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About California Shakespeare Theater: Founded in 1974, Cal Shakes began as an artistic collective presenting Shakespeares work in the park for the sheer love of it. Through the years we have evolved into a fully [Continued on Schedule 0]
Cal Shakes redefines the classical theater for the 21st Century, making works of extraordinary artistry that engage with our contemporary moment so we might learn about ourselves and each other in the fullness of our world.
MAIN STAGE SEASONOur Main Stage season (May to October) offered 72 performances and attracted more than 30,000 theater-goers to the solar-powered, Bruns Memorial Amphitheater, described by the Wall Street Journal as, One of the most beautiful outdoor performance spaces in America. Our 2019 season included (a) A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Tyne Rafaeli; (b) The Good Person of Szechwan by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Eric Ting; (c) House of Joy by Madhuri Shekar, directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian, and (d) Macbeth by William Shakespeare, directed by Victor Malana Maog.
ARTISTIC LEARNINGArtistic Learning programs engaged 1,386 students in 49 classrooms through our theater residency programs. In addition, our 2019 Student Discovery performances brought more than 3,500 students from 62 schools to see productions of A Midsummer Nights Dream and Macbeth. We continue strong partnerships with most schools year after year, and have been instrumental in launching several school-based theater programs in the past several years.
ARTISTIC ENGAGEMENTArtistic Engagement is now linked to our multi-year projects, as well as the productions on our stage. Two multi-year projects, the 1001 Stories Project and the Thousand Ships Project, have both been catalysts for wonderful partnerships quite unlike our previous work in community. In 2019 we engaged more than 1300 community members through Community Conversations, Story Circles, Panel Discussions, and the Theater stage at Youth Speaks Life is Living Festival.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Eric Ting | VP-Artistic Dir | 40 | $135,384 |
| Shailendra Agarwal | Finance Dir | 40 | $80,000 |
| Tirzah Tyler | Managing Dir | 40 | $75,192 |
| Sarah Williams | Managing Dir | 40 | $38,462 |
| Susanna Falk | Managing Director | 40 | $2,760 |
| Tracey Walthall | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Mark W Toney | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Sharon Simpson | Director | 2 | $0 |
| John Ruskin | Director | 2 | $0 |
| James Roethe | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Shelly Osborne | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Blake Larkin | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Tish Harwood | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Joshua Cohen | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Mike Cleland | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Phil Chernin | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Mike Cedars | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Cristina Bensadoun | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Valerie Barth | Director | 2 | $0 |
| Ellen Dale | Secretary | 6 | $0 |
| Jay Yamada | Treasurer | 6 | $0 |
| Jean Simpson | Past President | 6 | $0 |
| Betsy Streeter | Secretary | 6 | $0 |
| Jeff Bharkhda | Vice President | 6 | $0 |
| Kate Stechschulte | President | 6 | $0 |
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