People
Meet the Board, Staff, Resident Artists, and Resident Playwrights of the Chance Theater.
Board of Directors
President
Susan Bowman
Community Leader
Vice President
Andy Lamb
VP/Portfolio Manager, California Bank of Commerce
Treasurer
Larry Cripe
Retired Accounting & Finance Professional
Secretary
Rachelle Menaker
Retired Attorney
Executive Artistic Director
Oánh Nguyễn
Executive Artistic Director
Immediate Past President
Bruce Goodrich
Retired Theatre & Dance Chair, CSU Fullerton
Board Members
- Bette Aitken
Community Leader - Freddie Greenfield
Tide Pool Educator/Outdoor Enthusiast - Steven Koch
Retired Stainless Steel Manufacturing Professional - Molly Mahoney
CEO/Founder, The Prepared Performer - Terry Schomburg
Controller, South Coast Repertory - Laurie Smits Staude
Community Leader - Julie St. John
CIO, The Capital Group Companies
Emeritus
Chance Theater Staff
Oánh Nguyễn
Executive Artistic Director
Bebe Herrera
Production Manager
Masako Tobaru
Technical Director
Shinshin Yuder Tsai
Producing Associate
James Michael McHale
Literary Manager
Karen O’Hanlon
Education & Community Programs Director
Jonathan Josephson
Marketing Director
Benjamin R. Green
Marketing & Administrative Associate
Jake Mouchawar
Education & Administrative Associate
Jeff Hellebrand
Box Office Associate
Marc Sanford
Associate House Manager
Kylie Baumbusch
Operations Assistant
Resident Artists
Jocelyn A. Brown
Associate Artistic Director
Nicole Schlitt
Company Manager
Jeff Hellebrand, Founder
Casey Long, Founder
Erika C. Miller, Founder
Martin Noyes, Resident Fight Director
Oánh Nguyễn, Founder
Alex Bueno, emeritus
Tia Ramos-Fantone, emeritus
Jennifer Ruckman, emeritus
Kelly Todd, emeritus
Courtny Greenough, legacy
David McCormick, legacy
Myrna Niles, legacy
Karen Webster, legacy
Wade Williamson, legacy
Resident Playwrights
Enid Graham, 2026
Benjamin Benne, 2025
Dustin H. Chinn, 2024
Keiko Green, 2023
Exal Iraheta, 2022
B.J. Tindal, 2021
Krista Knight, 2020
Jessica Huang, 2019
Joanna Garner, 2018
Ted Malawer, 2017
Khanisha Foster, 2017 Fox Fellow
Jenny Connell Davis, 2016
Lauren Yee, 2015
Nick Jones, 2014
Marshall Pailet, 2013
Zayd Dohrn, 2012
Adam Szymkowicz, 2011