David Richards

Founding Partner
212-398-2133 ext. 212

David co-founded RCI in 1997. As an active member of The Broadway League, he has served on the Board of Governors of The Broadway League as Secretary/Treasurer, Co-Chair of the League Biennial Conference, and as the Co-Chair of the Labor Committee. David has his undergraduate degree in Mathematics, Economics, and Music from Duke University and an MBA from The Wharton School of Business. Since the formation of RCI, David has served as General Manager over 75 Broadway productions. Click here to read more about RCI.

Danielle Karliner Naish

Partner
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Dani joined the RCI team in 2019. She has general managed productions including The Heart of Rock & Roll (upcoming), Spamalot, All the Devils Are Here, Shucked, & Juliet, Pictures From Home, Ohio State Murders, The Sound Inside, Chicken & Biscuits, The Great Society, The Minutes and American Buffalo and the 1st National Tour of the Tony Award winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! Prior to joining RCI, Dani was at 321 Theatrical Management working on productions including Heidi Schreck’s What The Constitution Means To Me, Wicked, Spongebob Squarepants, Fun Home, War Paint, Fully Committed and Oh, Hello On Broadway and was a General Manager Off Broadway at DR Theatrical Management. She received her M.F.A. from Columbia University’s Theatre Management & Producing Program and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from The University of Miami. Dani is a member of the Broadway and Off Broadway Leagues.

Joe Christopher

Partner
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Joe originally joined the RCI team in 2015. At RCI, Joe has general managed productions including Spamalot, Shucked, & Juliet, Pictures From Home, Ohio State Murders, M. Butterfly and Significant Other, the 1st national tours of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Roundabout Theatre Company’s Cabaret and the off-Broadway production of Building the Wall. He also served as Associate General Manager for Anastasia, Amelie, Fiddler on the Roof, China Doll, and Dames at Sea. Prior to RCI, Joe served as a General Manager at Troika Entertainment for the 1st national tours of Sister Act, Evita, Joseph…Dreamcoat, and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Wizard of Oz (also Toronto), as well as Associate General Manager at The Kennedy Center for the pre-Broadway revivals of Ragtime, Follies and Master Class. From 2018-2022, Joe worked at RWS Entertainment Group, initially leading the company’s theatrical ventures division before serving as its Senior Vice President of Production. Joe is a member of The Broadway League and a graduate of Niagara University.

Kevin Greene

General Manager
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Kevin is thrilled to be the most recent addition to the RCI General Management team. His current projects include Jagged Little Pill (1st National Tour), and Farewell My Concubine. Kevin is also responsible for the ongoing maintenance of Ain’t Too Proud (Broadway), A Christmas Carol (Broadway), and A Soldier’s Play (1st National Tour. Prior to joining RCI, Kevin was at Work Light Productions, as General Manager on the following projects; Ain’t Too Proud (1st National Tour), Jesus Christ Superstar (50th Anniversary-1st National Tour), Something Rotten! (1st & 2nd National Tour), and Motown (2nd National Tour). Kevin took a circuitous route to General Management, first spending many years as a performing artist. He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College, and is a proud father to a wonderful 4 year old boy. 

Georgina Ratnatunga

Director of Ticketing
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Originally from London, Georgina began her theatrical career producing and managing shows in London, Edinburgh, and on tour around the UK and Eastern Europe. With a growing interest in the US theatre landscape, she moved to New York to pursue an MFA in Theatre Management and Producing at Columbia University. Most recently Georgina worked at RWS Entertainment Group, first in the theatrical ventures and ticketed experiences division and then in production operations for live entertainment in theme parks across the US. She is thrilled to be returning to RCI Theatricals where she previously worked on Children of a Lesser God, Torch Song, American Son and Oklahoma! on Broadway as well as The Heart of Rock & Roll and Jagged Little Pill in development. 

