California Revels Staff, Board & VOLUNTEERS
There would be no Revels without the hard work and dedication of our Artistic and Administrative Staff, our very active Board of Directors, Advisory Council, and the many dedicated volunteers who contribute time and love, on everything from year-round service on our Board Committees, to contributing seasonally in every imaginable role. Our annual Midwinter Revels and year-round events are a magical manifestation of imaginitive work, team dedication, and fun!
california revels' aRTISTIC Leadership
California Revels proudly presents theatre productions involving whole communities in their creation and implementation.
We continue to include production-specific artistic and musical leadership in our Midwinter celebrations.
We continue to include production-specific artistic and musical leadership in our Midwinter celebrations.
Jeri Reed
Artistic Co-Director
Jeri has contributed to California Revels since 2010. Jeri has nurtured our program for Young Performers (middle and high school) and worked with other American and European community and youth theater groups. Ms. Reed has also been the choreographer and associate director for the Interlandia folk group at Penn State University.
SHIRA KAMMEN
Music Director
Multi-instrumentalist and occasional vocalist Shira Kammen has spent well over half her life exploring the worlds of early and traditional music. A member for many years of the early music Ensembles Alcatraz and Project Ars Nova, and Medieval Strings, she has also worked with Sequentia, Hesperion XX, the Boston Camerata, the Balkan group Kitka, the King’s Noyse, the Newberry and Folger Consorts, the Oregon, California and San Francisco Shakespeare Festivals, and is the founder of Class V Music, an ensemble dedicated to providing music on river rafting trips. She has performed and taught in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Israel, Morocco, Latvia, Russia and Japan, and on the Colorado, Rogue, Green, Grande Ronde, East Carson and Klamath Rivers. Shira continues to teach and tours extensively, sharing her expertise in the world of early music worldwide. You can learn more about Shira here.
Anne Bingham Goess
Artistic Co-Director and Associate Music Director
Anne brings to us her long-time experience of Irish music in the SF Bay area, adding to that her notable talent for historical research, which she uses in putting together an authentic experience of the people and stories behind the traditions.
Michele sullivan
Production Manager
As well as being a keystone of Cal Revels, Michele has smoothed the way for many Bay Area productions, for companies such as Lamplighters, SF Opera, Livermore Opera, and West Bay Opera.
Board of Directors & Executive Director Group
Chris bryden
President
Joann wuTreasurer, CFO
Carolyn ThiessenBoard Member
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Chas SchleySecretary
Executive Co-Director Dan GrossExecutive Co-Director
COVID-19 Safety Officer |
board of directors - now recruiting
Board Membership Opportunities!
We are currently looking for additional Directors to join our Board! Right now, membership is open to motivated people who love the camaraderie of working together to make things happen. Matchmaker, we would love new members who know Revels, and can bring professional expertise to the table in areas such as law, finance, and fundraising. We'd also love members who understand and are intrigued by the possibilities of ritual theater as a genre, are intellectually as well as emotionally engaged in the arts, are aficionados of history, culture and philosophy, and who love to talk about, plan and implement their ideas! We welcome new members of all backgrounds, cultural, racial and economic, with intellectual, artistic, and practical spark!
Are you interested? Read California Revels' Mission Statement below, and see how it may resonate for you. Contact Dan Gross if you believe you can make a difference in this local community-oriented theatre and events.
California Revels' Mission
"Creating Community through Celebration"
California Revels seeks to create a joyful, transcendent experience of belonging and human connection through meaningful, participatory engagement with tradition and cultural diversity, in recognition of our deep alignment with the rhythms of Nature, universally held values, and collective future.
This vision is crafted artistically, through the production of theatrical, musical, educational and social events that draw upon powerful histories, stories, rituals and traditions of diverse peoples and cultures, to reveal timeless human values and bring them into the present with renewed relevance to be shared by all.
We are currently looking for additional Directors to join our Board! Right now, membership is open to motivated people who love the camaraderie of working together to make things happen. Matchmaker, we would love new members who know Revels, and can bring professional expertise to the table in areas such as law, finance, and fundraising. We'd also love members who understand and are intrigued by the possibilities of ritual theater as a genre, are intellectually as well as emotionally engaged in the arts, are aficionados of history, culture and philosophy, and who love to talk about, plan and implement their ideas! We welcome new members of all backgrounds, cultural, racial and economic, with intellectual, artistic, and practical spark!
Are you interested? Read California Revels' Mission Statement below, and see how it may resonate for you. Contact Dan Gross if you believe you can make a difference in this local community-oriented theatre and events.
California Revels' Mission
"Creating Community through Celebration"
California Revels seeks to create a joyful, transcendent experience of belonging and human connection through meaningful, participatory engagement with tradition and cultural diversity, in recognition of our deep alignment with the rhythms of Nature, universally held values, and collective future.
This vision is crafted artistically, through the production of theatrical, musical, educational and social events that draw upon powerful histories, stories, rituals and traditions of diverse peoples and cultures, to reveal timeless human values and bring them into the present with renewed relevance to be shared by all.
Advisory Council
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Lisa Lowe
Ellin Barret Helen Wills Brown Dirk Burns Malcolm Carden Gabriel Hurley |
Fred Konkel
Carl Ludewig David Metcalf Michael Schmid Marcia Vastine Dave Watt |