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RESUME

JONATHAN HETLER
ARTISTIC LEADER / PRODUCER / DIRECTOR
HETLERJ@GMAIL.COM  / 570-337-4961  /  HETLERJ.COM

PROFILE

Artistic producer, casting leader, and director with experience spanning season planning, producing, institutional leadership, immersive theatrical development, and audience-centered programming within major regional theater environments.

ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP

Milwaukee Repertory Theater | 2019–Present
Artistic Producer & Casting Director

Senior artistic leader working across season planning, casting, producing, and institutional programming within a major LORT regional theater.

  • Help shape and support a 13-production season encompassing new work, reimagined classics, large-scale musicals, and developmental projects.

  • Cast approximately 175 roles annually across productions, workshops, and new play initiatives.

  • Line produce multiple productions each season while collaborating across artistic, production, marketing, development, and executive teams.

  • Played a leadership role during Milwaukee Rep’s $81 million capital campaign and transition into the Associated Bank Theater Center while supporting donor-facing programming and institutional events.

  • Maintain national relationships with directors, playwrights, agents, casting offices, and artists while directing productions and institutional programming as part of the organization’s artistic leadership structure.

SELECTED DIRECTING

Regional Theatre

  • It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play — Milwaukee Repertory Theater

  • Dino! An Evening with Dean Martin — Milwaukee Repertory Theater

  • A Christmas Carol (Remounted Four Consecutive Years) — Milwaukee Repertory Theater

Immersive / Site-Responsive

  • Rent — Outskirts Theatre

  • La Cage Aux Folles or “La Cage @ La Cage” — Outskirts Theatre

Classical & Contemporary

  • Romeo & Juliet — Ohio University

  • Hamlet (Cancelled due to Covid) — Milwaukee Repertory Theater

  • The Servant of Two Masters — Marquette University

  • La Mujer Barbuda (World Premiere) — Seabury Quinn Jr. Festival

  • The Thanksgiving Play (Upcoming) — Marquette University

  • The Last Days of Judas Iscariot — Ohio University

STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

EnergyCAP, Inc. | 2008–2016
Vice President, Human Resources & Administration

Senior executive leadership overseeing organizational growth, culture development, and operational strategy. This experience continues to shape Jonathan’s collaborative, systems-oriented approach to artistic leadership and organizational strategy.

  • Led organizational strategy, staffing, and internal operations during a period of significant growth.

  • Oversaw multi-million-dollar budgets and company-wide systems.

  • Built leadership pipelines and internal structures supporting a 50%+ increase in staff.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • M.F.A. — Directing | Ohio University

  • M.B.A. — Organizational Change & Development | Regent University

  • M.A. — Theatre | Regent University

  • Society of Directors and Choreographers — Associate Member

  • Casting Society (CSA) — Casting Director Status and Member