Kyle Bonder

Associate General Manager
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Kyle is thrilled to rejoin RCI after her initial tenure from 2010 to 2015. Most recently, she served as the General Manager of the Broadway productions Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ and KPOP at Joey Parnes Productions. Her extensive Broadway credits include Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus, Hillary and Clinton, King Lear, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Waverly Gallery, Carousel, Three Tall Women, The Iceman Cometh, Meteor Shower, Indecent, The Visit, It's Only a Play, You Can't Take It With You, All the Way, and Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, among others. Select Off-Broadway credits include: Dot, Indecent, This Day Forward, Kid Victory, Can You Forgive Her? (Vineyard Theatre); Clever Little Lies and The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, among others. She also worked on the West End production of Crazy For You and the national tours of Hello, Dolly!, Cabaret, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Anything Goes, Blithe Spirit, and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. 

Gabrielle Johnson-Nieporent

Management Associate & Investor Relations
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Gabrielle is thrilled to join the RCI Theatricals team. Prior to returning to the theater industry, she served as Director of Special Projects for The Myriad Restaurant Group, helping re-open and operate their restaurants after the COVID-19 shutdown. She was previously at Charlotte Wilcox Company where she worked on productions including Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (Broadway, 1st National Tour, West End, UK Tour, Australia), On Your Feet: The Story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan, Sunset Boulevard (starring Glen Close), Bandstand, Allegiance and Once Upon a One More Time. She also served as a stage management production assistant on Roundabout’s On the Twentieth Century and Disney’s Newsies First National Tour. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Theater and Sociology from Skidmore College.

Megan Ringeling

Contracts Manager & Special Projects
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Megan is thrilled to rejoin RCI after her initial tenure where she served as the Assistant General Manager of The Minutes, American Buffalo, The Sound Inside, and The Great Society.  She previously served as the General Manager for The Acting Company as well as the Associate General Manager/Company Manager of MCC Theater, working on over 20 mainstage productions and countless workshops, readings, and developmental projects.  Other Company Management credits include the Broadway production of Once, Bard Summerscape, and New York Stage and Film.

Justin Black

Assistant General Manager
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Justin is thrilled to be a part of the RCI Theatricals team as an Assistant General Manager. Previously, Justin has worked as a theater professional in New York City since 2013, spending time most recently on projects including Dear Evan Hansen (Broadway, Toronto, Tour), Pretty Woman (Broadway, London, Germany), Betrayal, Frankie & Johnny, Burn This, and Sunday In The Park With George which reopened the historic Hudson Theatre. Current projects include the Broadway, Korean and US Touring productions of Hadestown. Also, with RCI Theatricals, Justin served as the Assistant General Manager to The Inheritance (Broadway) and Anastasia (US Tour). Justin is a graduate of Muhlenberg College.

Amber Calderón

General Management Fellow
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Amber Calderón is thrilled to be a part of RCI Theatricals as the General Management Fellow. Amber was a 2050 Artistic Admin Fellow at New York Theatre Workshop for their 2022-2023 season. Directing/Assistant Directing credits include: Sanctuary City at Steppenwolf Theatre, Ginger Bug, Pigeons and 27 Moths, developed with Eden Theatre Company and has collaborated with Nomad Theatrical, Primary Stages ESPA, The Shrill Collective and LAByrinth Theatre Company. In Chicago, she has assisted with casting at Steep Theatre Company in their 2016/17 season and has worked at various talent agencies and casting offices Chicago. Amber is a founding ensemble member at Bramble Theatre and an alumni of The School at Steppenwolf.

Kristine Covillo Lynch

Assistant to the Founding Partner
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Kristine Covillo is a 5x Broadway Performer and Nonprofit Director. She has earned 2 ACCA Awards for Best Ensemble on Broadway and a Chita Rivera Award for Outstanding Ensemble on Broadway.  With a BFA from Fordham University and a M.S. in Nonprofit Management from Columbia University, Kristine co-founded and manages a charitable giving foundation called the Covillo Lynch Foundation.  She also leads on other performing arts boards in NYC. Kristine is based in NYC with her husband and 2 kids. 

