Board of Directors

Dobama Theatre is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization governed by a Board of Directors.

The Dobama Theatre Board of Directors unanimously voted on March 8, 2021 to re-imagine the work and makeup of the board as part of the Love and Respect Document - Dobama’s anti-racism action plan. The Board of Directors relaunched with a new model beginning July 2021.

Rachel Zake – Playwright/ Actor/ Account Strategist, Zig Marketing
President

Caroline Jackson Smith - Professor of Theater and Africana studies, Oberlin College
Vice President

Matt Eiben - Senior Wealth Advisor, Managing Director, MAI Capital Management
Treasurer

Killeen Vogel – Sr Business Analyst Technology, KeyBank
Secretary

Donna Korn – Non-profit Management Professional
Executive Committeee Member At-Large

Tameka Bradley - Gifted Intervention Specialist, Cleveland Heights University Heights School District

Marian Fairman – Lead Customer Experience Analyst, Progressive Insurance
Immediate Past President

Chennelle Bryant-Harris– Human Resources, Case Western Reserve University; Actor, Director
rotating artist representative, (ex officio)+

Christal Contini – Member, McDonald Hopkins, LLC

Austin Kilpatrick - Program Manager, Amazon Grocery Logistics

Rosalind Madorsky - Student and Administrative Coordinator, Great Lakes Energy Institute

Hedy Milgrom - Senior Development Officer, Jewish Federation Cleveland

Marissa Glynias Moore – Executive Director, Piano Cleveland

Daisha Olmeda - Organizational and Employee Development and Training Specialist for Cuyahoga County

Debra Rosenthal - English Department Chair, John Carroll University

Trinidad Snider – Artistic Director, Near West Theatre

Kate Vlasek – Partner, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP

Greg Vovos - Playwright (rotating playwright representative, ex officio+

Thomas Zipp - MetroHealth Staff Physician, retired


Emeritus Directors

Joyce Casey
Artistic Director Emerita

Spencer Caress

Joel Hammer
Artistic Director Emeritus

Maurice Heller

Barbara Hill-Newby

Bill Newby

Jennifer Stapleton

Laura Anderson


DOBAMA THEATRE MISSION:

Dobama Theatre is dedicated to premiering important new plays by established and emerging playwrights in professional productions of the highest quality. Through theatrical production, community engagement, and education programming, Dobama nurtures the development of theatre artists and builds new audiences for the arts while provoking an examination of our contemporary world.