Staff and Board
Artistic Director
Ari Laura Kreith
Contact: ari.laura.kreith@lunastage.org
Kreith is the Artistic Director of Luna Stage, where she directed the World Premiere of Jenny Lyn Bader's MRS. STERN WANDERS THE PRUSSIAN STATE LIBRARY, Gabriel Jason Dean's HEARTLAND, and J.Stephen Brantley's PIRIRA. She conceived and co-created Luna's VOTING WRITES PROJECT which premiered virtually August-November 2020, and developed Luna's site-specific SECRET CITIES program. click to see more
Luna Staff
Joey Yow
Managing Director
Contact: joey.yow@lunastage.org
Joey Yow is an educator, theatre practitioner, and filmmaker. A teacher at Newark Academy in Livingston, NJ, Joey leads the Technical Theatre and Film programs and is highly involved in community service and student leadership. click to see more
Turron Kofi Alleyne
Director of Community Engagement
Contact: turron.kofi.alleyne@lunastage.org
Turron Kofi Alleyne has worked with some of Hollywood’s most esteemed A-List directors, producers, and actors such as: Spike Lee, Jonathan Nolan, Mark Wahlberg, Zoe Saldana, Michael B. Jordan, Lawrence Fishburne, and others. click to see more
Annika Franklin
Company Administrator
Contact: annika.franklin@lunastage.org
Annika is a writer and performer from New York State. She has been featured on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and Cinemax’s The Knick. Writing credits include the short film Not Cool (LA Indie Film Fest, SoHo Short Film Fest), in which she also starred, click to see more
Ann Coughlin
Office Administrator
Contact: ann.coughlin@lunastage.org
Ann Coughlin has fifty plus years’ experience in arts administration, as the Executive Secretary to the Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, as the Executive Assistant to the owner of the Herbert Barrett Management, click to see more
Liz Cesario
Production Manager
Contact: liz.cesario@lunastage.org
Liz Cesario is celebrating her 10th season as Luna’s Production Manager. She is also an Equity stage manager, and has worked in many areas of theatre, including opera, straight plays, comedies, and children’s shows. Liz has experience managing click to see more
Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin
Marketing Associate
Contact: kaelamgarvin@gmail.com
Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin is a writer, producer, and marketing specialist. Kaela’s a founding member of Undiscovered Countries, a Brooklyn-based incubator of new and developing interdisciplinary art. Kaela is a 2020 Bay Area Playwrights Festival click to see more
Luna Interns
Alana Garcia
Artistic Intern
Lily Greenberg
Artistic Intern
Hannah Michelson
Artistic Intern
Brandon Morrison
Artistic Intern
Jessica Stier
Artistic Intern
Founder
Jane Mandel
Founder & Artistic Director Emeritus
Jane Mandel is the Founding Artistic Director and served as AD for over twenty years. With her guidance, Luna Stage earned a reputation for producing excellent, intelligent, and provocative theatre, where scores of new and classic plays are click to see more