Our Mission

The mission of Dramashop is to provide entertaining and provocative theatrical experiences designed to challenge and engage the Erie community.

Board

President
Gretchen Kerr, Chief Governance Officer

Secretary-Treasurer
Brittney Shaw, Chief Financial Officer

Ex Officio
Anna McJunkin, Chief Executive Officer

Governors
Jasse Camacho Vera
Matthew Fuchs, President Emeritus
B.J. Waide
Nick Warren
Peg Watts
Megan Woller

Leadership

Artistic Director
Anna McJunkin

Management

Company Manager
Kenna Stevens *

Digital Marketing Manager
Alycia Olivar

Operations Manager
Zachery Hoffman

Creative

Engagement Associates
Karalyn Headley, Drama Club Moderator
Howard Lang, Donor Representative
Kerry Lee Hinkson, Database Administrator

Marketing Associates
Chris Pedersen, Graphic Designer *
Brenna Thummler, Copywriter

Production Associates
Karen Biebel, Technician
Brian Bowersox, Lighting Supervisor
Molly Cooke, Sound Supervisor *
Abby Coppock, Technician
Justin Karns, Technician *
Julie Lokahi, Technical Advisor
Pam Perron, Readings Coordinator
Will Steadman, Music Supervisor
JJ Theisen, Technician

* Resident Stage Managers (Non-Equity)

Production History

  • The Brothers Size by Tarell Alvin McCraney
    The Convent by Jessica Dickey
    Dramashop Originals Festival
    Alice By Heart by Jessie Nelson, Steven Sater, and Duncan Sheik

  • Lizzie by Steven Cheslik-Demeyer, Tim Maner, and Alan Stevens Hewitt
    The Crumple Zone by Buddy Thomas
    Incognito by Nick Payne
    Kingdom Come by Jenny Rachel Weiner

  • Moby Dick! The Musical by Robert Longden, Hereward Kaye, and Martin Koch
    Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
    Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

  • Natural Shocks by Lauren Gunderson (Live Stream Performance)
    Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery (Outdoor Performance)
    Confluence by Zach Flock (Live Stream Performance)

  • Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl
    Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justen Timberlake) by Sheila Callaghan
    Edgar Allan Poe’s Nevermore by Matt Conner and Grace Barnes

  • The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theater Project
    The Humans by Stephen Karam
    The Flick by Annie Baker
    Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori, Lisa Kron, and Alison Bechdel

  • Stupid Fucking Bird by Aaron Posner
    Heisenberg by Simon Stephens
    Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play by Anne Washburn
    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Simon Stephens

  • Hand to God by Robert Askins
    King Charles III by Mike Bartlett
    Constellations by Nick Payne
    Reefer Madness by Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney

  • Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika by Tony Kushner
    Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
    A Bright New Boise by Samuel D. Hunter
    Women by Chiara Atik
    Farragut North by Beau Willimon

  • Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson by Alex Timbers and Michael Freidman
    Dorian Grey by Jessica Flock
    Third by Wendy Wasserstein
    Angels in America, Part One: Millenium Approaches by Tony Kushner
    Gertrude, Queen of Denmark by Robert Michael Morris

  • Homade Fusion by Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond
    Seminar by Theresa Rebeck
    Copenhagen by Michael Frayn
    Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz
    5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche by Evan Linder and Andrew Hobgood

  • In the Next Room, or the vibrator play by Sarah Ruhl
    Race by David Mamet
    Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal
    [Title of Show] by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell

  • Reasons to Be Pretty by Neil LaBute

    The Killing of Sister George by Frank Marcus

    The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh