Patreshettarlini (‘Pat’) Adams (she/her) is the Resident Stage Manager at the Wilma Theater. She has been with the organization since 1996. This season (2024-25) will be her 29th and she has recently celebrated over 100 productions with them! She has been a member of Actor’s Equity for over 31 years.
Pat’s almost 40-year career encompasses work with the Crossroads Theatre Company, New Brunswick, NJ; Freedom Theatre, Philadelphia, PA; New Victory Theater, NYC; Ford’s Theater, Washington, DC; The National Black Theater Festival, Winston-Salem, NC; The National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA.; the Standard Bank National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa. She has traveled internationally with the dance company, Noche Flamenca!
Pat serves as a Board Member for Theatre Philadelphia; the Lay Leader of Emmanuel UMC; Lifetime member of the SMA and Board member for the Foundation for Stage Managers; a Board member-at-Large for the National Theatre Conference. She has received the Bonaly Recognition for Stage Management (2017); the IUP Alumni Award of Distinction (2018); a 2020 recipient of the Del Hughes Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Art of Stage Management.
In memory of ‘Miss Thomi’, for Love and Faith.
Pat is a teaching artist for the Wilma Portable Studio. Watch this video to see her in action as an instructor.
