TheaterMakers Summit Adds 50 New Artists and Producers to Its Roster

The fifth annual TheaterMakers Summit, held this year on November 6 and 7 with a special bonus day on November 8, announced the addition of 50 new theater makers to its illustrious roster. Led by Tony Award-winning producer Ken Davenport (Once On This Island), the TheaterMakers Summit will be held virtually this year for all participants and viewers.

The weekend event unites professional producers, directors, artists, actors, and others with aspiring theater makers to learn the business of Broadway. In a statement, Davenport said, “We’re so excited to celebrate our fifth year of The TheaterMakers Summit with our biggest and best event yet. As our curtains rise once again, never has there been a more important time to talk about how to make better theater and how to make the theater better.” All events will be ASL-interpreted.

BroadwayWorld is the sponsor of the event, and general admission tickets are $497. To purchase tickets and for further details, visit TheaterMakersSummit.com. See below for the starry roster of new and returning panelists, including:

· Costume Designer Dede Ayite (Slave Play)

· Actor Pun Bandhu (The Treasurer)

· Producer Laura Z. Barket (Thoughts Of A Colored Man)

· Producer Valentina Berger (The Minutes)

· Actor Eric Berryman (The B-Side)

· Producer Dori Berinstein (Company)

· Social media manager & Digital Marketer Micayla Brewster (Hadestown)

· Actor Sierra Boggess (School of Rock)

· Director Steve H. Broadnax III (Thoughts Of A Colored Man)

· Actor Alex Brightman (Beetlejuice)

· Partner, Toby M.J. Butterfield (Moses & Singer, Intellectual Property & Litigation Groups)

· Producer Stephen Byrd (Ain’t Too Proud)

· Director Sammi Cannold (Ragtime on Ellis Island)

· Producer Rashad V. Chambers (Ain’t Too Proud)

· Composer & TikTok influencer RJ Christian (Ratatouille The TikTok Musical)

· Producer Sydney Connors (Dreamgirls on Clubhouse)

· Director of Musical Theatre at Shenandoah Conservatory Kevin Covert

· Director of Social Media and Creative Strategy Felicia Fitzpatrick (Playbill)

· Actor & Disability Inclusion Consultant Alie B. Gorrie (Bastard Jones)

· Agent Max Grossman (Abrams Artists Agency)

· Artistic Director Darryl Reuben Hall (Stage Aurora Theatrical)

· Marketing Director Monica Hammond (Big Leap Brands)

· Artistic director Mark Hoebee (Paper Mill Playhouse)

· Artistic Director at Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre & co-founder of The New Griots Festival Jamil Jude

· Artist, Director, Choreographer, Dancer, Filmmaker, Acrobat & ASL Interpreter Brandon Kazen-Maddox (Body Language Productions, Inc)

· Producer Tom Kirdahy (The Inheritance)

· Performer, Choreographer Stephanie Klemons (Hamilton)

· Designer David Korins (Hamilton)

· Actress, Director Nikki M. James (The Book of Mormon)

· Playwright & Director Tina Landau (Floyd Collins)

· Composer, Lyricist, Book Writer, Performer & Producer Andrew Lippa (The Wild Party)

· Actor, Writer, Director, Composer & Playwright Douglas Lyons (Chicken & Biscuits)

· Artistic Director & CEO at Berkshire Theatre Group Kate Maguire

· Producer JJ Maley (What The Constitution Means To Me)

· Producer Elliott Massie (The Prom)

· Performer Mark Mauriello (Little Horrors)

· Composer & TikTok influencer Daniel Mertzlufft (Ratatouille The TikTok Musical)

· Co-Founder/CEO Jim McCarthy (Stellar, Goldstar)

· Producer Brian Moreland (Thoughts Of A Colored Man)

· Producer Tyler Mount (Pass Over)

· Actor Eva Noblezada (Hadestown)

· Composer & lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver (Freaky Friday)

· Playwright Jonathan Rand (Check Please)

· Disabled Director, Educator, and Advocate Ben Raanan

· Costume & Scenic Designer Clint Ramos (Eclipsed)

· Stage Manager Cody Renard Richard (Pass Over)

· Producer Larry Rogowsky (Company)

· Producer Daryl Roth (Kinky Boots)

· Social media strategist Annie Schiffman (CEO of Downstage Media)

· Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Gennean Scott

· Director John Simpkins (Love in Hate Nation)

· Composer/Lyricist, Music director & Music Producer Georgia Stitt (Snow Child)

· Producer Jacob Stuckelman (site-specific Little Shop Of Horrors, Ithaca, NY)

· Director & Writer Alex Switzky (Bloodsucking Books)

· Executive Creative Director Steven Tartick (RPM)

· Interim Associate Program Head of BFA Musical Theater Alexander Tom (Pace University)

· Playwright Bess Wohl (Grand Horizons)

· Actress, Singer, TikToker Anna-Lee Wright (Miss Saigon)

The moderators will include:

· Director of Musical Theatre and Jazz Patrick Cook (BMI)

· Journalist Charlie Cooper (Broadway.com)

· Editor-In-Chief Robert Diamond (BroadwayWorld)

· Arts journalist and Podcaster Ruthie Fierberg (Why We Theater)

· Clinical Psychologist Dr. Alisa Hurwitz (a.k.a. Dr. Drama)

· Caitlin Huston (Broadway News)

· Julia James (Sirius XM Radio)

· Actress Ilana Levine (Friends With Kids)

· Arts Journalist, Commentator and Author Patrick Pacheco (The New York Times, Los Angeles Times)

· Actor and Life Coach Bret Shuford (Wicked)

· Executive Creative Director Steven Tartick (RPM)

· Playwright & Performer Melvin Tunstall III (Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical)

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