teaching artist with NYCCT! read more
Brynne O’Rourke
Brynne is a Transfemme director, producer, playwright, costume designer, teaching artist and poet. Brynne designs theatrical projects for the purpose of TRANS liberation. read more
Cait Wees
Cait Wees (they/she) is a facilitator, director, educator, and theater maker originally hailing from Albuquerque, NM. read more
Caitlyn McCain
Caitlyn McCain is an award winning NYC based applied theatre practitioner, educator, and actor. read more
Carrie Ellman-Larsen
Carrie Ellman-Larsen is a born and raised New Yorker. She studied drama and psychology at NYU where she received her BFA in Drama. read more
Claire Fleitz
Claire Fleitz is a theatre creator and educator passionate about creating new and unique projects with and for young people! read more
Claire Tumey
Playwright, actor, director, and administrative professional based out of Brooklyn, NY. Claire's plays have been produced in colleges and independent theatre companies all over the world. read more
Colin Robertson
Colin was born and raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin before moving to NYC to pursue a career in performance. read more
Elyse Orecchio
Elyse is a proud lifelong resident of Queens and holds an MA in Applied Theatre. She is dedicated to building community through theatre as a teaching artist. read more
Emily Batsford
Emily Batsford is an NYC-based puppeteer, access consultant, and theater maker. Their artistry prioritizes inclusion & accessibility, and takes inspiration from immersive and physical theater practices, puppetry, and experimental forms. read more
Emma Mueller
Emma Mueller (she/they) is an actress, writer, producer, filmmaker, and teaching artist based in NYC. Emma holds a BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a minor in Applied Theatre. read more
Hannah Bakke
Hannah Bakke is a composer, theatre educator, and actor-instrumentalist, she is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and the New York Songwriters Collective. read more
Hannah Madeleine Goodman
Soprano Hannah Madeleine Goodman, hailed for her "adept coloratura," "exquisite dynamics," and "riotous physical comedy," has performed across the United States, Europe, and Asia. read more
Jamie Lowenstein
Jamie Lowenstein is a theatre-maker whose passion for education and social justice have led her to working as a teaching artist all over NYC. read more
Jess Mount
Jess is an artist, educator, administrator, and choreographer whose central focus is arts accessibility and limitless arts opportunities for disabled and neurospicy creators. read more
Kassandra Pérez
Kassandra Pérez: A Cuban-American born Jersey girl is an actor, creator, writer, performer, teaching artist and applied theatre practitioner based in the NYC area. read more
Laura Galindo
Laura Galindo is a theatre and music maker based in NYC. She believes deeply in the power of early exposure to the arts and is excited to bring her passion for theatre and music to the young artists of New York City! read more
Lily Lipman
Lily Lipman loves working with NYCCT as a teaching artist and is thrilled to join them this year as both a teaching artist and Accessibility Coordinator. read more
Lynda DeFuria
Lynda DeFuria is a musician, composer, actor, and arts educator. She has performed on national tours, Off-Broadway, at sea, Carnegie Hall, and has even been seen on some TV (and phone) screens read more
Mike Lee
Mike is a singer-songwriter and theatre artist living in New York City. He received his MFA from The University of Houston’s Professional Actor Training Program in 2015. read more
Nicole Hogsett
Nicole is a teaching artist, curriculum designer, and seasoned nonprofit marketing professional passionate about educating and engaging children through theater and visual arts. read more
Pablo Concha
Pablo is a Chilean teacher, musician, composer, and playwright, with experience in acting. He has graduated from Universidad Mayor (Santiago, Chile), where he earned a Bachelor’s in Music Education, and NYU Tisch with an MFA in Musical Theater Writing. read more
Remy Feldman
Remy (they/them) is a queer teaching artist, facilitator and arts administrator. They work with NYCCT as both the Education Administrator and a teaching artist. read more
Tieisha Thomas
Tieisha Thomas is a proud New York City native, multidisciplinary artist, storyteller, performer, and teaching artist whose work is shaped by her Caribbean heritage and the rich cultural landscape of the city she calls home. read more
Zeynep Akca
Zeynep Akca is a Brooklyn-based teaching artist and director. She is originally from Istanbul, Turkey. She’s an actor-teacher with NYCCT’s anti-bullying campaign. read more
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