Honorary Advisors

Honorary Advisors are established and esteemed theatre professionals who are called on for artistic and managerial guidance. Spinning Tree Theatre’s Honorary Advisors range from a Tony Award winner to a Pulitzer Prize finalist to a Master of the British Empire, spanning the globe from Kansas City to New York City to London.

Rob Ashford

Emmy & Tony Award-winner
Director & Choreographer
New York, NY

J. Kent Barnhart

Executive Director
Quality Hill Playhouse
Kansas City, MO

Richard Carrothers

President & Artistic Director
New Theatre Restaurant
Overland Park, KS

Jeff Church

Producing Artistic Director
Coterie Theatre
Kansas City, MO

Beverly Edwards

Company Manager
London, England & New York, NY

Miriam Feinstein

Artist & Writer
Cincinnati, OH

Kristen Harris

Production Stage Manager
New York, NY

Dennis D. Hennessy

C.E.O. & Artistic Director
New Theatre Restaurant
Overland Park, KS

Devin Keudell

General Manager
Bespoke Theatricals
New York, NY

Stephanie Klapper

Casting Director
Stephanie Klapper Casting
New York, NY

Michael John LaChiusa

Composer, Lyricist, Librettist
New York, NY

Emily Mann

Artistic Director
Resident Playwright
McCarter Theatre Center
Princeton, NJ

Jon Marans

Pulitzer Prize nominee
Playwright
New York, NY

Shirley Marley

Miller-Marley School of Dance
Overland Park, KS

Anthony van Laast

MBE*
Choreographer
Film, West End, Broadway
London, England

* Awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for service to dance and choreography