Founding Director of Compagnia de’ Colombari, KC is a theater maker whose work has been witnessed across the U.S. and around the world. She has developed a wide variety of pieces ranging from reinvented classical plays to new plays, opera, adaptations and new translations. Notable productions include Henry VI, Love's Labor's Lost (Public Theater, NYSF); King John, Julius Caesar (TFANA); Enrico IV (A.R.T); Everything That Rises Must Converge (NYTW); texts&beheadings/ElizabethR (Colombari at Folger Theatre in DC and BAM/Next Wave Festival); and The Merchant of Venice (Colombari with Ca' Foscari in Venice Ghetto, Italy and on tour in North America). KC and the company launched a new tradition of theater in Orvieto, Italy with the medieval mystery plays and many theatrical actions in prisons, jails, schools, pubs, libraries, parks, streets, museums, piers, churches as well as theaters. Presence and theatrical provocation have been of deepest importance in the ongoing work with all the artists of Colombari.
"...Karin Coonrod is a theater artist of far-reaching inventiveness..."
- New York Times
Karin Coonrod - Artistic Director
Board of Directors
Lisa Barlow, Board Chair
Gail Hochman, Secretary
Ferne Mele, Treasurer
Karin Coonrod
Anna Gincherman
Linda Jacobsen
Loredana Polezzi
Steven Mentz
John Conklin, Board Member Emeritus
Christopher Akerlind
Tony Geballe
Peter Francis James
David Scott Kastan
Elizabeth Margolis-Pineo
Michael Potts
John Skillen
Michael Unthank
Paul Vasile
Advisory Board
Cindy Sibilsky
Touring, PR/Marketing & Communications Manager
Cindy Sibilsky is the founder/CEO and producer of INJOY Entertainment LLC, a multimedia, multi-genre and multi-purpose arts & entertainment company focusing on meaningful global cultural exchange. She is a Broadway, Off-Broadway & international independent producer, marketing/PR director, and writer/journalist. INJOY has a diverse and constantly growing roster of clients, companies and shows, including theatre, festivals, musicals, dance, cirque, plays, cabaret, drag, concerts, curated art shows, public art, and immersive performances.
Jennifer Harrison Newman
General Manager
Jennifer Newman is a New York based artistic director, producer, educator, choreographer, and performer with over twenty-five years in the visual and performing arts. She works extensively across disciplines with artists pushing the boundaries of dance, theater, and opera.
Natalie King
Development Manager
Natalie King (she/her) is a New York-based arts administrator dedicated to accessibility in the arts. With over a decade of experience in development, fundraising, and strategic planning, she has held roles at Theatre Development Fund (TDF), New York Deaf Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, and the Shubert Theatre. She has also worked as a general manager, stage manager, and sound engineer with organizations like TheaterWorks USA and New York Musical Theatre Festival. Natalie earned her M.F.A. in Theatre Management from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, where she was Associate Managing Director and the first Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Yale Schwarzman Center. She also served as the inaugural Creativity Fellow at the Heinz Endowments.
Alexis Kulani Woodard
Associate Artistic Director
Among her many directorial achievements, Alexis is a 2024 Princess Grace Award Winner in Theatre and the 2025-2026 Rattlestick Theater Directing Fellow. Select Directing Credits include: The Dark Lady (Synchronicity Theatre), Metamorphoses, SORT, Moe’s a D*ck, Stray Dogs, Measure for Measure (Yale Drama), Every Brilliant Thing (Yale Cabaret), Hamlet (The TINY Theater Company, Alliance Theatre: Guest Artist Series); HANDS UP: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments and Do You Love the Dark? (Alliance Theatre). Her work on HANDS UP: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments earned the production six Suzi Bass Award Nominations, including Best Direction, and a win for Outstanding Social Justice Production. Upcoming: The Notebook, First National Tour (Drama League Directing Assistantship), The Motion (Arena Stage - Associate Director). MFA: David Geffen School of Drama at Yale.