Lawrence Grimm, Board Co-Chair
Jazmine Reynolds, Board Co-Chair
Maureen Weber, Secretary
Bonnie Seebold, Treasurer
Joseph Larkin
William Loesch, General Counsel
Samuela Noumtchuet
Manon Spadaro
Josh Zambrano
Norma Zambrano
Board of Directors
Sustaining Members
Peter Jacobson
Actor | Colony, The Americans, House
Amy Kleinman
CYS Board Chair (2017-2022)
Lee May
Major Gifts Officer, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
David Michel
Director of College Counseling, The Wheeler School, Providence, RI
Joe Weisberg
Writer, Producer | Creator of The Americans
Alumni DEI Task Force
Sophia Carlin, Levi Donnell, Jacinda Dorian, Daniel Newgarden, Samuela Noumtchuet,* Ester Segal-Weinberger, Josh Zambrano.*
*Co-chairs
Staff
Manon Spadaro (She/Her)
Founding Artistic Executive Director
Joshua Zambrano (He/Him)
Director of Community Engagement; Teaching Artist
Ruby Soleil Perez (They/Them)
Development Associate
Ryan Borgdorff (He/Him)
Director of Audience Services; Teaching Artist
Hannah Blau (She/Her)
In-Schools Coordinator; Teaching Artist
Jeremy Ohringer (He/Him)
Principal Guest Artist
Kevin Johnson (He/Him)
Artistic Program Associate; Teaching Artist; Fight Choreographer
Haia R'nana B'chiri (She/Her)
ASL Coordinator; Teaching Artist; Social Media Associate
Elissa Wolf (She/Her)
Teaching Artist; Learning Resources Coordinator
CYS is fortunate to work with a cohort of exceptional teaching artists and theatre professionals from across the Chicago area and beyond. Learn more.
Interns & Apprentices
Levi Donnell (He/Him)
University of Illinois, Chicago
Esther Segal-Weinberger (She/Her)
University of Chicago
Sylvie Staiger (She/Her)
Columbia College
Luke Steadman (He/Him)
Northeastern IL University
Emma Williams (She/Her)
William & Mary University