the performances at redcat are funded and presented in part by the redcat council. current council members include: diane levine (chair ), edgar d. arceneaux, joseph m. cohen, rita cohen, neda disney, tim disney, fariba ghaffari, richard j. grad, r. stephen maguire, antonio mejias-rentas , seth polen , kevin ratner , abby sher, michael skloff, alex westerman, adele yellin and ravi rajan, (president, calarts ).