Producing Artistic Director
Roberto Prestigiacomo. Directing credits (representative): Julius Caesar, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, The Triumph of Love, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Marisol, How I Learned to Drive, One for the Road, Fat Pig, Back of the Throat, and original works like pastiche, Sabbia and Guernika. His creative work includes the development of community-based theatre through improvisation and storytelling techniques, and the creation of original physical theatre pieces (TransPerformance). Roberto, a produced playwright, was artistic director for Theater With Your Coffee and Potlatch Theater Lab, and is now a professor of theater at Trinity University. He is a member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers (SSDC), American Association of Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), and is a native of Rome, Italy. Roberto's WebPage
Managing Director
Tim Hedgepeth is an alumnus of Trinity University where he received his BA in Speech and Drama (class of 1979). He is the former Executive Director of the Mississippi Arts Commission and Founding Artistic Director of Renaissance Theater Workshop. As a director, his favorite productions include The Winter's Tale, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night 's Dream and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He has an MFA from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has served as guest dirctor and/or professor for the College of Charleston, Trinity University and University of the Incarnate Word, among others. He recently directed Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot for AtticRep.
Administrative Consultant
Andrew Hansen has his M.A. in Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and PhD in Speech from The Pennsylvania State University. An Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech and Drama at Trinity University, Andrew publishes on the analysis and criticism of rhetoric and aesthetics.
Board of Directors
Clinton W. Wright (Chairman) Pharm.D., BCPP graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1988 with a B.S. in Biology, and the UNMC College of Pharmacy with a doctorate of pharmacy in 1992. Dr. Wright completed a one-year post-doctoral residency in psychiatric pharmacy at the University of Tennessee at Memphis and became board certified in psychiatric pharmacy in December of 1996. Dr Wright is currently starting a private practice. He has been actively involved in the San Antonio arts community, primarily in the visual arts. Dr. Wright serves as President of the Executive Committee of the McNay Contemporary Collectors Forum. He serves on the UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts Advisory Council as a member of the Arts Committee. In addition, he is a member of the UTSA President's Silver to Gold Commission. Dr. Wright volunteers at the McNay Art Museum as a greeter, Chair of the Speakers Bureau and member of the Volunteer Council. Finally, he is a member of the Board of Directors for the San Antonio AIDS Foundation.
Robert Godines graduated cum laude with a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Upon graduation, he started his career with Merrill Lynch in the Downtown Los Angeles office where he later served on the Business Financial Services Council for the complex and mentor to other financial advisors. Robert returned home to San Antonio with his wife, Araceli, in 2006. He is currently Assistant Vice President and Senior Financial Advisor in the San Antonio office. He and his wife’s more recent business endeavors have included franchises within Roosters Men’s Grooming Center. Robert’s passion for the arts has led to his involvement with AtticRep. He and his wife are working on their most sacred works of art: their son, Sylver, and daughter, Arabella.
Allison Hays Lane received her BA in art history from Sarah Lawrence College and her MS in museum education from Bank Street College of Education. She has been the recipient of a National Endowment Fellowship in arts administration, museum program, and a member of a Rotary International GSE professional exchange sent to Japan. Her theatre administrative duties have included working as the Volunteer Coordinator for the Zachary Scott Theatre, Austin, Texas and the Company Manager for the New Mexico Repertory Theatre, in Santa Fe. At present, Ms. Hays Lane is the director of the OLANA GROUP Fine Art and Design, an arts consulting service based in San Antonio, Texas.
Mike Casey was a founding board member for 24th Street Experiment Theater Company and for Jump Start Theater Company and was a supporter of Felipe Santander's International Theater Festival at the Mexican Cultural Institute in 1999. A resident of King Willliam since 1972, he has been a supporter of the local artist community since joining the Blue Star Art Center's board of directors in 1985. Casey is currently president of the board of Sala Diaz, Inc. a non-profit artist-run alternative contemporary art space and president of the Hollomon-Price Foundation which focuses on environmental issues. In addition, he serves on the board of the Artist Foundation, the San Antonio-Mexico Friendship Council, the San Antonio-Mexico Foundation for Education and the Amigos de Plaza Mexico.
Kevin Parman. Since seeing Little Mary Sunshine at age 5, Kevin Parman has celebrated a passion for all things theatre. A regular traveler, keeping up with the Broadway scene, Parman finally called Manhattan home from 1992-95. Being a pianist and composer, Parman has enjoyed all aspects of theatre: both as patron and performer, as well as a supporter of theatre arts here in Texas. As the interim Director of the Paul Poag Theatre for the Performing Arts, Del Rio, TX, Parman developed a special appreciation of the critical role that the arts play in the quality of life of a community. By day, Kevin works with his family maintaining various investments. He and his partner of 17 years, Thomas Nyman, are proud to be a part of the San Antonio arts community.