Downstairs Cabaret Theatre

20 Windsor Street
Rochester, NY 14605-2935
Phone: (585) 325-4370
Fax: (585) 454-0260
Email: admin@downstairscabaret.com

 

CHRISTOPHER F. KAWOLSKY

As Producing Director, Chris brings to DCT management experience from professional regional theatres nationally including Houston's Alley Theatre, Miami's Coconut Grove Playhouse (General Manager), and Rochester's GeVa Theatre (Managing Director). While at the Alley, he negotiated the first theatre exchange between the US and USSR, bringing UNCLE VANYA and PIROSMANI, PIROSMANI to Houston from Lithuania. He founded Campus Community Theatre (Peoria, IL), a non-profit theatre which recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary. He completed a Masters program in Performing Arts Administration at Brooklyn College and received his BA in Drama from Illinois Wesleyan University. DCT productions he directed include The Last Session, A Couple of Blaguards, Always...Patsy Cline, The Grey Zone, A Chrismas Memory, The Nerd, Godspell, In The Belly of the Beast, Mass Appeal, Hearts-To-Go, and When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

ANN MARIE SANDERS

Ann Marie celebrates 18 years with DCT as Marketing and Development Director. Previously, she was Marketing Director at GeVa Theatre (Rochester) and Studio Arena Theatre (Buffalo), and Company Manager at American Stage Festival in New Hampshire. She was Associate Producer for DCT's National Tour of Ain't Misbehavin'. She earned a BS degree in Music Business from State University of New York, College at Fredonia. Ann Marie has musical directed and / or served as keyboardist for more than 25 DCT productions, including One Man Band, Nunsense, A...My Name is Alice, Beehive, The Gifts of The Magi, Godspell, That's Life!, Have A Nice Day!, Always...Patsy Cline, You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know, and Songs for A New World as well as several cabaret performances.