BROS Board and Artistic Council

Board of Directors

Stewards and protectors of the company’s mission, these experienced community members often serve on multiple committees dedicated to company growth, fiscal oversight, legal compliance, budgeting, contracts fundraising and lots of other special projects. They clear the way for the staff and volunteers to do the work that makes this company great! Email the BROS Board of Directors - board@baltimorerockopera.org

I'm Claire, a new member of the BROS board. I've been a fan of BROS since I walked through a balloon colon and into the Hallowiener Sphinctacular in 2013. My fiance, Corey Tappan, has been in the band for a few BROS shows and has introduced me to the amazing community that creates these shows. It's an honor to join the ranks in my own small way as a board member. I am a lawyer by day, asleep by night and making cheesy jokes all the time. I'm excited to apply my legal skills/knowledge of the dark arts to BROS' benefit!

Claire Costantino

Chair

Dylan Koehler is a proud founding member of BROS, and shares writing credits to some of the most epic moments in the early repertoire including Gründlehämmer (2009, 2014) and Amphion (2011, 2016). Serving as BROS’ Managing Director for several years he oversaw the move to BROS first headquarters and two touring shows. Dylan has extensive experience other nonprofits as a grantwriter and program manager. He earned an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and now works as a Financial Analyst with Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA. His legendary love for pizza encompasses nearly all shapes, sizes, and toppings.

Dylan Koehler

Treasurer

Claudia is the Vice President of Economic Development at Downtown Partnership of Baltimore with a focus on research, business recruitment, retention and expansion, creative place-making and artist enhancement. Prior to her role at DPOB, she was the Special Assistant in Economic Development in the Baltimore Mayor’s Office. Claudia also has experience at the United States Department of State, working in the Office of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Public Relations Office. She holds a M.A. in International Policy from Georgetown University, a B.A. in Economics from UMBC and an B.A. in Political Science from the University of Manoa, Hawaii. She currently lives in Baltimore City with her partners and energetic nine year old daughter.

Claudia Jolin

Downtown Partnership of Baltimore

Dominic "Fixins" Cerquetti: Baltimore born and raised, Dominic served as keyboardist and technical supervisor in numerous BROS productions. In a previous life, Dominic attended Calvert Hall, worked for 5 years as a videogame audio and visual effects programmer for Firaxis Games and Big Huge Games, and played in videogame cover band Rare Candy. Currently, a 501c3 nonprofit whose annual videogame music festival, draws over 20,000 people annually to National Harbor, MD. Dominic looks forward to helping enable the next 6,990 years of Baltimore Rock Opera Society's glorious future.

Dominic Cerquetti

Secretary

Aran is a Baltimore-based director, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, writer, producer of music and performance, graduate of Goucher college. He is a founding member, former Artistic Director and current Executive Director of the Baltimore Rock Opera Society (BROS). When not working with BROS, he plays tenor saxophone and runs the DJ company Ridiculous Entertainment as well as working in live event and audio production. Favorite BROS credits include directing and co-writing Gründlehämmer (2009, 2014) directing The Battle of Blue Apple Crossing (Constellations & Crossroads 2018) and playing Batula in Rats! from 2015's Rock Opera 6-pack.

Aran Keating

BROS Artistic Council

The BROS Artistic Council is composed of veteran BROS each with a long history of excellence in building and working on BROS shows. They help shape our programming and ensure that all our work is a great example of the BROS aesthetic. They also manage the pitch party and pitch selection process. Email the BROS Artistic Council ac@baltimorerockopera.org

Derek Cooper is an actor, puppeteer, writer, and educator born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. After being wildly entertained as a BROS audience member for several years, Derek was cast in 2019's production of Welcome to Shakesville. He has also performed in BROS's Shadow Showdown, pitched and co-wrote one of the short films in Holes: A Puppet Anthology, and participated in Monster World: Zoo Quest. Derek is a Senior Education Specialist at Port Discovery Children's Museum and performs with several other local theatres throughout the Maryland region. When he's able to steal some free time, Derek enjoys listening to music, writing, taking online courses, and dreaming up new concepts to entertain and educate his surrounding community.

