A.J. Allegra, Board Treasurer

A.J. Allegra is the Artistic Director of Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre in the French Quarter. He moved to  New Orleans from his hometown of Chicago after graduating from NYU in 2007 and has resided  in the city since that time. Prior to his work at Le Petit, Allegra was Artistic Director of The NOLA Project theatre company and taught theater at both NOCCA and The Willow School over a period of 16 years. He has directed and produced more than 75 major theatre productions in New Orleans. He holds a BFA in Theatre  from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, a Shakespeare in Performance Certification from RADA  (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) in London, and MS in Nonprofit Leadership from the  University of Pennsylvania. He is married to costume designer Kaci Thomassie and proudly lives in the Irish Channel where he loves to ride his bike.