Our People Make us
Free Street Staff
Artistic Director
Executive Director
Karla Estela Rivera
Director of Education
Operations Manager
Additional Staff
Anniversary Events Coordinator
Fabiola Ramirez
Park Kids Teaching Artist
Isabella Coelho
Teaching Artists
Marilyn Carteno
Sebastian Arboleda
Cultural Asset Mapping Project Coordinators
Cristal Alba
Donna Gary
Directing Fellow
Garcia
Accounting Consultants
EAB Solutions
Artists in Residence
Quenna Barrett
Re-Writing the Declaration: A participatory experience that invites audiences to reimagine the Declaration of Independence.
Free Street Board
Caroline O’Boyle
President
The Trust for Public Land
Lillian Gorman
Secretary
University of Arizona
Nicole Kelly
Treasurer
Keppler Speaking Agency
Emily Lonigro
LimeRed
Aaron Aptaker
Steppenwolf Theater
Our Funders
Free Theater isn’t free to make! We are grateful to be long-standing artists-in-residence for the Chicago Park District and for the support of the Arts Work Fund, the Crossroads Fund, The Chicago Community Trust, The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, The Field Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, the Reva and David Logan Foundation, The Joyce Foundation, MAPFund, After School Matters, the Network for Ensemble Theaters, The Neighborhood Opportunity Fund, The League of Chicago Theatres, and United Way.