Staff

Evan Hoffmann (he/him)
Producing Artistic Director

Evan Hoffmann is devoted husband and the proud father of three ridiculously adorable children. In his spare time, he is also a professional actor and director who has worked extensively in the DC area, as well as nationally and internationally. At NextStop he has directed Matilda, Singing in the Rain, East of Eden, The Wedding Singer, Boeing Boeing, Catch Me If You Can, City of Angels, Deathtrap, The Secret Garden, Gutenberg! The Musical, Miss Electricity, Into the Woods, The 39 Steps, Caroline, or Change, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Metamorphoses. His other local professional credits include work with Signature Theatre, Ford’s Theater, Roundhouse Theatre, Imagination Stage, Olney Theatre Center, Centerstage in Baltimore, and Toby’s Dinner Theatre. Evan toured with the American Shakespeare Center, in the title role of Henry V. Evan graduated from Herndon High School and was the first recipient of the award for outstanding actor in a musical at the inaugural Washington, DC Area CAPPIE Awards. He received his bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary. In 2009, Evan was named as an International Fellow at Shakespeare’s Globe in London. Please contact Evan at evan.hoffmann@nextstoptheatre.org.

Vicki Kile (she/her)
Executive Director

Vicki Kile has traveled a unique path to her current position as Executive Director of NextStop Theatre. In her previous career, Vicki spent over 30 years working in corporate finance and accounting. She developed an extensive background in strategic program and project management, system and business process re-engineering, and change management. Her professional expertise and experience eventually led to her appointment as a Vice President within the Finance Division of Freddie Mac, one of the largest corporations in America. Vicki was first introduced to NextStop Theatre in 2014 and quickly began to fall in love with the theatre and NextStop, in particular. Vicki was asked to join the board of directors in 2015 and was then elected President of the Board in 2016. In 2021, after more than six years of exceptional volunteer service and in particular, after providing critical leadership to help guide NextStop through the extreme financial and logistical challenges of the pandemic, Vicki agreed to step down from the board so that she could be appointed to the newly created position of Executive Director. In her new role (and career), Vicki is excited and eager to use her extensive financial and management skills to help re-build and further strengthen NextStop into an organization that is able to both entertain and serve our community long into the future.

Tomoko Azuma (she/her)
Director of Development

An experienced arts management and fundraising professional with over 10 years of experience in the nonprofit field, Tomoko Azuma is delighted to join the staff at NextStop Theatre Company. She brings knowledge, experience, and skills from her previous roles at the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras, where, as Executive Director, she helped create, systematize, and implement a successful development plan for the organization. Her experience also encompasses artistic operations and administration, finance and budget management, membership recruitment, and event planning. Ms. Azuma has served as a grant reviewer for various arts commissions and councils in the Washington Metropolitan area, and served locally in Herndon as a Board member and volunteer at small nonprofit organizations. Please contact Tomoko at tomoko.azuma@nextstoptheatre.org.

Jessi Shull (she/her)
Director of Education

Jessi Shull has been a performer and educator in the DC metro area for 9 years and could not be more excited to begin this new adventure at NextStop Theatre! She is also a teaching artist with the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts and Creative Cauldron (Falls Church), in addition to working as a choreographer for several Fairfax County schools. When she’s not teaching or choreographing, she loves to be onstage herself. Favorite past roles include Lucy in Bright Star (Reston Community Players), Jerusha Abbott in Daddy Long Legs (Creative Cauldron), and Claire in Ordinary Days (NoVA Nightsky Theater). Jessi earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Elon University where she also completed an Undergraduate Honors Fellowship in the discipline of theatre dance history and preservation. She currently lives in Sterling with her husband, Josh, and their two kitty cats- Lilo and Moo.