Allison Lehman

Office Manager & Internship Coordinator
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Allison Lehman is a multi-hyphenate arts and entertainment professional originally from the DC suburbs in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Prior to joining the team at RCI, Allison worked in a variety of administrative and creative capacities at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Daryl Roth Theatre, WP Theater, The Green Room 42, Vineyard Theatre, Clear Talent Group, Capital Fringe Festival, Traveling Players Ensemble, and Drunk Shakespeare. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Marymount Manhattan College where she majored in Theatre Arts with a concentration in Directing, and minored in Arts Management, and Communications.

Christian Rene Palomares

Assistant General Manager
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Christian's projects include Our Town (Broadway), Glengarry Glen Ross (Broadway), Hadestown (Second National Tour.)  Christian is also responsible for the ongoing maintenance of Ain’t Too Proud (Broadway), A Christmas Carol (Broadway), and Jagged Little Pill (Broadway & 1st National Tour). Past management credits include JOB (SoHo Playhouse), Uncle Vanya (OHenry Productions), White Girl In Danger (Second Stage), Camp Siegfried (Second Stage), The Animal Kingdom (Connelly Theater), and the American Ballet Theatre. Christian is a proud alumnus of Columbia University.

Alexander Parra

Assistant Finance Director
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Alex is excited to be part of the RCI team as the Assistant Finance Director. Prior to joining the RCI team, Alex was at Roundabout Theatre Company and Jujamcyn Theaters, and he was the Engagement Manager on multiple national tours including JERSEY BOYS, LES MISERABLES, and WAR HORSE. He is an alumnus of the University of San Diego and is happy he has been able to work in theatre since graduating.

Sarah Shutt

Ticketing Manager
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Sarah is excited to join the team at RCI Theatricals! Her career in Ticketing began Off-Broadway in the box offices of The Daryl Roth Theatres and later the Westside Theatres. In 2013, she made her Broadway box office debut at Circle In The Square Theatre. Following an apprenticeship, she was inducted into Treasurers and Ticket Sellers Union Local 751 (IATSE) in 2016 where she served on the Organizing Committee. As First Assistant Box Office Treasurer, Sarah proudly supported productions including Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, The River, Fun Home, In Transit, Once On This Island, Mike Birbiglia's The New One, King Lear, Girl From The North Country, Freestyle Love Supreme, For Colored Girls, and Kimberly Akimbo. 

Olivia McKay

Assistant to the General Managers
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Olivia is thrilled to be joining the RCI team as the Assistant to the General Managers. With a B.S. in Theatre Arts Management from Ithaca College, Olivia most recently supported the American Express Arts & Theater program as an Assistant Account Executive at Momentum Worldwide. She was also a member of the grand opening staff at UBS Arena as a Box Office Associate. She is very happy to be continuing her career in theatre with RCI!

Nyah Campbell

General Management Intern

Nyah graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Television and Film with a minor in Theatre Arts in May 2023 from the illustrious Howard University. Nyah has a passion for all things theatre, casting, and production! She was selected as a 2023 HBCU in LA Finalist, has interned at DC television station, DCTV, and documentary film company, Black Valley Films where she’s acquired valuable production and administrative skill sets. Nyah is ecstatic to be joining the 2024 RCI Theatricals General Management internship program which culminates her passions and supports her career aspirations to tangibly amplify the colorful and dually complex everyday stories of diverse peoples across the theatre, television, and film spaces.

Charlee Stallings

General Management Intern

Charlee Stallings is a recent graduate of Lehman College, CUNY, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Multimedia Performing Arts with a minor in African-American Studies. At ATG Entertainment, Charlee has gained invaluable experience by immersing herself in the complexities of Broadway theatre operations, through interning and supporting the execution of opening the house for performances like Hadestown. Meanwhile, at Playwrights Horizons, she honed her skills in grassroots marketing and student engagement, to enhance the theater’s student membership program. Outside of the theater, Charlee enjoys exploring New York City, always on the lookout for inspiration and new adventures along with playing tennis, writing, and spending quality time with her loved ones.

