Eileen Phelan Named to Board of Portland Ovations

Eileen Phelan has been named to the Board of Directors of Portland Ovations the 81 year-old not-for-profit performing arts organization based in Portland, Maine.

Phelan, a Cape Elizabeth resident and Vice President of Legacy Properties Sotheby's International Realty in Portland started her career in the film and television industry in New York City. Switching gears and entering into publishing, Phelan went to work for New York City's weekly newspaper The Village Voice as the Marketing and Promotions Manager. While at The Voice, Phelan produced the OBIE Awards, the Off and Off-Off Broadway Theater Awards and went on to receive her Masters of Fine Arts in Theater Direction from Brooklyn College.

Eileen founded the not-for-profit theater company, Sightlines Theater Company, which produced Off-Off Broadway Theater Productions for ten years. She also worked for several other not-for-profit organizations in the areas of marketing and event fundraising, including The New York Village Halloween Parade, The Children's Museum of the Arts and The House of Elder Artists.

About Portland Ovations
Each year since 1931, Portland Ovations brings a dynamic season of exceptional performing artists from around the world to Maine including classical music, jazz, opera, dance, theater, and Broadway national tours. In addition to live performances, Ovations brings the exhilaration of the performing arts out into our community with season-long educational and outreach activities known as Ovations Offstage. A Maine-based non-profit, Portland Ovations contributes to the cultural, social and economic well-being of our community by presenting an array of high quality performing artists from around the world and creating diverse educational experiences that bring the enjoyment, energy and enrichment of the arts to all.

http://portlandovations.org/

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