THE 5th ANNUAL THEATER MAKERS SUMMIT"PLACES, PLEASE..."
Hosted Virtually with In-Person Networking in NYC
November 6th and 7th, 2021
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Register for The TheaterMakers Summit
November 6th and 7th, Bonus Day November 8th | Virtual
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- KEYNOTE SESSIONS
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SECOND STAGE SESSIONS
- VIRTUAL NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES
- IN PERSON NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES IN NEW YORK CITY
- VIRTUAL & PHYSICAL SWAG BAG
- ACCESS TO EXHIBITOR BOOTHS
Dear Theater Maker,
Joe Iconis (2019 Keynote)
Here's what we mean:
You'll walk away with:
- Clarity: On your next steps
- A Plan: To take your show or career to the next level
- Tools: Implementation tools to help you make it all happen
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Connections: New collaborators and connections that will help you advance your career
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Insights: Into how the theater industry is planning for the reopening and where you fit in
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And more . . .
Stephanie J. Block (2019 Keynote)
It's not going to be a monologue . . .
Ready to make a commitment to yourself and your career?
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"TRULY AN EYE OPENING, INFLUENTIAL AND INSPIRING EXPERIENCE!" - Greggory Nekrasovas
HEAR FROM OUR 2020 KEYNOTE SPEAKER & ATTENDEES
"After attending the Conference last year I WALKED AWAY INSPIRED!” - Julian Betchelor
A FEW OF OUR 2021 SPEAKERS & PANELISTSDozens more TBA!
SIERRA BOGGESS
Internationally-recognized Actress (The Phantom of the Opera, It Should've Been You)
ANDREW LIPPA
Tony Award-nominated Composer (The Addams Family, The Wild Party)
BRANDON KAZEN MADDOX
Award-winning Performer, Choreographer and Director
BRIAN MORELAND
Tony Award-nominated Producer (Thoughts of a Colored Man)
DORI BERINSTEIN
Tony Award-winning Producer (Company, Is This A Room / Dana H.)
DAVID KORINS
Tony Award-nominated Designer (Hamilton, Beetlejuice)
DOUGLAS LYONS
Composer and Playwright
(Polka Dots, Chicken and Biscuits)
GEORGIA STITT
Multi-faceted Composer and Lyricist (Snow Child, Samantha Spade, Ace Detective)
BRANDON KAZEN-MADDOX ASL Interpreter and Co-Founder (Up Until Now Collective)
RYAN SCOTT OLIVER
New York City-based Composer-Lyricist (35 MM, Future Demons)
MELVIN TUNSTALL III
Actor, Writer, and Composer (Beautiful, Senior Class)
ALIE B. GORRIE
Disability Inclusion Consultant and Creator (ABLE: A Series)
JACOB STUCKELMAN
Tony Award-nominated Creative Producer (Sea Wall/A Life, Fairycakes)
SAMMI CANNOLD
Documentarian and On-Sight Director (The Show Must Go On, Evita)
CODY RENARD RICHARD
Stage Manager (Pass Over) and Producer (Thoughts of a Colored Man)
DANIEL J. MERTZLUFFT
TikTok Sensation and Composer (Ratatouille)
ERIC BERRYMAN
Drama Desk Award-nominated Actor (Marriage Story, Empathy, Inc.)
