The TheaterMakers Studio Virtual Pitch Fest 2024
November 14th-15th, 2024
2 Days. 20 Industry Pros. 38 Pitching Spots.
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The ultimate event for TheaterMakers looking to connect with industry leaders, refine pitching skills, and pitch their show to leading Producers, Artistic Directors, Agents and more!
REGISTER NOW!WHAT TO EXPECT
ALL attendees will have access to Content Presentations led by industry pros, providing insights into the art of pitching, producing, marketing, and the latest trends and opportunities in the industry.
For those ready to pitch their projects, the VIP ticket options offer an unparalleled platform to present your ideas to a panel of industry pros. The feedback you receive can be instrumental in refining your pitch and increasing your chances of production.
BONUSES: All attendees receive a free pitch deck template. VIP purchasers receive access to our self-submission producer portal with guaranteed feedback, and VIP's with 2 pitch slots unlock a pre-event pitching workshop.
Don’t miss this chance to elevate your career and bring your theatrical visions to life.
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LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE! SECURE YOUR SPOT BEFORE IT'S SOLD OUT!
GENERAL ADMISSION
$197
General Access (No Pitch)
- General Admission Access to Pitch Fest 2024 on November 14th and 15th
- Pitching Content Presentations with Industry Pros
- "Ask Me Anything" Q&A Networking Sessions with Industry Pros
- [BONUS] Free Sample Pitch Deck
VIP ACCESS - 1 PITCH SLOT
$297
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VIP Access to Pitch Fest 2024 on November 14th and 15th with ONE 10-minute pitch slot for a panel of 2 Industry Pros
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Written Feedback on the pitch from the panel provided after the event
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Pitching Content Presentations with Industry Pros
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"Ask Me Anything" Q&A Networking Sessions with Industry Pros
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[BONUS] Free Sample Pitch Deck
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[BONUS] Self-Submission to our Producer Portal with Guaranteed Feedback from our TMS Faculty
VIP ACCESS - 2 PITCH SLOTS
$497
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VIP Access to Pitch Fest 2024 on November 14th and 15th with TWO separate 10-minute pitch slots for 2 Industry Pros (4 Total).
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Written Feedback on the pitch from the panel provided after the event.
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Pitching Content Presentations with Industry Pros
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"Ask Me Anything" Q&A Networking Sessions with Industry Pros
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[BONUS] Free Sample Pitch Deck
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[BONUS] Self-Submission to our Producer Portal with Guaranteed Feedback from our TMS Faculty
PRACTICE MAKES PITCH PERFECT
No Other Event In The Biz Promises Direct Access To Leading Industry Decision Makers!
REGISTER NOW!AGENDA AT A GLANCE
ZOOM ROOM 1 - General Admission & VIP Access
Thursday, November 14
9:45am - 10:00am EST: WELCOME ADDRESS
10:00am - 10:45am EST: The Get Produced Playbook: Creating a Marketing System for Getting Produced with Monica Hammond – unlock strategies to effectively communicate and follow up with Producers.
10:45am - 11:00am EST: BREAK
11:00am - 11:45am EST: Panel: Getting Your Musical from the Page to the Stage with Jonathan Hogue, Nico Juber, and Tim Michuda – practical advice on turning your ideas into reality.
11:45am - 1:00pm EST: Lunch Break
1:00pm - 1:45pm EST: Perfecting Your Pitch with Monica Hammond – dive deep into your pitch deck and practical tips for pitching in any scenario.
1:45pm - 2:00pm EST: BREAK
2:00pm - 2:45pm EST: Panel: Inside the Producer’s Mind – What They Really Look for in a Pitch with Moogie Brooks, Valerie Novakoff, Miranda Gohh, and Jamil Jude – get into the mindset of the pros and learn what they’re seeking.
2:45pm - 3:00pm EST: BREAK
3:00pm - 3:45pm EST: Financial Fundamentals: Understand Budgeting and Funding Your Show with Leah Michelos
3:45pm - 4:00pm EST: BREAK
4:00pm - 4:45pm EST: Panel: Before the Curtain Rises - Dos Don'ts of Staged Readings with Leah Michelos, Megan Ann Rasmussen, and Julia Barry Bell
END OF DAY 1
Friday, November 15
9:45am - 10:00am EST: WELCOME ADDRESS
10:00am - 10:45am EST: Self-Producing 101 with Monica Hammond – the essentials to drive your project from start to stage.
10:45am - 11:00am EST: BREAK
11:00am - 11:45am EST: Building Social For Your Show with Abbie Martin
11:45am - 1:00pm EST: Lunch Break
1:00pm - 1:45pm EST: Self-Diagnosing Your Script with Eric Webb
1:45pm - 2:00pm EST: BREAK
2:00pm - 2:45pm EST: Putting it Together: From Option to Offering to Opening with Peter Breger – essential legal knowledge for protecting your work.
2:45pm - 3:00pm EST: BREAK
3:00pm - 3:45pm EST: Panel: Getting a Literary Agent/Manager with Katie Gamelli, Beth Blickers, and Lucy Powis
3:45pm - 4:00pm EST: BREAK
4:00pm - 4:45pm EST: Ask Me Anything with your Mentors – Monica Hammond, Jonathan Hogue, and Eric Webb will answer your pressing questions from Pitch Fest and beyond!
4:45pm EST: Closing Remarks
END OF DAY 2
ZOOM ROOM 2 - VIP Access Only
Thursday, November 14
INDUSTRY PANEL GROUP A
10:00am - 10:10am EST: Stephen R.
10:15am - 10:25am EST: Bear K.
10:30am - 10:40am EST: Kathleen O.
10:45am - 10:55am EST: Alena H.
11:00am - 11:10am EST: Courtney H.
