DA Theatre Collective

Board Members

Ken Webster, Executive Director, Hyde Park Theatre, has been involved in the Austin theatre scene for 29 years as an actor, director, producer, and playwright. He has served as the artistic director of Hyde Park Theatre since 2001 and was inducted into the Austin Arts Hall of Fame in June 2006. Webster has appeared in and directed over 70 stage productions and has been nominated for 46 B. Iden Payne Awards and 20 Critics' Table awards for acting, directing, and producing. He received the B. Iden Payne Award for directing in 1983, 1984, 1990, 2003, 2004, and 2007. He is married to award-winning local actress Katherine Catmull.	Jude Hickey, member of DA! Theatre Collective, and CORE Company Member of the Hyde Park Theatre, is a transplant from Lincoln, Nebraska, where he majored in theatre performance at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Since moving to Austin, Jude has acted with several different theatre companies, including Salvage Vanguard Theatre, Shrewd Productions, Pro-Arts Collective, Ariel Dance Theatre, and Hyde Park Theatre, of which he is a company member; for his recent role as Katurian in HPT's The Pillowman, Jude received a B. Iden Payne nomination for outstanding actor in a leading role.
Rachel Hewlitt, Architect and Arts Patron, has been in Austin for six years, originally hailing from Cedar Falls, Iowa. She has a Bachelors of Architecture degree from Iowa State University and works for a local architecture firm, Studio 8, which focuses on commercial and urban design. She supports all forms of artistic expression, including theatre, and practices some of her own: painting, drawing, piano, and the never-ending task of remodeling her home. Being of Ukrainian descent, the work is especially intriguing to her as it relates to her personal heritage. Some of Ms. Hewlitt's favorite things are circles, tofu, making sushi, and ice cream cake.	Andrea Burghart, Educator and Performer, is an avid dance and theatre enthusiast, performer and educator. She received her BFA in Theatre Studies from the University of Texas at Austin and her MA in Dance Education from New York University. While performing throughout Texas, New York, and Kampala, Uganda, Andrea has also enjoyed producing and creating works with companies such as Waco Musical Theatre, the Triborough Theatre Company and The Kampala School of Ballet and Modern dance. Andrea is currently a dance educator in the Dallas Public School System.
Annelies Lottmann, Legal and Culture, studied Drama and Philosophy at Sarah Lawrence College. After University, Annelies lived in Satpaev, Kazakhstan for three years teaching English and studying Russian and Kazakh culture as a Peace Corps Volunteer. She then entered law school at the University of Texas, where she spent her last semester as an intern in the Prosecutor's Office at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania In August 2008, she'll be leaving Austin again- this time for a job at Weil, Gotshal, and Manges LLP in New York City.	Aaron Hix, Computer Systems Engineer and Arts Patron, is a graduate of the Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell Air Force Base, and St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. He has eleven years of professional experience in the information technology field and has held positions with the U.S. Air Force, the Department of Defense, the State of Texas Office of Court Administration, and the District of Columbia Public School System. Mr. Hix is currently a systems engineer for Apple Computers.

Advisors

Christina J. Moore, Director, Teacher, Actor, and Voice-Over Artist, has worked in professional theatre for over 20 years. She co-founded and is Executive Director of Austin Script Works, a playwright development organization. She won the Austin Critics' Table Award for Best Direction of a Comedy for Steven Tomlinson's Millennium Bug and Curb Appeal and directed his critically acclaimed American Fiesta, for which she won the B. Iden Payne Award for Outstanding Director of a Comedy. She holds an MFA in Directing from the University of Texas and has taught on the faculties of St. Edward's University, Southwestern University, and UT-Austin.	Paul Davis, Designer and Educator, teaches Theatre 1 and Technical Theatre at Leander High School. He is an active set designer in and around Austin; this fall his work was nominated for a B. Iden Payne award (best set design) for The Pillowman, HPT. He has also worked as a scenic artist for the Dallas Theater Center, Portland Stage, and Connecticut Repertory Theater, and as a Scenic and Costume Designer for the Finborough Theater in London, England. His work has also been seen at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The Prague Quadrennial. He currently serves as the High School Representative for TETA's Design Fest and the Head of Costume and Scenic Design for Texas Arts Project.
Lindsay McKay, Venue Manager at Hyde Park Theatre, was assistant director for Lonesome West and last fall's St. Nicholas at HPT and stage managed HPT's Lonesome West, The Pillowman, Lonely, You're No One's Nothing Special, The Glory of Living, Chopper, The Evidence of Silence Broken/Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll. She designed light's for HPT's Radio :30. Lindsay also worked backstage for FronteraFest 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008 at HPT, where she is a CORE company member. She studied theatre with a directing concentration at Sam Houston State University.	Michele Clark, Legal, Grants, and Non-Profit, has been practicing law since 1997 and, for the majority of that time, devoted herself to public interest law. Michele has worked for the Women's Advocacy Project, SafePlace, and Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, where she focused primarily on protecting the rights of women and children who had been abused by their intimate partners and family members. Michele litigated, supervised legal staff, obtained hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant funding, and designed programs that served thousands of people with limited resources. In January of 2007, Michele entered private practice and opened her own law office; she continues to volunteer her time by assisting people who cannot afford lawyers and by advising not-for-profit organizations.