Executive Board
Regina Ashley
Executive Director
Regina (she/her) is a Senior Theatre Education major with a minor in Nonprofit Communications. Her emShakes credits include Cornflower Blue (Stage Manager), A Midsummer Night’s Dream! (Assistant Director), Death of a Salesman (Co-Director) and the staged readings of King Arthur’s Socks, Medea, and Cymbeline in various roles. Besides emShakes she also loves reading, crafting (specifically crocheting), her cats, and wandering around the city with a little treat. She is so excited and grateful to be embarking on her fourth year with emShakes!
Amanda Jacobson
Marketing Director
Amanda is a Junior double major Theatre and Performance and IDS: Art History for Contemporary Playwriting (girl what does that even mean). This is Amanda's third year with emShakes and second as Marketing Director. Amanda loves student theatre and has done everything from acting to producing. She looks forward to another epic season of slaving over canva pro!
Riley MacMoyle
Literary Manager
Hi all! My name is Riley (she/her) and I’m from Long Branch, NJ! I am a Senior Theatre & Performance major with minor in Hearing and Deafness!
Anna Ten Eyck
Assistant Production Manager
Anna is a junior theatre design and technology major. They costume designed three of emShakes’ previous shows, “Lord of the Flies,” “Metamorphosis,” and “Hamlet,” and was last years literary manager! Anna is so excited to continue their work with emShakes this year!
Landon Butler
Artistic Director
Landon (he/him) is a senior Theatre and Performance major. Last year he Co-Directed Death of a Salesman with emShakes Theatre Company. Some of his credits include 16 Winters (Shep), Significant Other (Jordan Berman), Transparency (Ben Kind), as well as working with the Emerson Channel and Emerson Independent Video. He is the Artistic Director of emShakes Theatre Company and the General Manager of Mercutio Troupe.
Liliana Ravins
Treasurer
Lili is a sophomore Theatre and Performance major and is so excited to be joining the emShakes board for her first semester! She is a Mass native and has been seen working with companies such as North Shore Music Theater and, on campus, with Rareworks, EmShakes, as well as The EVVYS. Please follow her TikTok, @honeymustardstan1, where she reviews different honey mustards
Riley Sopocy
Asst. Executive Director/Co-Events Coordinator
Riley is a Theatre and Performance major graduating at the end of this semester! This is her second year working with emshakes and she’s so excited to be back! In her free time, she loves random walks through the city, spending way too much money on coffee, and FaceTiming her cats back at home.
Sydney Williams
Assistant Marketing Director
Sydney is a sophmore Stage and Production Management major from Boston, MA. This is their first semester with emShakes and is very excited to be joining this amazing team!
Halle Hart
Production Manager
Halle is a senior, majoring in Stage & Production Management. She has previously worked with emShakes on multiple shows in varying positions, which is awesome because the only thing she loves more than classics is shaking them up! This is their second year as Production Manager, a title they hold very dearly. She adores being a part of the emShakes family, and they're very grateful that emShakes allowed her to add "EVVY winner" to her Twitter bio!
Lucy Latorre
Secretary/Co-Events Coordinator
Lucy is a junior Creative Writing major minoring in Comedic Arts. This is her second year with Emshakes as their secretary and her first as events coordinator. From amazing educational events to riveting theatrical works, Lucy can’t wait to see what this brilliant org is up to next! Most of all, she’s excited to take notes about it!!
Sawyer Grabow
Asst. Artistic Director
Sawyer is a junior Theatre BFA major concentrated in directing, arts management, and lighting design. This is their third year on the emShakes board (and they love emShakes so so so much !!!!) Some of their past work with emShakes includes: Lord of the Flies (Henry), and Metamorphosis (Director), as well as The Big Meal (Lighting Designer) coming up this semester! Outside of theatre, Sawyer is a huge fan of making friendship bracelets, playing the guitar, and dunkin iced coffee <3
Ciara Berardi
Assistant Literary Manager
Ciara Berardi is a Senior Theatre BFA with a concentration in Directing & Dramaturgy. She was Producer on EmShakes' production of 'Metamorphosis', as well as Dramaturg on 'Lord of the Flies' and 'Midsummer!' Ciara looks forward to another great semester with EmShakes!
Company Board
Emily Malkan, Anna Bigelow, Reed Atherton, Lena Schmitt, Abigail Lee, Jack Whitlow, and Sage Liebowitz