11:15am - 11:25am EST: Joe D.
11:30am - 11:40am EST: Patrick S.
11:45am - 11:55pm EST: Lance L.
INDUSTRY PANEL GROUP B
1:00pm - 1:10pm EST: Tim E.
1:15pm - 1:25pm EST: Courtney H.
1:30pm - 1:40pm EST: Roy O.
1:45pm - 1:55pm EST: Kathleen O.
2:00pm - 2:10pm EST: Erica L.
2:15pm - 2:25pm EST: Joe D.
2:30pm - 2:40pm EST: Trynne P.
2:45pm - 2:55pm EST: Chris W.
INDUSTRY PANEL GROUP C
3:00pm - 3:10pm EST: Sam R.
3:15pm - 3:25pm EST: Kathleen O.
3:30pm - 3:40pm EST: Patrick S.
3:45pm - 3:55pm EST: Jon C.
4:00pm - 4:10pm EST: Trynne P.
4:15pm - 4:25pm EST: Stephen R.
4:30pm - 4:40pm EST: Elizabeth M.
4:45pm - 4:55pm EST: Lance L.
END OF DAY 1
Friday, November 15
INDUSTRY PANEL GROUP D
10:00am - 10:10am EST: Mélia M.
10:15am - 10:25am EST: Kevin D.
10:30am - 10:40am EST: Christina H.
10:45am - 10:55am EST: Katherine B.
11:00am - 11:10am EST: Marie I.
11:15am - 11:25am EST: Leo S.
11:30am - 11:40am EST: Elise G.
11:45am - 11:55pm EST: Stacey W.
INDUSTRY PANEL GROUP E
1:00pm - 1:10pm EST: J.E. (Eric) R.
1:15pm - 1:25pm EST: Stacey L.
1:30pm - 1:40pm EST: Mélia M.
1:45pm - 1:55pm EST: Christina H.
2:00pm - 2:10pm EST: Katherine B.
2:15pm - 2:25pm EST: Elisabeth F.
2:30pm - 2:40pm EST: Cy Y.
2:45pm - 2:55pm EST: Marie I.
INDUSTRY PANEL GROUP F
3:00pm - 3:10pm EST: Sam R.
3:15pm - 3:25pm EST: Elisabeth F.
3:30pm - 3:40pm EST: Bear K.
3:45pm - 3:55pm EST: Roy O.
4:00pm - 4:10pm EST: Kirk M.
4:15pm - 4:25pm EST: Kevin D.
4:30pm - 4:40pm EST: Paul A.
4:45pm - 4:55pm EST: Stacey W.
END OF DAY 2
Hear From Previous Pitch Event Attendees About Their Experience...
"Producer Pitch Night was really fun; all the Producers were notable in how warm, supportive, and easy-to-talk-to they were."
- Michael C.
"I went into my first Producer Pitch Night with a bit of trepidation. I left with a General Manager and all 3 producers asking to attend our reading. Sign me up for the next one!"
- Ruth F.
"My compliments to TMS for setting up the opportunities for those of us outside of New York (I’m in Ontario, Canada) to meet and “pitch” potential partners in NYC. I’m sure the Producers met a great many folks with a variety of projects."
- Rob A.
Secure your spot today and take the first step towards bringing your show to life!
MEET THE PROS
(MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!)
MONICA HAMMOND
CEO of The TheaterMakers Studio & Marketing Expert
BETH BLICKERS
Literary Agent
JAMIL JUDE
Producer & Artistic Director
True Colors Theatre
JONATHAN HOGUE
Producer & TMS Mentor
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Monica Hammond is a Serial Entrepreneur and Theatrical Marketing Professional. She is the Founder of Big Leap Brands, a Marketing and Consulting Agency designed to help Experts grow and scale their businesses. She is also the Founder and CEO of Broadway Murder Mysteries and Curious Custom. She is the former Artistic Associate of The Attic Theater Company, which produced dozens of shows in New York City for its decade-long span. Before becoming CEO of The TheaterMakers Studio, Monica held the role of Director of Marketing for Tony Award-Winning Broadway Producer, Ken Davenport for nearly a decade, working on various Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including but not limited to, the Tony Award-Winning revival of Once On This Island, A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, Deaf West’s Spring Awakening, It’s Only A Play, Gettin’ The Band Back Together, as well as the National Tour of A Night With Janis Joplin. Off Broadway: André & Dorine, Tammany Hall, That Bachelorette Show, The Awesome 80s Prom, Daddy Long Legs, Sesame Street The Musical, Clowns Like Me, and more.
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Beth Blickers is an agent at IAG, where she represents artists who work in theatre, opera, dance, television and film. She started her career at the William Morris Agency, where she began work after graduating from NYU. Beth has served on the jury panel for the Weissberger Award, the Ed Kleban Award, the Lark’s PONY Fellowship and Playwrights Week and facilitated industry related workshops and panels for organizations around the country.
She is the Past President of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and is the Board Chair Emeritus of Theatre Breaking Through Barriers, a New York company that works with artists with disabilities.
