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Fall Conference 2024

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Reboot & Regroup

October 22 - 23, 2024

The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College (and online!)

524 West 59th Street (between 10th & 11th Avenues), New York, NY

Maybe the most important musical theatre networking event of the year, the 2024 Fall Conference explored the most pressing issues around new work production and development, as well as the state of the industry more broadly. Just as importantly, it provided a community for leaders of theatres from all over the country and the world to share best practices, brainstorm and support one another.

The 2024 Fall Conference featured sessions including: “Regroup & Reframe,” a chance for all attendees to share their personal views of the state of the field; “Models of Producing,” where members shared nuts and bolts of how they make theatre and collaborate with their communities; “Opening the Gates,” a look at how to balance the desire to open our doors to new work and new voices with the realities of budget and bandwidth; “Risk…and Reward?” exploring the relative nature of risk in programming and how to bring today’s audiences along for the ride; alongside many more sessions. Conference attendees also got a sneak peek of the 36th Annual Festival of New Musicals at a special Meet-the-Writers panel and had many opportunities for networking and real connection over breakfasts & lunches as well as a member-favorite cocktail party at Broadway mainstay Glass House Tavern. Most Conference sessions were also livestreamed for members who are unable to join us in person, and recordings are available to logged-in NAMT members below.

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As of 10/8/24. Subject to change.