JJ MALEY
Tony Award-nominated Producer (What the Constitution Means to Me, Indecent)
MAX GROSSMAN
Literary Partner and Agent (Abrams Artists Agency)
RASHAD V. CHAMBERS
Tony Award-nominated Producer, Talent Manager and Lawyer (Ain’t Too Proud, American Son)
LARRY ROGOWSKY
Tony Award-winning Producer (Jagged Little Pill, Moulin Rouge)
STEPHEN BYRD
Tony Award-nominated Producer and (Ain’t Too Proud, MJ: The Musical)
TYLER MOUNT
Tony Award-winning Producer and Digital Media Personality (The Tyler Mount Vlog, Tyler Mount Ventures)
STEVE H. BROADNAX III
Director, Educator, and Writer (Thoughts of a Colored Man, Skeleton Crew)
PUN BANDHU
Tony Award-nominated Actor of Stage and Screen (WIT, House of Cards)
JAMIL JUDE
Atlanta-based Artistic Director (True Colors Theater Company)
SYDNEY CONNORS
Executive Producer of Digital Theater (Dreamgirls on Clubhouse)
KATE MAGUIRE
Boston-based Artistic Director (Berkshire Theatre Group)
ANNIE SCHIFFMAN
Digital Marketing Consultant (Downstage Media)
JOHN SIMPKINS
Penn State University Educator and Director (Love in Hate Nation)
RJ CHRISTIAN
TikTok Personality and Composer (Ratatouille TikTok Musical)
VALENTINA BERGER
Results driven producer and education professional (GO Broadway)
JONATHAN RAND
Playwright for High School Audiences (Check Please, Crazytown)
CYNTHIA J. TONG
Creative producer. Making things happen on stage and on screen (Associate Producer at Tom Kirdahy Productions, The Inheritance, Little Shop of Horrors, a Fellow of WP Theater’s 2020-2022 Lab, and a founding member of The Industry Standard Group)
DEDE AYITE
Costume Designer (A Soldier's Play, Slave Play, American Son, and Children of a Lesser God)
TOM KIRDAHY
Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer (Hadestown, Little Shop of Horrors, The Visit, Mothers and Sons, After Midnight, Ragtime, & Master Class)
MARK MAURIELLO
Brooklyn-based performer and theater artist (Little Horrors & The Rocky Horror Picture Show)
STEPHANIE KLEMONS
Performer, Choreographer (Hamilton)
JUDY MANOCHERIAN
Producer (The Great Society, The Prom, Once On This Island, Gettin’ The Band Back Together, and The Lifespan of a Fact)
NIKKI M. JAMES
Actress, Singer (Les Miserables)
NEIL GOODING
International Theatre Director, Producer & Writer (Nominated for a 2009 Helpmann Award and a 2009 Green Room Award for the Australian premiere of Gutenberg! The Musical)
MEGAN ANN RASMUSSEN
Award-Winning Producer, Director, and Educator impacting multigenerational audiences (Heaven Come Home, The Rocking Boy, and Joy On Broadway)
KEVIN COVERT
Performer and educator (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Memphis, and Spamalot)
ALEX BRIGHTMAN
Tony-nominated Actor (Beetlejuice, School of Rock)
TINA LANDAU
Director, Playwright (SpongeBob SquarePants The Musical)
LEIGH SILVERMAN
Leigh Silverman: Director (Tony Nominee for Best Direction of a Musical for the musical Violet)
CLINT RAMOS
Costume Designer (Eclipsed, Once On This Island, Slave Play)
GENEAN SCOTT
Broadway League Director of Equity
RON SIMONS
Performer, Producer, and CEO of Simonsays Entertainment (Tony Award for Best Musical, Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Tony Award for Best Play, Drama Desk, New Drama Critics and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play, Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play, and AEA’s Extraordinary Excellence in Diversity on Broadway Award.
MACY SCHMIDT
Orchestrator, Producer, Composer (The Broadway Sinfonietta)
ILANA LEVINE
Actress (Friends With Kids, Just Looking)
STEVEN TARTICK
Executive Creative Director at RPM
ALEX SWITZKY
Director, Writer (Bloodsucking Books)
LAUREN BARKET
Investor (Dear Evan Hansen, Gettin’ The Band Back Together)
DAMIAN BAZADONA
Founder of Situation Interactive
DARRYL REUBEN HALL
Artistic Director (Stage Aurora Theatrical)
RUTHIE FIERBERG
Writer, Reporter, Editor, Storyteller (Playbill)
CHARLIE COOPER
TV Reporter (Broadway.com)
JIM MCCARTHY
Co-creator and Founder of Stella
BESS WOHL
Playwright, Screenwriter, Actress (Grand Horizons, Small Mouth Sounds)
ANNA-LEE WRIGHT
Actress, Singer, Dancer (Miss Saigon)
JULIE JAMES
Sirius XM Radio Host ("On Broadway")
DARYL ROTH
Tony-winning Producer (Kinky Boots, Annie, Caroline, or Change)
ALEXANDER TOM
Interim Associate Program Head of BFA Musical Theater at Pace University
CHRISTY ALTOMARE
Actress, Singer-Songwriter (Anastasia, Carrie The Musical)
BRET SHUFORD
Actor (Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Wicked)
DR. ALISA HURWITZ (DR. DRAMA)
Clinical Psychologist
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BE PREPARED WHEN BROADWAY REOPENS
The TheaterMakers Summit is a gathering of the world’s top theatrical talent for a weekend of education, inspiration, and connection.
