Live Performance Industry Council - MOME

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Live Performance Industry Council

Creative Sector Resources
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Theatre
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Creative Sector Resources

TV/Film

Theatre

Music

Digital Games

Publishing

Digital Media


New York City’s first-ever Live Performance Industry Council was created to develop strategies to drive inclusive growth in the sector, support the city’s creative economy, and ensure the industry recovers beyond pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. For more information about the council and first convening at Gracie Mansion on September 18, 2023, please read the full press release.

The first-ever council includes the following members:

Theatre and Live Performance Industry Council co-Chairs:

Coco Killingsworth, Vice President of Social Impact, BAM, Chair, Cultural Institutions Group

Ken Sunshine, Founder and Chairman, Sunshine Sachs

Joe Benincasa, President and CEO, The Entertainment Community Fund

Steven Bensusan, Owner and Founder, Blue Note Entertainment Group

Randi Berry, Co-Founder and Executive Director, IndieSpace

Kristin Caskey, Executive Vice President of Theatrical Content and Creative, Ambassador Theatre Group; Chair-Elect, Broadway League, ATG North America

Steve Cohen, Owner, Chairman, and CEO, Citi Field

Richard Constable, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Government Affairs and Social Impact, Madison Square Garden Entertainment

Talia Corren, Co-Executive Director, Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York

Fred Dixon, President, NYC Tourism + Conventions

Gina Duncan, President, Brooklyn Academy of Music

Michelle Ebanks, President and CEO, The Apollo

Erika Elliott, Artistic Director, SummerStage

Charles Flateman, Executive Vice President, Shubert Organization; and Board Chair, NYC Tourism + Conventions

David Freudenthal, Government Relations Director, Carnegie Hall

Sonia Friedman, Theatre Producer, Sonia Friedman Productions

Deeksha Gaur, Executive Director, Theatre Development Fund

Peter Gelb, General Manager, Metropolitan Opera

Clive Gillinson, Executive Artistic Director, Carnegie Hall

Lisa Gold, Executive Director, Asian American Arts Alliance

Tom Harris, President, Times Square Alliance

Wes Jackson, President, BRIC ARTS: Celebrate Brooklyn

Laurie Jacoby, Chief Entertainment Officer, Barclay Center

Leah Johnson, Executive Vice President and Chief Communications, Marketing, and Advocacy Officer, Lincoln Center

Khady Kamara, Executive Director, Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC)

Tom Kirdahy, Theatre Producer, Tom Kirdahy Productions

Ellen Kodadek, Executive and Artistic Director, Flushing Town Hall

Natalie Koepff, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, NYC Tourism + Conventions

Paul Leibowitz, Founding Partner, IndieSpace

Randy Levine, President, New York Yankees

Julia Levy, Former Executive Director, Roundabout Theatre Company

Matt Loeb, President, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

Brandon Lorenz, National Director of Public Policy, Actor's Equity Association

Jen Lyon, Board President, New York Independent Venue Association

Sade Lythcott, CEO, National Black Theatre

Kristin Marting, Founding Artistic Director, HERE Arts Center

Jonathan McCrory, Executive Artistic Director, National Black Theatre

Luis A. Miranda Jr., Founding Partner, MirRam Group, Chair, The Public Theater

Christopher Nave, Chief Advancement Officer, Roundabout Theatre Company

Jimmy Nederlander, President, Nederlander Organization

Laura Penn, Co-Chair, Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds; and Executive Director, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)

Rosalba Rolon, Artistic Director, Pregones + Puerto Rican Traveling Theater (PRTT)

Tim Oliver Reid, Co-Founder, Black Theatre Coalition

Bennett Rink, Executive Director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Bill Rauch, Inaugural Artistic Director, Perelman Performing Arts Center

David J. Roberts, President, Building for the Arts

Daryl Roth, Theater Owner and Producer, The Daryl Roth Theatres

Jordan Roth, Board Chair and Creative Director, Jujamcyn

Taryn Sacramone, Executive Director, Queens Theatre

Thomas Schumacher, President, Disney Theatrical Group

Jeffrey Seller, Theatre Producer and Co-Owner, Drama Bookshop

Lucy Sexton, Executive Director, New Yorkers for Culture and Arts

Peter Shapiro, Founder, Brooklyn Bowl

Linda Shelton, Executive Director, Joyce Theatre

Charlotte St. Martin, Special Advisor, The Tony Awards, The Broadway League

Candace Thompson-Zachery, Director of Programming and Justice Initiatives, Dance/NYC

Lisa Richards Toney, President and CEO, Association of Performing Arts Professionals

Al Vincent, Executive Director, Actor's Equity Association

Jessica Baker Vodoor, President and CEO, Snug Harbor (Staten Island)

Bob Wankel, Chair and CEO, The Shubert Organization

Patrick Willingham, Executive Director, The Public Theater

Emmanuel Wilson, co-Executive Director, Dramatist Guild

Casey York, President, Off-Broadway League

Madani Younis, Chief Executive Producer, The Shed