Leadership

Rick Hammerly

Rick Hammerly *

Artistic Director

Rick has worked as an award-winning, DC-based actor, director, filmmaker, and arts manager for over three decades.

He received a 2018 Helen Hayes Award for his direction of Lela & Co. and a 2020 Helen Hayes Award nomination for his direction of Agnes of God, both for Factory 449. Other directing credits include Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue’s The Brontes (New York Musical Theatre Festival), Reykjavik (Rorschach Theatre), Emilie: La Marquise du Châtelet Defends Her Life Tonight (WSC Avant Bard), Driving Miss Daisy featuring Karen Grassle (Riverside Center for the Performing Arts), Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook (Adventure Theatre MTC), Dead Man Walking (American University) and Closet Land (Factory 449).

As an actor, he has performed Off-Broadway and regionally, receiving a Helen Hayes Award for his turn as Hedwig in Signature Theatre’s production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, as well as nominations for his work in Angels in America (Signature Theatre), Me and Jezebel (MetroStage) and Oliver! (Adventure Theatre MTC).

His debut film, signage, which he wrote, directed, and produced, has screened in over 60 film festivals worldwide, receiving 6 film festival awards and was subsequently licensed by MTV’s LOGO Channel.

He is a founder and the current Producing Artistic Director of Factory 449, the recipient of multiple Helen Hayes Awards, including the John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company, and the Executive Director of the Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive (WAPAVA).

As Virginia Rep’s Artistic Director, he provides leadership of our programming, including our strategic planning processes. He is also our key liaison with the national theatre industry.

804-783-1688 ext. 1262

Klaus Schuller

Klaus Schuller

Managing Director

Schuller boasts more than 20 years of experience managing the operations of complex, multi- venue and multi-disciplinary organizations and has produced and presented live, touring and televised events that included collaborations with The Kennedy Center and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, among others.

Known as much for his collaborative nature as his creativity, he has worked on various projects with celebrities such as Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Tina Fey, Catherine O’Hara, Bob Martin, and Dave Thomas.

Most recently, Schuller served as the executive director and producer for Randolph Entertainment, which presented Teatro ZinZanni and Cabaret ZaZou in partnership with Broadway in Chicago, from 2018-23. He led the planning, construction and launch of a unique new theater in a “forgotten” space that was rediscovered during a hotel renovation that revealed the original grand space inside the historic 1926 building in the Chicago Loop.

Schuller also served as executive director and producer for The Second City Canada from 2005-17, where he supervised the planning and construction of its Mercer Street home in Toronto and planned or led the construction of venues in Toronto, Cleveland and Las Vegas.

“Virginia Rep’s exceptional reputation and the diversity and quality of its offerings immediately appealed to me,” Schuller said. “I am humbled to have the opportunity to contribute to the incredible legacy the organization has built over the past 70-plus years and its impact on the arts community in Richmond, Central Virginia and beyond.”

804-783-1688 ext. 1116

Board Chair

Martha Quinn

Vice Chair and Treasurer

Vivian White

Corporate Secretary

Meredith Miles

Immediate Past Chair

Laura Lee Chandler

Board Members

Susie Bogese
Corey Booker
Jason De La Cruz
Dr. Barbara M. Glenn
EmJay Johnson
LaChelle Lewis, PhD
Kathy Messick
Thomas Millisor
Kendall Baltimore Neely
Christopher S. Reina, PhD
Susan Rickman
Katie Studer
Ed White

Unless otherwise noted, please use 804-783-1688 and the extension below.

Artistic Director – Rick Hammerly – ext. 1262

Production Manager – Ginnie Willard

 Production Associate- Hannah Hoffert

 Production Associate- Donna Warfield

Technical Directors – Tommy Hawfield, Hans Paul

 Carpenter – Shawn Goodman

 Scenic Charge Artist – Amy Gethins Sullivan

 Props Supervisor – Mercedes Schaum

  Scenic/Props Apprentice – Kate Fielding

 Production Electrician – Kacey Yachuw

  Electrics Apprentice – Wil Martin

 Audio Visual Supervisor – Jonathan Pratt

  Audio Visual Apprentice – Trusten Murrah

Costume Shop Manager – Patricia Austin – ext. 1248

 Cutter/Draper – Marcia Miller Hailey – ext. 1248

Facilities Manager – Bruce Rennie – ext. 1244

 Custodial Services – Tim Bethea

Education Manager – Vivian Schwartz – ext. 1151

 Education Assistant – Gracie Berneche

 Student Field Trips – Kylee Marquez-Downie

Managing Director – Klaus Schuller – ext. 1116

Director of Development – Kiffy Werkheiser – ext. 1238

 Development Associate – Brandon LaReau, PhD – ext. 1263

Director of Marketing & Communications – Amy Wolf

 Graphic Designer – Tiffany Smith

 Group Sales Manager – Kylee Marquez-Downie

 Internet Services Manager – Jessica Daugherty

Director of Sales – Janine Sears – ext. 1194

 Assistant Box Office Manager – Shannon Frazier

 Box Office Associates –Rye Brickey, Sam Cook, Erin Dabrowski, Derek Gayle, Joel Kimling, Emily Stava — Please use (804) 282-2620

 Front of House Manager – Janelle Cottman

General Manager – Lisa Kotula – ext. 1114

Manager of Board and Community Relations – Jessi Johnson Peterson – ext. 1119

External Auditor – Keiter