The TheaterMakers Summit will be held virtually again in 2021 for theater makers across the globe to attend, making this the largest virtual gathering of theater makers! We will also be hosting in person networking events in NYC in 2021.
Our industry has changed and the world is a different place than it was a year ago. At The TheaterMakers Summit, hundreds of the world’s smartest creators will gather in one virtual space to learn about the current state of the theater and how to make theater in a new world, as well as connect in virtual breakout rooms and private one-on-one virtual sessions.
If you’re an actor, director, producer, playwright, or theatre professional trying to navigate the new normal, then The TheaterMakers Summit is YOUR event. Welcome home.
"The quality of professionals who spoke at the conference was EPIC." - Kathleen Boluch
THE 2021 SUMMIT SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6
STAGE A
12:15 PM EST: Emcee Introductions
12:30 PM EST: Special Performance
12:40 PM EST: Welcome Address
1:00 PM EST: "How You Get Me To Produce Your Show": Tony Award-Winning Lead Producers Tell All
2:00 PM EST: Designing Your Story: Designing Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Virtual Theater
3:00 PM EST: Maintaining Momentum: Advancing Equity for BIPOC TheaterMakers Onstage And Off
4:00 PM EST: Break
4:30 PM EST: 4 Niches That Have Found Their Audience & Thrive
5:30 PM EST: How I Got "Discovered": The TheaterMaker's Journey Getting Produced to Broadway
6:30 PM EST: A "How It Got To Broadway" Case Study: Thoughts of a Colored Man
7:30 PM EST: In-Person Mixers
STAGE B
1:00 PM EST: Creating the World of Your Show: Award-winning Directors Tell You How They Do It
2:00 PM EST: Getting Your Work Produced Across the Country: The Untapped Potential of Universities
3:00 PM EST: The Next Gen of Broadway Producers: Paving The Way On The New Broadway
4:00 PM EST: Break
4:30 PM EST: The Future of Regional Theaters: Artistic Directors Tell You What They're Looking For In Your Show
5:30 PM EST: The Future Is Female: How These Women Shaped Their Careers on Broadway and How You Can Too
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7
STAGE A
11:00 AM EST: A "How It Got To Broadway" Case Study: New Broadway Show
12:00 PM EST: Getting Repped: When and How To Find the Right Agents, Managers, and Lawyers
1:00 PM EST: The Non-Negotiable MUST Knows on Access & Inclusion in Theater
2:00 PM EST: Accessing Your Creativity and Productivity Through Self-Care
3:00 PM EST: Musical Theater TikTok: How Shows Have Found A Digital Audience
4:00 PM EST: Keynote
4:30 PM EST: Closing Remarks
STAGE B
12:00 PM EST: Why Broadway Investors Invest: A Frank Conversation with Three Broadway Investors
1:00 PM EST: Getting Your Show Produced on the BEST Unconventional Platforms
2:00 PM EST: Going Viral: Level Up Your Social Media For You And Your Show
3:00 PM EST: Out-of-The-Black-Box: Making Theatre Not In a Theatre
BONUS DAY - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8
STAGE A
12:00 PM EST: Actors as Collaborators: Creating the World with Actors and Using Their Voices to Shape Your Story
1:00 PM EST: Get Your Show Off The Ground
2:00 PM EST: Facebook Ad Strategies for Building Massive Audiences on Autopilot
3:00 PM EST: The Nutshell Technique: Cracking the Story
4:00 PM EST: Submitting and Presenting Your Work: How to Get Them to Read It and Avoid a Bad First Impression
5:00 PM EST: 10 Hacks For Final Draft & Formatting Like An Award-Winning Playwright
STAGE B
12:00 PM EST: Heuer Publishing
1:00 PM EST: Legal Aspects of Producing
4:00 PM EST: Self-Producing Essentials: Build Your Own Budget