VenueConnect 2019

Sara Beatty
Director of Theater Operations
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts


Sara Beatty, CVP is the Director of Theater Operations for the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts in Kansas City, MO. She brings a wealth of experience, with a career combining years as an Actor’s Equity Stage Manager, a former educator, and multiple roles held in technical theater and venue management. She has moved through the ranks in her ten years at the Kauffman Center, starting as a Production Services Supervisor in its inaugural season. Sara holds a wide range of responsibilities including hospitality management; show advancement; budgets, contracts, and settlements, and oversees the venue’s booking software. Sara holds a Master of Fine Arts in Technical Theater, Stage Management from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and a Bachelor of Science in Education from Missouri State University. She is a 2023 graduate of GI, and 2014 graduate of Venue Management School and a Certified Venue Professional. Sara’s involvement in IAVM has included a multi-year commitment on the Performing Arts Sector committee, notably championing PAC Boot Camps for the past 4 years, and is a founding member of the Venue Managers Mom’s Affinity Group, and oversees the monthly Performing Arts Back of House Town Halls. She is thrilled be the incoming Chair of the Performing Arts Committee.

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