Megwyn Sanders-Andrews.
MILWAUKEE: Milwaukee Chamber Theatre has introduced that Megwyn Sanders-Andrews is their new managing director, following a search led by Evolution Administration Consultants. Sanders-Andrews succeeds Amy Salat, who stepped away from the corporate on the finish of 2022 to be nearer to household. Sanders-Andrews formally started her new position alongside inventive director Brent Hazelton on Jan. 2.
“I’m honored to hitch the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, which has an amazing 50-year historical past of making high-quality theatre and presents tales from distinctive voices that audiences received’t see anyplace else,” stated Sanders-Andrews in a press release. “It’s my honest perception that theatre has the power to bridge divides and produce communities collectively. I’m desperate to contribute to this shared imaginative and prescient and proceed constructing Milwaukee Chamber Theatre as an important hub for Milwaukee artists, Milwaukee audiences, and Milwaukee tales.”
In a press release, Jason Rae, president of the MCT board of trustees, praised the expertise and experience of Sanders-Andrews, sharing the assumption that “her dynamic management will propel the theatre into a brand new period of success.”
The announcement comes rather less than a 12 months after MCT put out an emergency attraction to donors and viewers members in order that the corporate may keep away from folding. Final February, as the corporate prolonged its attraction deadline, Hazelton informed the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that the corporate had begun the season with a “board-approved break-even price range of $1.05 million,” however by February MCT was projecting a $365,000 deficit. Since February, based on MCT’s web site, the corporate was in a position to elevate $1.2 million for its Sustainability Marketing campaign, bringing its complete to simply over $1.5 million and permitting MCT to proceed with its 2023-24 season.
As Sanders-Andrews joins the corporate, she brings together with her a PhD in interdisciplinary theatre research from the College of Wisconsin-Madison and an MA in efficiency research from New York College. As a nonprofit government director, most lately at Our Odyssey, Inc., Sanders-Andrews has spearheaded sustained fundraising features, overseen regional and nationwide program progress, and pushed programmatic and organizational excellence by means of vibrant, collaborative partnerships and data-driven change administration. She has devoted her profession to accessibility and inclusion within the arts for over 20 years, with an curiosity in platforming voices which have historically been saved within the margins and the humanizing energy of community-based devised theatre and storytelling.
“Megwyn and I share a perception that stay theatre has a singular worth in fostering connections and understanding inside our various neighborhood,” stated Hazelton. “Megwyn’s demonstrated dedication to creating impactful experiences aligns completely with our aim of utilizing theatre to encourage multicultural and multigenerational conversations all through our neighborhood. I’m completely thrilled to collaborate with Megwyn as we transfer MCT into its subsequent 50 years.”
Based in 1975, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre goals to supply intimate, high-quality, skilled theatrical works that interact and problem audiences, whereas using and nurturing native theatre artists.
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