Lauren Anne Hewitt

Managing Director

Having served in the nonprofit arts sector for over 20 years, Lauren Anne provides We Players senior administrative management. She began her career as the Director of the Jon Sims Center for the Performing Arts in San Francisco, where she founded AIRspace, a new works residency program, and later produced a new opera, Wuornos, on the main stage at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2001.  As the past Development Director of Berkeley's Aurora Theatre,  Lauren Anne headed up a capital campaign to fund the buildout of their Addison Street theatre and studios.  As the Executive Director of EarPlay, she presented works by emerging Bay Area composers as well as established composers such as Andrew Imbrie and Lou Harrison. For nine years she served as the Managing Director of 42nd Street Moon, producing musicals and Salons from the Golden Age of Broadway, starring Broadway greats such as Rebecca Luker, Lea Delaria, and Brent Barrett. Most recently she served as the Managing Director of Berkeley Playhouse overseeing the company’s professional season and conservatory. A fourth-generation Northern Californian from the Bay Area, Lauren Anne has a BA in Theatre from San Francisco State University and a Graduate Degree in Nonprofit Arts Administration from Golden Gate University.