PHAME staff:
Stephen Marc Beaudoin, Executive Director
Stephen Marc Beaudoin is a nonprofit executive with more than a decade of experience in nonprofit administration, arts management, fundraising, communications/marketing and special events. Prior to PHAME, Beaudoin worked as Assistant Director of The Fenway Alliance, a consortium of cultural and educational institutions in Boston’s Fenway Cultural District, on initiatives including collaborative marketing, cultural access and major infrastructure projects. He has also held positions with American Composer’s Forum, Vox Consort and Chamber Music Northwest. In Portland, Beaudoin has produced two large-scale benefit concerts for Mercy Corps at the Aladdin Theater, each in response to a global humanitarian disaster: “Songs for Haiti” in January 2010, in response to the Haiti earthquake disaster, and “From Oregon, With Love” in March 2011, in response to the Japan earthquake/tsunami/nuclear disaster, raising more than $380,000 in total for Mercy Corps aid.
Additionally, Beaudoin performed as a singer-actor with companies including Opera Boston, New Repertory Theatre, American Heartland Theatre, Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Hand2Mouth Theatre, Broadway Rose, Boston Playwright’s Theatre and many others; stage directed for Opera Theater Oregon, Vox Consort, New England Conservatory and Opera Boston, and sung with groups including Trinity Consort, Cappella Romana, King’s Chapel Choir and Cantores in Ecclesia. Most recently, he has recorded and toured with the acclaimed world pop ensemble Pink Martini, and performed as soloist with the Portland Cello Project and fEARnoMUSIC, as well as in concert with pianist Thomas Lauderdale and singer Storm Large.
contact: smbeaudoin@phameacademy.org
Jessica Dart, Artistic Director
Jessica Dart has an MA in Arts & Administration from the University of Oregon, and an MFA in Dramaturgy from the University of Iowa where she studied with the Playwrights Workshop. She taught undergraduate Theatre History for three years, and has a strong interest in new play development and working one on one with playwrights. Dart has been involved with the theatre in various ways for over 25 years, and is proud to share her experience with the PHAME students.
contact: jdart@phameacademy.org
Matthew Gailey, Music Director
Matthew Gailey is a performing artist, songwriter and music educator with a dynamic musical background. Originally from Florida, Matthew received his B.A. in Music Education and student jazz improvisation with Nat Adderly at Florida Southern College. He then taught award-winning choirs in Florida’s public schools before studying music at the graduate level at Indiana University. While at Indiana, Matthew studied and performed with jazz notables such as David Baker and Pat Harbison, and performed multiple roles with the school’s renowned opera theater. After working in musical theater in New York and Texas, he moved to Portland with his wife in 2006. Currently, Matthew can be seen performing with local artists, his own group, and as the featured male vocalist with the Bureau of Standards Big Band.
contact: mgailey@phameacademy.org
Darryn Ambrose, Operations Director
Darryn Ambrose earned a B.S. in Business Administration from Pepperdine University. A native Oregonian, he returned after graduation, spending the past 15 years developing his accounting career. Darryn most recently worked as an accounting supervisor at a local publicly-traded corporation, but was thrilled by the opportunity to transition into the non-profit sector at PHAME Academy. When not at PHAME, Darryn is enjoying the new addition to his family, son Markus.
contact: dambrose@phameacademy.org
Teaching staff:
Julia Brandeberry, theatre arts/technical theatre
Ethan Chessin, music
Korie Chung, dance
Amalia Conrad, creative writing
Ned Faulhaber, music
Alex Huebsch, theatre arts
Emily Nachison, visual arts
Meagan Williams, theatre arts
