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TCA Staff

  • Executive Director - Ron Usherwood
    Ron has been the Technical Director at the TCA for the past three years and recently was appointed Executive Director. He has an MS in Directing for the Theatre; Theory and Criticism from Illinois State University and a BFA in Directing for the Theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University. Ron has directed productions at the Taos Center for the Arts for the past fifteen years, including productions of Equus, End Game, Cabaret, Hair, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Ron is former Executive Director of Taos Local Television Channel 22, former Production Manager for the Taos Talking Picture Festival, and has taught theatre at Blackhawk College in Rock Island, Illinois and at the University of New Mexico Taos branch.
    E-mail - ron@taoscenterforthearts.org
  • Office Manager - Holly White
    Holly has been with the Taos Center for the Arts for 15 years. She received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Eastern New Mexico University. In addition to her grant writing, Holly manages the TCA office, performs bookkeeping duties, database management and membership/donor record keeping. Holly also chairs the Living Treasures program for the TCA which honors elders in the community.
    E-mail - holly@taoscenterforthearts.org
  • Taos Community Auditorium General Manager - Dancer Dearing
    Dancer began working with the Taos Center for the Arts in 1996 as the Taos Community Auditorium’s House Manager and graphic designer for TCA presents events. She became technical assistant in 2004 and then General Manager in 2005. She has been nvolved in numerous theatre and dance productions as Lighting Designer and Master Electrician as well as Stage Managing and Producing. Dancer has an extensive background in graphic design and marketing and was formerly the Art Director of Publications and Communications Director of the Taos Talking Picture Festival. She is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York and also studied fine art at California College of the Arts in Oakland, CA.
    E-mail - dancer@taoscenterforthearts.org
  • Special Projects Coordinator - Carol Kalom
    E-mail - carol@taoscenterforthearts.org
  • Technical Assistant - Juniper Purinton
  • Projectionist - Peter Halter
  • Film Sponsorship - Kathy Pinto
  • Volunteer Coordinator - Marjorie Felser

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