EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Greg Lewis

Greg Lewis began his tenure as executive director on April 1, 2005. He is leading initiatives to strengthen Revels' financial base, teaming with Artistic Director Roberta Gasbarre and Music Director Betsy Miller in developing new programs to expand Revels' audiences. Greg is well-known to Revels audiences from his roles with the Christmas Revels, including frequent soloist in "Lord of the Dance" and leader of the audience sing-a-longs. Starting with the first Christmas Revels in Washington in 1983, Greg has performed in all but 5 Christmas shows and in all May celebrations. Prior to becoming Executive Director he was a member of the Board of Directors for 5 years, serving as
Vice Chair and chair of the Governance Committee.

Greg's wife, Susan (pictured with Greg to the right), has been Company Manager for the Washington Revels since
1991 (and has performed in one more Christmas show than Greg), and their three sons, Kip, Marc and Trevor, have each performed in from seven to ten Christmas Revels.

Professionally, Greg was an associate and then partner at a large, international law firm from 1978-1994, returning to the firm again as a partner from 1999-2004. From 1994 to 1999 he helped found and then headed a small U.S. airline that flew between Washington, D.C. and South Africa, and was involved in several other aviation-related projects. He has performed with and served on the boards of several other performing arts organizations in addition to the Washington Revels.

Photos of Greg Lewis (left) and Greg and Susan Lewis (right) by Shep Feguson

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, Roberta Gasbarre

Roberta Gasbarre serves as Artistic Director of Washington Revels as well as Stage Director for the Christmas Revels. Roberta is also the Director of the Smithsonian Institute's Discovery Theater and recently finished her Masters in Fine Arts from Towson State University. Some highlights from her incredibly varied career include choreography and directing at Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, The Shakespeare Theater, Roundhouse Theater, and Washington Jewish Theatre. She has taught at Gallaudet University, George Washington University, University of Poznan, Poland and Montgomery College. Her dedication to educational theater is evident in her extensive experience with, among others Wolf Trap Farm Park, Living Stage Theatre Company a venture of Arena Stage, Kaiser Permanente Health Education Programs and the Hebrew Academy of Greater Washington. Roberta is married to Oran Sandel, local actor and master drama teacher, and has two sons.

MUSIC DIRECTOR, Elizabeth Fulford Miller

Elizabeth (Betsy) Miller has performed with Washington Revels since 1993 and served as its Music Director since 2004. In addition to providing music direction for the annual Christmas Revels, she also directs or oversees the direction of all other Revels productions, including outreach performances, and personally directs the Washington Revels Singers, a small ensemble that has performed at numerous venues.
 
Betsy is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music (BM '80 and MM '82), where she performed roles in many operas, oratorios and chamber works.  She was awarded three separate fellowships to attend the Aspen Music Festival and School in the areas of choral music, vocal chamber music and opera theater. An active professional singer in the D.C. area, Betsy performs as soloist in local concerts and events, sings as a professional chorister with the National Master Chorale, and serves as section leader and cantor at Augustana Lutheran Church in Washington, DC. She has also sung with many local groups, including the Wolftap Chamber Singers, Washington Bach Consort, Master Chorale of Washington, Washington National Opera Chorus, and the Choral Arts Society of Washington.
 
By day, a librarian and Webmaster at the Library of Congress, Betsy also designs and maintains many Web sites for local artists and musicians, including the Washington Revels (www.revelsdc.org). She and her husband Bruce, an active Revels volunteer who often portrays "the Green Man" in Spring Revels events, live in Alexandria, Virginia with their son, Austin.

Photo credits: Elizabeth Miller as the "Dogaressa" in the 2009 Christmas Revels (photo by Shep Ferguson)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John Nields, chair
Helen Fields, secretary
Peter Behr
Susan Clark
Mary Cliff
John E. Daniel
John Pomeranz
William L. Ritchie, Jr.
Scott Williams
Terry Winslow
Greg Lewis, ex officio

Washington Revels Staff

Greg Lewis, Executive Director [ about ]
Roberta Gasbarre, Artistic Director [ about ]
Elizabeth Fulford Miller, Music Director [ about ]
Karen Schofield-Leca, Marketing and Development Director
Nina Bronk Kellner, Marketing and Development Manager
Jim Alexander, Production Manager
Amber Ileene Curry, Programs Manager
Kate McGhee, Office Manager

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