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October 17 - 18

TKP New York Conference Center, 109 West 39th Street, New York, NY

This year’s Fall Conference brought NAMT members together to discuss issues that are vitally important to the growth and survival of our field, the arts in general, and our current political moment. How can we create cultures of inclusion at our theatres — onstage, backstage and in the audience — and engage with our communities to make meaningful work? How do commercial/non-profit partnerships advance new musical theatre and allow for risk? How has the changing nature of social media and discourse affected our programming and our customer service responses? Musical theatre can address important issues or provide an escape — which approach do you take to your season? How can NAMT help deepen relationships among our members to help you as you tackle these topics and more?

Presenting Sponsor: Broadway Licensing

WHO ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE

Executive management, artistic directors, new works directors and staff, board members, commercial producers and anyone at your theatre involved with new work development and production. NAMT conferences can also be a great perk for engaged donors who are interested in learning more about how things work behind the scenes! All employees and board members of a member organization are NAMT members!

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Fall Conference registration included:

  • panels, speakers, case studies and breakout discussions
  • NAMT member speed-dating
  • breakfast and lunch on both days
  • sneak peek of the Festival of New Musicals at our Meet the Writers lunch
  • a pre-theatre cocktail party with heavy hors d’oeuvres and an open bar
  • ample networking time
  • and more!
Detailed Schedule

REGISTRATION, RATES AND DEADLINES

  • The NAMT Fall Conference is open to NAMT members in good standing and invited guests. If you are not a NAMT member (or are unsure of your membership status) and would like to attend the Fall Conference, please email Membership Director Adam Grosswirth  or call (212) 714-6668 x15.
  • Registration closed on October 9.
Details

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

We are very grateful to the sponsors and exhibitors of the 2017 Fall Conference. Please click here for information on supporting NAMT and the benefits of sponsoring or exhibiting at our events.

Sponsor or Exhibit at the Conference

Educational Resources Committee
Dan Murphy, The Broadway Rose Theatre (OR), Chair
Michael Ballam, Utah Festival Opera Company (UT)
Wayne Bryan, Music Theatre Wichita (KS)
Victoria Bussert, Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music (OH)
Mark Fleischer, Pittsburgh CLO (PA)
Donna Lynn Hilton, Goodspeed Musicals (CT)
Robb Hunt, Village Theatre (WA)
Jennifer Jaquess, Red Mountain Theatre Company (AL)
Orlando Morales, The 5th Avenue Theatre (WA)

Fall Conference Committee
Joshua Blanchard, Lake Dillon Theatre (CO), Chair
Hillary Hart, Theatre Under The Stars (TX)
Mark Hoebee, Paper Mill Playhouse (NJ)
Michael O’Brien, 11th Hour Theatre (PA)