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Jonathan Hogue is a Tony Award-nominated Broadway producer and two-time Drama Desk-nominated writer/composer with speciality in new work development and creative branding from nearly a decade in Executive, Administrative, and Marketing positions for Broadway & regional theatre, advertising, and NYC live events. He is the Creator and Lead Producer of Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical (Book, Music & Lyrics), a parody of the Netflix series Stranger Things, which completed a hit nine-month off-Broadway run in 2023 and launched international runs in the UK, Australia, Spain, Brazil, Canada, and across the US (Drama Desk 2023 Nominee for Outstanding Book, Lyrics, and Scenic Design of a Musical; Off-Broadway Alliance 2023 Nom - Best New Musical; 7 BroadwayWorld 2021 Awards including Best New Musical). Other producing credits: The Queen of Versailles, Illinoise, How To Dance In Ohio, and Golem Owned A Tropical Smoothie. He has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Forbes, The New Yorker, The Huffington Post, and Time Out New York, and has received rave reviews and awards for his various productions in NYC and around the world. Outside of producing, Jonathan works in General Management for 101 Productions supporting many Broadway productions (An Enemy of the People, Appropriate, Smash, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, among others), and has also served as a reader for TRU Voices and the Williamstown Theatre Festival Weissberger New Play Awards. He holds a MFA in Theatre Management & Producing from Columbia University, and is a proud member of the Broadway League. For more info, visit JonathanHogue.com.
JANE DUBIN
Producer
DOMINICK LARUFFA JR.
Producer & Actor
MAYA DAVIS
Producer
Williamstown Theatre Festival
MOOGIE BROOKS
Producer
Rockefeller Studios
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Jane Dubin is a TONY Award-winning producer and the President of Double Play Connections, a theatrical production and management
company committed to supporting emerging artists and playwrights in the creation and development of new works. Jane is a graduate of the Commercial Theatre Institute's 14-week (NYC) and O’Neill Center Intensive (CT) Producing Workshops and Director of Theater Resources Unlimited’s Producer Development Program Master Class. Ms. Dubin is Chair of the Board of Directors of Houses on the Moon Theater Company and a recent Board member of the League of Professional Theatre Women. She was a Tony voter for seven years.
She is a member of the Broadway Women’s Alliance, the Off-Broadway Alliance, and the Off-Broadway League. She was co-curator of the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center New Play Reading Series; co-producer of Hudson River Rising, presenting events in Westchester for One Billion Rising (V-Day); strategic consultant to SPACE on Ryder Farm; and a member of the Grand Jury for the New York Musical Festival for 5 seasons. She served as an evaluator for a NAMT innovation grant panel and for Bethany Arts Community’s residency program. She is a frequent panelist and guest lecturer on theater-related matters. Jane serves on the advisory boards of Elizabeth Mascia Child Care Center (Westchester), Axial Theatre and Dirty Laundry Theatre.
Before embarking on her career in theater, Ms. Dubin spent over 20 years in the financial services industry. Trained as an actuary, she was a Managing Director of a large insurance/investment company and then principal of a private investment firm, as the Director of Marketing and Client Services. Ms. Dubin has an MBA in Finance from NYU and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Rochester, with a BA in Mathematics and an MS in Public Policy Analysis. While at Rochester, she was awarded an internship at the White House.
Productions: Recent: STILL, with Tim Daly and Jayne Atkinson. Upcoming: The Village of Vale – an original audio musical. Previously: Is This A Room, Dana H., The Prom (Drama Desk Award Best Musical), Farinelli and the King (starring Mark Rylance, nominated for 5 Tony Awards), An American in Paris (4 TONY Awards, plus London and National Tour), Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey (Westside Theater and on Tour), Ann, starring Holland Taylor (Lincoln Center); Bandstand (Broadway), Beebo Brinker Chronicles (2008 GLAAD Media Award for Theatre); Groundswell (the New Group), Peter and the Starcatcher (Broadway, Off-Broadway, National Tour), winner of 5 TONY Awards; The Norman Conquests (TONY Award, Best Play Revival), The 39 Steps (OB, Tour); The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (London). Film: Radium Girls.
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Dominick LaRuffa Jr. recently wrapped the Off-Broadway world premiere of ‘Til Death starring opposite Tony Winners Judy Kaye and Robert Cuccioli. Just after doing double duty; simultaneously leading the world premiere of Powerhouse (A.R.T NY) Off-Broadway and producing The Kite Runner on Broadway. Dom is most commonly known for his film and television work with more recent credits including Paul on the long running hit CBS/Paramount+ legal drama Bull, a recurring role on Gravesend (Amazon), the Martin Scorsese epic The Irishman (Netflix), and soon to be co-starring in the psychological thriller feature, Abandoned Heights.
Dominick is the founder of Blue Collar Artist Studio. He is an acting coach, producing and development consultant, dramaturg, and a six-time Tony award nominated producer. Off-Broadway principle roles include How Alfo Learned to Love (59E59), My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis (The Theater Center), My Big Gay Italian Wedding, My Big Gay Italian Funeral, among others. His work as a Broadway producer includes: All The Way, You Can’t Take It With You, On The Town, Deaf West Theatre’s Revival of Spring Awakening, The Realistic Joneses, China Doll, Six Degrees of Separation, American Son, The Lifespan of a Fact, and Betrayal.
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Maya Davis is a Black biracial NY-based producer and director with a mission to create art that lives at the intersection of social progress and artistic excellence. She is currently the Producer at Williamstown Theatre Festival, an Associate Member of The Wooster Group, and Associate Director & Producer on Waterwell's upcoming FORD / HILL Project. Maya has directed and produced in NYC at institutions including National Black Theatre, The Wooster Group, The TEAM, The Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, The Flea, The Tank, The Drawing Center, and Fordham University, and regionally at Williamstown Theatre Festival and the Warren Miller Performing Arts Center. In addition to her theater work, Maya produces radio plays and films, and she co-creates immersive games and escape rooms.
