Alley Theatre
Cathy Bencivenga has a diverse work experience in the theater and arts industry. Cathy began their career in 2005 as a Program Associate at the American Theatre Wing. Cathy then worked as the General Manager at TACT/The Actors Company Theatre from 2005 to 2013. During this time, they also served as the Director of Production and a member of the Board of Directors at The Gallery Players from 2005 to 2008. From 2007 to 2012, Bencivenga was the Managing Director at The Internationalists. In 2013, they enrolled as a Graduate Student at SMU Cox School of Business and completed their studies in 2015. Bencivenga also pursued a graduate program at Bocconi University in 2014. Cathy gained practical experience in the theater industry through internships and practicums at the National Center for Arts Research, Alley Theatre, and Dallas Theater Center. Cathy held a variety of roles at Alley Theatre, including Executive Manager and later Administrative Director of Education & Community Engagement from 2015 to the present. Overall, Bencivenga has a strong background in arts management and education, with a focus on theater.
Cathy Bencivenga completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in Performing Arts Management from Southwestern University, where they studied from 2000 to 2004. Cathy went on to pursue a Master of Arts and Master of Business Administration (MA/MBA) degree in Arts Management at Southern Methodist University from 2013 to 2015.
Alley Theatre
The Alley was founded over 70 years ago as Houston’s theatre company. It exists to provide audiences with the highest quality theatre, offering a wide variety of work including new plays, classics, the re-discovered and the rarely-performed, and new musical theatre, with an emphasis on new American works – to provide the inspirational and the provocative – to make our audiences think, feel, dream, and be entertained. The Alley Theatre is one of the few American Theatre companies that supports a company of actors, designers, artisans and craftspeople throughout the year. Our productions are built and rehearsed in the Alley Theatre Center for Theatre Production – a 75,000-square-foot facility adjacent to the theatres themselves – that is state-of-the-art and one of the most complete and largest facilities of its kind anywhere. The mission of the Alley Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director Rob Melrose and Managing Director Dean Gladden, is to deepen the understanding of ourselves, one another, and the world we share by uniting theatre artists and audiences to experience the power of stories that illuminate the breadth and complexities of the human condition.