JASE SULLIVAN

MANAGING DIRECTOR

JASE@richmondshakespeare.ORG

Hailing from Virginia, Sullivan began his non-profit arts administration career at Firehouse Theatre where he served as producing artistic director. His tenure at Firehouse was recognized with 44 nominations and 15 wins in various categories from the Richmond Critics Circle Awards. He spent time in the San Francisco Bay Area serving in leadership positions at non-profit theatres including Berkeley Playhouse and Novato Theater Company. Most recently he served as executive artistic director of La Crosse Community Theatre and Weber Center for the Performing Arts, where he successfully shepherded the company through the pandemic by strengthening finances and organizational structure, diversifying programming, and increasing audience engagement.

Sullivan earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from The College of William and Mary in 2005. During his undergraduate years he also spent time studying Shakespeare at Cambridge University in the U.K. He earned his Master of Fine Arts in Theatre with a concentration in Acting and Directing from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2008, where he also served as an adjunct faculty member. He is a recipient of Style Weekly Magazine's Top 40 Under 40 award for his volunteer work with The Conciliation Project, a social justice theatre company, and his work as a director and educator. Sullivan is an associate member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.