Artistic Staff

Angel Corella
The Ruth & A. Morris Williams, Jr. Artistic Director

Samantha Dunster
The Deborah & Kurt Hilzinger Assistant Artistic Director

 

Charles Askegard
The Janis & Stephen Goodman Rehearsal Director

Eddy Tovar
Director, Philadelphia Ballet II

Music Staff

Beatrice Jona Affron
Music Director & Conductor
The Louise & Alan Reed Music Director

Luigi Mazzocchi
Concertmaster

Anne Peterson
Personnel Manager 

Martha Koeneman
Greapentrog Principal Pianist

Moriah Trenk
Company Pianist

J. Robert Loy
Librarian

Nathan Lofton and Rebecca Ostermann
Music Department Assistants

Administrative Staff

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Shelly Power
The Dr. Carolyn Newsom Executive Director

Brooke Everett
Chief of Staff
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ARTISTIC OPERATIONS

Christine Stone Martin
General Manager
[email protected]

Alexis Parente
Company Manager
[email protected]

COMMUNITY EDUCATION & PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Sarah Cooper
Creative Director, Community Education & Public Programs
[email protected]

Randy Benedict
Program Manager, In School Partnerships & Public Programs
[email protected]

Brianna Stoltzfus
Program Manager, Out of School Time & Public Programs
[email protected]

Jourdan Cooper
Program & Event Project Manager
[email protected]

FACILITIES & RECEPTION

Wayne Dorrell
Head of Facilities & Special Projects
445.544.8419
[email protected]

Alexandra Brendlinger
Facilities Administrator
[email protected]

Bill Halpin
Projects Manager

Reception
Hank Curry
Laura Sellers-Alston

HUMAN RESOURCES

Jacque Meister
Director of Human Resources
[email protected]

Ja’Quel Carroll
Human Resources Administrator
[email protected]

MARKETING & ADVANCEMENT

David Chambers
Chief Advancement Officer
[email protected]

Christian Brown
Interim Director of Marketing

John Whitehead
Director, Special Events & Stewardship
[email protected]

Emily O’Rourke
Associate Director, Foundations & Government
215.551.7000 ext. 1222
[email protected]

Norman Lawrence
Major Gifts Officer
215.419.5342 ext. 1221
[email protected]

Cara Frisina
Marketing & Sales Manager
[email protected]

Samantha Jones
Marketing Manager, Community & Advancement Projects & Special Events
445.544.8440
[email protected]

Leslie Gray
Manager, Research & Moves Management
[email protected]

Emily White
Gifts Officer
215.419.5341 ext. 1220
[email protected]

John Hyatt
Advancement Coordinator
445.544.8416
[email protected]

Lita Slaughter
Digital Content Coordinator
[email protected]

Amanda Rossi
Development Operations Coordinator
215.419.5338
[email protected]

PRODUCTION

Daniel Wellman
Director of Production
[email protected]

Colette Wellman
Production Stage Manager
[email protected] 

Ashley Pennington
Assistant Stage Manager
[email protected]

Michael Lambui
Production Coordinator
[email protected] 

Nick Kolin
Lighting Director

Sasha Anistratova
Associate Lighting Designer

Paul Hewitt
Head Carpenter

Patrick W. Kelly
Assistant Carpenter and Flyman

Uel Bergey
Master Electrician

Paul Myers and Christopher Flynn
Assistant Electricians

Daniel Amadie
Property Master 

Travis Salomone
Property Assistant 

Wendy Levin
Wardrobe Supervisor
[email protected]

Mark Mariani
Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor & Costumer
[email protected]

Katie McCann, Joy Rampulla, and Elmo Struck
Wardrobe Assistants

SCHOOL OF PHILADELPHIA BALLET

Davit Karapetyan
Director of School of Philadelphia Ballet
[email protected]

Melissa Chasse
Associate Director of School Administration & PBII Company Manager
[email protected]

Adriane Medford
School Registrar
[email protected]

Jessica Kilpatrick
Principal, Lower School & Adult Programs
[email protected]

Jaime Santoro
Faculty, Children’s Ballet Stager
[email protected]

Laura Bowman Goldstein
Faculty & Digital Content Assistant
[email protected]

Taylor Kellar
Administrative Assistant
[email protected]

Faculty
Alexei Borovik
Alexei Charov
Natalia Charova
Courtney Conigatti
Charity Eagens
Cristina Espaillat
Mikaela Fenton
Amy Novinski
Lourdes Novoa
Kathryn Phipps
Meredith Rainey
Madeline Stevenosky
Natalie Thibodeaux
Elba Cena Zarate

Accompanists
Karina Adriano
Saantis Davis
Marty Gottlieb-Hollis
Victoria Kogan
Natalia Varlashova

MEDICAL STAFF

Wen Chao, M.D.
Jeremy Close, M.D.
Marc I. Harwood, M.D.
Judith Peterson, M.D.
Medical Consultants

Julie Green, MSPT, OCS
Physical Therapist & Rehab Director

Laura Jenkins and Jennifer Williams
Licensed Massage Therapists

TICKET PHILADELPHIA PATRON SERVICES

  • Single Tickets & General Inquiries: 215.893.1999
    • Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat-Sun 11am-6pm, evening hours when there are performances
  • Subscriber Services: 215.893.1955
    • Mon-Fri 10am-5pm

Contact Patron Services Online

Matt Cooper
Vice President, Audience Service

Meg Hackney
Director of Audience & Ticketing Services 

Jayson Bucy
Associate Director, Ticketing Operations

Meghan Reed
Patron Services Manager

Catherine Pappas
Project Manager

Rachelle Seney
Ticketing Operations Coordinator

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Philadelphia Ballet’s artistic staff provides knowledgeable and adept leadership. Each artistic associate brings to the table an impressive list of accomplishments in the field, as well as a level of dedication, determination, and creative vision required to foster and cultivate a world-class organization.