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KATIE GAMELLI
Literary Agent
NEIL GOODING
Producer
JEREMY HANDELMAN
Producer
ERIC WEBB
Dramaturg & TMS Mentor
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Katie Gamelli is a Theatrical Literary Agent at Paladin Artists Agency, representing playwrights, composers, lyricists, directors, designers, music directors, and more. Named by the Broadway Women’s Fund as one of the 2020 Women to Watch on Broadway, she spent the first decade of her career at A3 Artists Agency (formerly Abrams), where she became known for her diverse roster of multi-hyphenate clients. A passionate advocate for new play and musical development, she has also worked for The Kleban Foundation, served on the Encores! Off-Center Artist's Board (led by Jeanine Tesori and the late Michael Friedman) and the Musical Theatre Factory Advisory Board. She’s also s served as a visiting artist and lecturer at Yale University, Montclair State, Iowa Playwrights Workshop and Sewanee Writers Conference. She is a CT native and graduate of Marymount Manhattan College.
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Neil Gooding is currently one of the producers of Back To The Future in the West End, Broadway and on the US Tour. This year, Neil was one of the Producers of Harmony on Broadway . Neil was also a producer for the premiere of What’s New Pussycat in Birmingham, as well as Harmony (New York), Islander (New York) and LEAP (Australia). Other producing credits include Drummer Queens, The 39 Steps (New York), The Empire Strips Back (US Tour), The Woman In Black (Australian Tour) the Helpmann Award winning Sweet Charity, The Empire Strips Back, Handle With Care (NYC) starring Carol Lawrence and Alan Cumming’s one-man version of Macbeth (Broadway).
In 2014, Neil was the director of Passion, at the Arts Centre in Melbourne for Life Like Touring. He also directed the Australian premiere of Dogfight by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (Hayes Theatre), the national tour of Thank You For Being A Friend, and the World Premiere of Truth, Beauty And A Picture Of You. Neil has produced and directed Sing On Through Tomorrow by Matthew Robinson, LOVEBiTES by Peter Rutherford and James Millar, Love Letters starring Ian Stenlake and Rachael Beck, Irving Berlin: Songs In The Key Of Black starring Lucy Maunder, Mitchel Butel in Killing Time, The Divine Miss Bette starring Catherine Alcorn, as well as being one of the producers of the hit Australian play Holding The Man in the West End starring Jane Turner and Simon Burke. In 2009, he produced the original tour of Breast Wishes and directed and produced the Australian premiere of Gutenberg! The Musical! for which he was nominated for a Helpmann Award and a Green Room Award for his direction. In 2008, Neil produced (with WhiteBox) the World Premiere of The Hatpin starring Caroline O’Connor, Peter Cousens, Barry Crocker AM and Melle Stewart, which then went on to perform at the NYMF in New York. Neil also served as the Assistant Director on both of these productions.
For several years, Neil was employed by Jacobsen Entertainment, where he responsible for the financial administration of the Arena Productions of The Man From Snowy River Arena Spectacular, the Long Way to the Top concert series, De La Guarda and Dirty Dancing, as well as being the tour accountant on the road with Ja Rule & Ashanti in 2003. Neil also worked for Delta Goodrem and toured Australia as her Tour Accountant on her Visualise Tour.
Neil is the author of Back to the 80’s (which is now produced hundreds of times around the world every year), and Popstars.
He has been awarded a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Queensland and was the Chairman and one of the founding members of Hayes Theatre Co in Sydney.
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Jeremy Handelman is a two-time Tony Award nominated producer whose many credits include the Broadway productions and national tours of both The Kite Runner and John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons, the Broadway revival of On the Town, and the Off Broadway and regional production of the rock musical comedy Brooklyn Crush, formerly F#%king Up Everything (NY Times Critics' Pick). He has executive produced many other productions and staged readings, including the acclaimed production of The Chekhov Dreams.
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Eric Webb is a NYC based writer and dramaturg whose plays and musicals have been produced in NYC and Tokyo. As a dramaturg, Eric has worked with The TheaterMakers Studio and Ken Davenport since 2013 as Director of Creative Development, aiding hundreds of writers and composers in achieving their goals of moving from the page to the stage. Eric also previously served as Artistic Director for March Forth Productions, Literary and Marketing Manager for La Vie Productions, and Dramaturg for Young Playwrights, Inc. Writing projects in development include Rise (with composer Scott Wilkinson), Breakup - The Musical (with composer Stephanie Bianchi), and Thompson/Gifford. Previous writing credits include #JustBeYou (Random Farms Kids’ Theater, JOY Kids’ Theater), A White Man’s Guide to Rikers Island (Players Theater, Gene Frankel Theater), “Orion” (short film), The Angels of Mons (March Forth Productions/Horsetrade at Theater Under St. Marks).
NICO JUBER
Writer & Producer
LUCY POWIS
Literary Manager, Producer & Dramaturg
DOUGLAS LYONS
Writer, Actor, Composer/Lyricist & Producer
PETER BREGER
Entertainment Attorney, General Manager, & Producer
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Nico Juber is an award-winning musical writer, producer, and was named one of the "2023 Women to Watch on Broadway" by the Broadway Women's Fund. Her original musical comedy, Millennials Are Killing Musicals, premiered Off-Broadway and is currently in development, with its cast album available on Yellow Sound Label/Brainstorm Records. Nico’s work has been featured in prominent programs and on stages across the U.S. and London, including New York Theatre Barn’s New Works Series, the Ring of Keys Gala, Arts Ignite’s Art of Wellness Benefit, mostlyNEWmusicals, 54 Below, Joe’s Pub, and London’s Crazy Coqs.
Nico’s sci-fi short musical Holo earned top honors in the 2020 National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) Challenge and premiered at the Beck Center for the Arts. Her latest project, Winner, co-written with Joe Barros, is being developed by New York Theatre Barn and New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts and debuted at The London Summer Music Theatre Academy. An EP of Winner will be recorded early next year.
