The Santa Fe Playhouse Board of Trustees is an engaged and passionate group of volunteer members who work to sustain and abound the company. The lath meets regularly to give fiduciary oversight, simply also works more frequently through standing committees, ad-hoc committees, and chore forces.

If you are interested in collaborating on a commission or task force or if you have involvement in joining this grouping of passionate people then please reach out to Board Chair Kent Kirkpatrick.

Kent Kirkpatrick | Board Chair

Kent received an MFA from the Academy of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, and has taught and served on the faculty at Academy of California—San Diego, Academy of California—Irvine, Academy of Delaware, American Academy of Dramatic Arts West, and Oxford University. Kent is an actor, managing director, and producer in theater, moving-picture show, and television. Recently, he taught at the Motion picture School at Santa Fe Academy of Art and Design.

Erin Bunkley | Board Vice-Chair

Erin is a strategy executive with over twenty years of experience in corporate strategy & development, mergers & acquisitions, and supply chain management with consumer packaged appurtenances companies ranging in size from $100M to $13B.  She has a proven track record of creating and implementing strategic plans, developing new market place entry strategies, managing major acquisitions, and designing and implementing strategic improvements to drive change and better profitability.

Originally from Amarillo, Texas, Erin and her family moved to Santa Fe viii years agone.  She and her hubby, Thomas, currently piece of work together at CapRock Grain, the entrepreneurial company that her hubby and his business partner started over 10 years ago.  CapRock'southward headquarters is now in downtown Santa Fe.  Erin & Thomas'southward son, Tom, is a sophomore at Santa Atomic number 26 Prep.  The Bunkley's savour spending time in the amazing beauty of northern New Mexico and participating in the vibrant arts customs in Santa Fe.

Ralph Larrañaga | Lath Treasurer

Bio coming shortly.

Andrew Primm | Board Secretary

Andy is a producer and performer in Santa Fe, NM. He came to the Playhouse as a performer in the long-running traditional show, "The Santa Iron Fiesta Melodrama" in 2011. Since then, he has directed and shepherded that evidence fifty-fifty until the present solar day. He has served on the Board of Directors since 2014 and as Secretary since 2015.

A graduate of the at present sadly defunct College of Santa Iron, he holds a Available of Fine Arts caste in contemporary music and has performed nationally and internationally with a variety of bands and shows. He also worked as a commercial producer/manager for CBS affiliate KRQE in Albuquerque, NM, and currently shoots and edits video for museums, organizations, and artists.

A lifelong Santa Fean, Andy is very passionate about supporting local arts and is proud of his piece of work in that direction.

Tom Morris

Tomhails from rural Michigan, and is happy to call Santa Fe "home" since 1979.  He loves the open skies, temperate seasons and the caring and creative community here.  A theatre arts major at Kalamazoo Higher led to piece of work in Ft. Wayne, London and Stamford.  Travel continues to be one of his passions.  Tom retired his position of Marketing & Operations Managing director at The Santa Fe Opera in 2019.  Later on xl years of learning, challenges and camaraderie in the opera world, he is grateful to render to his first love – theatre, and to the magic and connection that storytelling brings.

Amanda Pierce

Amanda has over xviii years of retail banking feel. Her leadership style is focused on creating a team that thrives together, builds each other up, and has a adept time while taking care of business concern. When not at piece of work, she is probably at a youth sports issue. Her children are very active in rail, volleyball, football, baseball, soccer, and the best sport of all, basketball. She has recently started running, loves hiking, and playing fetch with her Labrador puppy. If you are looking for someone who shanks, chunks, and duffs, Amanda is your gal for the next golf game tournament.

Edward Srsic

Bio coming shortly.

Gerard Martínez y Valencia

Gerardis currently the Careers Coordinator for the Santa Fe Community College's Career Services programme. He has worked over 25 years in academy, country and local government sectors as an organization evolution, special events, administrative, media, community and public relations specialist. Gerard has served on several local, regional and national boards and committees. Additionally and more importantly, Gerard is an opsimath, writer, playwright, composer and musician, lyrical photographer, and especially enjoys spending time and traveling with his children.

Sage Morris-Greene

Bio coming soon.

Renee Linson

Born and raised on Santa Atomic number 26'southward e side only a two minute walk to The Santa Fe Playhouse. She is the seventh of nine children, thirteenth generation Native American; Navajo, Taos Pueblo Santa Clara Pueblo. She is also Sephardic Jew of Spanish descent and tin can trace her roots dating back to the original Spanish land grants.

Renee currently works every bit National Sales Director for Miaderm at Aiden Industries, since 2010. She is honored to represent the number one radiotherapy product at preventing or reversing the effects of radiations, she is proud to be serving the nation's meridian cancer centers. Previously, for 16 years Renee owned a real manor part in downtown Santa Fe. Renee proudly served for four years equally a charter member on the lath for New Mexico Children's Foundation and at the invitation of Kickoff Lady Alice Male monarch, the organization continues to operate and is providing grant money to underfunded children's programs in the state of New Mexico. Renee has a deep dear for Santa Atomic number 26, the community, and the operation arts.

Robyn Rikoon | Artistic Managing director (ex-officio)

Born and raised in New Mexico,Robyn (she/her) earned her BFA in Drama from The North Carolina School of The Arts. She so worked as a professional player in television, flick, and theater in New York Urban center, Portland, Oregon, Minneapolis, and New United mexican states. In 2012, Robyn founded and ran an arts commonage in Brooklyn, New York, where she created site-specific work based on Carl Jungs'The Red Volume. In 2015, she ventured around the world and studied in Southeast Asia, South America, and Mexico. Later receiving The Kenan Fellowship for Directing at The John F. Kennedy Heart for the Performing Arts in September of 2017, Robyn worked equally a director and thespian in and effectually the nation's capital. Passionate about community and storytelling, Robyn is thrilled to be returning dwelling house to Santa Fe and serving at Santa Fe Playhouse.

Colin Hovde | Executive Manager (ex-officio)

Colin  (he/him) is a producer, director and arts administrator. He served as producing artistic manager of Theater Brotherhood of Washington DC from 2011 to 2019. He is a founding artistic director of ARTISTS' BLOC, a founding member of Capital Fringe Festival, and was the associate artistic director at Theater Brotherhood from 2005-06. In 2004 he was a producer of the Worldwide Arts Commonage Festival in Macau, China. He has directed at Theater Alliance, Kennedy Centre, Lincoln Eye, Imagination Stage, Adventure Theatre, Rustaveli Theatre in Tiblisi Georgia, Washington Shakespeare Visitor, Riot Actors of Washington, Rorschach Theatre, Washington Savoyards, Solas Nua, Perseverance Theatre, and The InSeries. He has worked with canis familiaris & pony dc, Source Festival, farthermost eXchange, Forum Theatre, and The Kennedy Middle. He was a Kenan Fellow at the Kennedy Center, a directing fellow at the O'Neill Playwrights Conference, received a Cultural Envoy grant from the Department of State, and was selected for the Fulbright-Hays Plan. He holds a BFA from the Academy of North Carolina Schoolhouse of the Arts and is a member of SDC the Matrimony for Stage Directors.