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Board of Directors and Staff

Mark Clayton Southers, Founder and Producing Artistic & Technical Director
Cell 412-377-7803; msouthers@pghplaywrights.org; Visit Website

Watch video readings: Friends of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre read selections from Mark Clayton Southers’s The Ninety-Nine Chronicles.

Advisory Board

Barbara Cymerman
Lynne Hayes-Freeland
Carlton Heywood
Delores Southers
Janis Burley Wilson

Board of Directors

Dr. Michael Ramsay, President
Mark Clayton Southers, Executive Director
Elizabeth Reiss, Treasurer
Lorill Readie-Southers, Secretary

Donna Drewery
Tawnya Farris-Redwood
Mark C. Freeman
Alan Hord
James Howard
Yarra Howze
Royce Jones
Thelma Lovette Morris
Susan McGregor-Laine
Melissa Pearlman
J. Nicole Rhodes
Wayne Walters

Staff

Mark Clayton Southers, Producing Artistic & Technical Director
Monteze Freeland, Producing Artistic Associate
Elizabeth Reiss, Managing Director

Artistic Associate ProducerAshley Southers
Literary ManagerKim El
Online Communications DirectorSteven Doerfler
Resident Graphic DesignerEric Donaldson
Program Design / EditingMichelle Belan
Resident Costume & Makeup & Hair DesignerCheryl El-Walker
Resident Prop MasterSarah “Gracie” Jackson
Director of FinanceJoyce Wilson-Windsor
Box Office ManagerLorill Readie-Southers
ConcessionsAndre J.C. Southers, Marcus Carl Southers, Neicy Southers

Updated March 2025.

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