Nico also won the Drama League’s Light the Lights songwriting competition along with collaborator Selena Seballo and co-wrote the viral Smirnoff Smash Tea Partay with Rocky Paterra and Wheelhouse Labs, starring Kathy Hilton, which has garnered over 6.5 million views. She is also currently serving as Producing Associate on new musical Picnic At Hanging Rock.
She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, The League of Professional Theatre Women, and Ring of Keys, and serves as the Maestra Moms affinity group co-chair. Nico has been a featured speaker for MusicalWriters.com, Theatre Resources Unlimited, Maestra, and Women & Theatre and given pitch feedback through New Musicals, Inc. @stuffnicolikes.
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Lucy Powis is a Theatrical Literary Agent at Michael Moore Agency, where she represents writers, directors, designers, composers, choreographers, and more. She previously spent 5 years at A3 Artists Agency and has also held positions in the artistic/literary departments at Roundabout Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Her producing and dramaturgy credits include work at The Public's Under the Radar Festival, Next Door @ NYTW, New Georges, Bushwick Starr, Ars Nova's ANT Fest, Rattlestick, The Segal Center's PRELUDE Festival, HERE, and the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center. Lucy hails from Toronto and holds an MFA in Dramaturgy from Columbia University.
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Douglas Lyons is a multi-hyphenate artist. As a writer, he earned a GLAAD nomination for his Broadway playwriting debut, Chicken and Biscuits, which was the 2nd most produced play in America in 2022-23. In Summer 2024, his world premiere play, Table 17, which premiered at Off-Broadway's MCC Theater, was deemed a NY Times Critic Pick. Douglas served as a writer on both seasons of Apple TV's Emmy award winning series Fraggle Rock. His Broadway acting credits include the Book of Mormon, plus the Original Casts of Beautiful and the Tony award winning Broadway revival of Parade. Tour credits include Rent,Dreamgirls and Book ofMormon. As a composer-lyricist, his music and lyrics have been featured on Nickelodeon, BET Plus, Apple TV, CBS's Sunday Morning Show, and more. His musicals include Polkadots (Off Broadway Alliance Winner Best Family Show, Atlantic Theater Company), Beau (Adirondack Theatre Festival), the world premiere of Five Points (Theater Latté Da) and more. He is currently developing television with Gabrielle Union's I'll Have Another, Sky Dance and Ryan Reynolds' Maximum Effort.
@DouglasSings IG: @Chocolatehipster
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Peter Breger is an entertainment attorney and theatrical general manager and producer, who has represented theatrical producers, independent film producers, investors, commercial and non-profit theatres, Writers, Directors, Performers, Talent Agents and Managers for over twenty-five years.
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ABBIE MARTIN
Marketing Expert
MEGAN ANN RASMUSSEN
Producer
MIRANDA GOHH
Producer
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Abbie is a New York City-based Arts and Entertainment Marketing professional with extensive experience in driving brand growth and audience engagement. As the Marketing Director for Big Leap Brands, The TheaterMakers Studio, and Broadway Murder Mysteries, she partners with clients to develop tailored strategies that elevate their presence and expand their reach. She hails from Des Moines, Iowa and holds a BA in Arts Management from SUNY Purchase College.
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Megan Ann Rasmussen (she/her) is an award-winning Producer creating work for
multigenerational audiences. Broadway: A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical;
Harmony A New Musical; upcoming Joy on Broadway. She is Lead Producer of Spells of the Sea
which played at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in October and Chimney
Town, Broadway’s first anime-to-stage musical. Known as the ‘PG Producer’ she is President of
Megan Ann Rasmussen Productions, served as President of Theatre for Young Audiences/USA,
and is founder of Broadway’s Bit by Bit Podcast; the only podcast dedicated to Broadway Family
Theater. When not creating theatre, she is building her own community of ‘Believers. Doers.
Servers. Dreamers.’ with her husband, four children, one daughter-in-law, new grandbaby and a
Goldendoodle named Maggie. MeganAnnRasmussen.com
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Named a “2022 Woman to Watch on Broadway” by the Broadway Women’s Fund, Miranda Gohh is a producer originally from Providence, RI.
She was recently the Associate Producer of SUFFS by Shaina Taub, and was previously the Associate Producer of Davenport Theatrical Enterprises (A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL, HARMONY, THE GRISWOLDS' BROADWAY VACATION, JOY, THE TEN, THE UNTITLED MUSICAL ON THE LIFE OF HARRY BELAFONTE).
She is also the Founder of Theatre Producers of Color (TPOC), a collective of theatremakers joined together in support of the next generation of BIPOC producers by providing access to education, training, and mentorship, and a Co-Founder of The Industry Standard Group (TISG), the first BIPOC commercial theatre investment and producing organization.
Her credits include JUST FOR US, HERE LIES LOVE, KPOP, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL, MACBETH starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, IS THIS A ROOM, and DANA H. on Broadway and KINKY BOOTS and Obie Award winner CIRCLE JERK Off-Broadway.
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MEET THE PROS
(MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!)
MONICA HAMMOND
CEO of The TheaterMakers Studio & Marketing Expert
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Monica Hammond is a Serial Entrepreneur and Theatrical Marketing Professional. She is the Founder of Big Leap Brands, a Marketing and Consulting Agency designed to help Experts grow and scale their businesses. She is also the Founder and CEO of Broadway Murder Mysteries and Curious Custom. She is the former Artistic Associate of The Attic Theater Company, which produced dozens of shows in New York City for its decade-long span. Before becoming CEO of The TheaterMakers Studio, Monica held the role of Director of Marketing for Tony Award-Winning Broadway Producer, Ken Davenport for nearly a decade, working on various Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including but not limited to, the Tony Award-Winning revival of Once On This Island, A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, Deaf West’s Spring Awakening, It’s Only A Play, Gettin’ The Band Back Together, as well as the National Tour of A Night With Janis Joplin. Off Broadway: André & Dorine, Tammany Hall, That Bachelorette Show, The Awesome 80s Prom, Daddy Long Legs, Sesame Street The Musical, Clowns Like Me, and more.