Attendees

11th Hour Theatre Company
Daniel Guy
Managing Director
11th Hour Theatre Company
Michael O'Brien
Executive Producer
11th Hour Theatre Company
Kate Galvin
Casting Director/Creative Producer
321 Theatrical Management
Nancy Gibbs
Producer
42nd Street Moon
Daniel Thomas
Executive Artistic Director
Alchemation
Rod Kaats
AMTP (American Music Theatre Project)
Brannon Bowers
Producing Director
AMTP (American Music Theatre Project)
Ryan Cunningham
Apples and Oranges Arts
Christopher Sepulveda
Producer
Arizona Broadway Theatre
Kiel Klaphake
CEO/Executive Producer
Art Lab
Meg Fofonoff
Artistic Director/Producer
Art Lab
Arthur Cuadros
Choreographer/Producer
Art Lab
Jennifer Tremblay
Associate Artistic Producer
Atlantic Theater Company
Pamela Adams
General Manager
Aurora Theatre
Anthony Rodriguez
Co-Founder/Chairman of the Board
Aurora Theatre
Ann-Carol Pence
Co-Founder/Producing Artistic Director
Berkeley Playhouse
Gretchen Feyer
General Manager
Boston Music Theatre Project at Suffolk University
Marilyn Plotkins
Founding Director, Boston Music Theatre Project
Broadway Licensing Global
Lysna Marzani
Director of Professional & International Licensing
Broadway Licensing Global
Tralen Doler
V.P. Partnerships & Brand Engagement
Broadway Licensing Global
Misy Singson
Professional and UK Licensing
Broadway Licensing Global
Kat Funkhouser
Manager of Play Publications
Broadway Licensing Global
David Abbinanti
SVP Music & Publications
Broadway Licensing Global
Elissa Huang
Manager of Artistic Development
Broadway Licensing Global
Sean Cercone
Founder/CEO
Broadway Rose Theatre
Sharon Maroney
Producing Artistic Director
Broadway Rose Theatre
Dan Murphy
Managing Director
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Rick Boynton
Creative Producer
Cinevative
Mark Ciglar
CEO
Cody Lassen & Associates
Cody Lassen
Producer
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Theatre Company
Scott Levy
Producing Artistic Director
Creative Endeavor Office
Carolyn Miller
Producer
Creative Endeavor Office
Matthew Schneider
Producer
Disney Parks Live Entertainment
Dana Harrel
Executive Entertainment Director, Disneyland Paris
Disney Theatrical Group
David Scott
Director, Worldwide Licensing
Ford's Theatre
Patrick Pearson
Director of Artistic Programming
Forte Musical Theatre
Joe Slabe
Fredericia Musicalteater
Rob Hartmann
Producer
Fredericia Musicalteater
Soren Moller
Creative Producer
Fulton Theatre
Marc Robin
Executive Artistic Producer
Fulton Theatre
Eric Pugh
Director of Marketing and Communications
Goodspeed Musicals
Donna Lynn Hilton
Artistic Director
Gorgeous Entertainment Inc.
Karin Yamamoto
Producer
Harmonia
Nancy Zhao
Director of Theatre
Harmonia
Ken Dingledine
President
Harmonia
Ava Zhou
General Manager
Jane Bergère Productions
Jane Bergère
Producer
Junkyard Dog Productions
Marleen Alhadeff
Producer
Junkyard Dog Productions
Kenny Alhadeff
Lead Producer
Kent State University School of Theatre and Dance
Jonathan Swoboda
Professor
Kent State University School of Theatre and Dance
Eric van Baars
Director, School of Theatre and Dance
LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater
Natasha Sinha
Associate Artistic Director
Lyric Theatre @ Illinois
Sarah Wigley
Clinical Associate Professor/Resident Director
Lyric Theatre @ Illinois
Julie Gunn
Co-Director, Lyric Theatre @ Illinois
Lyric Theatre @ Illinois
Nathan Gunn
Professor/Director
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Michael Baron
Producing Artistic Director
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Ashley Wells
Executive Producer
Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma
Jim Reynolds
Managing Director
Maine State Music Theatre
Curt Dale Clark
Artistic Director
Maine State Music Theatre
Stephanie Dupal
Managing Director
Margot Astrachan Production
Margot Astrachan
owner
McCoy Rigby Entertainment
Tom McCoy
President/CEO
MMD & Musical Theatre Network
Zoë Simpson
Producer
Molloy College/CAP21 BFA Program
Henry Fonte
Montclair State University
Mark Hardy
Coordinator of Musical Theatre/New Works Initiative, Montclair State University
Music Theatre International
Matt Boethin
Professional Licensing Director, N. America
Music Theatre International
Richard Patterson
International Licensing Director
Music Theatre Wichita
Wayne Bryan
Producing Director
MWM Live
Ted Rawlins
Producer
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Ciera Iveson
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Kelly Kohlman
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Adam Grosswirth
Member Services Director
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Jen Whitton
Development Associate
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Betsy Militello
Executive Director
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Lady del Castillo
Company Manager
National Alliance for Musical Theatre
Karin Nilo
Program Manager
National Endowment for the Arts
Carol Ann Lee
Associate Executive Director
New York Theatre Barn
Joe Barros
Artistic Director
NMI
John Sparks
Founding Director, New Musicals Inc.
NMI
Elise Dewsberry
Artistic Director
Ogunquit Playhouse
Cheryl Farley
Director of Marketing and Communications
Ogunquit Playhouse
Brad Kenney
Executive Artistic Director
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Jamie Grant
President & CEO
Pace Musical Theater
Amy Schwartzreich
Paper Mill Playhouse
Todd Schmidt
Executive Director
Paper Mill Playhouse
Mark Hoebee
X+D804:H804
Penn State Musical Theatre
John Simpkins
Head of Musical Theatre
Perfect Pitch Musicals
Andy Barnes
Executive Producer
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Emily Zeck
Managing Director
Philadelphia Theatre Company
Paige Price
Producer
Pittsburgh CLO
Mark Fleischer
Executive Producer
Playwrights Horizons Inc.
Avriel Hillman
CEO
Queensbury Theatre
Marley Singletary
Producing Executive Director
Queensbury Theatre
Kristina Sullivan
Executive Director/Director of Education
Red Mountain Theatre
Jennifer Jaquess
Managing Director
Red Mountain Theatre
Keith Cromwell
Executive Director
Rhinebeck Writers Retreat
Kathy Evans
Founding Executive Director
Samuel French, Inc.
David Kimple
Director of Licensing
Samuel French, Inc.
Lawrence Haynes
Marketing Associate
San Diego State University Musical Theatre
Stephen Brotebeck
Professor, Musical Theatre
SD&A Teleservices, Inc.
Mary Jane Avans
Vice President, Business Development
Seaview Productions
Jana Shea
Producer
Shea's Performing Arts Center
Michael Murphy
Shenandoah Conservatory/ Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre
Rick Edinger
Chair of the Acting/ Music Theater Option; Associate Professor of Music Theater
Sheridan College
Alexa Abiscott
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Sheridan College
Michael Rubinoff
Producer
Sheridan College
Marc Richard
Coordinator
Sheridan College
Gail Hakala
Head of Vocal Discipline, Sheridan College
Sheridan College
Gillian Saunders
Professor
Stages Repertory Theatre
Mitchell Greco
Artistic Associate
Starlight Entertainment
Michael Jenkins
President, Starlight Entertainment
Tams-Witmark
Jim Colleran
Director, Marketing
The 5th Avenue Theatre
Bernie Griffin
Managing Director Emeritus and Senior Advisor
The 5th Avenue Theatre
Orlando Morales
The Hollywood Pantages
Jeff Loeb
President
The Hollywood Pantages
Katie Hotchkiss
Assistant General Manager
The Human Race Theatre Company
Kevin Moore
The Lark
Anna Kull
Director of Communications & People
The Marriott Theatre
Andy Hite
The Movement Theatre Company
Deadria Harrington
Producing Artistic Director
The Muny
Kwofe Coleman
President & CEO
The Musical Company
Sean Flahaven
Chief Theatricals Executive
The Musical Company
Caroline Barnard
Vice President, Legal & Business Affairs
The Musical Stage Company
Kevin Wong
Associate Artistic Director
The Musical Stage Company
Robert McQueen
Director of New Musical Development
The Old Globe
Karen Tanz
The REV Theatre Company
Brett Smock
Producing Artistic Director
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization
Brian Sherman
Director, Professional Theater Licensing
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization
Michelle Yaroshko
SVP, Professional Licensing (North America)
TheaterWorks
Taneisha Duggan
Associate Producer
Theatre Aspen
Markus Potter
Artistic Producer
Theatre Aspen
Tori Rezek
External Relations Officer
Theatre C
Carlos Armesto
Producing Artistic Director
Theatre SilCo
Chris Alleman
Producing Artistic Director
Theatre SilCo
Joshua Blanchard
Executive Director
Theatre Under The Stars
Dan Knechtges
Artistic Director
Theatre Under The Stars
Hillary Hart
Executive Director at Theatre Under The Stars
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Phil Santora
Theatrical Rights Worldwide
Zach Kaufer
Director of Play Licensing
Theatrical Rights Worldwide
Steve Spiegel
Owner & CEO
Ticketmaster
Nick Leonard
Transport Group Theatre Company
Lori Fineman
Producer/Owner
Tuacahn
Drew Williams
Tuacahn High School Principal
Tuacahn
Harrison Budge
Tuacahn Staff
Tuacahn
Ryan Norton
Associate Artistic Producer
Tuacahn
Kevin Warnick
CFO
Tuacahn
Kyle Lewis
Tuacahn High School Staff
Tuacahn
Scott Anderson
Artistic Director
Universal Theatrical Group
Lowe Cunningham
Director of Creative Development
Universal Theatrical Group
Brian Hedden
Creative Executive
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Valerie Accetta
Head of Musical Theatre
Village Theatre
Robb Hunt
Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre, University of Oklahoma
Harold Mortimer
Professor of Performance
Weitzenhoffer School of Musical Theatre, University of Oklahoma
Alissa Mortimer
Acting Professor
Woodminster Summer Musicals
Randy Burke
Board Member
ZACH Theatre
Dave Steakley
Producing Artistic Director
ZACH Theatre
Elisbeth Challener
Producer/Owner
Melissa Bencic
Artistic Director
Marsha Brooks
Partner
Sharon Fallon
Producer/General Manager
Lynne Wheeler
Matt Schicker
Show Shepherd
Michael Einfeld
Owner
Sarahbeth Grossman
Producer
Susan Lambert Hatem
Judy Loseff
Commercial Producer
Lily Fan
Producer
Cheryl Kemeny
philip stern
PRODUCER
Wendy Gillespie
President & CEO
Justin Fortunato

