Hi everyone! It’s me, your friendly neighborhood Emily!
For the past year, I have been beyond fortunate to be the Program Director of Nerdist Theater at Meltdown, the funky little space that could in the back of Meltdown Comics. We started out with three staff members (me, On-Site Producer Extraordinaire Mo, and Tech Guru Zac), and now we have around 24 or so. They’re all amazing human beings.
Because my life is getting busier and busier, and because I feel guilty about hogging good things, I decided a few weeks ago that it was time for me to pass on the torch of Program Director. It was a decision that involved me crying quite a bit, but a good decision.
Danielle Kramer, our sometimes-PR person, sometimes-House Manager, will be taking over for me as Program Director of NerdMelt starting in June. She is brilliant and wonderful and will do a fantastic job. She’s basically been doing the job for over a couple of weeks already, exceeding every expectation I had.
I’m still going to be around NerdMelt, running The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail every Wednesday, gossiping in the green room, and just general being a hangabout. NerdMelt is my home, no matter what, and it always will be. But it’s time to see what other folk can do. The hard work and teamwork that Danielle and Mo exhibit is amazing, and I have complete faith that NerdMelt will only get better and better from here on out.
So please join me in welcoming Danielle (@DanielleNKramer), dumping Gatorade on her, or whatever else it is people do.
She clearly got the memo about striped shirts.
