Andrew Hamingson has provided fundraising and strategic planning services since 2011 to performing arts clients such as The New Group, The Barrow Group, Naked Angels, National Corporate Theatre Fund, Ensemble Studio Theatre, St. Ann’s Warehouse, The Civilians, Primary Stages Theater Company, The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, and National Sawdust. Andy oversaw all administrative and fiscal matters at The Public Theater from 2008 until February 2011 and managed the Public Theater’s first-ever $35 million building campaign and renovation project, which broke ground in March 2010. Before joining The Public, Andy served as Atlantic Theater Company’s Managing Director from 2004 to 2008 where he increased contributed income by 300% in four seasons and began a $10 million capital campaign to renovate Atlantic’s Mainstage, The Linda Gross Theater on. Prior to Atlantic, he worked at Manhattan Theatre Club for twelve years, the last five as Director of Development, culminating in the raising of $40 million to renovate and restore the historic Biltmore Theater. Andy has been a Visiting Professor at the Yale School of Drama Theater Management Program since 1997.
Andy is available for consultation on any of your organization’s fundraising and development needs. Consulting services include:
Capital Campaigns & Feasibility Studies, Strategic Planning, Executive Search, Board Development & Training, Workshops & Development Staff Training, Major Gift Campaigns, Solicitation Training, One-on-one Coaching
Client List:
The Barrow Group-January 2018 to Present. Board Development, Staffing, Capital Campaign strategies, institutional development strategies & annual campaign design
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival- October 2019 to present. Capital Campaign strategies, interim development staffing
St. Ann’s Warehouse-August 2011 to February 2012. Board Development, Organizational capacity building, Organizational staffing
The New Group—May 2011 to March 2012. Board Development, Strategic Planning, Pre-Capital Campaign Planning
The Civilians—April 2011 to March 2012. Strategic Planning, Board Development, Board Committee structures; Institutional Development, annual campaign design; organizational development
National Sawdust (formerly OMW) Arts Center— March 2011 to February 2012. Capital Campaign design; Board creation & development
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center—September 2011 to February 2012. Institutional development strategies, Board Development; Succession planning
Primary Stages—June 2011 to December 2011. Strategic Plan, Board Development, Board Feasibility Study
Naked Angels—February 2011 to January 2012. Board Development, Annual campaign design, institutional development strategies, organizational capacity building
Theatre Forward (formerly National Corporate Theater Fund)—April 2011 to November 2011. Feasibility study for planned Educational initiative, Initiative development strategies
A. D. Hamingson & Associates Team
Jennie Greer, Senior Consultant
Jennie Greer brings nearly two decades of strategic leadership as a director-level fundraiser, graduate fundraising professor, and development consultant, creating successful and efficient annual and capital fundraising campaigns for her clients. As a consultant, she is proud to have supported the missions of The Barrow Group and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, both with A. D. Hamingson & Associates, and also Building for the Arts, Clubbed Thumb, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, and Soho Rep.
As a staff member, she served as the Director of Development of New Dramatists, where she was responsible for a 39% increase in contributed revenue and then later as the Director of Advancement, where she oversaw a 23% increase in fundraising income. Between those two positions, Jennie was the Director of Theatre Advancement at Signature Theatre Company, overseeing a 30% increase in annual fundraising revenue, as well as capital and special project fundraising, including a campaign for the groundbreaking Signature Ticket Initiative.
Jennie has an undergraduate degree from the University of Evansville Department of Theatre and holds an MFA in Performing Arts Management from Brooklyn College, where she taught the program’s fundraising class for seven years.
Annie Middleton,
Associate Consultant
Annie Middleton is a Brooklyn-based Creative Producer and Development Consultant. In addition to A.D. Hamingson & Associates, Middleton currently works with 3Views, Hypokrit Theatre Company, Notch Theatre Company, The Pond Theatre Company, The Associates, and a number of individual NYC artists. Middleton recently served as Managing Director of Rattlestick Playwrights Theater for three years. She is a graduate of Yale School of Drama’s Theater Management MFA program. At Yale, Middleton served as Managing Director of Yale Cabaret, Company Manager for Yale Repertory Theatre, General Manager for the Dwight/Edgewood Project, and Management Fellow at Roundabout Theatre Company in NYC.
