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Staff & Board · 2025/26

The people accountable for what happens here.

A small staff. A working board. Two emeriti who built this place. The shortlist of who answers when something needs answering.

Staff

The producing director.

Theatre Project runs lean. The day-to-day work — booking the season, supporting eight resident companies, fielding 700+ visiting artists a year — sits primarily with the Producing Director.

Producing Director · Since 2012

Chris Pfingsten

Maryland native, Towson grad, 21 years in Orlando theatre — and the person responsible for 200+ events a year at 45 W. Preston.

Chris returned to Baltimore in 2007 after two decades in Orlando, where he was an actor at Disney World and a charter resident company member of Orlando Theatre Project (OTP). At OTP he served as actor, stage manager, producer, production manager, director, designer, and technical director across more than 45 productions, eventually becoming OTP's General Manager from 2005–2007.

Back in Baltimore, he led marketing and development for the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival and acted in their productions of Every Christmas Story Ever Told!! and Hamlet. In July 2012 he became Theatre Project's Producing Director, and has since scaled the operation to its current rhythm: 200+ performances and related events per year, 12,000+ patrons, 700+ artists.

Towson University 45+ OTP productions Baltimore Shakespeare Producing Director · 2012–

Board of Directors

The volunteers holding it up.

Theatre Project's board sets strategy, oversees finances, and provides the institutional accountability a 50-year-old nonprofit requires. They serve without compensation.

Chair

Anne Cantler Fulwiler

Former Producing Director (2001–2012). Returned to the board after stewarding the venue through its 40th anniversary.

Director

Bart Butler

Board member.

Director

Charlie Gjerde

Board member.

Director

Chevaun Jackson

Board member.

Director · Ex officio

Chris Pfingsten

Producing Director, serving on the board ex officio.

Emeriti

The shoulders we stand on.

Two people who built the foundation everyone else inherits. Their names stay on the masthead because the work doesn't end when the title does.

Founder Emeritus

Philip Arnoult

Founded Theatre Project in 1971. Established Baltimore as a force in international theatre. Brought the 1986 Theatre of Nations Festival — the only North American site — to West Preston Street.

Director Emeritus

Charles F. Morgan, Esq.

Long-serving director and counsel. Helped shepherd Theatre Project's institutional and legal foundations across multiple decades.

Office

office@theatreproject.org

Box Office

410.752.8558

Visit

45 W. Preston St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

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Home/About/Staff & Board

Staff & Board · 2025/26

The people accountable for what happens here.

A small staff. A working board. Two emeriti who built this place. The shortlist of who answers when something needs answering.

Staff

The producing director.

Theatre Project runs lean. The day-to-day work — booking the season, supporting eight resident companies, fielding 700+ visiting artists a year — sits primarily with the Producing Director.

Producing Director · Since 2012

Chris Pfingsten

Maryland native, Towson grad, 21 years in Orlando theatre — and the person responsible for 200+ events a year at 45 W. Preston.

Towson University 45+ OTP productions Baltimore Shakespeare Producing Director · 2012–

Board of Directors

The volunteers holding it up.

Theatre Project's board sets strategy, oversees finances, and provides the institutional accountability a 50-year-old nonprofit requires. They serve without compensation.

Chair

Anne Cantler Fulwiler

Former Producing Director (2001–2012). Returned to the board after stewarding the venue through its 40th anniversary.

Director

Bart Butler

Board member.

Director

Charlie Gjerde

Board member.

Director

Chevaun Jackson

Board member.

Director · Ex officio

Chris Pfingsten

Producing Director, serving on the board ex officio.

Emeriti

The shoulders we stand on.

Two people who built the foundation everyone else inherits. Their names stay on the masthead because the work doesn't end when the title does.

Founder Emeritus

Philip Arnoult

Founded Theatre Project in 1971. Established Baltimore as a force in international theatre. Brought the 1986 Theatre of Nations Festival — the only North American site — to West Preston Street.

Director Emeritus

Charles F. Morgan, Esq.

Long-serving director and counsel. Helped shepherd Theatre Project's institutional and legal foundations across multiple decades.

Office

office@theatreproject.org

Box Office

410.752.8558

Visit

45 W. Preston St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

Chris Pfingsten, Producing Director, is a Maryland native and graduate of Towson University. Chris returned to Baltimore in 2007 after 21 years in Orlando, Florida. He was an actor at Disney World, as well as a charter resident company member of Orlando Theatre Project (OTP), where he was an actor, stage manager, producer, production manager, director, designer, and technical director for more than 45 different productions and projects. He also served as President and Vice President of OTP, and from 2005-2007 was the General Manager. Chris was the Director of Marketing and Development for Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, and acted in their productions of Every Christmas Story Ever Told!! and Hamlet. Board of Directors:

Anne Cantler Fulwiler, Chair Bart Butler Charlie Gjerde Chevaun Jackson Chris Pfingsten Emeriti Charles F. Morgan, Esq. Philip Arnoult

Image from Crumbs: a possibly true story by Amanda Hibbert Photography