SPRING 2023
THE 6th ANNUAL THEATERMAKERS SUMMIT
DATES TBA FOR SPRING 2023!
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Screenshots From Last Year's Attendees . . .
2021 KEYNOTE SPEAKER
ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER
Dear Theater Maker,
We are absolutely thrilled to invite you to our 5th annual Theater Makers Summit! Attending our annual conference is always a great way to tap into inspiration, motivation, and connections with thousands of theater makers from across the globe.
But this year, attending The TheaterMakers Summit could be the most impactful thing you do for your career . . . period.
Joe Iconis (2019 Keynote)
Here's what we mean:
2020 was a rough one for the theater industry, but 2021 is here and we are back in business! But, are you ready to navigate creating theater in the new world?
The TheaterMakers Summit about CONNECTING WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE. It's about CREATING MORE THEATER. Join us at our 2021 TheaterMakers Summit and you'll discover solutions to your biggest challenges and you'll gain clarity to get you to the next level.
Over the three days of The TheaterMakers Summit we will go deep in discussions that will shape the future of theater and share expert insights on topics that matter to YOU.
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 . . .
...It's going to be a dialogue between you and other participants on the topics most important to the theater industry and YOU right now.
We'll know what burning questions you want answered . . . because we ask! All our attendees receive a pre-conference survey to help us better curate the questions our moderators ask ahead of time. PLUS you'll be able to chat in questions LIVE and even "up vote" questions you really want answered so that the most urgent topics start trending!
You're going to help us determine what's most important to discuss, what's frustrating you the most, what your fears are, and we'll get you the answers.
Because . . . The TheaterMakers Summit is all about connecting you with people who have the answers.
Ready to make a commitment to yourself and your career?
"TRULY AN EYE OPENING, INFLUENTIAL AND INSPIRING EXPERIENCE!" - Greggory Nekrasovas
HEAR FROM OUR SPEAKERS & ATTENDEES
THE 2021 SUMMIT SAMPLE SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6
STAGE A
12:15 PM EST: Emcee Introductions + Special Performance
12:30 PM EST: Welcome Address
1:00 PM EST: "How You Get Me To Produce Your Show": 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: Faith, TYA, High School & Queer Theatre
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 Generation 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
STAGE B
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: Getting To The Next Stage: A TheaterMaker Case Study
2:00 PM EST: Reimagining Equitable Productions
3:00 PM EST: Facebook Ad Strategies for Building Massive Audiences on Autopilot
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
6:00 PM EST: End of Summit
"After attending the Conference last year I WALKED AWAY INSPIRED!” - Julian Betchelor
A FEW OF OUR 2021 SPEAKERS & PANELISTS
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)
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)
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)
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
"The quality of professionals who spoke at the conference was EPIC." - Kathleen Boluch
“LIFE AFFIRMING. CAN’T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR." - Dennis Blackmon
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
WHEN AND WHERE IS THE THEATERMAKERS SUMMIT?
The next TheaterMakers Summit will be hosted in spring of 2023.
WHAT ABOUT NETWORKING?
We will have several networking opportunities in NYC.
ARE THERE "TRACKS" THIS YEAR?
You bet! We're curating content for all areas of theater and professions ranging from playwriting to stage management, raising money to collaborating virtually. We'll have the different tracks clearly labeled so you can tell if a session is relevant to you or not.
WHAT IF I MISS A SESSION?
Don't worry! All of our sessions will be recorded and available for a period of time after the conference! This is a great chance to watch sessions you may have missed, or re-watch sessions you attended to get re-inspired or reminded of important tips, tools, and information!
Have a question we haven't covered? Email us at support@theatermakersstudio.com and we'll be happy to help!