Morgan Lindsey Tachco,
Associate Consultant
Morgan Lindsey Tachco is a Brooklyn-based consultant and theater artist who has supported the work of thousands of artists in her career as creative producer, grantmaker, fundraiser, and advocate. Morgan oversaw the allocation of over $2mil in public cultural funds in her eight year tenure at Brooklyn Arts Council and has worked as an independent consultant since 2017. She regularly facilitates workshops, panels and/or one on one sessions on integrating business principles into creative practice for such organizations as: NEW INC, New York Women in Film and Television, Actors Fund Arts Center, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Groundswell, CUE Art Foundation, A.I.R. Gallery, Staten Island Arts, MANA Contemporary, and more. Morgan is Managing Producer at The Builders Association, a performance & tech company now in their 25th year; and Performer/Deviser and Creative Producer of Little Lord, a Brooklyn-based performance company. Most recent with The Builders: Elements of Oz (NYU Skirball) and STRANGE WINDOW (BAM Next Wave); with Little Lord: NYTimes Critic’s Pick SKINNAMARINK / The Peanut Butter Show (2018: Target Margin Theater’s The Doxsee, 2019: Next Door at NYTW); NOW IS THE TIME... (Abrons Arts Center, 2016, 3 NYITA noms). Her performance work has been called, “playful, nuanced,” and “pretty, although quite chubby.” Morgan holds a B.A. from Goddard College in Individualized Studies with a concentration in Performance and Arts Management, and is an inaugural New York Community Trust Leadership Fellow.
Sarah A. McLellan,
Associate Consultant
Sarah McLellan is a mission-oriented management and fundraising professional who prioritizes process, inclusion, and creativity to develop dynamic solutions for arts organizations. As Executive Director of Ensemble Studio Theatre, Sarah McLellan led two consecutive seasons of increased revenue – both earned (15.25% increase) and contributed (60% increase). She worked with EST’s board, staff, and artistic membership to revise EST’s mission statement to reflect EST’s commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. As Managing Director of Clubbed Thumb, Sarah provided management leadership during a period of historic growth which resulted in Clubbed Thumb’s first ever Off-Broadway co-production (Men on Boats), the original workshop production of the Heidi Schreck’s Broadway hit, What the Constitution Means to Me, and an overall increase of Clubbed Thumb’s operating budget by 44%. Prior to Clubbed Thumb, Sarah was the Assistant Administrative Director of the Juilliard Drama Division, Artistic and Management Programs Associate at Theatre Communications Group, and spent four years coordinating the Apprentice and Workshop programs at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Sarah was a participant in the Juilliard Professional Intern Program, and selected for the 2017 NYFA Emerging Leaders Boot Camp. She received a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she focused on theater production and administration.
Jaime Totti,
Project Coordinator
Jaime Francisco Totti is a passionate theater manager driven by a desire to produce art and build community among artists, administrators, audiences, and donors. In May 2020, he earned a dual MFA/MBA from the Yale School of Drama and the Yale School of Management, and most recently served as the Managing Director for the 2019-2020 season of the Yale Cabaret. Born and raised in New York City, Jaime has been dedicated to creating inclusive theater since age 14. After graduating from Yale College, Jaime worked in directing, dramaturgy, and artistic administration for Victory Gardens, Steppenwolf, and The Goodman Theater in Chicago, IL. He also created devised new work as an ensemble member of The New Colony. Returning to New York in 2012, Jaime worked as management associate for Frankel Green Theatrical Management for four years before returning to Yale in 2016 to pursue further training and focus on the role of arts institutions in civic society. While at Yale, he completed a management fellowship at Berkeley Repertory Theater with Managing Director Susie Medak, and wrote a case study on strategic planning at Studio Theatre in 2016.