People
Meet the Foundation Team
Kate Bussert
Executive Director:
Terry Bernstein
Bruce Ostler
Sheilah Rae
Board of Directors:
Karr Washington
General Counsel:
Dave Harris (2019 Ollie Award Winner), Kit Yan & Melissa Li (2019 Vivace Award Winners) and Tina Howe (One of two 2019 Tooth of Time Award Winners) pose for a picture at the 2019 Idea Awards for Theatre. Photo by Valerie Caviness Photography for The Bret Adams & Paul Reisch Foundation.
The Bret Adams & Paul Reisch Foundation was established with a legacy gift from the agent Bret Adams and his partner Paul Reisch.
Now, our Boards of Advisers are made up of industry professionals from all walks of life for three different awards that fund the development of idea-driven theatre.
Ollie
New Play Award
Board of Advisors
Gabe Greene
Deadria Harrington
Daria Miyeko Marinelli
Amrita Ramanan
Otis Ramsey-Zoe
Natasha Sinha
Alexis Williams
Tooth of Time
Distinguished Career Award
Board of Advisors
Henry Godinez
Barbara Hogenson
Deb Margolin
Bill Rauch
Tim Sanford
Luis Valdez
Vivace
Musical Theatre Award
Board of Advisors
Joe Barros
Brandy Hoang Collier
Mindi Dickstein
Dan Fishback
Grace McLean
Brisa Muñoz
The award recipients chosen by our Boards of Advisors are honored each year at the Idea Awards for Theatre.
Special thanks to all our current & former Advisors (* denotes former awardees):
Elissa Adams | Jay Adana* | Garrett Anderson | Troy Anthony* | Agyeiwaa Asante* | Joe Barros | André Bishop | Beth Blickers | Sammi Cannold | Anika Chapin | Christopher Chen* | Kirsten Childs* | Lydia Diamond | John Dias | Mindi Dickstein | Paige Evans | Aislinn Frantz-Nava | Dan Fishback* | Keith Glover | Henry Godinez | Robyn Goodman | Gabe Greene | Melissa Hardy | Deadria Harrington | Dave Harris* | Beth Henley* | Ed Herendeen | Patrick Herold | Brandy Hoang Collier* | Barbara Hogenson | Sara Holdren | Tina Howe | Naomi Iizuka | Mara Isaacs | Ciera Iveson | Jesse Jae Hoon* | Daniel Alexander Jones* | Sara Holdren | Haruna Lee* | Melissa Li* | Mia Katigbak | Adrienne Kennedy | Eric Keen-Louie | Michael Kerker | John-Michael Lyles* | Annie MacRae | Deb Margolin* | Amy Rose Marsh | Lysna Marzani | Grace McLean* | David Mendizábal | Daria Miyeko Marinelli* | Naysan Mojgani | Cherríe Moraga* | Emily Morse | Brisa Muñoz | Kent Nicholson | Zeniba Now | Antje Oegel | Tanya Palmer | Amrita Ramanan | Otis Ramsey-Zoe | Sarah Rasmussen | Ankita Raturi* | Bill Rauch | Jack Reuler | Sarah Ruhl | Tim Sanford | Rachel Sheinkin | Natasha Sinha | Neigel Smith | Octavio Solis | Mei Ann Teo | Luis Valdez* | Cheryl L. West | Alexis Williams | Elizabeth Williams | Neen Williams-Teramachi | Charlayne Woodard | Kit Yan*