BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Pancho Savery, chair

Pancho Savery is Professor of English, Humanities, and American Studies at Reed College, where he teaches courses on modern and contemporary drama, African-American literature, American literature and culture, and American Indian fiction. He has published essays on Ralph Ellison, Saunders Redding, James Baldwin, Adrienne Rich, Robert Creeley, Ezra Pound, and others. He serves on the Board of Directors of Artists Repertory Theatre (vice chair), Boom Arts (chair), Coho Repertory Theatre, Confrontation Theatre, Corrib Theatre, Original Practice Shakespeare, P.E.T.E. (chair), Phame (chair), Portland Playhouse, The Red Door Project, Third Rail Repertory Theatre, and Our Children Oregon. He has worked as dramaturg at Artists Repertory Theatre, Clackamas Repertory Theatre, Corrib Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Profile Theatre, Shaking the Tree Theatre, and Third Rail Repertory Theatre. Additionally, he is Literary Dramaturg at Artists Repertory Theatre, and Literary Manager at Corrib, Shaking the Tree, and Third Rail. He is a member of the Mercury and DNA:Oxygen theatre companies, and is a member of The Modern Language Association, LMDA, and the Jazz Journalists Association.

Molly McGuire, Treasurer

Molly fell in love with Oregon on her first visit from the eastern part of the country and has made Portland her home for a little over fifty years. As a member of The All Ireland Cultural Society for almost that long, she has held many positions, including treasurer, on their Board of Directors. She also served as an officer and grievance chairperson in the staff union of The Oregon Education Association before retiring from their accounting department. An appreciation of her Irish heritage introduced her to Corrib Theatre and she is delighted to further her education in Irish theatre by serving on the Corrib Board.

Kathy Heininge, Secretary

Kathy Heininge is Emeritus Professor from George Fox University in Oregon, where she taught English literature, drama, and women's studies. Irish theater is her field of expertise; her first book was Buffoonery in Irish Drama: Staging Twentieth-Century Post-Colonial Stereotypes. She has also published on Frank McGuinness, James Joyce, Stephen King, Virginia Woolf, Eavan Boland, and Sebastian Barry, among others. Her most recent publication is her memoir, Working in Mysterious Ways: My Life Through the Rosary. She is a past-president of the American Conference for Irish Studies, and leads trips to Ireland and Scotland frequently. She has worked as dramaturg for Corrib Theatre on Hurl, and, now that she has retired, has recently begun trying her hand at acting, which she adores.

Parag Shah, Board Member

Parag Shah holds a MS degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and earned double BS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, all at Oregon State University. Parag has worked for Intel as a microchip circuit design engineer for the past 22 years. He grew up in Portland and graduated from Beaverton High School. In his spare time, he loves to read, run, travel, enjoy local theater, and attend rock shows with his wife, Carmel.