BOARD

MARTHA MOYLAN PRESIDENT
Martha Moylan has been a resident of Oak Park since 2007. She has been active with theater her whole life – as an actor, audience member, patron, and parent volunteer. Martha is the founder and principal of MMK Consulting, Inc., a boutique, WBE certified firm that specializes in corporate real estate consulting. She holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and a BA in psychology and mass communication, with a minor in sociology from Saint Mary’s College, IN. She is the mother of two fabulous teenagers.

JONATHAN ALLEN VICE PRESIDENT

Jon Allen is an Oak Park native, having grown up in the community and now based out of Chicago and has fond memories of attending OPFT as a child. By day Jon is a UX and innovations designer working in management consulting diving into nuanced business challenges and developing and testing solutions. Jon has always been an avid theatre loved since high-school and cherishes Chicago’s rich and unique history of theatre. Jon enjoys bringing his mix of creative and tactical problem-solving tools to help grow and support one of Chicago-land’s longest running companies.

BARBARA CIMAGLIO GOVERNANCE CHAIR
Barbara Cimaglio is a native Chicagoan who moved to Oak Park in 2017 following her retirement as Deputy Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health. After living away from the area for 20 years she and her husband Dan Cimaglio, a native of Oak Park, chose to return home to be close to family and life-long friends. Barbara is an avid theater lover and has attended performances of local and professional theater wherever she has lived. In her thirteen years in Shelburne, Vermont she served on the Board of the Shelburne Players, the local community theater. It was there she came to appreciate the tremendous dedication of the people “behind the scenes” who make it all possible. Barbara is also a Commissioner on the Aging in Communities Commission of the Village of Oak Park. Her passion is strengthening community through social programs and the arts. In her free time she enjoys travel, art, film, reading and cooking. She brings her strong human resources and program administrative skills as well as her love of theater to her role on the Board.

MARY DEYOE DEVELOPMENT CHAIR

Mary DeYoe has spent her professional career working in non-profit fundraising primarily in the visual arts. Currently she is a major gift officer at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she raises critical funds for the museum’s operations and special projects. Previously Mary was the Director of Development at the Chicago Artists Coalition. She has worked for EXPO Chicago, Chicago Ideas Week, and is a contributing writer for Chicago Gallery News. Mary lives in Oak Park with her husband and cocker spaniel, Frankie. She is a tennis player, gardener, and home remodel enthusiast. Mary was raised not far from Chicago in Highland Park. She graduated from the University of Michigan with degrees in English and History of Art, and received an MFA in Poetry from Vanderbilt.

CHRIS VAZQUEZ BOARD MEMBER

Chris Vazquez is a queer, latine producer, director and writer born and raised in Chicago. He currently works as the Communications Specialist for The Posse Foundation’s national office, where he produces and copy-edits all written and visual media for the organization. His previous credits include Associate Producer for queer horror short Hide or Seek (Brian Newell, 2019), which played at over 20 film festivals worldwide, and producing tv concept URBANx. He also directed Dog Sees God through Connecticut College’s Wig and Candle. His experiences as a Steppenwolf Theatre Young Adult Council member and Posse Scholar frame his people and worker centered approach to artistic leadership. He seeks to uplift historically silenced narratives in all of his work.

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