Staff

La MaMa is a community-based organization, run collectively by our team. Emphasizing responsibility over hierarchy, our staff collaborates across disciplines and departments to serve our local and global networks.
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RICHIE ADOMAKO
Digital Marketing/Strategy

ARMANDO ARIAS
Building Superintendent   

BRAULIO BASILIO
Front of House

‍WILLIAM ELECTRIC BLACK
Poetry Electric Curator  

‍MURIELLE BORST-TARRANT
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence 

‍THEO COTE
Photographer/Videographer

Yvena Despagne
La MaMa Galleria

‍JAMES DEWHURST
Technician 

DAVID DIAMOND
La MaMa Umbria Coordinator

‍GILBERTO DIAZ-FLORES
Front of House

‍KAORI FUJIYABU
Deputy Director of Development

‍MARY FULHAM
Managing Director 

‍MICHAL GAMILY
Coffeehouse Chronicles Curator  

ELISSA GOETSCHIUS
Front of House

KYLIE GOETZ
Archive Digital and Special Projects Manager

ADRIENNE GOMEZ
Box Office Supervisor

ARTHUR GORLORWULU
Front of House

‍DENISE GREBER
Director of Artistic Operations

PIRUZ HANEY
Archive Digitization/Metadata Specialist
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YAEL HASKAL
Associate Producer

JERELYN HUBER
La MaMa Galleria

‍ALLISON HSU
Digital Marketing Manager  

BEGUM "BEGSY" INAL
Artistic Associate

‍JOHN ISSENDORF
Director of Audience Development 

THOMAS LINEHAN
IT Support

‍ANDRÉS LÓPEZ-ALICEA
Front of House

KENNETH MARTIN
Operations Consultant

‍MATT NASSER
Experiments Reading Series Coordinator

IZZY OLGAARD
Lighting Supervisor

RYAN PANGRACS
Front of House

‍NICKY PARAISO
Programming Director — The Club
La MaMa Moves! Curator

‍BEVERLY PETTY
Producing Director 

NAIMA RANDOLPH
Front of House
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‍PEARSE REDMOND
Technician 

FEDERICO RESTREPO
Puppet Series Producing Director

‍JACK REYNOLDS
Assistant Technical Director 

‍JOHANNA RING
Grant Writer 

SIDNEY RITTER
Front of House

‍OZZIE RODRIGUEZ
Director of Archive

DEVINA SABNIS
Front of House
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‍KIKU SAKAI
Accounts Manager 

‍JANE CATHERINE SHAW
Front of House

‍MELISSA SLATTERY
Capital Accounts Manager 

‍SHIGEKO SUGA
Archive Associate 

MARK TAMBELLA
Technical Director

URSULA TINOCO
Front of House Supervisor

JASON TYUS SMITH
Front of House
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DANNY URSETTI
Front of House
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‍MARTIN VALDEZ
Building Superintendent Asst.

MADAI VALDEZ
Porter

MICIAH WALLACE
Front of House

STEPH WALSH
Front of House

TAYLOR WOOD
Individual Giving Officer
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‍MIA YOO
Artistic Director

SASA YUNG
Front of House

To contact our staff, please email web@lamama.org and we will direct you to the appropriate team member.