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Attendees

321 Theatrical Management
Nancy Gibbs
Producer/General Manager
In Person
AMTP at Northwestern University
Brannon Bowers
Producing Director
In Person
Asolo Repertory Theatre
Ross Egan
Managing Director
In Person
Asolo Repertory Theatre
Peter Rothstein
Producing Artistic Director
In Person
Aurora Theatre
Ann-Carol Pence
Co-Founder/Producing Artistic Director
In Person
Aurora Theatre
Katie Pelkey
Managing Director
In Person
Aurora Theatre
Katie Chambers
Director of Production
In Person
Aurora Theatre
Anthony Rodriguez
Co-Founder
In Person
Barrington Stage
Branden Huldeen
Artistic Producer/Assoc. Artistic Director
In Person
beon. Entertainment
Jaime Sánchez
COO
In Person
Break-Away Tours
Charlie Frasier
VP Development
In Person
Break-Away Tours
Ronnie Plasters
VP Philanthropy
In Person
Broadway Licensing Global
Sara Skolnick
Director of Acquisitions & New Work
In Person
Broadway Licensing Global
Stephanie Cowan
Director of Musical Licensing
In Person
Broadway Rose Theatre
Sharon Maroney
Producing Artistic Director
In Person
Brooks & Distler, Attorneys at Law
Marsha Brooks
Partner, Brooks & Distler
In Person
Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama
Rick Edinger
Chair of Acting/ Music Theater; Music Supervisor/ MD/ Conductor
In Person
Center Theatre Group
Snehal Desai
Artistic Director
In Person
Chappell Hill Productions/NSMT
Matthew Chappell
Owner/Producer
In Person
Cinevative
Mark Ciglar
CEO
In Person
Concord Theatricals
Sean Flahaven
Chief Theatricals Executive, Concord
In Person
Concord Theatricals
Bill Gaden
President, Worldwide
In Person
Concord Theatricals
Theresa Posorske 
Director, Professional Licensing
In Person
Concord Theatricals
Michelle Yaroshko
Senior Vice President, Professional Licensing (North America)
In Person
Concord Theatricals
Tricia O'Toole
Professional Licensing Manager
In Person
Concord Theatricals
Michael Macaione
Professional Licensing Manager
In Person
Disney Theatrical Group
David Scott
Director, Licensing
In Person
Disney Theatrical Group
Erin Breznitsky
Manager, Licensing Operations
In Person
Diversionary Theatre Productions
Jenny Case
Executive Director
Online
Drama Club
Scott Ihrig
Principal
In Person
Dramallama
Sean Cercone
CEO/Founder
In Person
FineWomen Productions
Lori Fineman
Producer/Owner
In Person
FineWomen Productions
Elisbeth Challener
Producer/Owner
In Person
Flint Repertory Theatre
Nicole Samsel
Managing Director
In Person
Flint Repertory Theatre
Michael Lluberes
Producing Artistic Director
In Person
Goodspeed Musicals
Michael Fling
Associate Artistic Director
In Person
Goodspeed Musicals
Donna Lynn Hilton
Artistic Director
In Person
Greenbrier Valley Theatre
Paul Stancato
Producing Artistic Director
In Person
James Madison University
Michael Gubser
Professor
In Person
Kaplan Insurance Agency
Jeff Danovsky
Director of Sales and Marketing
In Person
Kaplan Insurance Agency
Madison Danovsky
Service Representative
In Person
Ken Davenport Theatricals
Jonathan Hogue
Associate Producer
In Person
Korea Arts Management Service (KAMS)
Lucy Seoyoung Yoon
Project Manager
In Person
La Jolla Playhouse
Eric Keen-Louie
Artistic Producing Director
In Person
La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts
BT McNicholl
Producing Artistic Director
In Person
LIVE Design Group
Jenny Hester
Business Development Director
In Person
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Charlie Ludden
Director of Development/Capital Campaign
In Person
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Susan Webb
Director of Marketing & Public Relations
In Person
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Ashley Wells
Executive Producer
In Person
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Michael Baron
Producing Artistic Director
In Person
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Jim Reynolds
Managing Director
In Person
Maine State Music Theatre
Curt Dale Clark
Artistic Director
In Person
Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Andrew Kato
Producing Artistic Director/Chief Executive
In Person
McCarter Theatre Center
Julie Felise Dubiner
Director of Artistic Initiatives
In Person
McCoy Rigby Entertainment
Tom McCoy
President/CEO
In Person
Music Theatre International
Richard Patterson
International Licensing Director
In Person
Music Theatre International
Adam Deremer
Associate Manager of Professional & International Licensing
In Person
Music Theatre Wichita
Brian J. Marcum
Artistic Director
In Person
Musical Theatre West
Bren Thor
Associate Producer
In Person
Musical Theatre West
Paul Garman
Executive Director/Producer
In Person
MusicalFare Theatre Company
Randy Kramer
Artistic/Executive Director
In Person
MusiCoLab
Barbara Bellman
President, BoD Musicolab
In Person
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Alana Roberts
Development Manager
In Person
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Amanda Freedman
Project Coordinator
In Person
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Emma Cordray
In Person
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Theo Karras
In Person
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Skye Cone Ivey
New Works Associate
In Person
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Emily Vortherms
Operations and Communications Associate
In Person
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Frankie Dailey
New Works Director
In Person
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Juanita Herrera Cardenas
Program Intern
In Person
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Adam Grosswirth
Member Services Director
In Person
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Betsy Militello
Executive Director
In Person
Neil Gooding Productions
