Theatre Santa Fe Board
These are the professionals who volunteer their time to promote theatre in Santa Fe.
Kita Mehaffy • President
Kita Mehaffy, MA, MFA has an eclectic background in health care, education, film production, mindfulness instruction, and management. She is a published writer and produced playwright. She is also newly the Managing Director of the New Mexico Actors Lab. Her goal as president of TSF is to support audience engagement in the amazing world of storytelling through Santa Fe's highly talented, creative and professional theatre community, as well as to provide a platform for that community to grow and thrive collaboratively.
Katie Olivant • Vice President
Katie moved to Santa Fe in 2020 after a 25-year career as an administrator and faculty member at California State University, Stanislaus. Prior to working in higher education, she held a variety of arts management positions for the Harriman-Jewell Fine Arts Program and Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, the Aspen Music Festival, and the City of Austin, TX Cultural Affairs Division. Katie is the former Managing Director of the New Mexico Actors Lab.
Danielle Reddick • Secretary
Danielle has been an actor and fitness professional in Santa Fe for more than fifteen years. She is currently a company member of Theater Grottesco.
Jim Patterson • Treasurer
Jim retired to Santa Fe in 2000 after nearly four decades in advertising and marketing. In Chicago, he created / published the smARTbook, a guidebook to the arts, and spent five years as President of the Board of City Lit theater company. Jim is currently on the board of Creative Santa Fe and an avid theater goer.
Argos MacCallum
Argos is a poet, actor, director, and all-around stage hand. He has worked with many theatre companies in Santa Fe and is a co-founder of Teatro Paraguas.
Deborah Hayden
Deborah graduated from San Diego State University with a Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. She is clinically certified in both the U.S. and Canada, and has served as an adjunct clinical faculty at several universities in the U.S. and Australia. In her spare time, she supports the theatre arts in Santa Fe and is on the Board of the Theatre Lovers Club.
Cris W. Barnes
Cris worked as a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory for 40 years, finishing his career doing major strategic planning and project development while living in Santa Fe since 1990. He is now Executive Director of Tri-M Productions.
Isabel Madley
Isabel is an actor, writer, singer, and stand-up comic based in Santa Fe, NM. With a background in theater, film, sketch comedy, and improvisation, she has appeared in nearly a dozen stand-up comedy festivals and was voted a top comic by the Santa Fe Reporter two years running. She recently directed her first full-length production, Gilbert & Clay's 1869 comedic operetta Ages Ago!. Additionally, she has worked as a costume designer, propmaker, and dramaturg, and loves every part of the theater world.
Talia Pura • President Emeritus
Talia moved to Santa Fe after many years of acting, directing, writing, and designing for theatre and film, and teaching theatre at the University of Winnipeg. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA, CAEA, and DGA. Talia also has extensive experience in arts administration.