About ATW
Leadership & Governance
Actors Theatre of Windsor Organizational Structure: Not-for-profit Incorporated
On November 3, 2006 Letters Patent for Incorporation as a Not for profit entity were issued for Actors Theatre of Windsor. In April 2008, an application to achieve Registered Charitable Status with Revenue Canada will be submitted, in order to raise funds for the production of professional theatre and issue tax deductible receipts for the contributions we receive.
Actors Theatre of Windsor Founders
Mona el Baroudi and Gordon Mackenzie, the co-founders of Actors Theatre of Windsor, are trained acting professionals (BFA Concordia & MFA York and BFA York respectively), who are members of Canadian Actors Equity Association (CAEA) and the Association of Radio and Television Artists (ACTRA) and have been living in downtown Windsor for the past 8 years, with their two daughters. They have both been active working in theatre, and multi-media respectively, in Ontario and Michigan during this time.
Actors Theatre of Windsor Board of Directors
Ken Shawn Marley, CHAIR
Criminal Lawyer, Windsor, Ontario
Gordon Alistair Mackenzie, SECRETARY
Manager E-Learning Systems, BBDO Detroit, Troy Michigan
Victoria Cross, TREASURER
Lawyer, Cross and Lessard, Windsor, Ontario
Michael Plunkett
Plunekett's Bar&
Grill, Windsor, Ontario
Rev Mary Templer
Minister University Community Church, Windsor, Ontario
Past ATW Board Members
Kristina Lynne Verner Past Chair
Project Officer, Connecting Windsor Essex Portal TM , Windsor, Ontario
Jennifer Pilsoon Verellen Past Treasurer
Product Engineer, Quality Safety Systems Company, Windsor, Ontario
Actors Theatre of Windsor Advisory Board
MARK R. BONDY
Actor, Member Canadian Actors Equity Association
VALERIE BONASSO
Artistic Partner, Breathe Art Theatre Project (Director & Technical Producer)
JULIA BURGESS
Trustee for Kingsville & Essex, Greater Essex District School Board
SERGIO FOREST
Technical Production Manager, Suitcase in Point and 2008 Fringe Festival Committee Member
RACHEL KAIMAN
Actor, Member Canadian Actors Equity Association
KATHERINE KASZAS
Director Music Theatre Performance, St. Clair College
DIANA MADY KELLY
Professor Emeritus, University of Windsor
BARBARA PEIRCE-MARSHALL
Marketing Manager, Downtown BIA, Actor, 2008 Fringe Festival Committee Member
ELANOR PAINE PIOTROWSKI
Independent Theatre Director/Producer and 2008 Fringe Festival Committee Member
BRIAN RINTOUL
Professor School of Drama, University of Windsor
STEPHANIE ALLEN SANTOS
Program Coordinator, Migration Hall Kingsville.
Management Style
We regularly table ideas to see if they will stand the scrutiny of team we assemble to work with us, as we be live this will allow us to identify the best way forward at a given time. We select and value our artistic, producing and business team members for their degree of competence in their specific ares of expertise, and aim for an open, and consultative management style to encourage our internal and external customers to follow their instincts and take risks in a supportive and fun-filled environment.
Our Inspiration
" I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers."
- Ralph Nader
"Be the change you want to see in the world"
- Gandhi
"It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing)"
- Duke Ellington and Irving Mills