Staff

Kevin Lawler – Artistic Director  klawler@gptcplays.com

Quinn Metal Corbin – Managing Director q.corbin@gptcplays.com

Ellen Struve – Community Connector estruve@gptcplays.com

TammyRa Jackson – Community Connector tammyRa@gptcplays.com

Rachel Hauben Combs – Development Director rhaubencombs@gptcplays.com

Asia Nared – GPTC Theatre Intern  asia@gptcplays.com

Board

Diane Watson, President

Director of Advisor Engagement and Sales Support, Transamerica.

Diane is an actor, improv artist, and serves on the Board of Trustees of Saybrook University.

Nina Washington, Vice President

Performer/Teaching Artist

Nina is an award-winning Omaha performer with a diverse background in compliance, mediation, project management, and event coordination.

Cecilia Poon, PhD, ABPP, Secretary

Staff Psychologist, Adjunct Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Nebraska Medicine/University of Nebraska Medical Center

As a geropsychologist and avid backstage volunteer, Cecilia seeks to promote resilience and bring people of all ages, abilities, and cultures together through creative arts.

Diane Coffin, Treasurer

Executive Assistant, Omaha Symphony

Diane serves as executive assistant to the Omaha Symphony’s President & CEO, a position she has held for more than thirty years, assisting seven CEOs and the organization’s board of directors. 

Raydell Cordell III

Behavior Interventionist at Westgate Elementary, Westside Community Schools and Actor / Teaching Artist in the Omaha Community.

A product of Omaha Public Schools and The Rose Theater, Raydell is a passionate individual who believes in the human connection and the power of impact and growth in individuals. 

Kay Friesen

Retired; Former Vice President of Planning and Operations, Metropolitan Community College

Kay has been connected to GPTC throughout its history, from its inception at MCC in 2006 through the present.

Juan Padilla

Director of Lending, Lending Link

Juan is committed to administrative work within the nonprofit community.

Marina Rosado

Executive Director, Generation Diamond

Professional Bilingual Journalist, Broadcaster and Photographer

Kathy Tyree

Director of Strategy & Impact, The Rose Theater

Kathy is a native of Omaha and an acclaimed local theatre artist, with over 40 years of performing and over six years of also directing and producing.

Hugo Zamorano

Multidisciplinary Artist

Hugo is a multidisciplinary artist who enjoys mentoring, spray painting, and boxing.

Ronald J. Zank, PhD

Assistant Professor of Theatre, School of the Arts

University of Nebraska at Omaha

Ron is a director, playwright, dramaturg, and theatre historian at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Community Advisor

Emiliano Lerda

Co-Founder & CEO at Elevator

Legal Council

Maggie Rossiter

Attorney

McGrath|North Law