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Patreshettarlini Adams

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Patreshettarlini (‘Pat’) Adams (she/her) is the Resident Stage Manager at the Wilma Theater. She has been with the organization since 1996 and has worked on over 100 productions there. She has been a member of Actor’s Equity for over 31 years.

Pat’s has also worked with the Crossroads Theatre Company, New Brunswick, NJ; Freedom Theatre, Philadelphia, PA; New Victory Theater, NYC; Ford’s Theater, Washington, DC; The National Black Theater Festival, Winston-Salem, NC; The National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA.; the Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa. She has traveled internationally with the dance company, Noche Flamenca!

Pat serves as a Board Member for Theatre Philadelphia. She is a Lay Leader of Emmanuel UMC And is a lifetime member of the SMA and Board member for the Foundation for Stage Managers. She has received the Bonaly Recognition for Stage Management (2017); the IUP Alumni Award of Distinction (2018); a 2020 recipient of the Del Hughes Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management.

Sept. 12, 2025

107. Blanka and Pat's Excellent Adventure

Director Blanka Zizka and stage manager Patreshettarlini Adams talk about their decades of work. And they agree that "Theater is Music."