Paul Tetreault

Since joining Ford’s Theatre in 2004, Paul Tetreault has enhanced the quality of the institution’s artistic programming and expanded its mission to include a stronger focus on education.  He led a $50+ million capital campaign, the most extensive renovation to the theatre and museum since the building reopened to the public in 1968, and the creation of the Center for Education and Leadership, which seeks to further explore Lincoln’s legacy.  Tetreault served as managing director of the Alley Theatre for 10 years, producing more than 100 productions and working with artists such as Edward Albee, Tony Kushner, Trevor Nunn, Nicky Silver, Frank Wildhorn, and August Wilson, among others.  He has held senior management positions with Crossroads Theatre Company, New Jersey; Berkeley Repertory Theatre, California; and Circle Repertory Company, New York City.  He served as director of finance at Madison Square Garden and as a vice president with C.W. Shaver and Company, Inc., a consulting firm.  He has served as a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts and has taught and guest lectured at Brooklyn College, Columbia University, New York University, the University of Houston, and Rice University.  He is a graduate of Emerson College and received his MFA from the City University of New York-Brooklyn College.