In addition to her position in TAPS, Neel McNeill is the Executive Director of Definition Theatre. Most recently, Neel was the Marketing and Memberships Manager at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. In her position, she managed Steppenwolf’s membership campaigns—including its groundbreaking RED membership geared toward millennial audiences—while also handling analytics, pricing, and main series campaigns. A graduate of Howard University, Neel was named by American Theater Magazine as a “theatre worker to know” in its “Roll Call People to Watch” section. Neel has had the pleasure of spearheading collaborations with DCASE as well as Chicago institutions, including Goodman Theatre, Victory Gardens Theater, The New Colony, University of Chicago, and Urban Theater Company. Neel has also worked at renowned regional venues, including The Studio Theatre and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, among others in the Washington, DC area. Neel also volunteers for the American Heart Association to fight to prevent heart disease, the number one killer of Black women.
CONTACT NEEL FOR: co-curricular programming and budgeting