BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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Jennifer Ellis
ADMINISTRATIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Jennifer has been performing and providing arts education in the community for over 25 years. Her experience ranges from founding/directing Greater Baton Rouge Children’s Chorus, teaching vocal music in the classroom and as a private teacher, Chorus Master for Opera Louisiane, and music direction at Theatre Baton Rouge. In 2023 she became a Teaching Artist with the Arts Council of Baton Rouge. Onstage she has played a number of principal roles in The King and I, My Fair Lady, and most recently, Mamma Mia, as well as appearing with BR Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, and Opera Louisiane, and vocalist for the Bishop Ellis Trio. Backstage work for RMTC’s Steel Magnolias and volunteering on the new Education committee has led her to more in-depth involvement with this multi-faceted organization.

teresa alvarez
Vice president of finance

Teresa Alvarez is a co-founder at Red Magnolia and a dedicated business owner and accomplished VP of Sales at MONA Payment Solutions; with an impressive 29-year track record in the payment industry, she has consistently demonstrated her ability to manage accounts and drive growth operations with unwavering integrity and reliability. Teresa is a professional photographer specializing in headshots. She has worked in the film industry for twelve years. Her film credits include Stella West in Devil’s Hitching Post, Juanita in For Better, For Worse, Ann in Rugaru, Jovita Soledad in Subrosan, and Dolores the Flower Lady in Life on Bourbon.

Teresa is also an active presence in Baton Rouge’s local business organizations. She has served on the Wine, Women, and Connections board, as treasurer for the LA Capitale Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association, and as treasurer for the 2024 Rotary International 6200 annual conference.

samera welch

SECRETARY

Courtney Murphy
MEMBER-AT-LARGE

Courtney Murphy solidified her love of the arts at a young age. She has enjoyed every creative endeavor explored, whether taking dance classes, performing on stage, making movies in the backyard with friends, or turning her mom’s old wardrobe into haute couture. She attended Northwestern State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science with a Concentration in Performance and Directing. Some of her past acting credits include Almost, Maine (Woman #2), The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolen Fairfax), A Streetcar Named Desire (Blanche DuBois), and In the Next Room (Sabrina Daldry). She has directed productions for Theatre Baton Rouge, Red Magnolia Theatre Company, & Northwestern State University. She loves live music, horror movies, fantasy novels, & traveling to new places. She has also never met a cat she didn’t like.

Kathy Sevin

MEMBER-AT-LARGE

Kathy has loved theater from the time she began cueing her mother by listening to the lines being read before she could even read. Her own first roles were in high school, and she went on to major in Speech and Theater at Seattle Community College and Western Washington State College. After moving to Baton Rouge she auditioned for Baton Rouge Little Theater, now Theatre Baton Rouge, appearing in such shows as Play It Again, Sam and Absence Of A Cello. She also worked backstage on lights, sound and props, finding it just as rewarding as being onstage. She acted in numerous productions at Baker Little Theater, and directed two shows there, Love, Sex and The IRS and Crimes Of The Heart and was awarded Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Deathtrap and Dearly Departed. At Ascension Community Theater she again did tech work, and received Best Actress for her role in Arsenic And Old Lace. She appeared in RMTC's 12 Angry Men, and is now looking forward to supporting the Red Magnolia Theater Company in any way she can.

madalyn mullins

MEMBER-AT-LARGE

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