BETH BLICKERS
Literary Agent
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Beth Blickers is an agent at IAG, where she represents artists who work in theatre, opera, dance, television and film. She started her career at the William Morris Agency, where she began work after graduating from NYU. Beth has served on the jury panel for the Weissberger Award, the Ed Kleban Award, the Lark’s PONY Fellowship and Playwrights Week and facilitated industry related workshops and panels for organizations around the country.
She is the Past President of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and is the Board Chair Emeritus of Theatre Breaking Through Barriers, a New York company that works with artists with disabilities.
JAMIL JUDE
Producer & Artistic Director
True Colors Theatre
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JONATHAN HOGUE
Producer & TMS Mentor
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Jonathan Hogue is a Tony Award-nominated Broadway producer and two-time Drama Desk-nominated writer/composer with speciality in new work development and creative branding from nearly a decade in Executive, Administrative, and Marketing positions for Broadway & regional theatre, advertising, and NYC live events. He is the Creator and Lead Producer of Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical (Book, Music & Lyrics), a parody of the Netflix series Stranger Things, which completed a hit nine-month off-Broadway run in 2023 and launched international runs in the UK, Australia, Spain, Brazil, Canada, and across the US (Drama Desk 2023 Nominee for Outstanding Book, Lyrics, and Scenic Design of a Musical; Off-Broadway Alliance 2023 Nom - Best New Musical; 7 BroadwayWorld 2021 Awards including Best New Musical). Other producing credits: The Queen of Versailles, Illinoise, How To Dance In Ohio, and Golem Owned A Tropical Smoothie. He has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, Forbes, The New Yorker, The Huffington Post, and Time Out New York, and has received rave reviews and awards for his various productions in NYC and around the world. Outside of producing, Jonathan works in General Management for 101 Productions supporting many Broadway productions (An Enemy of the People, Appropriate, Smash, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, among others), and has also served as a reader for TRU Voices and the Williamstown Theatre Festival Weissberger New Play Awards. He holds a MFA in Theatre Management & Producing from Columbia University, and is a proud member of the Broadway League. For more info, visit JonathanHogue.com.
JANE DUBIN
Producer
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Jane Dubin is a TONY Award-winning producer and the President of Double Play Connections, a theatrical production and management
company committed to supporting emerging artists and playwrights in the creation and development of new works. Jane is a graduate of the Commercial Theatre Institute's 14-week (NYC) and O’Neill Center Intensive (CT) Producing Workshops and Director of Theater Resources Unlimited’s Producer Development Program Master Class. Ms. Dubin is Chair of the Board of Directors of Houses on the Moon Theater Company and a recent Board member of the League of Professional Theatre Women. She was a Tony voter for seven years.
She is a member of the Broadway Women’s Alliance, the Off-Broadway Alliance, and the Off-Broadway League. She was co-curator of the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center New Play Reading Series; co-producer of Hudson River Rising, presenting events in Westchester for One Billion Rising (V-Day); strategic consultant to SPACE on Ryder Farm; and a member of the Grand Jury for the New York Musical Festival for 5 seasons. She served as an evaluator for a NAMT innovation grant panel and for Bethany Arts Community’s residency program. She is a frequent panelist and guest lecturer on theater-related matters. Jane serves on the advisory boards of Elizabeth Mascia Child Care Center (Westchester), Axial Theatre and Dirty Laundry Theatre.
Before embarking on her career in theater, Ms. Dubin spent over 20 years in the financial services industry. Trained as an actuary, she was a Managing Director of a large insurance/investment company and then principal of a private investment firm, as the Director of Marketing and Client Services. Ms. Dubin has an MBA in Finance from NYU and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Rochester, with a BA in Mathematics and an MS in Public Policy Analysis. While at Rochester, she was awarded an internship at the White House.
Productions: Recent: STILL, with Tim Daly and Jayne Atkinson. Upcoming: The Village of Vale – an original audio musical. Previously: Is This A Room, Dana H., The Prom (Drama Desk Award Best Musical), Farinelli and the King (starring Mark Rylance, nominated for 5 Tony Awards), An American in Paris (4 TONY Awards, plus London and National Tour), Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey (Westside Theater and on Tour), Ann, starring Holland Taylor (Lincoln Center); Bandstand (Broadway), Beebo Brinker Chronicles (2008 GLAAD Media Award for Theatre); Groundswell (the New Group), Peter and the Starcatcher (Broadway, Off-Broadway, National Tour), winner of 5 TONY Awards; The Norman Conquests (TONY Award, Best Play Revival), The 39 Steps (OB, Tour); The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (London). Film: Radium Girls.
JEREMY HANDELMAN
Producer
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Jeremy Handelman is a two-time Tony Award nominated producer whose many credits include the Broadway productions and national tours of both The Kite Runner and John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons, the Broadway revival of On the Town, and the Off Broadway and regional production of the rock musical comedy Brooklyn Crush, formerly F#%king Up Everything (NY Times Critics' Pick). He has executive produced many other productions and staged readings, including the acclaimed production of The Chekhov Dreams.
DOMINICK LARUFFA JR.
Producer & Actor
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Dominick LaRuffa Jr. recently wrapped the Off-Broadway world premiere of ‘Til Death starring opposite Tony Winners Judy Kaye and Robert Cuccioli. Just after doing double duty; simultaneously leading the world premiere of Powerhouse (A.R.T NY) Off-Broadway and producing The Kite Runner on Broadway. Dom is most commonly known for his film and television work with more recent credits including Paul on the long running hit CBS/Paramount+ legal drama Bull, a recurring role on Gravesend (Amazon), the Martin Scorsese epic The Irishman (Netflix), and soon to be co-starring in the psychological thriller feature, Abandoned Heights.
