Dr. Brett A. Crawford, Ph.D.
Dr. Brett Ashley Crawford is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Arts Management at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz School of Public Policy and Management. Dr. Crawford has worked extensively as a professional arts manager, primarily in theatre, and as professor in both arts management and theatre history. The highlights of her private sector work include 5 years working as Managing Director with Imagination Stage, an arts education and professional theatre located in Bethesda, MD, work as the managing director / production manager of Rep Stage and the Horowitz Center for the Arts in Columbia, MD, 3 years as managing director for St. Bart’s Playhouse in New York City plus myriad independent engagements in theatre, film, and arts festival work in NY, GA, TN, TX, and MD.