Theater J Staff
Leadership
Artistic Director Adam Immerwahr
Managing Director Jojo Ruf
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Artistic
Associate Producer: Kevin Place, 202.777.3227
Literary Director: Ellen Morgan Peltz
Resident Casting Director: Jenna Duncan
Commissioned Writers: Alix Sobler, Drew Lichtenberg
Artistic Direction Fellow: Johanna Gruenhut
External Affairs
Director of Marketing & Communications: Laurie Levy-Page, 202.777.3230
Director of Patron Experience: Chad Kinsman, 202.777.3268
Development Coordinator: Tyler Carcy, 202.777.3225
Ticket Office Manager: Corinne Williams 202.777.3250
Director of Marketing and Communications, Edlavitch DCJCC: Emily Jillson
Creative Director, Edlavitch DCJCC: Molly Winston, 202.777.3214
Audience Services: Diana Abadi, Charles Aube, Arpan Bhattacharyya, Willette Coleman, Trevor Comeau, Rayna Cook, Carol Jones, Zenia Laws, Katherin Lim, KJ Moran, Kaitlin Pennington, Hadiya Rice, Jill Roos, Mary Margaret Walsh.
Production
Technical Director: Tom Howley
Production Coordinator: Danny Debner, 202.777.3234
Resident Production Stage Manager: Anthony O. Bullock
Head Electrician: Garth Dolan
Lead Shop Associate: Ellen Houseknecht
Charge Artist: Carolyn Hampton
Adam Immerwahr is the fourth Artistic Director in Theater J’s history. He was most recently the Associate Artistic Director at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ. NYC directing credits include productions at The Public, Theater Row (both for Summer Play Festival), Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Wild Project, and NYU’s Studio Tisch. Internationally, he Directed the African premiere of The Convert in Zimbabwe (nominated for the National Arts Medal Award, Zimbabwe’s highest arts award). He has Directed and developed work for McCarter Theatre, Luna Stage, Hangar Theatre, Bristol Riverside, Premiere Stages, Playwrights Theatre of NJ, PlayPenn, the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia Artists’ Collective, Princeton Summer Theater, Westminster Choir College, Theatre Masters, and Passage Theatre Company in Trenton, where he serves as Resident Director. Adam is the recipient of a 2008 Drama League Directing Fellowship and the 2010 NJ Theatre Alliance “Applause Award.” Adam was the winner of the 2014 Emerging Nonprofit Leader Award presented by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Center for Excellence and the Center for Non-Profits. www.AdamImmerwahr.com.
Jojo Ruf joined Theater J as Managing Director in early 2019 after serving as the Managing Director of The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University for four years. Prior to The Lab, Jojo worked for the National New Play Network for five years and served as the Associate Executive Director for two years. Jojo was the founding Executive and Creative Director of The Welders, a Helen Hayes Award-winning playwrights collective in Washington, DC. She was a Coordinating Producer for the 2015 Women’s Voices Theater Festival, and has worked with Arena Stage, the Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre, and the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival. Jojo is in her third year of serving on theatreWashington’s Advisory Board. Most recently, her work has taken her to Cuba, China, Chile, Israel, Poland, Peru, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, and throughout the UK, among other places. She has her MBA from Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business.