Blake Robison, Producing Artistic Director

Blake Robison is in his fourth season as Producing Artistic Director of Round House Theatre.  Since his arrival, he has launched the company’s Literary Works Project, re-envisioned its educational programming, created RHT’s artist laboratory The Kitchen, and commissioned new works from some of the country’s most exciting up and coming playwrights.  At the same time, he has kept the organization on sound financial footing by increasing both earned and contributed revenue and growing its endowment funds.

Round House directing credits include this season’s world premiere, How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents, adapted by Karen Zacarias from Julia Alvarez’s celebrated novel; a rock music and dance infused Lord of the Flies; Ken Ludwig’s new adaptation of Treasure Island; a three-actor treatment of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment; the Helen Hayes nominated production of John Irving's A Prayer for Owen Meany; and the American premiere of Neil Bartlett's Camille.  Other directing includes productions at National Shakespeare Company, PlayMaker’s Repertory Company, Clarence Brown Theatre, Vermont Stage, Piccolo Spoleto, and the Avignon “Off” Festival.  This winter, he will stage Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale at The Folger Theatre.

Previously, Blake has held leadership positions at The Clarence Brown Theatre (Producing Artistic Director, 2000-2005), National Shakespeare Company (Producing Director, 1998-2000), and Vermont Stage Company (Co-Founder/Artistic Director, 1994-1999).  He created revivals of The Dresser starring John Cullum; The Rainmaker with David Keith; and The Glass Menagerie with Rosemarie Prinz; as well as the world premiere of Dana Yeaton's Mad River Rising (Moss Hart Award), the American premiere of George Tabori's The Brecht File, and the creation of Babel - an international theatre piece in twelve languages with Alain Timar's Théâtre des Halles.

Blake is a graduate of Williams College, The British American Drama Academy, and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  He lives in Silver Spring with his wife, Connan Morrissey, and their sons Declan and Callum.

Danisha Crosby, Associate Producer
The newly appointed Associate Producer, Ms. Crosby holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Masters Degree from the American University. She has worked extensively as a teacher, director, and stage manager in the Washington area and is a member of Actors' Equity Association. In November 2001, Ms. Crosby assumed the position of Director of Production following her two-year tenure as Round House Theatre's Production Manager, though her affiliation with Round House goes back more than eight years prior to that.

Rachel Grossman, Director of Education and Outreach
Ms. Grossman has developed and implemented arts-education programs and community arts projects for more than seven years in the D.C. metro area. Before coming to Round House Theatre, Ms. Grossman taught Drama, Speech and English at Parkdale High School in Prince George's County, serving as the school's Drama Club advisor and coordinator for their Spring Arts Festival. Prior to that, she managed programming in the education departments at The Shakespeare Theatre, Arena Stage and CenterStage in Baltimore. She is a founding member of Referendum (Political Arts Collective) and a former member of DC Playback. She recently began a three-year term as a judge for the Helen Hayes Awards and served as an Arts Education Projects Grants Panelist for the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities in 2004. Ms. Grossman is a graduate of Kenyon College.

Amy Selco, Director of Development
Ms. Selco joined Round House Theatre as Director of Development in January 2006. Most recently she was the Director of Individual Giving at The Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, the county's largest theatre dedicated to creating and presenting work for young people. Ms. Selco previously worked at the Harvard Alumni Association and the Ithaca College Office of Admission. She is currently serving as a member of the Ithaca College Alumni Board of Directors, for which she also chairs the fund raising committee. She holds a B.A. from Ithaca College and an Ed.M. in Higher Education Administration from Harvard University.

Harriet L. Weil, General Manager
Ms. Weil joined Round House Theatre in August 2005 as General Manager. She most recently worked for the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at Maryland where she managed all rentals and maintained the schedule for their eight performance venues. Ms. Weil was part of the Production Management team that opened the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia in December 2001. While there, she was thrilled to have been able to work closely with The Philadelphia Orchestra as they made their new home in Verizon Hall. Prior to the Kimmel Center, Ms. Weil served as the Fiscal Manager in the General Management Department at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. In the Washington area, Ms. Weil has worked for The Shakespeare Theatre, Arena Stage, The Washington Stage Guild, Folger Theatre, Studio Theatre, and Olney Theatre Center.