Geoff joined Writers Theatre in November 2007 and is responsible for the fiscal oversight of the theatre's operations, as well as all human resource functions. Geoff has been a producer and administrator in Chicago area theatres for over 20 years. Previously he was the Business Manager at Chicago Shakespeare Theater for seven years. As a founding member and the Producing Director of Naked Eye Theatre Company, he supervised all nine critically acclaimed productions, winning a Kennedy Center Award for New American Plays, a Joseph Jefferson Award and an After Dark Award along the way. His introduction to the business of nonprofit theatre was with the Goodman Theatre where he worked for three seasons as assistant to the business manager. Geoff consults with start-up theatres on best business practices and how to produce professional theatre in the Chicago area. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, and lives in Chicago with his wife, Jeanne, and their sons, Harry & Casey.
Education: Northwestern University |
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WT start: November 30, 2007 | |
Favorite WT Production: Oh Coward! |
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Hometown: Joliet, IL | |
Favorite Chicagoland location: Wrigley Field | |
Favorite book: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon | |
Favorite place on Earth: dunes and beaches of SW Michigan | |
Most adventurous undertaking: jumping off a cliff about fifty feet high into a deep blue water hole in the rain forest in Belize; unforgettable exhilaration of that feeling of flying | |
Hobbies/interests: coaching boys' baseball, cheering on sons' teams; accompanying/chaperoning my wife Jeanne's Model UN team to conferences around the world over the past ten years, and have loved immersing myself and the teenagers in the culture of some of the worlds' great cities: Paris, Rome, Berlin, Istanbul, Moscow, St. Petersburg, London |
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