Brishen Miller
Executive Artistic Director
Brishen Miller originally hails from Kalamazoo, MI. He received a BA in Theatre from Wayne State University in Detroit in 2007. Returning to Kalamazoo, he helped establish Fancy Pants Theater from the ground up, 2010-2015, directing shows such as A Thousand Clowns and Kiss of the Spiderwoman and appearing in many roles such as John Proctor in The Crucible.
Brishen moved from Michigan to Pennsylvania and received an MA from Villanova University in 2018, where he gained the honor of Acting Scholar. A true Jack-of-all-trades, Brishen has held every role in theatrical production, from stagehand to producer and walk-on actor to playwright. His theater network spreads across the 48 contiguous United States. Brishen was hired as Passage’s Production Manager in July 2019. He was promoted to Managing Director at Passage Theatre Company in 2022 and ultimately in September 2023 he was promoted to be the first Black Executive Artistic Director.
He has restructured our programming into the Passage Pillars: TrentonPREMIERES, TrentonMAKES, and TrentonPRESENTS. In Brishen’s tenure as an Executive at Passage Theatre, since 2022, he has seen the company grow by as much as 50% in programming and personnel. Brishen is an adjunct theater faculty at MCCC as well as an active playwright and solo performer.
Jamel Baker
Lead Producer
Jamel Baker is a self-motivated and proactive member of the Passage Staff coordinating all things production with our company. When not at Passage, Jamel also works as a freelance stage manager, stage manager mentor and led stage manager workshops.
Monah Yancy
Director of Advancement
Monah Yancy works with the community by engaging with current and new donors; as well as cultivating relationships that will make an impact that speaks to who Passage and the people of Trenton are by the work Passage Theatre creates. She is an actor, teaching artist, and writer who has been seen on the Passage stage in 2018 as (Chimene) in Caged. She recently filmed Tell Me Where We Stand (Ms. Patty) directed by Phillip McConnell and understudied in the Arden Theatre Company’s production of King Hedley II (Ruby). She received her B.A. in Theatre from Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX and is a proud resident of Trenton, NJ!
Peter Fenton
Marketing Manager
Peter Fenton is an Off-Broadway playwright, regional theatre director, and here at Passage, our Marketing Manager. He is on an eternity quest to make good theatre fun and fun theatre good, and he’ll freely tell you that life is too short for bad flyers.
As playwright, Fenton’s Sartre-inspired dark comedy ABANDON ALL HOPE premiered at Theatre Row in 2023 as part of Rogue Theater Festival and his queer feminist deconstruction of Peter Pan, I THINK WE’RE LOST, premiered with Pier Players Theatre Company at Philadelphia’s Theatre Exile in 2026. His other notable works include teen satire CORONATION and murder mystery in late-stage capitalism BLUE SKIES YONDER, both of which will see New York City staged readings in July 2026.
As director, Fenton has helmed multiple readings of new plays as well as full productions of HOME I’M DARLING by Laura Wade at Langhorne Players and Frank Wildhorn’s BONNIE & CLYDE at Newtown Arts Company. He holds a degree in communication from Wheaton College and joined Passage in 2023 after successfully selling out the Off-Broadway run of ABANDON ALL HOPE at Theatre Row. Follow along with his writing and directing work on social media @peterfent and on his website: www.byPeterFenton.com
Ava Weintzweig
Patron Services Manager
Ava Weintzweig (they/he) is a Philadelphia based theatre artist. Originally from Baltimore, Ava moved to Philadelphia to attend Temple University for Theatre. Passage was their first job after graduating. All these years later, they are thrilled to still be part of the Passage family as the theatre’s Patron Services Manager.
When he’s not at Passage, Ava primarily works in performance and sound design across the Eastern Seaboard. They are passionate about new works, experimental theatre, and queer art. In his free time, Ava is also an avid collector of American Girl Dolls and Muppet paraphernalia.
SOUND CREDITS: Is Edward Snowden Single? (Single Carrot Theatre), Carroll County Fix (Azuka Theatre), Citrus Andronicus (Philadelphia Artist’s Collective), COMET (Upstream Performance Collaborative), Acute Exposure (The Lemonade Stand), Muleheaded (Passage Theatre). ACTING CREDITS: The Last Parade (Interact Theatre), Survivors (Theatre Ariel), Young, Queer, and Stupid (Philly Fringe 25). Find out what else is coming next for Ava on Instagram @weintswag
Kellie Murphy
Content Strategist
Kellie Murphy has more than 25 years of professional writing and editing experience, first as a journalist, then branching out into non-profit development and digital communications and strategy.
Scott Hoskins
Technical Director
Scott Hoskins has again taken on the role of Passage Theatre’s Technical Director for this season, after working as a union stagehand in Princeton, on the road, and in NYC, and ultimately retiring from a 33 year career of teaching Scenic and Lighting Design, Stagecraft and Film Production. “Only a company as dedicated to producing new and transformational works as these productions could have induced me to leave retirement behind and return to working on the Passage stage, and I’m having a great time!”
Ashley Pillsbury
Stage Supervisor & Assistant Technical Director
Ashley Pillsbury is a recent graduate from Muhlenberg College, where she stage managed several shows, notably Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi and Miss You Like Hell. Outside of Passage, she works backstage at Bucks County Playhouse.
Passage Theatre Board
Caroline Wylie
Chairwoman of the Board
Senior Associate
National Center for The Improvement of Educational Assessment
Trenton, NJ
D. Vance Smith
Vice Chairman of the Board
Professor, Department of English
Princeton University
Trenton, NJ
Sheree Campbell
Secretary of the Board
Executive Director
Campbell Funeral Chapel
Trenton, NJ
Christopher Martin
Treasurer of the Board
Freelance Journalist
Trenton, NJ
Meg Frantz
Director of Alumni and Donor Engagement
TESU
Hightstown, NJ
Darren “Freedom” Green
Community Liaison
Trenton Housing Authority
Trenton, NJ
Jim Gordon
Content Trenton
Trenton, NJ
Cheri Hennessy
Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships
BioNJ
Ewing, NJ
Marcia Jaffe
Health Care Researcher and Writer [RETIRED]
New Jersey Department of
Health & Senior Services
Lawrence, NJ
Brian Joyce
Trinity United Methodist Church, [RETIRED]
Houston, TX
Sean McArthur
Professor & Chair, Department of Performing Arts
Rider University
Ewing, NJ
Brishen Miller
Executive Artistic Director
Passage Theatre
Morrisville, PA
Ex-officio
Elvin Montero
Director of Communications /
Issues Management
Chemistry Council of New Jersey
Trenton, NJ
Beth Reddy
Section Chief, [RETIRED]
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Trenton, NJ
Tara Walters
Operations Manager/Lead Clinician
Helping Hearts Heal Counseling Services, LLC
Hamilton, NJ
Regina Wilder
Director of Internal Communications & Constituent Relations
NJ General Assembly Majority Office
Robbinsville, NJ
Leticia Williams
Head of Investment Services
Vanguard
Trenton, NJ
Passage Theatre Advisory Board
Andrew J. Schragger, Esq.
Legal Counsel