E. Clayton Cornelious has been a Broadway/TV actor for 24 years. As an actor he has done 8 Broadway shows, 9 National Tours, & has performed on the West End. On top of acting, he is now a 4-year Broadway Investor/Producer. He made his Broadway lead producing debut with CHICKEN & BISCUITS this past fall at Circle in The Square and he is now co-producing for the 2nd time Off-Broadway with the new one-woman hit musical: LITTLE GIRL BLUE – THE NINA SIMONE MUSICAL coming March 2022. Investments: MJ: THE MUSICAL, CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, HADESTOWN, & AIN’T TOO PROUD. Producing: WHEN IT HAPPENS TO YOU & LITTLE DID I KNOW (podcast). He is a proud graduate of Point Park University, and currently getting a degree in Business Management with a focus in Entrepreneurship from EGCC. He is grateful to friends, family, and God for everything he provides. Follow him on Twitter & Instagram: @Eclaycorn. more…

Maria Manuela Goyanes (she/her/hers) is the Artistic Director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Prior to joining Woolly, she served as the Director of Producing and Artistic Planning at The Public Theater, where she oversaw the day-to-day execution of a full slate of plays and musicals at the Public’s five-theatre venue at Astor Place and the Delacorte Theater for Shakespeare in the Park. Earlier in her career at The Public, she managed some of the theatre’s most celebrated productions, including HAMILTON by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Maria is a first-generation Latinx-American, born to parents who emigrated from the Dominican Republic and Spain. She was raised in Jamaica, Queens, and has a collection of hoop earrings to prove it. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in 2001 from Brown University. more…

Ben Holtzman is a producer and content creator passionate about lifting up new artists and telling thoughtful stories that make us think. Currently, he is producing GUN & POWDER, which had its world premiere at the Signature Theatre in 2020. He recently co-produced BE MORE CHILL on and off Broadway. Current projects in development include HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO, MIDSUMMER, and BRADICAL. Ben worked closely with Hal Prince from 2016 until his passing, whereupon Ben produced his memorial celebration at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway directed by Susan Stroman. Ben is the founder and executive producer of RANGE music: a New York City music collective. With RANGE, Ben has arranged and produced music videos and content with Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, Billboard, the E! Network, and more. Ben is the recipient of the 2019-2020 Prince Fellowship for Creative Producing in association with Columbia University School of the Arts. He is a proud graduate of both Professional Performing Arts School and the Syracuse University School of Drama. For more, visit www.hlp.nyc. more…

Toni R. Isreal is the CEO and Founder of REALEMN Productions LLC, Broadway’s leading multicultural marketing and PR team, run by Black Women. ‘The Real Team’s’ current client list includes Broadway’s leading shows including 8 Time Tony Award Winning HADESTOWN, JAGGED LITTLE PILL, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s "powerful and provocative," PASS OVER, 2021 FIRST Broadway show to open - MJ THE MUSICAL, CHICKEN & BISCUITS, and also, New York Theatre Workshop, Princeton’s McCarter Theatre Center, New Brunswick’s George Street Playhouse, and the North American HADESTOWN Tour 2021. In addition to being a proud member of New York Women in Film & Television, this co-founding member of The Industry Standard Group is also a consultant with New York’s World-Famous Apollo Theater, where she has secured over a million dollars in sales. Previously, Isreal was the Managing Director of Walker International Communications Group (WICG) where she led a team providing all aspects of marketing consultation to arts organizations including audience development, media support, and socially & technology driven initiatives. more…

Nicole Javanna Johnson is Founder & Creative Director of the Harriet Tubman Effect Institute www.harriettubmaneffect.com, a human resource center and institute of research and strategy for justice advocacy. The institute seeks to usher in a new era of empathy by producing empathy driven artistry, participatory action research and social justice initiatives. Nicole is also Founder of Javanna Productions M.O.V.E. www.proudtobeamover.com, a non-profit arts and education company that provides community members with the resources and platforms necessary to address social issues creatively. A member of SAG-AFTRA and a leader in the educational theater community, Nicole is currently pursuing her PhD at New York University in the Music and Performing Arts Department of the School of Culture, Education and Human Development. more…

Dana Li (she/her) has been on the Baseline Theatrical team since January 2015. Productions at Baseline include HAMILTON, THE GREAT COMET, STUFFED, STRAIGHT, and APPLICATION PENDING. Previous: the 2014 Tony Awards, The Araca Group. She holds a BFA in Stage Management from Syracuse University. more…

