STAFF

Christina Baldwin - Artistic Director
She/Her  
email - 612-278-0142

The Artistic Director is hired by the Board of Directors and is responsible for implementing the artistic vision and focus of the Theater, establishing goals and proposing programs to achieve the theater’s mission, vision and goals. The Artistic Director is a co-equal partner with the Managing Director and reports to the Board.

Rachel Murch-D'Olimpio - Managing Director
She/Her
email - 612-278-0141

The Managing Director is hired by the Board of Directors to provide fundraising, administrative and fiscal leadership for the Jungle Theater. The managing director is responsible to lead progress toward achieving the Jungle’s strategic priorities. The Managing Director is a co-equal partner with the Artistic Director and reports to the Board.

Kathy Maxwell - Production Manager/Facilities
She/Her
email - 612.278.0146

The production manager manages budgets and schedules for Jungle activities, and she manages the technical resources of the theater. As facility manager, she also oversees ongoing building maintenance and assists in planning for capital improvement projects.

Have questions about the building or our productions?

Alison Ruth - Associate Director, Artistic Programming & Development
She/Her
email - 612.278.0144

As Associate Director of Artistic Programming and Development, Alison runs the Jungle's BOLD New Works Reading Series. She reads new scripts and works with the Artistic Director to explore new artistic opportunities for the Jungle. She also works with the Development Director to coordinate fundraising initiatives to support the Jungle's exciting work.

Have questions about the BOLD New Works Reading Series?

Anna Kay - Artist and Audience Services Manager
She/Her
email

The Artist and Audience Services Manager leads our efforts to create a welcoming experience for artists and patrons. She oversees box office and concessions operations.

Looking for info on season/single tickets, volunteering, or gift certificates?

Carly Caputa - Marketing Manager
She/Her
email - 612.278.0145

The Marketing Manager develops strategies and action plans that generate awareness of the Jungle and its programs in target audiences, driving attendance and ticket sales. She is responsible for all website, print, social media and e-marketing efforts, as well as media relations.

Need more information on a show, past or present? Looking for info on community or advertising relationships with the Jungle?

Allison Vincent - She/Her

Allison Vincent is an award-winning performer, director, writer, deviser, and educator known for creating new works, physical theatre, gender-Queer performances, and making theatre that weaves together humor and tragedy so audiences can contemplate some truth about the human condition. She has been honored to collaborate with companies and theaters across the Twin Cities since 2010. In addition to performing and directing, Allison is a co-artistic director and founding member of Transatlantic Love Affair, a company member of Four Humors, and has collaborated as a writer on over twenty produced scripts. Allison is a 2022 Naked Stages Fellow and was a recipient of a 2023 Everwood Artist Residency and the 2023 Loft/Madeline Island School for the Arts Teaching Excellence Residency. She teaches at the University of Minnesota and Augsburg University.

Wu Chen Khoo - He/Him

Wu Chen Khoo is a lighting designer, stagehand, and production manager. He is based in Minneapolis and works internationally. Locally, some of his lighting designs have been seen at Penumbra Theatre, Theater Mu, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Stages Theatre Company, Pangea World Theatre, the Fitzgerald Theater, History Theater, Children’s Theatre Company, and Mixed Blood Theater. He co-founded the education program Technical Tools of the Trade, which aimed to train, connect and support people through the skills of technical theatre. He was a founding member of the Class & the Arts collective and The Mothership, both groups of workers organizing to build Solidarity and hold space for critical engagement with issues of social justice including through the arts & entertainment industry. He is a proud member of IATSE, the union representing many of the behind-the-scenes workers in the arts and entertainment industry. He shares his life with his partner Kristin and children Teng Jin and Yi Lian.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

If you are interested in joining the board of directors, please contact our Managing Director, Rachel Murch-D'Olimpio, email - 612-278-0141

Board Chair   Rich Thompson
Vice Chair   Elizabeth Bank
Secretary   Erin Oglesbay     
Treasurer   Robert Spikings

Members:
William Bard, Farah Famouri, Darrell Johnston, Janine Foster, Heidi Grange, Naomi Perman, Juliane Ray, James Rodríguez, Mary-Lynn Ryan, Elizabeth Schenfisch, Marcia Stout, Kelly Turpin