Livestream

For the first time, NAMT will livestream the keynote address at the Fall Conference. NAMT members may watch at 9:30 ET on Tuesday, October 17 at namt.org/livestream (login required).

Watch the Livestream Now

Resources

Structural Racism Glossary (Roundtable on Community Change)

The Language of Disability (Inclusion in the Arts)

Valuing Transgender Employees (National LGBTQ Task Force)


Has “Diversity” Lost Its Meaning? (New York Times “First Words”)


Music Theatre Wichita’s community video


Community Engagement Assessment Tool from Building the Field of Community Engagement, a collaborative initiative composed of six community engagement organizations. (Shared by Orlando Morales from The 5th Avenue Theatre.)


Guidelines for Talking About Race from The 5th Avenue Theatre’s education department:

  • Listen and try to understand the viewpoints of others, especially those that you do not agree with
  • Avoid stereotypes.  Keep in mind that individual experiences are important, but are not necessarily representative of group experiences, attitudes or characteristics
  • Acknowledge group experiences.  Historical movements and circumstances can create identity—and cultural ties and practices can also be a foundation for a person’s identity.
  • Acknowledge diverse experiences and viewpoints.
  • Acknowledge historical inequality without assigning blame
  • Acknowledge personal obstacles, but avoid discussing race in terms of “fair” and “unfair”

Complete conference attendee packet

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