Kevin Lin is a talent and literary agent at leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA), where he represents top actors, writers, directors, composers and choreographers, including Leslie Odom, Jr. Matthew López, David Henry Hwang, Emilio Sosa, Kyle Hanagami, Celine Song, Dina Shihabi, James Alsop, Ashley Park, Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss, Jordan E. Cooper, Anthony Ramos, Danielle Brooks, Teyonah Parris, and Darren Criss. He is also Co-Head of Cultural Business Strategy, working to strengthen companywide strategies that maximize creative opportunities and business growth for the agency’s diverse clients and build corporate culture best practices. Lin began his career at CAA as an intern in 2012. more…

Dale Mott is a veteran non-profit fundraising executive and entrepreneur whose career has included leadership roles with the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, CARE, The Phillips Collection, Arena Stage, Halcyon, and Penumbra Theatre Company. Dale founded EDGEWOOD as a fundraising consultancy but quickly shifted to focus more on his passion—theatrical and multimedia production. His first co-produceorial adventure was the critically acclaimed Broadway production of THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT, which starred Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones, and Bobby Canavale. EDGEWOOD’s growing stable of theatrical works includes Nolan Williams, Jr.’s new musical, GRACE, which is set to enjoy its WORLD PREMIERE at Ford’s Theatre, March 2022; Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway-bound musical, A STRANGE LOOP; and more to come. Considered a masterful fundraiser, Dale has served as fundraising consultant to numerous organizations including the Theatre Development Fund (TDF), Santa Fe Art Institute, PostClassical Ensemble, the National Association of Veterans Research and Education Foundations (NAVREF), ARMR Systems, and ArtsEmerson. more…

Dessie Moynihan began her theatrical career in the PR/Marketing Department of Circle Repertory Company. She then worked at Off-Off-Broadway’s Ensemble Studio Theatre for six years, first as Marketing Associate, later as Literary Manager. In the latter capacity she collaborated with writers on the creation and development of new plays through readings, workshops and productions. In 1988 she joined the Shubert Foundation as Program Assistant, later becoming Program Director. In 1996 she moved to the Shubert Organization and established a department devoted to looking for material for the Organization to produce, invest in and book into its theatres. In 2006 she was named Vice President of Creative Projects. She has worked on the producing and dramaturgical sides of DIRTY BLONDE by Claudia Shear, directed by James Lapine; Strindberg’s DANCE OF DEATH directed by Sean Mathias, starring Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren; Michel Legrand’s AMOUR; Stew and Heidi Rodewald’s PASSING STRANGE; and Gary Barlow & Tim Firth’s musical CALENDAR GIRLS. She co-wrote DIVINE RIVALRY with Michael Kramer. Current projects include the Broadway musical SOME LIKE IT HOT and the American version of CALENDAR GIRLS. more…

Doug Nevin is the founder of Nevin Law Group and the go-to counsel to many of the most prominent producers and producing organizations, internationally renowned creative artists, as well as start-ups and early stage businesses. Doug serves as production counsel to a wide array of Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, musicals and live experiences.  He assists clients in the development, financing, production and rollout of live stage production. In addition, Doug works in tandem with local counsel to coordinate international stagings of his clients’ projects.  Production counsel credits include PASS OVER, IS THIS A ROOM, DANA H, THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN, SLAVE PLAY, WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, and The Old Vic A CHRISTMAS CAROL. His client list of artists includes award-winning composers, lyricists, playwrights, performers, authors, directors, choreographers, designers, casting directors, music staff and some of the world’s preeminent cultural institutions. more…

Joey Parnes, with more than 40 years' experience, is an eight-time Tony Award-winning producer and manager of plays and musicals for Broadway and the road. His company, Joey Parnes Productions, has produced and managed over 40 productions including A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER, HELLO, DOLLY!, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, BRIGHT STAR, FISH IN THE DARK, THE HUMANS, A RAISIN IN THE SUN starring Denzel Washington, Christopher Durang’s VANYA AND SASHA AND MASHA AND SPIKE, HAIR and PASSING STRANGE, among many others. Currently, Joey is developing a number of new projects, including the musical KPOP, for Broadway. Additional credits include the original production of DREAMGIRLS (as the assistant company manager), GRAND HOTEL, RAGES and BRING IN ‘DA NOISE, BRING IN ‘DA FUNK. Joey was the Executive Producer of The Public Theater from 1994 until 1996 and then returned in 2011 to serve as its Interim Executive Director. He also served as the Coordinating Producer of the Tony Awards from 2001 to 2008 and has produced the Drama Desk Awards since 2012. Joey is a past president of the Yale Dramatic Association and teaches Producing for the Commercial Theatre at Yale School of Drama. more…

