Staff Directory
Executive Director
Maureen M. Patton 409-770-5051
Business Manager
Richard Garza 409-770-5052
Director of Development
Chris Aucoin 409-770-5055
Director of Education and Resource Development
Sarah Piel 409-770-5066
Director of Marketing
Dóri Bosnyák 409-770-5056
The Grand Kids Festival & ARToberFEST Coordinator
Sarah Piel 409-770-5066
Accounting Assistant
Ally Ayers 409-770-5057
Theatre Rental Coordinator
For theatre rental inquires, please contact
Marie Armstrong 409-771-3582
Director of Ticketing Services
Kimberly Bacon 409-770-5069
Ticketing Services Supervisor
Rich Dersheimer 409-770-5068
House Manager and Volunteer Coordinator
Carrie Pye 409-770-5054
Stage Manager
Jeff Pye 409-770-5071
Back Stage Crew
Jim Hallene 409-770-5072
Rusty Wheeler 409-770-5072
Mike Gage 409-770-5072
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR
2025-2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT: Gina Spagnola
PRESIDENT-ELECT: Shae Jobe
SECRETARY: Edie Harrington
TREASURER: Charles Worthen
ASSISTANT TREASURER: Doug Rogers
PAST-PRESIDENT: James Woolsey
Board Of Directors
Denise Arango, T. J. Bath, Jay Carnes, Carolyn Clyburn, Jan Collier, Robert Evans, John Frye, Pamela Gabriel, Randy Garcia, Sandy Gartman, Vippi Hinson, Mary Hutton, Kelly Johns, Shelley Kessler, Helen King, Mary Longoria, Robert Lynch, Margo Markowitz, Dinah Matthews, Peter Moore, Alice O’Quin, Vic Pierson, Olivia Selman, Andrea P. Sunseri, Carolyn Sunseri, Asta Timm, and Susan Walker.
GENERAL INFORMATION
THE GRAND 1894 OPERA HOUSE
2020 Postoffice Street
Galveston, TX 77550
Phone: 409-765-1894
Fax: 409-763-1068
Email: tickets@thegrand.com