Paula Tomei, managing director of South Coast Repertory, has been elected treasurer of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American not-for-profit theatre. Tomei and playwright Henry David Hwang (vice president) are new officers joining president Kent Thompson, artistic director of Alabama Shakespeare Festival; vice president Judith O. Rudin, chairman of the board of Playwrights Horizon; and secretary Linda Hartzell, artistic director of Seattle Children's Theatre.At SCR, Tomei is responsible for the overall administration of the day-to-day operations. She has been a member of the SCR staff since 1979. She graduated from the University of California, Irvine, with a degree in Economics.
-- By Willard Manus
Southern California Correspondent