Derek Cooper

Carlos Guillen's life in local theater was forever changed when he beheld four complete performances of the BROS DOUBLE FEATURE. He almost chose never to join BROS so that he could witness their rise to glory as a rabid fan, but the universe had other plans! Starting with his help on costume lighting in ELECTRIC PHAROAH and culminating in his audio engineering for CHRONOSHRED, AMPHION, and BRIDES OF TORTUGA, Carlos has since chosen to dedicate his blood, sweat, tears, and EARS to further the glory of the BROS mission...TO MELT FACES FOR 7000 YEARS. BYEW BYEW BYEW!!!

Carlos Guillen

Zach is a builder-maker of habitats, sets, stories, furniture, songs, special effects, and codswallop. He is a 15+yr resident of Baltimore city and a MICA alum. By day he works at the National Aquarium in Baltimore and by night he volunteers and has worn a variety of BROS hats starting in 2013. Past roles include Mothertrucker (tour logistics), Production Manager, Script/Song writer and Set designer. He is also a proud supporter of social justice organizations and has pledged to make BROS a space that amplifies the voices of Black and Brown people in Baltimore.

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Zachary Yarosz

Bowen Gregory is a performer, video artist, and builder who has taken on a wide variety of roles at BROS, both on and off stage. Their favorite BROS projects include playing a two-headed dancing rat, building a 10-foot seahorse suit, and writing music. Outside BROS, they run a video production company, and teach video at MICA.

Bowen Gregory

Chris Allen has been the trusty Lighting Dragon for BROS since 2012's Valhella, and he's enjoyed every moment. From touring to different cities with Electric Pharoah, getting to run lights for the staged reading of Gründlehämmer at The Kennedy Center, and helping with lighting the Washington Monument right here in Baltimore, it has been quite a ride for Chris so far. He very much looks forward to the next 7,000 years with the company. When not behind a lighting board for BROs or other theater companies like Single Carrot, Chris can often be found making music somewhere around the city.

Chris Allen

Anna Platis has been volunteering with BROS since 2011, and designing since 2013. Her BROS design credits include Murdercastle (2013), Gründlehämmer (2014), Chronoshred (2016), the Rock Opera 6-Pack (2015), Amphion (2016) and Artistic Director for Space Kümité (2019) an interactive, sci-fi, martial arts, musical experience. Since 2015 Anna has also been the BROS Captain of Special Events, coordinating numerous BROS fundraising events. Anna is also designs professionaly other companies in Baltimore including Single Carrot Theater and StillPointe Theater. In the future she hopes to continue creating more incredible, unique, experiential events.

Anna Platis

Gabe (he/him) is a musician, composer, and writer who started working with BROS 2022 but quickly became deeply involved with the organization. He pitched, composed, co-wrote, and music directed A Computer That Loves (And Why Not to Build One), played in the band for The Gold Night, and co-pitched, co-wrote, and is co-directing Lempira (although by the time you're reading this on our website, that'll probably be past tense). Gabe is a lover of science-fiction, existentialism, and breaking the fourth wall. Outside of BROS he researches cancer epigenetics and drums in the marching band for the Baltimore Ravens NFL team.

Gabe Shatkin

Lincoln Goode has a love for being on stage, but really enjoys every aspect of theatre. He first joined BROS in their production of Incredibly Dead! and has enjoyed working in and on their shows ever since, including his directorial debut in Holes: A Puppet Anthology. Lincoln has also had a chance to act as stage manager for other local theatres around Baltimore and has even written a play of his own. Lincoln can also be seen guiding haunted pub crawls through Fells Point, and is excited to graduate college in the spring and transfer to University of Maryland. In his free time, Lincoln enjoys watching scary movies, traveling to new places, and doing just about anything with his dogs.

Board & Artistic Council