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
Austin Kilpatrick - Program Manager, Amazon Grocery Logistics
Treasurer
Killeen Vogel – Sr Business Analyst Technology, KeyBank
Secretary
Donna Korn – Non-profit Management Professional
Executive Committeee Member At-Large
Marian Fairman – Lead Customer Experience Analyst, Progressive Insurance
Immediate Past President
Chennelle Bryant-Harris– Human Resources, Case Western Reserve University; Actor, Director
Christal Contini – Member, McDonald Hopkins, LLC
Matt Eiben - Senior Wealth Advisor, Managing Director, MAI Capital Management
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
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.