Neil Gooding
Producer
In Person
New York Theatre Barn
Pauls Macs
Artistic Associate
In Person
Ogunquit Playhouse
Deborah Warren
Managing Director
In Person
Ogunquit Playhouse
Bradford Kenney
Executive Artistic Director
In Person
Paper Mill Playhouse
Mike Stotts
Executive Director
In Person
Paper Mill Playhouse
Jen Bender
Associate Artistic Director
In Person
Paper Mill Playhouse
Mark Hoebee
Producing Artistic Director
In Person
PatronManager
Jordan Simmons
Senior Director of Sales- Arts and Culture
In Person
Pittsburgh CLO
Mark Fleischer
Executive Producer
In Person
Playhouse on the Square
Michael Detroit
Executive Producer
In Person
Porchlight Music Theatre
Michael Weber
Artistic Director
In Person
Red Mountain Theatre
Jennifer Jaquess
Executive Director
In Person
Red Mountain Theatre
Roy Lightner
SINGH Artistic Director
In Person
Rhinebeck Writers Retreat
Kathy Evans
Founding Executive Director
In Person
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
Isabelle Ly
Producer
In Person
Ryohei Otani
Ryohei Otani
Producer
In Person
Sharon Fallon Productions, Inc.
Sharon Fallon
Producer/General Manager
In Person
Shea Theatricals
Jana Shea
Producer/Founder
In Person
Sheridan College
Chris Scholey
Theatre Sheridan Producer
In Person
Sheridan College
Ned Loach
Academic Portfolio Administrator
In Person
Sheridan College
Tania Senewiratne
Associate Dean, Visual and Performing Arts
In Person
Signature Theatre
Mac Ingram
Director of Development
In Person
Somerled Arts
Scott Evans
Artistic Director
Online
Somerled Arts
Wendy Macdonald
Executive Director
Online
Somerled Arts
Robert Macdonald
Trustee
Online
Somerled Arts
Alex Lonati
Guest - SpeakEasy Stage (Boston)
Online
Somerled Arts
Jr, Todd McNeel
Guest - SpeakEasy Stage (Boston)
Online
Somerled Arts
David Beardsley
Executive Director
Online
Somerled Arts
Paul Daigneault
Guest - SpeakEasy Stage (Boston)
Online
South Carolina New Play Festival
West Hyler
Executive Director
In Person
Spektrix
Jess Browder
Client Success Lead
In Person
Starhawk Productions
Wendy Gillespie
President & CEO
In Person
Straighten Your Crown Productions
Steven Alan Black
Associate
In Person
Straighten Your Crown Productions
Nicole LaFountaine
President
In Person
Studebaker Theater - Fine Arts Building
Jacob Harvey
Managing Artistic Director
In Person
Syracuse University
Kathleen Wrinn
Artistic Director, New Works/New Voices
In Person
The 5th Avenue Theatre
Jay Santos
Senior Director of Artistic Programming
In Person
The 5th Avenue Theatre
Neen Williams - Teramachi
In Person
The 5th Avenue Theatre
Becky Witmer
Senior Director of Marketing & Philanthropy
In Person
The 5th Avenue Theatre
Bill Berry
Executive Director
In Person
The Muny
Kwofe Coleman
President & CEO
In Person
The Muny
Michael Baxter
Associate Artistic Director
In Person
The New Group
Adrian Alea
Artistic Producer
In Person
The Old Globe
Kim Heil
Artistic Producer & Head of Casting
In Person
Theater Latté Da
Elisa Spencer-Kaplan
Managing Director
In Person
Theater Latté Da
Elissa Adams
Associate Artistic Director/Director of New Work
In Person
Theatre Under The Stars
Hillary Hart
Executive Director
In Person
Theatrical Rights Worldwide
Steve Spiegel
Owner & CEO
In Person
Theatrical Rights Worldwide
Michael McFadden
Vice President/Artistic Producer
In Person
Transport Group Theatre Company
Peter McKown
Director
In Person
Tuacahn Center for the Arts
Shari Jordan
Associate Artistic Producer
In Person
Tuacahn Center for the Arts
Zoe Baird
Company Manager
In Person
Tuacahn Center for the Arts
Scott Anderson
Artistic Director
In Person
Universal Theatrical Group
Sam Squeri
Director, Theatre Production & Finance
In Person
Universal Theatrical Group
Mel Golliday
In Person
Village Theatre
Derek Watanabe
Managing Director
In Person
Village Theatre
Adam Immerwahr
Artistic Director
In Person
WaterTower Theatre
Shane Peterman
Producer
In Person
Weston Theater Company
Susanna Gellert
Executive Artistic Director
In Person
Weston Theater Company
Olivia Ramos Reed
Creative Media Manager
Online
Wildpark Entertainment
Laura Elmes
Producer
In Person
WINDY CITY PRODUCTIONS, California
SUSAN RABIN
Artistic Director, Playwright in Residence
In Person
ZACH Theatre
Jamie Herlich
Managing Director
In Person
Østre Gasværk Teater
Anna Karlin
Associate producer
In Person
Østre Gasværk Teater
Soren Moller
Creative Producer
In Person
Douglas Senecal
General Manager
Online
Grace Kosaka
CEO/Producer
Online
Aaron Sanko
CEO, UIA Talent Agency
In Person
Christine Burke
Ms. Wheelchair America 2022
Online
Andy Butterfield
Director of Marketing and Communications
Online
Tad Fujioka
Assistant Box Office Manager
Online
R Erin Craig
Producer
In Person
Molly Morris
In Person
Adam Cohen
Producer
Online
Chris Crouch
co-Owner
In Person
Yadira Del Rincon
Donor Outreach/Special Events Coordinator
Online
Jen Alden
CFOO
Online
John Levy
Writer/Producer
In Person
Eliza Montgomery
Producer
In Person
Camila Grunberg
Creative Producer & Educator
Online
Catt Fox-Uruburu
Production Manager
Online
David Coffman
In Person
Pia Cincotti
Online
Stephen Brotebeck
Professor, Musical Theatre
Online
Julia Koyfman
In Person
Kathryn Carter
In Person
Xander Browne
In Person
Jessica Carmona
Lyricist, Composer, Librettist
In Person
Obed De la Cruz
In Person
JuJu Jaworski
In Person
DV Cortez
In Person
Mikayla Coxe
In Person
Christian Jimenez
In Person
Rebecca Eisenberg
Producer
Online
Molly Conklin
Producing Assistant
Online
Courtney Kaia
Marketing Coordinator
Online
Sara Phoenix
CFOO
Online
Dan McMahon
Director of Marketing
Online
Katie Jackman
Director of Brand Strategy
Online

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Participation Guidelines

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This page was last updated on 11/08/2024