BE People

Board of DirectorsAuxiliary Board

Kareem Dale

Dale Law Group
Chairman

James Waller

Coventy Health Care
Vice Chairman

Diana Hennington

Grand Events, Inc.

Secretary

Oliver G. Prince, Jr.

Morris & Gunter Associates, LLC

Treasurer

Robert J. Dale

R.J. Dale Advertising
Chairman Emeritus

Jackie Taylor

Black Ensemble Theater
Founder

Alan Bell

Charity & Associates PC

Claudia Cheres

ABJ Community Service

Scott Krantz

Mesirow Financial Investment

Darrel Hackett

Harris Chicago Community Bank

Sugie Gilbert Lassiter

United Airlines

Gregory Morris

Morris & Gunter Associates, LLC

Carolyn Rush

Community Volunteer

Lois Weisberg

City of Chicago

Andrea Zopp

Exelon Corporation

Claudia Cheres,
President

Sharon Ashford,
Secretary

Kimberly Foster,
Treasurer

Jackie Taylor,
Founder

Maxine Barksdale

Sherry Faulkner
Ann Foster
Sharon Hudson
Lessie Jackson
Sonia Lange
Cynthia Manson
Sylvia Morris
Earline Rivers
Sharon Smith
Cassandra Taylor
James Washington
Earl Williams
Kindell Youngblood


Theater StaffTheater Production Staff
Jackie Taylor
Founder and Executive Director
Gwen Sea
Executive Assistant
Alfreda Williams
Director of Development
Davina Martin
Associate Director of Development
Tynea Wright
Assistant Bookkeeper
Jimmy Tillman
Musical Director
Eva Durham
Director of Educational Outreach
Toi Overton
Director of Theater for Women & Men
Madeline Lewis
Box Office Director
Rebecca Florell-Pittman
Box Office Administrator
Christopher Bailey
House Manager & Office Administrator
Lamar Ezell
Assistant House Manager
Cindy Karczewski
Administrator
Diane Jones
Director of Volunteers

 

 

Jackie Taylor

Producer, Artistic Director
Rueben D. Echoles
Associate Artistic Director

David Barr III
Playwright

Jimmy Tillman
Musical Director

Thomas Washington
Musical Arranger

Rueben Echoles
Choreography & Wig Design

Razor
Equity Stage Manager

Victoria Cammon
Company Stage

Carl Ulaszek
Manager Set Design

Denise Karczewski
Light Design

Ron White
Sound Design

Glendar Howard
Costume Design

Les Spires
Sound Technician

Glendar Howard
Wardrobe

Miriam Griffin
Follow Spot

Lewis Barnes
Tech Crew