Staff
Artistic Director John Monteverde
John was co-founder and producing artistic director of Northwest Children’s Theater for 13 years. He helped to create NWCT’s
theater internship program for youth, while directing 55 shows for his own and other companies—including Portland Civic Theater,
Pennsylvania Youth Theater, Mount Hood Repertory Theater, Northwest Classical Theatre Company and Portland Actor’s Ensemble (PAE), where he also serves on the board. Awards and honors include the Winifred Ward Award for Outstanding New Children’s Theater from the American Alliance of Theater and Education in 1996 and the Oregon Book Award’s Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award in 2006. John has a B.A. in theater from the University of Washington.