Dominick is the founder of Blue Collar Artist Studio. He is an acting coach, producing and development consultant, dramaturg, and a six-time Tony award nominated producer. Off-Broadway principle roles include How Alfo Learned to Love (59E59), My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis (The Theater Center), My Big Gay Italian Wedding, My Big Gay Italian Funeral, among others. His work as a Broadway producer includes: All The Way, You Can’t Take It With You, On The Town, Deaf West Theatre’s Revival of Spring Awakening, The Realistic Joneses, China Doll, Six Degrees of Separation, American Son, The Lifespan of a Fact, and Betrayal.
MOOGIE BROOKS
Producer
Rockefeller Studios
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KATIE GAMELLI
Literary Agent
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Katie Gamelli is a Theatrical Literary Agent at Paladin Artists Agency, representing playwrights, composers, lyricists, directors, designers, music directors, and more. Named by the Broadway Women’s Fund as one of the 2020 Women to Watch on Broadway, she spent the first decade of her career at A3 Artists Agency (formerly Abrams), where she became known for her diverse roster of multi-hyphenate clients. A passionate advocate for new play and musical development, she has also worked for The Kleban Foundation, served on the Encores! Off-Center Artist's Board (led by Jeanine Tesori and the late Michael Friedman) and the Musical Theatre Factory Advisory Board. She’s also s served as a visiting artist and lecturer at Yale University, Montclair State, Iowa Playwrights Workshop and Sewanee Writers Conference. She is a CT native and graduate of Marymount Manhattan College.
NEIL GOODING
Producer
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Neil Gooding is currently one of the producers of Back To The Future in the West End, Broadway and on the US Tour. This year, Neil was one of the Producers of Harmony on Broadway . Neil was also a producer for the premiere of What’s New Pussycat in Birmingham, as well as Harmony (New York), Islander (New York) and LEAP (Australia). Other producing credits include Drummer Queens, The 39 Steps (New York), The Empire Strips Back (US Tour), The Woman In Black (Australian Tour) the Helpmann Award winning Sweet Charity, The Empire Strips Back, Handle With Care (NYC) starring Carol Lawrence and Alan Cumming’s one-man version of Macbeth (Broadway).
In 2014, Neil was the director of Passion, at the Arts Centre in Melbourne for Life Like Touring. He also directed the Australian premiere of Dogfight by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul (Hayes Theatre), the national tour of Thank You For Being A Friend, and the World Premiere of Truth, Beauty And A Picture Of You. Neil has produced and directed Sing On Through Tomorrow by Matthew Robinson, LOVEBiTES by Peter Rutherford and James Millar, Love Letters starring Ian Stenlake and Rachael Beck, Irving Berlin: Songs In The Key Of Black starring Lucy Maunder, Mitchel Butel in Killing Time, The Divine Miss Bette starring Catherine Alcorn, as well as being one of the producers of the hit Australian play Holding The Man in the West End starring Jane Turner and Simon Burke. In 2009, he produced the original tour of Breast Wishes and directed and produced the Australian premiere of Gutenberg! The Musical! for which he was nominated for a Helpmann Award and a Green Room Award for his direction. In 2008, Neil produced (with WhiteBox) the World Premiere of The Hatpin starring Caroline O’Connor, Peter Cousens, Barry Crocker AM and Melle Stewart, which then went on to perform at the NYMF in New York. Neil also served as the Assistant Director on both of these productions.
For several years, Neil was employed by Jacobsen Entertainment, where he responsible for the financial administration of the Arena Productions of The Man From Snowy River Arena Spectacular, the Long Way to the Top concert series, De La Guarda and Dirty Dancing, as well as being the tour accountant on the road with Ja Rule & Ashanti in 2003. Neil also worked for Delta Goodrem and toured Australia as her Tour Accountant on her Visualise Tour.
Neil is the author of Back to the 80’s (which is now produced hundreds of times around the world every year), and Popstars.
He has been awarded a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Queensland and was the Chairman and one of the founding members of Hayes Theatre Co in Sydney.
MAYA DAVIS
Producer
Williamstown Theatre Festival
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ERIC WEBB
Dramaturg & TMS Mentor
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Eric Webb is a NYC based writer and dramaturg whose plays and musicals have been produced in NYC and Tokyo. As a dramaturg, Eric has worked with The TheaterMakers Studio and Ken Davenport since 2013 as Director of Creative Development, aiding hundreds of writers and composers in achieving their goals of moving from the page to the stage. Eric also previously served as Artistic Director for March Forth Productions, Literary and Marketing Manager for La Vie Productions, and Dramaturg for Young Playwrights, Inc. Writing projects in development include Rise (with composer Scott Wilkinson), Breakup - The Musical (with composer Stephanie Bianchi), and Thompson/Gifford. Previous writing credits include #JustBeYou (Random Farms Kids’ Theater, JOY Kids’ Theater), A White Man’s Guide to Rikers Island (Players Theater, Gene Frankel Theater), “Orion” (short film), The Angels of Mons (March Forth Productions/Horsetrade at Theater Under St. Marks).
NICO JUBER
Writer & Producer
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Nico Juber is an award-winning musical writer, producer, and was named one of the "2023 Women to Watch on Broadway" by the Broadway Women's Fund. Her original musical comedy, Millennials Are Killing Musicals, premiered Off-Broadway and is currently in development, with its cast album available on Yellow Sound Label/Brainstorm Records. Nico’s work has been featured in prominent programs and on stages across the U.S. and London, including New York Theatre Barn’s New Works Series, the Ring of Keys Gala, Arts Ignite’s Art of Wellness Benefit, mostlyNEWmusicals, 54 Below, Joe’s Pub, and London’s Crazy Coqs.
