The Riverside Theater Staff
Temishia
Johnson
Riverside Theatre General Manager
Temishia Johnson has worked for Riverside Church for three years in the Technical Services Department and was recently promoted to run The Riverside Theatre Department. She holds an MFA in theatre from University of Missouri Kansas City. Temishia is the resident Lighting Designer for Forces of Nature Dance Company, Pure Elements Theatre and Dance and Creative Outlet Theatre and Dance. One of the greatest opportunities she has had was assisting Mr. William Grant III on the Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Other credits include: the premier of Evy Wright’s 3 Girls on Flatbush; Theresa Rebeck’s Mauritius; Torrey Townsend’s Brief Hours and Weeks, and CB Murray’s Pearl the Musical.
Jacob Schmid
RIVERSIDE CHURCH TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Jacob Schmid hails from Minneapolis, Minnesota, and moved to New York to pursue a degree in music and engineering at New York University. With an Interest in theater sound, music recording, sound for picture, and AV system design, Jacob has many hats piling up in his closet. His past clients include PBS, HBO, Showtime, NBC Universal, and Verve Records. To keep the void at bay, Jacob enjoys playing the guitar, long walks on the beach, and soldering D-subs to Tascam pinout standards.
Martin Bodenheimer
RIVERSIDE THEATRE TECHNICAL MANAGER
Martin Bodenheimer grew up in Oxford, MS before attending the University of Southern Maine for his Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre. He moved to NY to pursue a career both on and off stage. Keep your eyes peeled at the Met Opera, you might see him as a background actor! As an Eagle Scout, his other interests revolve around the bicycling, rock climbing and fly-fishing.
David Velazquez
RIVERSIDE THEATRE AUDIO ENGINEER
David is a native New Yorker and a graduate of Queens College and The Institute of Audio Research. Thanks to him growing up in this city, he has been well exposed to the music, theater, and film industries which allows him to bring loads of insight on how things work to Riverside. Outside of being the theater’s audio engineer, David has his own production company and is always looking for new artists, actors, and technicians to work with. He also loves the opposite extreme of living in a city and tries to discover the most remote locations to relax across the country.