Our Talented Team
The Magic Behind The Curtain (Also Above It!)
Leadership
Executive Director
Isabel Dawson
Isabel graduated Magna Cum Laude from Augustana College (Rock Island, IL) with a double major (Business Management & Theatre) as well as a double minor (Entrepreneurship & Nonprofit Leadership). As a senior, she won first place at the Augustana Business Plan Competition. She stage managed for theatres such as the Mississippi Bend Players, St. Croix Festival Theatre, the Spotlight Theatre and Playcrafter’s Barn Theatre. As the Executive Director of Genesius Guild, she produced free classical theatre in a public park. She moved to the area to become the Executive Director in September of 2023.
Artistic Director
Danny Pushkin
Danny has been featured in a number of world premieres, including National tour/NYC debut Caps for Sale (ATMTC), Synetic Theater, Resident Artist at Adventure Theater, and relishes opportunities to fool with the Washington Revels. In his other life, Danny directs and produces theater, occasionally serving as a teaching artist for area companies. He has performed extensively in physical theater and children’s theater in the DC area.
Production and Operations Manager
Maggie Rocha
Maggie graduated from American University with a double major in Communication Studies and Theatre Arts. While at AU, her love of theatre grew from onstage to behind-the-scenes, having had opportunities to act, stage manage, and work in lighting. Maggie spent her summers of 2021-2024 working with Wildwood Summer Theatre, the DC area’s oldest youth-run theatre company, as a performer and tenured board member. She has been working at the Puppet Co. since 2021. She hopes to continue TPC’s mission of spreading the joy of puppetry across the DMV as both a staff member and a performer.
Front of House Staff
Marshall Bailey
Jem Creutzer
Wallace Hewchuck
Kenzy Hinkel
Will Memmo
Danny Santiago
AJ Sultan
Morgana Schuirmann
Teaching Artists
Marshall Bailey
Ingrid Bork
Mollie Greenberg
Kenzy Hinkel
Danny Pushkin
Penny Russell
Key Volunteers
Education Committee:
Kenzy Hinkel, Mollie Greenberg
Grants Committee:
Rose Talbot, Mollie Greenberg
Technical Staff
Andrew McMichael
Andrea ‘Dre’ Moore