El Weintraub

General Management Intern

El is excited to be a part of RCI’s Fall 2024 General Management Intern Cohort! A recent graduate from Sarah Lawrence College with a BA in Theatre and Psychology, El has served as a producer for the SLC Musical Theatre Ensemble and has a background in theatre education, developmental psychology research, data science, and community organizing. El is originally from New Hampshire and loves to spend spare time writing, performing, and gardening.

Company Management

Kim Kelley

Company Manager, & Juliet Broadway
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Kimberly Kelley (Company Manager). Hadestown, Anastasia, Matilda the Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, Follies, La Cage Aux Folles, 9 to 5, All My Sons, Legally Blonde, The Color Purple, The Glass Menagerie, 42nd Street, bare, The Play What I Wrote, Into The Woods, The Music Man, Wise Guys, High Society, Funny Thing…Forum. FlyTheW.

Kevin Gallagher

Assistant Company Manager, & Juliet Broadway
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Kevin is thrilled to be joining the & Juliet and RCI Team! He most recently served as the Management Associate with DR Theatrical Management, overseeing the Chicago productions of PERSONALITY: The Lloyd Price Musical and Jim Henson's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas at the historic Fine Arts Building. His previous Broadway credits include The Kite Runner (Assistant Company Manager), Macbeth (Assistant Company Manager), and Paradise Square (Assistant Company/General Manager). Kevin graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in 2017 with a BA in Theatre, and is originally from Bayonne, New Jersey.

Tony Magner

Company Manager, Hadestown Broadway
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Recent Broadway: The Minutes, Ain’t Too Proud, The Life and Times of the Temptations, Mike Birbiglia’s The New One, School of Rock, Something Rotten!, Mamma Mia!, The Color Purple (with Fantasia), Urinetown!, Annie Get Your Gun (with Reba McEntyre), CATS. Assoc. gen. mgr.: Chicago (West End), Legally Blonde. Gen. Mgr. for Dodger Stages (now New World Stages) Adjunct Theater Professor at SUNY Purchase for 8 years.

Andrew Hartman

Associate Company Manager, Hadestown Broadway
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Andrew Hartman has worked in general & company management for 15 years. Company Management credits include Hadestown (5 years and counting!), Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song, Verso, Cruel Intentions – the Musical, and 50 Shades! The Musical. He has previously worked at Maximum Entertainment and 321 Theatrical Management assisting with numerous productions including Wicked, Next to Normal, Sister Act, Bring It On – The Musical, Peter and the Starcatcher, If/Then, and SpongeBob SquarePants – The Musical. Proud member of ATPAM.

Claire Trempe

Company Manager, Gypsy Broadway
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Broadway: Heart of Rock & Roll, Shucked, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Tootsie, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, Mike Birbiglia’s The New One, Jekyll & Hyde. National Tours: Beautiful, Jekyll & Hyde. Claire hails from Springfield, Ohio and is an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame. Proud member of ATPAM.

Luca Fontes

Assistant Company Manager, Gypsy Broadway
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Broadway credits include: Heart of Rock & Roll, Shucked, A Christmas Carol. Born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, Luca is thrilled to be at RCI making his Broadway dreams come true. He is a proud graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a Bachelor's in Communications and Fine Arts. If you're ever bored, ask him about photography.

Allen Porterie

Company Management Fellow, Gypsy Broadway
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Allen Porterie is elated to join the RCI team as the Company Management Fellow for the Audra McDonald-led revival of Gypsy. Allen is a multihyphenate performing artist hailing from Forney, TX. Most recently, he wrote, performed, and produced his semi-autobiographical solo show Cruising for Emotional Connection as part of his MFA thesis at The University of Texas at Austin. Eager to blend his passions for performance and management, Allen is excited to take the next step in his theater career with RCI

Mike McLinden

Company Manager, Our Town Broadway
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Most recently on Harmony. Previous credits include Dancin’ (2023); Take Me Out (2022); MJ; Hello, Dolly! (2018 National Tour); Three Tall Women.  As assistant/associate, Hello, Dolly! (2017); Gentleman’s Guide (First National Tour); Fish in the Dark; Skylight (2015); A Delicate Balance (2014); This is our Youth; Bridges of Madison County; Annie (2012). Proud member of ATPAM. 

