DOREEN SAYEGH
MANAGING PARTNER & GENERAL MANAGER
Prior to joining Pemberley, Doreen was Manager of International & Special Projects at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, overseeing as many as 16 international presentations in each season. In 2016, as Festival Producer of Shakespeare 400 Chicago, Doreen managed and developed the programming of 863 events across 231 locations in Chicago. Doreen served as the Managing Director of the Seattle-based theater collective the Satori Group, and was Programming Advisor of Arts, Culture, and Design events for The Next Fifty at Seattle Center.
She is the Board Vice Chair of the League of Chicago Theatres and is a member of the curatorial committee of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.
Doreen was proud to serve as board president of contemporary performance incubator Links Hall for five years and as Legacy Co-Chair for the 2019 Year of Chicago Theatre effort led by the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
She is an alumna of the European Festivals Association’s Atelier POZNAŃ and Seattle Repertory Theatre’s Professional Arts Training Program. She holds a BFA in Theatre Design and Technology from Syracuse University and an MFA in Arts Leadership from DePaul University.