Independent Shakespeare Co. Announces New Member of the Board of Directors
By: A.A. Cristi Apr. 13, 2017
Independent Shakespeare Co. (ISC) announces that HALLE STANFORD has been unanimously elected to the board of directors. A nine-time Emmy-nominated children's television producer, Stanford joined The Jim Henson Company in 1993 and holds the position of Executive Vice President, Children's Entertainment.
She has developed and produced many well-known properties for The Jim Henson Company including Sid the Science Kid, Dinosaur Train, the Netflix Originals Word Party and Julie's Greenroom with Julie Andrews. She co-authored a book series, Jim Henson's Enchanted Sisters, a collection of fantastical comedy-adventure stories for girls published by Bloomsbury and currently in series development with Cyber Group Studios. She holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Film and Theater from Wesleyan University and lives in Los Angeles with her sons Max and Theo.
"The first time I saw an Independent Shakespeare Co. performance of Twelfth Night, at the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival, I was floored. I became an instant fan," comments Stanford. "The company's innovation, talent, diversity, and commitment to making theater accessible to all audiences, is inspiring to me as an artist, patron, and now a committed board member. I'm thrilled to support the Independent Shakespeare Co., a Los Angeles performing arts treasure!"
Comments Board Chair, Eduardo A. Braniff, "Halle's passion for families, both in her professional and philanthropic endeavors, is a major asset for ISC. Her experience will help us immeasurably in how we deepen our connection with families across Los Angeles and bring even greater benefit to them through classical theater and free Shakespeare."
INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Eduardo A. Braniff, Chair
Ann Blanchard
Melissa Chalsma, Artistic Director
Eric Mulheim
Leonora Gershman Pitts
Halle Stanford
INDEPENDENT SHAKESPEARE CO. (ISC) produces accessible, imaginative performances of classical plays. We are a 2016 recipient of an NEA grant and a grantee recipient of Bloomberg Philanthropies' Arts Innovation and Management Program and the 2015 recipients of the LA Drama Critics Circle's highest honor, the Margaret Harford Award for sustained excellence in theater. Since 2010 we have produced the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival in partnership with the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks at the iconic Old Zoo in Griffith Park, the second largest city park in California.
The growth in attendance is extraordinary: at our first season (at Barnsdall Park in 2004), we played to fewer than 1,000 people; our audience now numbers nearly 50,000. Through classical theater we have attracted a community that is young (71% age 35 and under), diverse (48% identify as non-Caucasian and 77% are middle and lower income), and from all corners of Los Angeles. In 2012, we expanded our offerings with our indoor performance space, Independent Studio, where we present original work, re-imagined stagings of classics, readings and classes. In 2016 ISC began to implement a growth plan that will see a dramatic increase in audience served, scope of programming and budget while maintaining our profound focus on our community. The plans include two structures: the Griffith Park Performing Arts Stage (a project of the City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation & Parks) and a new performing arts space (reinvented to better serve our community of artists and audience). For more information call 818-710-6306 or visit www.iscla.org.
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