Actors Theatre of Louisville

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MARC MASTERSON

In ten seasons of leadership at Actors Theatre, Mr. Masterson has produce more than 200 plays in Louisville, expanded and deepened arts education programs and spearheaded community-based projects, including commissions and site-sepecific productions of regional stories and artists. He is an award-winning director who enjoys working on new plays as well as innovative productions of the classics. Actors seasonal directing credits include Greater Tuna, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Tempest, Mary's Wedding, The Crucible, Betrayal, The Importance of Being Earnest and Macbeth. World premieres directed in the Humana Festival include Wild Blessings: A Celebration of Wendell Berry (co-adapted with Adrien-Alice Hansel), The Unseen, Natural Selection, The Shaker Chair, After Ashley, Tallgrass Gothic, The Second Death of Priscilla, Limonade Tous les Jours and Wonderful World.

Of the more than 100 plays premiered during his tenure, 96% have moved on to subsequent productions around the country. As a producer, he has brought new artists to Louisville audiences and has diversified and energized the repertoire. With more than 100 professional productions as a director to his credit, other favorites include The Mystery of Irma Vep by Charles Ludlam (2000), Compleat Female Stage Beauty by Jeffrey Hatcher (American Theatre Critics citation 1999) and Gross Indecency: Three Trials of Oscar Wilde by Moises Kaufman (1999).

Mr. Masterson earned his M.F.A. from University of Pittsburgh and a B.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon University. He subsequently taught at both universities. He currently serves on the Execuitve Committee of Theatre Communications Group. He served as Producing Director of City Theatre in Pittsburgh for 20 years. He was founder and chairman of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Alliance and has served as a panel member for the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts and other national foundations. Mr. Masterson won the Man of the Year Vectors Award in 1998 and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pittsburgh New Works Festival. He is married to Patricia Melvin, and they have two daughters Laura and Alex. Email Marc at MMasterson@ActorsTheatre.org

MANAGING DIRECTOR JENNIFER BIELSTEIN
Ms. Bielstein joined Actors Theatre of Louisville in the fall of 2006. As Managing Director she oversees all of the financial, marketing, development and general business operations of the theatre while working in partnership with Artistic Director Marc Masterson. She serves on the board of the National Corporate Theatre Fund, is Vice President of the Arts and Cultural Attractions Council, is Secretary of the League of Resident Theatres, is a member of the 2008 Leadership Louisville class and recently served as a review panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts. Ms Bielstein received the honor of being voted Today's Woman magazine's Most Admired Woman in the Arts and acknowledged in both Louisville Magazine's 15 Metro People to Watch and Business First's 40 Under 40.

Ms. Bielstein moved from Chicago, Ill., where she served as Executive Director of Writers' Theatre. During her tenure there she opened a second venue and more than doubled the operations of the company including the programming, audiences and revenues. Previously she worked as Director of Marketing and Communications for Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where she was responsible for almost $6 million in annual revenues through ticket sales.

Ms. Bielstein also worked for About Face Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Apple Tree Theatre and Lincoln Park Zoo where she helped to create and launch the successful Jammin' at the Zoo series in 1994. Ms. Bielstein served as an officer of the Board of the League of Chicago Theatres representing 200 area theatres, and as chair of the League's Marketing Committee through which she spearheaded development of a city-wide program to introduce new audiences to theatre.

She was also on the board of the Glencoe Chamber of Commerce, About Face Theatre and the Producers Association of Chicago-Area Theatres, and served as a grants review panelist for the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. Ms. Bielstein is a graduate of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in business administration and theatre. Email Jennifer at JBielstein@ActorsTheatre.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President	Michael J. Keyes
Treasurer	Theodore H. Nixon
Secretary	Ms. Stewart Lussky

Tom Aronson	Larry Fleischer †	Theodore S. Rosky *
Patricia W. Ballard	Bruce J. Goodman	Marsha Beck Roth
Robert P. Banks	Christopher Tyson Gorman	Elizabeth Rounsavall
Turney P. Berry	Kevin Grangier	Bob Saunders †
Jennifer L. Blum*	John Gill Holland, Jr. *	Matt B. Schwartz *
Christen McDonough Boone	Barbara W. Juckett	Edward P. Seigenfeld
Owsley Brown II •	Paul A. Klein *	Robert N. Shaw
Greg Clark	Angie McDonald-Hackett	Patti Slagle †
Terry Conway †	Todd P. Lowe	Sheryl G. Snyde
Paul T. Costel	Boyce F. Martin III *	Stephen E. Stowers
Sarah H. Dilger	Bruce C. Merrick *	Allan Tasman, MD
Laura Douglas *	Thomas W. Mueller	Gwen E. Tilton
Philip C. Eschels	Debra M. Murphy	Roanne H. Victor


• Sustaining Director	* Executive Committee	† Ex Officio

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Carolee Allen	Frank P. Doheny, Jr.	Steven J. Paradis
James B. Appleberry	Gayle S. Dorsey	Donna King Perry
Lynn Ashton	Jane Driskell	Roseanne Reed, Ph.D.
Louann Atlas	Douglass Farnsley	Benjamin K. Richmond
Irving W. Bailey	Mrs. Harry S. Frazier, Jr.	Donna Burks Sanders
Stanley Bayersdorfer	Clarence E. Glover	Rev. Alfred R. Shands
Karen Bearden	Jack Guthrie	W. Kennedy Simpson
Fran L. Berg	Ian Y. Henderson	Kathi Stearman
Winfrey Blackburn, Jr.	Frank B. Hower, Jr.	Sherry Steinbock
Neville Blakemore, Jr.	Christine Johnson	William M. Street
Corneila W. Bonnie	David A. Jones, Jr.	James Thompson
John J. Buchino, MD	David Klein	Amanda Foard Tyler
Mary Beth Clark	David M. Krebs	Karl N. Victor, Jr.
William W. Crawford, Jr.	Helen W. MacKinnon	Ann C. Wells
Stan Curtis	Eleanor Bingham Miller	Jessica White
Irwin H. Cutler, Jr.	Mimi Middleton Osborn