Nolan Boggess

Assistant Company Manager, Our Town Broadway
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Nolan Boggess is thrilled to join the Our Town and RCI team! Hailing from Iowa, Nolan’s theatre obsession began with a VHS of Cats and one too many productions of The Music Man. A proud graduate of Grinnell College, Nolan is a Brooklyn-based theatre manager, director, and writer. Broadway work includes: Appropriate, Sweeney Todd, Kimberly Akimbo, The Skin Of Our Teeth, Is This A Room, and Dana H. 

Uchenna Agbu

Management Fellow, Our Town Broadway
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Uchenna Agbu is so happy to be part of the RCI team as the Management Fellow for Our Town. She is a writer and director from Willingboro, NJ, and currently works as a freelance director and arts administrator throughout NJ and NYC. This past May, she graduated from Rutgers University with a BA in theater arts and minors in creative writing and human resource management. During her time at Rutgers, she served two terms as Artistic Director of Cabaret Theatre, overseeing ten full-scale productions in an 8-month season, and also served as Producer her senior year. Most recently, she directed a production of Stephen Sondheim's Company for her senior thesis, earning highest honors. Uchenna is also a proud recipient of the 2024 Cody Renard Richard Scholarship. As an artist, she is constantly learning and looking for new ways to uncover life's meaning and strengthen our understanding of one another. In her free time, she enjoys singing, reading, and watching coming-of-age movies.

Denny Daniello

Company Manager, & Juliet National Tour

Celebrating more than a decade working for RCI Theatricals as a Company Manager for their national tours, Denny presently manages the & Juliet Tour. Previous RCI tours include Hadestown, Anastasia, Cabaret, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, Anything Goes and The Exonerated. Other national tours: The Humans, West Side Story, Grease, The Drowsy Chaperone, Sweet Charity, Little Women, Chicago, Scrooge: The Musical, Spider-Man Live, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, starring the legendary Ann-Margret; Arthur: A Live Adventure; Fiddler on the Roof and A Chorus Line.

David Haines

Assistant Company Manager, & Juliet National Tour

David is happy to continue working with RCI after spending 3 years on the Hadestown First National Tour. Other tours include The Band's Visit, A Bronx Tale, The Humans, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella.

Dhyana Colony

Company Manager, Shucked National Tour

Dhyana is thrilled to be working on her fourth RCI show - having toured previously with Jagged Little Pill, Oklahoma! and Twelve Angry Men and now Shucked. Company management credits include The Secret Garden (Center Theatre Group), What the Constitution Means to Me (1st National Tour), Elf on the Shelf – A Magical Journey, Jersey Boys (2nd National), Chicago (Broadway & National Tour), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (1st National), Hairspray (1st National), Les Misérables (Marius Company Tour), Fosse (1st National), Lincoln Center Theater’s Thou Shalt Not (Broadway).  Dhyana previously served as the Associate General Manager of the Dallas Theater Center.  Other credits include A Charlie Brown Christmas Tour (General Manager), Million Dollar Quartet 17-18 Tour (Executive Producer), The Amazing Tour is Not on Fire (Associate General Manager).  Dhyana has played more than 150 cities in the US, Canada and Asia.

Abi Steinberg

Company Manager, Hadestown 2nd National Tour

Abi Steinberg (she/her) began her career at RCI and is grateful to return. While here, she forged powerful relationships and fell for Company Management. She’s is coming off of a storied year with My Fair Lady (Crossroads Live). A proud Tufts University grad, Abi is thrilled to bring her passion and experience back to RCI and across the nation.

Elise Brown

Assistant Company Manager, Hadestown 2nd National Tour

Elise is thrilled to be joining the RCI and Hadestown 2nd National Tour teams! She brings a wealth of experience from her previous role as Company Manager for Holland America Line with RWS Global, where she served for two years. Originally from Warren, PA, Elise is a proud graduate of Point Park University’s Conservatory of Performing Arts and holds a Master’s degree in Performing Arts Administration from New York University.