The Synetic Team

Artistic and Production Staff

• Paata Tsikurishvili, Founding Artistic Director and CEO
• Irina Tsikurishvili, Founder and Resident Choreographer
• Irakli Kavsadze, Producing Director
• Konstantine Lortkipanidze, Resident Composer
• Anastasia R. Simes, Resident Set and Costume Designer
• Georgi Alexi-Meskhishvili, Resident Set and Costume Designer
• Colin K. Bills, Lighting Designer
• Andrew F. Griffin, Lighting Designer
• Ben Cunis, Resident Fight Choreographer and Actor Training Program
• Dr. Roland L. Reed, Playwright in Residence
• Nathan Weinberger, Dramaturg
• Erin Baxter, Production Supervisor
• Phil Charlwood, Technical Director
• Aaron Waxman, Master Electrician
• Elizabeth van den Berg, Vocal and Dialect Coach

• Yulia Kriskovets, Chief Operating Officer
• Laura D. Blackwelder, Director of Development
• Tricia Homer, Director of Marketing & Audience Services
• Meg Maxwell, Director of Education and Family Programs
• Steve Langley, House Manager
• Monica Jilling, Box Office Manager and Administrative Assistant
• Kjerstin Lysne, Volunteer Coordinator
• Kelly Eigler, Bookkeeper

Studio Teaching Staff

• Ben Cunis
• Alex Mills
• Lilia Slavova
• Ryan Sellers
• Amy Kaplan Wood