PCPA The Pacific Conservatory Theatre welcomes Jennifer Schwartz as the new managing director for the conservatory beginning in January. Schwartz has more than 15 years of experience as a nonprofit arts manager, according to a release from the conservatory.
Schwartz’s experience includes work for the San Jose Repertory Theatre, SFJAZZ, the San Francisco Film Society, the Yale Repertory Theatre, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, and more. She is also an award-winning playwright and screenwriter and the founder of San Francisco Stage & Film, a nonprofit organization that produces works by under-represented communities.
“I am thrilled to be joining the staff at PCPA,” Schwartz said in the release. “I am deeply impressed with the quality of the work on stage and the enormous impact that the staff has on the students to propel them on their journey as artists. Working with an organization such as PCPA is a lifelong goal of mine, and I am overjoyed that my dream is coming to fruition.”
This article appears in Mar 24-31, 2016.