Opera Conference 2026's first plenary session, "Keep Them Coming Back," explored what opera producers can do to transform audience expectations and improve retention. Watch to:
Anh Le is the Director of Marketing and Public Relations at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, where she leads institutional marketing strategy, overseeing sales, digital engagement, and audience development while serving as a key strategic partner in company-wide community engagement efforts. In addition to her work at OTSL, Anh has served two terms on the board of OPERA America, where she co-chairs the Communications Council. She is also a board member of St. Louis-based organizations Classic 107.3 and Continuum Vocal Ensemble. Anh is an alumna of Harvard University and holds an M.F.A. in Theater Management from the Yale School of Drama.
Cathy is a principal at Fisher Dachs Associates where she is the head of the firm’s planning department. She has deep expertise in room design, back-of-house planning, test-fit studies, and programming. She is currently working on new homes for Hudson Valley Shakespeare in Garrison, NY and the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance in Harlem. Most recently, she has completed work on Sarofim Hall at Rice University in Houston and the renovation of the Delacorte Theater for The Public Theater. Cathleen has studied in the PhD program at the University of Pennsylvania. She has an M.Arch from Rice University and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
In addition to founding Dogfish alongside husband Sam, Mariah captained Dogfish Head’s grass-roots marketing, PR and social media world as well as the charitable-giving arm of Dogfish Head, Beer & Benevolence. As part of the Boston Beer Company, Mariah stood up and led the organization’s Social Impact Team which focused on cause-marketing for the company’s brands, the coworker volunteering program and community engagement.
Mariah has served on the boards of The Nature Conservancy, University of Delaware, Rehoboth Beach Film Society and Northfield Mount Hermon School. She currently serves on the board of the Delaware Community Foundation and her family’s business Draper Media. Mariah also heads up two charitable family foundations.
She and Sam have two grown children and two ornery dogs. They live in coastal Delaware and spend time on Dogfish Head, Maine.
