Our Team
The team at The Orchard Project advances the work of risk-taking theatre-makers by providing accelerating devlopmental opportunities for work and artists of promise and merit.
Though our primary work as a team is centered around the development of particular projects, all involved in the Orchard Project see their primary objective as the building of a creative community of leaders and innovators who will support each other’s work.


Artistic Director
Ari Edelson


Episodic Lab Facilitator
Jennifer Chambers


Episodic Lab Facilitator
Maija Gustin


Audio Lab Facilitator
Jerry Ruiz


Performance Lab Facilitator
Xiaoyue Zhang


Greenhouse Lab Facilitator
Ramona Rose King


Director, OP Forward
Lana Russell


Performance Lab Facilitator
Sam Max


Artistic and Development Liaison
Ray Achan
BOARD
- Diane Borger, Producer, American Repertory Theatre
- Raymond Bryan, Entrepreneur, Thoroughbred Owner, Broadway Investor
- Eric Daniels, Architect, Associate Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology
- Ari Edelson, Artistic Director, The Orchard Project
- Eunice Ferreira, Director, Associate Professor, Skidmore College
- Richard Glazer, New York Cardiac Center
- Steve Gottlieb, Entrepreneur, Founder, TVT Records and Shindig
- Carly Hugo, Film Producer, Loveless
- Gabriella Ianoale, Attorney, Ernst & Young
- Samantha Lazarus Levin
- Mona Moriya, Producer; Finance Director, The Lark Theatre
- Robert Schenkkan, Pulitzer and TONY-winning Playwright
- Stephen Seymour, Managing Director, Varde Partners
- Dean Strober, Freelance Producer, Co-Founder, The Orchard Project
- Rachel Uccellini, Integrated Communications Professional
BOARD EMERITI
- David Bauer, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
- Jennifer Costello, Director of Production, Broadway Across America/John Gore Organization