Regional nonprofit theater producer with educational and new-works development programs
Pittsburgh CLO operates a live musical theater organization across three venues in Pittsburgh's Cultural District, serving nearly 200,000 patrons annually. The org is predominantly staffed by interns (16 of 19 active roles) with a thin management layer (1 director, 1 manager), suggesting reliance on volunteer labor and seasonal contract workers typical of mid-sized nonprofit theaters. Active projects span production (summer season, current shows like Mean Girls), education (summer camps, Gene Kelly Awards), and internal infrastructure (donor database, DEAI initiatives, benefits programs)—a workload that outpaces the core headcount.
Notable leadership hires: Producing Director
Pittsburgh CLO is a 78-year-old nonprofit theater organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The organization produces a seasonal subscription series at the Benedum Center, a recurring production of A Musical Christmas Carol at the Byham Theater, and year-round cabaret shows. Beyond productions, CLO runs multiple educational programs including the CLO Academy for Performance and Art, CLO Mini Stars, and the Gene Kelly Awards; it also administers the Richard Rodgers Award and National High School Theatre Awards. The organization has been involved in developing 22 Broadway shows totaling 30 Tony Awards, including the 2014 world premiere of An American in Paris. Operations span five departments (ops, education, design, marketing, production, development, finance, HR) across 11–50 employees.
Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook), Google Drive, Dropbox, Finale (music notation), QLab (cueing), AWS, Adobe Premiere Pro, CapCut, and Canva for design work.
Active projects include the summer season and summer camp programs, productions of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Mean Girls, donor database management, DEAI initiatives, and the Gene Kelly Awards program.