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 The Washington Revels as well as the 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 serves as Music Director of The Washington Revels. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Betsy has sung with the Revels Chorus since 1993, and has directed groups of Revels singers at the National Cathedral, the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. She also sings with the Master Chorale of Washington and their chamber ensemble, and is soloist and cantor at Augustana Lutheran Church in Washington, DC. By day, a Webmaster for the Library of Congress, Betsy also designed and maintains the Washington Revels website, www.revelsdc.org. She and her husband Bruce, an active Revels volunteer who portrayed "the Green Man," most recently in the 2006 Spring Celebration, live in Alexandria, Virginia with their son, Austin.

Photo credits: Betsy Miller with "stage husband" Flawn Williams by Ken Cobb

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

John Nields, chair
Peter Behr, secretary
James Harrington Breed
Mary Cliff
William Condrell
John E. Daniel
Helen Fields
Thomas R. Howell
John Pomeranz
William L. Ritchie, Jr.
Diane Behrens Winslow
Greg Lewis, ex officio

Washington Revels Staff

Greg Lewis, Executive Director
Roberta Gasbarre, Artistic Director
Elizabeth Fulford Miller, Music Director
Chris Payton, Marketing Director
Margo Brenner, Production Manager
Betsy Delaney, Community Initiative Director
Kate McGhee, Office Manager

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