5:30pm - 7:30pm EST
Thursday, December 17, 2020
On December 17th, we held our inaugural networking event, providing a first-of-its-kind opportunity for 75 stage managers of color from around the country to meet (virtually) more than 30 industry professionals who can help them advance their careers.
It was an incredible evening for all of us, and we're so grateful to everyone who participated. We're looking forward to continuing the momentum with more events in the new year, opening more doors for stage managers of color, so that when we return to our beloved theaters, they will be more equitable, truly representative spaces.
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Panelists
J. Philip Bassett
Bonnie Becker
Heather Brose
Jill Cordle
Matthew DiCarlo
Julia Jones
Johnny Milani
Ira Mont
Bonnie Panson
Michael J. Passaro
Kathleen E. Purvis
Thomas Recktenwald
Clifford Schwartz
Rebecca L. Skupin
Rolt Smith
Paul J. Smith
Rick Steiger
Kelsey Tippins
Charlie Underhill
Kim Vernace
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101 Productions
321 Theatrical Management
Alliance Theatre
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Bespoke Theatricals
Dallas Theater Center
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Disney Theatrical Group
Foresight Theatrical
NETworks
RCI Theatricals
The 5th Avenue Theatre
The MUNY
Special Guest Speaker
Kenny Leon
Award Winning Director
KENNY LEON is a Tony® and Obie Award-winning and Emmy®-nominated Broadway and television director, presently directing The Mahalia Jackson Story for Lifetime. Most recently, he directed the Broadway premiere of Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece A Soldier's Play. He also directed The Underlying Chris at Second Stage Theatre Company and the acclaimed production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Delacorte/Shakespeare in the Park.
Broadway: A Soldier’s Play; American Son; Children of a Lesser God; Holler If Ya Hear Me; A Raisin in the Sun (Tony Award, 2014); The Mountaintop; Stick Fly; August Wilson’s Fences, Gem of the Ocean, and Radio Golf. Off-Broadway: Everybody’s Ruby, Emergence-See! (The Public), Smart People (Second Stage). Television: “American Son” (adapted for Netflix), “Hairspray Live!,” “The Wiz Live!,” “Steel Magnolias,” “Dynasty,” “In My Dreams.” Author, Take You Wherever You Go. Artistic Director Emeritus, Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company.
