Kelly Bollinger (Development Director, Third Season) is a Cincinnati native, recently returned to her hometown after spending seven years living and working in Chicago. She joined the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company administrative staff as Development Director in February 2007, bringing with her six years' experience in all aspects of fundraising. Most recently, Kelly was Development Director at Marwen, an out-of-school visual arts education program for Chicago's underserved youth in grades 6 through 12. Kelly holds a BS in business administration/marketing and a BFA in painting and photography from Miami University.
Rebecca Bowman (Managing Director, Tenth Season) wishes to thank the many subscribers, donors, board members, artists, staff, and friends whose amazing support has transformed the company over the last ten years. As a director, Rebecca also has worked with the Shakespeare Festival of Dallas, St. Croix Festival Theatre in Wisconsin, and New Edgecliff Theatre in Cincinnati. She received her B.F.A. in theater performance from Texas Christian University, but learned virtually everything she knows from the Arts Services Office of the Fine Arts Fund. Rebecca is glad to be madly in love with her husband John, a genius in the kitchen.
Megan Breier (Director of Sales, Fourth Season) upon graduating from Centre College with a self-designed major in Communications and Culture, Megan began her career at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in 2004 as the Public Relations Associate. After leaving the company for a year to work with the Boy Scouts of America, she returned to CSC in 2006 as the Director of Education and increased the education department by almost 30% in one year. In the 2008-2009 Season, Megan will be CSC's first-ever Director of Sales, heading up Corporate Nights, group sales, and event planning and is extremely excited to take on these new tasks. Megan enjoys event planning both professionally and in her free time, one day she hopes to be a full-time Event Coordinator in the Cincinnati Area.
Leslie Stamoolis (Director of Education, Second Season) is pleased to join Cincinnati Shakespeare Company for another year. Originally from northern Ohio and central Kentucky, Leslie now enjoys calling Cincinnati home. She holds a BA in Communications from Taylor University in Indiana, and an MA in Theatre Studies from Miami University in Ohio. She has acted, directed, designed, and executed makeup and costumes for many productions, including her master's thesis costume design for Victoria K neubuhl's The Conversion of Ka'ahumanu; Miami University's production was the play's continental US debut. Her design research thesis "The Body Underneath: a Method of Costume Design" is published on OhioLINK. In addition to her duties at CSC, Lesie teaches theatre at Gateway Community and Technical College in KY and sings in the May Festival Chorus.
Lettie Van Hemert (Accounts Manager, Second Season) is still finding her way around Cincinnati after living the majority of her life in Lincoln, NE. With a BFA in Theatre from the University of Nebraska, Lettie divides her time between onstage and off. She has performed with Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Flatwater Shakespeare, The Angels Theatre Company, and The Crooked Codpiece Company. As an arts administrator, Lettie has worked for the Lincoln Community Playhouse and Lux Center for the Arts. She is happy to have found a new home at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.
Stefanie Wheat (Box Office Manager, First Season) is decidedly nomadic, having lived most of her life overseas in Zimbabwe, West Texas, Italy, and Tennessee. She is excited to be a resident of Cincinnati and to spend her first year with the Company. Stefanie graduated from Freed-Hardeman University with a BA in Theatre Performance and enjoys reading and researching, stage management, and costume design. Most recently she directed and designed costumes for Hedda Gabler. When she's not in the theatre (a rare thing), Stefanie loves to cook, read voraciously, and to be part of great conversations. She would like to give special thanks fo her family and her incredible friends from Jack's Creek and FIIU Theatre.
