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Ed Decker A graduate of San Francisco State University and a former Director of the American Conservatory Theatre Young Conservatory. Ed is particularly proud of the tumultuous events in 1981 which galvanized a group of concerned parents and students to join forces resulting in the birth of The New Conservatory Theatre Center. A great source of joy is NCTC’s multi-theatre complex that showcases our Pride Season, In-Concert/Cabaret Series, Family Theatre, Emerging Artists, and the YouthAware Educational Theatre. Ed has served as a site evaluator for the California Arts Council, Marin Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. He is the recipient of the STOP AIDS award for developing NCTC’s HIV Prevention touring programs for youth ages 5-18 that have been touring since 1986. Under his leadership NCTC has been named a two time winner of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Arts Excellence Award. |
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Halvey Ed joined the staff of NCTC in the spring of 2005. He received his AA Degree from Johnson & Wales Universsity in Business Management. After spending 20 years in the travel industry most recently as Promotion Coordinator for AAA Travel Services, he brings his love of theatre, marketing and promotional skills to the theatre along with a passion for graphics work and serving the theatre audience. |
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Jordan Jackie Jordan joined the staff of NCTC in July 2004 as Operations Manager. She became Managing Director in June 2007. Originally from Honolulu, Jackie received a BA in Theatre from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She has previously served as the Administrative Manager for Intersection for the Arts here in San Francisco and at the Manoa Valley Theatre in Honolulu. Jackie serves as a panelist for Theatre Bay Area’s Landisman Fellowship and can occasionally be seen onstage as an actress or behind the scenes as a stage manager. |
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Meredith Lee Meredith is NCTC's grant writer. Before joining NCTC, she worked in New York City as House Manager for off-Broadway’s Minetta Lane Theatre. Meredith’s experience in the theatre industry ranges from drama journalist (Show Business Weekly, TheaterMania.com) to production assistant (cast recordings of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and High Fidelity The Musical). She holds a BA in Dramatic Literature from New York University. |
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Kelly John Kelly is NCTC's Technical Director and Master Electrician. He has designed the lighting for many productions here at NCTC. John has worked and designed for many theaters in the Bay Area, most often at the Spreckles Performing Arts Center in Rohnert Park (where he won the Dean Goodman Choice Award for design of The Subject Was Roses), and for the Burning Man Festival in Nevada. |
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Andrew
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Nance is in charge of all School Programming at NCTC as well as The School &
Family Matinee Series. He has been involved in Educational Theatre since 1992:
working for The Disney Co. and The City of Tampa performing and directing (respectively)
Educational Touring Shows. As a Drama Instructor he has taught on both coasts.
His training comes from American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco's Attic Theatre,
and he received his B.A. in Theatre from New York University's Tisch School of
the Arts. At N.Y.U. he studied at The Lee Strasberg Institute, Practical Aesthetics
Workshop and Playwrights Horizons. His instructors have included: David Mamet,
Anna Strasberg, Linda Hunt, W.H. Macy, Gregory Mosher and Sydney Walker. As an
actor, Mr. Nance has performed in New York, Provincetown, Tampa as well as locally
with NCTC, The Exit, Magic Theatre and The California Theatre Wing. Both nationally
and internationally he has done commerical, print and televison work. Awards include:
Best Actor in a Solo Performance and two for Best Ensemble by The Bay Area Theatre
Critics Circle Awards. As a Director his work includes: D*Face (Santa
Monica's Highways Theatre & NCTC) Hijra (NCTC), Spanish Jade
(Stanford/Playwrights Foundation), Party Daze and Inner Circle
as well as And Then They Came For Me (YouthAware NCTC Education Tours).
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Brad
Pence Mr. Pence joined the staff of NCTC in 1987 after being the Treasurer of the Board of Directors for four years. Mr. Pence received his BA and MBA from San Francisco State University and is the former Chairman of the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission for the City of Pacifica. He has worked as a Certified Public Accountant, Internal Auditor and Controller, and now has his own CPA practice. |
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Sara
Staley Ms. Staley received her BA in Theater from the University of California Los Angeles where she focused her efforts not only on acting, but also on educational theater and playwriting. While residing in Los Angeles, she worked in television production and promotion for both NBC and The Disney Channel. She also worked with UCLA Extension in developing programming for their Department of Entertainment Studies and Performing Arts. Ms. Staley's responsibilities with NCTC include coordination of the YouthAware Education Programs which produces productions on HIV prevention, tolerance education and substance abuse awareness for schools all over the Bay Area. |
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Kyle Wheat Mr. Wheat joined the NCTC staff in Winter 2008 after receiving his BA in English Literature and Analytic Philosophy (along with a LGBT Studies Certificate) from the University of Maryland. He moved to San Francisco after a successful internship with Equality Maryland, Maryland's leading LGBT rights advocacy group. |
