Meet the whole team

Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi

Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi

Artistic Ensemble
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Dubbed the Ancient Jazz Priestess of Mother Africa, Lady Dane is a Black Nigerian, Cuban, Indigenous, American Performance Artist, Author, Poet, Educator, Cultural Worker, Producer, Film Maker, Dramaturg, a Helen Hayes Award winning Playwright (Klytmnestra: An Epic Slam Poem), a 2021 Helen Merrill Award Winner, a 3x Helen Hayes Award nominated choreographer, and a Princess Grace Honoraria Award winner. She is the co-founder and Co-director of the Black Trans Prayer Book, whose award winning short film, A New Creation Story, is making the festival rounds.

She is the curator and associate producer of Black Trans Women At The Center and is a Long Wharf Theatre Artistic Ensemble Member as well.

Emma Joy Hill

Emma Joy Hill

Interim Director of Marketing & Communications
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Emma Joy Hill is the Interim Director of Marketing & Communications at Long Wharf Theatre, with a background in marketing strategy, audience engagement, and brand storytelling. Her work spans influencer relations, business development, and project management, all rooted in a commitment to expanding the reach and impact of the arts. Emma is also an accomplished playwright and theatre artist whose work has been developed and produced nationwide. With a foundation in human rights advocacy, her artistic practice explores the intersection of art and activism, using storytelling as a vehicle for change. She also serves as a Professor in Playwriting at Southern Connecticut State University.

Jessica Durdock Moreno

Jessica Durdock Moreno

Director of Artistic Planning
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Jessica Durdock Moreno joined Long Wharf Theatre in 2022. She was appointed Artistic Director of the Sherman Playhouse; a century’s old community theater in Connecticut in 2023, and founded Pale Horse Craft, a Neurodiversity centered theater company in 2019. She has produced her plays with the Chain Theatre and at the Hollywood Fringe (won: Encore! Producers Award; nominated: Inkwell Theater Playwright’s Promise Award).

Madeline Sayet

Madeline Sayet

Artistic Ensemble
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Catherine Shen

Catherine Shen

Moderator
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Carolyn Stockage

Carolyn Stockage

Director of Audience Experience & Elm City Tickets
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Carolyn Stockage is a Connecticut native who graduated from Southern Connecticut State University with a degree in graphic design. She's been with Long Wharf since 2015, working as the Patron Services Manager since 2018. Her favorite Long Wharf productions include Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Passing Strange, and Miller, Mississippi.

Natalie King

Natalie King

Interim Director of Development
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Natalie King is a New York–based arts administrator and creative with over a decade of experience in development, fundraising, and strategic planning. She has held leadership roles at Theatre Development Fund, New York Deaf Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, and the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, and currently consults with Compagnia de’ Colombari and Andy Hamingson & Associates. Natalie has also worked as a general manager, stage manager, and sound engineer with organizations including TheaterWorks USA, New York Theatre Festival, and Stairwell Theatre, and performed professionally with choreographers and companies such as Pat Graney, Pennsylvania Ballet, and Hudson Vagabond Puppets. She holds an M.F.A. in Theatre Management from the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University, where she served as Co-Managing Director of the Yale Cabaret and Associate Managing Director of Yale Rep. She was the inaugural Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives at Yale Schwarzman Center and a Heinz Endowments Creativity Fellow. Natalie earned her B.A. in Dance from Oberlin College.