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.

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.

She has been featured as a guest lecturer and panelist and has authored over ten DEIA-centered and trauma-informed curriculum modules for Castle of Our Skins and D-Composed. She has worked closely with several institutions on their DEIA practices and community engagement programming.

Alexis also maintains an active performance career as a 2023/2024 Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artist with Boston Lyric Opera and performs in roles ranging from baroque operas to world premiere performances. Interested in learning more about Alexis’ performance work? Click Here

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.

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. Favorite production management credits include The Public
Theater, Opera Omaha, Bedlam, Page 73, and The Civilians. Favorite stage
management credits include American Soldier at PAC NYC, the Macy’s Thanksgiving
Day Parade, two seasons with Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Houston Grand Opera,
Detroit Opera, Hawaii Opera Theatre, The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, American Repertory Theatre, and Seattle Repertory Theatre.

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.

Sarah Bellin, is an internationally active producer, director and musician for stage and film. During Sarah’s tenure as Managing Director for NYC’s critically acclaimed theatre company BEDLAM, she spearheaded the production of the company’s innovative Shakespearean New Media Series. As Co-founder and Producing Director for the Swiss performance group Kollektiv-20-14, Sarah oversaw the fundraising and producing efforts of a diverse body of experimental works that have toured extensively throughout the German-speaking world.

Sheree Spencer is thrilled to be joining the BMP team as one of the 2024 Mellon Producing Fellows! Finding creative balance as a producer, stage director and performing artist, Sheree has a strong passion for interdisciplinary art expressions that blur the lines between music, theatre and opera. The opportunity to relocate to NYC for this opportunity is literally a dream come true for Sheree as she continues to expand her reach as a producer in both Canada and the United States.

Spencer Armstrong is a producer and creator of original works. In New York, his productions have been presented at HERE Arts Center, The Bushwick Starr, The Tank NYC, The Dramatists Guild Fund, and Dixon Place. Internationally, he has worked on premiers at The Greek National Opera in Athens, Greece, The Bienal Arte Joven in Buenos Aires, Argentina, The Sibiu International Theater Festival in Sibiu, Romania, Sourirwamena National Debate in Pori, Finland, and the In.Fo.MAT Festival Athens, Greece.. He has had the pleasure of working with New York’s leading downtown ensembles, including Elevator Repair Service, Theater Mitu, Tectonic Theater Project, 600 highwaymen, and SITI Company. Spencer is a proud alum of The Lincoln Center Theater’s Directors Lab 2019 and The Beth Morrison Producers Academy 2022.

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.