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Board of Directors and Staff

Mark Clayton Southers, Founder and Producing Artistic & Technical Director
Cell 412-224-0865; msouthers@pghplaywrights.org; Visit Website

Watch video readings: Friends of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre read selections from Mark Clayton Southers’s The Ninety-Nine Chronicles.

Advisory Board

Barbara Cymerman
Lynne Hayes-Freeland
Carlton Heywood
Delores Southers
Wayne Walters
Janis Burley Wilson

Board of Directors

Dr. Michael Ramsay, President
Mark Clayton Southers, Executive Director
Momar Milliones, Treasurer

Kenneth Carter
Lester Crawford Esq.
Donna Drewery
Tawnya Farris-Redwood
Mark C. Freeman
James Howard
Susan McGregor-Laine
Thelma Lovette Morris
Robert Pfaffmann
Lorill Readie-Southers
Gerald Savage
Charles Timbers

Staff

Mark Clayton Southers, Producing Artistic & Technical Director
Monteze Freeland, Producing Artistic Associate

Artistic AssociateAshley Renee Southers
Literary ManagerKim El
Online Communications DirectorSteven Doerfler
Resident Graphic DesignerEric Donaldson
Program Design & EditingMichelle Belan
Resident Costume, Makeup & Hair DesignerCheryl El-Walker
Resident Prop MasterSarah “Gracie” Jackson
Director of FinanceJoyce Wilson-Windsor
Grant WriterElizabeth Reiss
Administrative AssistantShanita Bivins
Box Office ManagerLorill Readie-Southers
ConcessionsAndrew & Tonya McKenzie

Updated August 2026.