December 18, 2006 Contact: Beth Dell
badell@beowulfalley.org
(520) 622-4460
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Tucson, AZ)—Beowulf Alley Theatre Company announced today that Beth Dell has been hired as the new administrative director. Dell is the second full-time employee to be hired to the organization, which will celebrate its second year in Tucson’s downtown.
Dell will be responsible for administering all non-production matters for the theatre, including daily operations, accounting, facility rental, marketing, advertising, publicity, fundraising and development.
“We are excited to have Dell join our growing theater company,” said Board President Roger Rikkola. “The Company has recognized that to sustain its current success and growth it needed a fulltime Administrative Director to complement the programs developed by its Artistic Director. Beth fills that need by bring to the Company a strong background in theater administrative management.”
Prior to moving to Tucson 10 years ago, Dell’s professional experience includes finance, accounting, development and fundraising for both non-profit and for-profit companies. She also worked with several theatre companies in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. areas. Dell graduated from the University of Arizona, Magna Cum Laude, with a bachelor’s degree in Theatre Production. She has stage managed for Arizona Repertory Theatre, Invisible Theatre, Arizona Onstage Productions, Arizona Opera, Borderland Theater, Utah Shakespearian Festival and Disney MGM Studios.
Beowulf Alley Theatre Company is a non-profit arts organization committed to producing daring and distinctive productions for the Tucson community. Beowulf Alley celebrates the intelligence of the actor, the vision of the director, the words of the playwright and the power of the theater.