Nico’s sci-fi short musical Holo earned top honors in the 2020 National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) Challenge and premiered at the Beck Center for the Arts. Her latest project, Winner, co-written with Joe Barros, is being developed by New York Theatre Barn and New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts and debuted at The London Summer Music Theatre Academy. An EP of Winner will be recorded early next year.
Nico also won the Drama League’s Light the Lights songwriting competition along with collaborator Selena Seballo and co-wrote the viral Smirnoff Smash Tea Partay with Rocky Paterra and Wheelhouse Labs, starring Kathy Hilton, which has garnered over 6.5 million views. She is also currently serving as Producing Associate on new musical Picnic At Hanging Rock.
She is a member of the Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, The League of Professional Theatre Women, and Ring of Keys, and serves as the Maestra Moms affinity group co-chair. Nico has been a featured speaker for MusicalWriters.com, Theatre Resources Unlimited, Maestra, and Women & Theatre and given pitch feedback through New Musicals, Inc. @stuffnicolikes.
LUCY POWIS
Literary Manager
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Lucy Powis is a Theatrical Literary Agent at Michael Moore Agency, where she represents writers, directors, designers, composers, choreographers, and more. She previously spent 5 years at A3 Artists Agency and has also held positions in the artistic/literary departments at Roundabout Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Her producing and dramaturgy credits include work at The Public's Under the Radar Festival, Next Door @ NYTW, New Georges, Bushwick Starr, Ars Nova's ANT Fest, Rattlestick, The Segal Center's PRELUDE Festival, HERE, and the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center. Lucy hails from Toronto and holds an MFA in Dramaturgy from Columbia University.
DOUGLAS LYONS
Writer, Actor, Composer/Lyricist & Producer
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Douglas Lyons is a multi-hyphenate artist. As a writer, he earned a GLAAD nomination for his Broadway playwriting debut, Chicken and Biscuits, which was the 2nd most produced play in America in 2022-23. In Summer 2024, his world premiere play, Table 17, which premiered at Off-Broadway's MCC Theater, was deemed a NY Times Critic Pick. Douglas served as a writer on both seasons of Apple TV's Emmy award winning series Fraggle Rock. His Broadway acting credits include the Book of Mormon, plus the Original Casts of Beautiful and the Tony award winning Broadway revival of Parade. Tour credits include Rent,Dreamgirls and Book ofMormon. As a composer-lyricist, his music and lyrics have been featured on Nickelodeon, BET Plus, Apple TV, CBS's Sunday Morning Show, and more. His musicals include Polkadots (Off Broadway Alliance Winner Best Family Show, Atlantic Theater Company), Beau (Adirondack Theatre Festival), the world premiere of Five Points (Theater Latté Da) and more. He is currently developing television with Gabrielle Union's I'll Have Another, Sky Dance and Ryan Reynolds' Maximum Effort.
@DouglasSings IG: @Chocolatehipster
PETER BREGER
Entertainment Attorney, General Manager & Producer
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Peter Breger is an entertainment attorney and theatrical general manager and producer, who has represented theatrical producers, independent film producers, investors, commercial and non-profit theatres, Writers, Directors, Performers, Talent Agents and Managers for over twenty-five years.
ABBIE MARTIN
Marketing Expert
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Abbie is a New York City-based Arts and Entertainment Marketing professional with extensive experience in driving brand growth and audience engagement. As the Marketing Director for Big Leap Brands, The TheaterMakers Studio, and Broadway Murder Mysteries, she partners with clients to develop tailored strategies that elevate their presence and expand their reach. She hails from Des Moines, Iowa and holds a BA in Arts Management from SUNY Purchase College.
MEGAN ANN RASMUSSEN
Producer
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Megan Ann Rasmussen (she/her) is an award-winning Producer creating work for
multigenerational audiences. Broadway: A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical;
Harmony A New Musical; upcoming Joy on Broadway. She is Lead Producer of Spells of the Sea
which played at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in October and Chimney
Town, Broadway’s first anime-to-stage musical. Known as the ‘PG Producer’ she is President of
Megan Ann Rasmussen Productions, served as President of Theatre for Young Audiences/USA,
and is founder of Broadway’s Bit by Bit Podcast; the only podcast dedicated to Broadway Family
Theater. When not creating theatre, she is building her own community of ‘Believers. Doers.
Servers. Dreamers.’ with her husband, four children, one daughter-in-law, new grandbaby and a
Goldendoodle named Maggie. MeganAnnRasmussen.com
Mirandah Gohh
Producer
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Named a “2022 Woman to Watch on Broadway” by the Broadway Women’s Fund, Miranda Gohh is a producer originally from Providence, RI.
She was recently the Associate Producer of SUFFS by Shaina Taub, and was previously the Associate Producer of Davenport Theatrical Enterprises (A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL, HARMONY, THE GRISWOLDS' BROADWAY VACATION, JOY, THE TEN, THE UNTITLED MUSICAL ON THE LIFE OF HARRY BELAFONTE).
She is also the Founder of Theatre Producers of Color (TPOC), a collective of theatremakers joined together in support of the next generation of BIPOC producers by providing access to education, training, and mentorship, and a Co-Founder of The Industry Standard Group (TISG), the first BIPOC commercial theatre investment and producing organization.
Her credits include JUST FOR US, HERE LIES LOVE, KPOP, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL, MACBETH starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, IS THIS A ROOM, and DANA H. on Broadway and KINKY BOOTS and Obie Award winner CIRCLE JERK Off-Broadway.