Eric Simpson joins BMP after two years as Director of Development for Opera Lafayette, where he helped lay the foundation for a thirtieth-anniversary campaign to see the company through its first ever artistic leadership transition. He previously served as Chief Development Officer at the Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study, a nonprofit devoted to promoting the study of the classical humanities and making them more accessible to a wider audience.

Liz is thrilled to be joining the Beth Morrison Projects team as the General Manager. Prior to joining BMP, Liz was the General Manager at Ensemble Studio Theatre, supporting the development of provocative and authentic new plays.

Victoria Voketaitis is thrilled to join BMP after several years as a Performing Arts Consultant working with theater and music companies, along with serving as Artistic Producer for the documentary Rachmaninoff Revisited. An accomplished music industry executive, she worked for Steinway & Sons as Administrator of Concert and Artist Activities, co-producing the company’s 150th Anniversary concert series at Carnegie Hall.

Roderick Murray (in the beforetimes he was a lighting designer) The majority of his work has been with dance and music, both experimental and traditional, and experimental operas.

Julia Mendes first worked with Beth Morrison Projects as the Associate Producer for the 2023 PROTOTYPE Festival and is excited to join the organization full time as Senior Associate Producer. She has worked as a producer and administrator for a range of other organizations in the fields of music, theater, and film, including Mabou Mines, Sundance Institute, Second Stage Theater, and NJPAC, and is a proud graduate of Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts. She is thrilled to be part of the BMP team, helping bring innovative new music into the world.

Zach is excited to join the BMP / PROTOTYPE Team full time after 10 years of freelancing as a production manager and stage manager for opera, theatre and events in New York City and regionally.

Having spent their formative years in Caracas, Venezuela and the US South, Cori is presently based in Brooklyn, NY. Through working on projects of varying scales and styles over the past 10 years, they have ultimately developed a passion for live music and new multidisciplinary works. Recent work includes National Sawdust (Associate Producer), Taylor Mac & Matt Ray’s Bark of Millions (Associate Company Manager, Pomegranate Arts; Sydney Opera House/Berliner Festspiele/BAM/CalArts), and stage management for NYC Pride, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, and Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Gabrielle Niederhoffer is a producer, theater choreographer, and dancer from New York City. She was the Festival Manager for the inaugural Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival at the Guggenheim Museum and for Battery Dance Festival, New York City’s longest-running free public dance festival. Gabrielle served as the Company Manager for SW!NG OUT through Joyce Theater Productions and for the West Coast tour of Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends. At Yale, Gabrielle founded and co-curated DanceHaven: A Celebration of Vernacular Dance at the Yale Schwarzman Center.

Maeve is a Brooklyn based marketing manager, director, and playwright.

Alexis is a Boston-based multi-hyphenate producer, arts administrator, opera singer, and music educator focused on creating accessible pathways to opera and theatrical arts through mounting cutting-edge narratives on the performance stage and creating meaningful and welcoming theatrical experiences. Her produced works have been praised for their “technical marvel” and “commitment to pushing the boundaries of traditional opera…[in] mind-blowing” performances.

Cynthia is a NYC based actor and filmmaker from California’s Imperial Valley. She has worked as a voiceover artist, in TV commercials and on stage and screen.