People
Meet the Foundation Team
Kate Bussert
Executive Director:
Terry Bernstein
Bruce Ostler
Sheilah Rae
Board of Directors:
Karr Washington
General Counsel:
Dave Harris (2019 Ollie Award Winner), Kit Yan & Melissa Li (2019 Vivace Award Winners) and Tina Howe (One of two 2019 Tooth of Time Award Winners) pose for a picture at the 2019 Idea Awards for Theatre. Photo by Valerie Caviness Photography for The Bret Adams & Paul Reisch Foundation.
The Bret Adams & Paul Reisch Foundation was established with a legacy gift from the agent Bret Adams and his partner Paul Reisch.
Now, our Boards of Advisers are made up of industry professionals from all walks of life for three different awards that fund the development of idea-driven theatre.
Ollie
New Play Award
Board of Advisors
Beth Blickers
Jesse Jae Hoon
Sara Holdren
Naysan Mojgani
Amrita Ramanan
Otis Ramsey-Zoe
Alexis Williams
Tooth of Time
Distinguished Career Award
Board of Advisors
Beth Henley
Bill Rauch
Jack Reuler
Tim Sanford
Octavio Solis
Cheryl L. West
Vivace
Musical Theatre Award
Board of Advisors
Elissa Adams
Sammi Cannold
Anika Chapin
Daniel Alexander Jones
Eric Keen-Louie
Amy Rose Marsh
Grace McLean
Neen Williams-Teramachi
The award recipients chosen by our Boards of Advisors are honored each year at the Idea Awards for Theatre.
Special thanks to all our current & former Advisors (* denotes former awardees):
Elissa Adams | Jay Adana* | Garrett Anderson | Troy Anthony* | Agyeiwaa Asante* | Joe Barros | André Bishop | Beth Blickers | Sammi Cannold | Anika Chapin | Christopher Chen* | Kirsten Childs* | Lydia Diamond | John Dias | Mindi Dickstein | Paige Evans | Aislinn Frantz | Keith Glover | Robyn Goodman | Melissa Hardy | Deadria Harrington | Dave Harris* | Beth Henley* | Ed Herendeen | Patrick Herold | Sara Holdren | Tina Howe | Naomi Iizuka | Mara Isaacs | Ciera Iveson | Jesse Jae Hoon* | Daniel Alexander Jones* | Haruna Lee* | Melissa Li* | Eric Keen-Louie | Mia Katigbak | Adrienne Kennedy | Michael Kerker | John-Michael Lyles* | Annie MacRae | Amy Rose Marsh | Lysna Marzani | Grace McLean* | David Mendizábal | Naysan Mojgani | Cherríe Moraga* | Emily Morse | Kent Nicholson | Zeniba Now | Antje Oegel | Tanya Palmer | Amrita Ramanan | Otis Ramsey-Zoe | Sarah Rasmussen | Ankita Raturi* | Bill Rauch | Jack Reuler | Sarah Ruhl | Tim Sanford | Rachel Sheinkin | Natasha Sinha | Neigel Smith | Octavio Solis | Mei Ann Teo | Cheryl L. West | Alexis Williams | Elizabeth Williams | Neen Williams-Teramachi | Charlayne Woodard | Kit Yan*