Ilene Rosen is the “R” in RPM, an NYC based advertising agency servicing Broadway and live entertainment. Clients include the Broadway shows HAMILTON, CHICAGO, MOULIN ROUGE, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, THE MUSIC MAN, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and others, plus Madison Square Garden Entertainment . Prior to founding RPM, Ilene was the President of SpotCo, another advertising agency in the entertainment space where she spent a decade working with Broadway shows, live entertainment brands and non profit arts organizations  In her 20 year plus career in live arts, Ilene has also worked as the Marketing Director for The Public Theater/Shakespeare in Central Park , as an interim Marketing Director for American Ballet Theatre, and Head of Production for the NYC based theater company Drama Dept. more…

Matt Ross produced this season’s PASS OVER, IS THIS A ROOM, and DANA H. Matt also produced the Tony-nominated Broadway engagement of Heidi Schreck’s WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, its ongoing national tour, and live capture film for Amazon. Prior producing credits include the Tony Award-nominated productions of NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 and ON THE TOWN. He is the founder of Matt Ross Public Relations, an agency representing a broad spectrum of theatre productions and companies in New York and beyond including PASS OVER, IS THIS A ROOM, DANA H., WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, New York Theatre Workshop, MCC, the Irish Repertory Theatre, Classic Stage Company, Primary Stages, Clubbed Thumb, Baltimore Center Stage, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, New Georges, the Tank, HERE, 59E59, the Sol Project, The Movement Theatre Company, Ensemble Studio Theater, the Dramatists Guild, and The TEAM. Matt has been a press agent since 2005. Prior to the formation of MRPR, he worked at The Hartman Group, Boneau/Bryan-Brown, and Keith Sherman & Associates, representing more than 30 Broadway productions. more…

Erica Rotstein is a theatre producer, talent manager, and educator. Her work is driven by a passion for music, and a desire to nurture creative collaborations built on transparency and mutual respect. Select producing projects include: HUNDRED DAYS by The Bengsons and Sarah Gancher, directed by Anne Kauffman (Lortel & Drama League noms for Outstanding Musical, hundreddays.org); WE AREN’T KIDS ANYMORE, a song cycle by Drew Gasparini; WATER FOR ELEPHANTS by Rick Elice and PigPen Theatre Co. (in development); and I LOVE THAT SENATOR FOR YOU, a digital series to humanize the ballot for young people (@ilovethatsenatorforyou). Management clients include Drew Gasparini, The Bengsons, Diana Oh, Sherri Eden Barber and Angela Sclafani. Erica is an Adjunct Professor at Berklee NYC and Drexel University, Board Chair of Colt Coeur Theatre Company (coltcoeur.org) and holds an MBA from NYU’s Stern School of Business. www.ericarotstein.com. more…

Fiona Rudin is a theater producer and investor. A lifelong lover of the arts, she began her career as a contemporary art dealer. She discovered her passion for theater while serving on the board of directors at The New 42nd Street which is the parent organization to The New Victory Theater, New 42 Studios and The Duke Theater. She is currently the Chairman of the board and has dedicated the last 17 years working with board and staff to bring high-quality performing arts to children of all ages, reaching over 40,000 public school children every year. In 2014, with a growing interest in producing theater, Fiona began investing in shows on Broadway and off-Broadway, including the world-wide sensation, HAMILTON.  Fiona joined as a co-producer on the very successful, immersive production of the Tooting Art’s Club Sweeney Todd at the former Barrow Street Theater in 2016.  In 2017, she founded Fiona Rudin Productions with an objective of supporting emerging talent and giving opportunity through financial backing to under-represented voices. more…

Heather Shields is an award-winning producer and theatre manager. She received her undergraduate degrees at the University of Richmond and later graduated from Columbia University with her Masters in Arts Administration. She made her Broadway producing debut in 2017 with the Tony Award-winning BANDSTAND and was most recently a lead producer on A CHRISTMAS CAROL. She is also a producer on the Off-Broadway hit PUFFS! (OR SEVEN INCREASINGLY EVENTFUL YEARS AT A CERTAIN SCHOOL OF MAGIC AND MAGIC). Heather serves as the General Manager of the long-running, downtown sensation BATSU! NYC and opened BATSU! Chicago to critical acclaim in 2016. more…

Ron Simons is a five-time Tony Award-nominated and four-time Tony Award-winning producer. He is CEO of SimonSays Entertainment. Broadway credits include the run away hit AIN’T TOO PROUD: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS, as well as the Tony winning productions of JITNEY, PORGY & BESS, A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE and VANYA & SONIA & MASHA & SPIKE… Other Broadway credits include THE GIN GAME, HUGHIE, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE as well as the Off-Broadway hit TURN ME LOOSE. Mr. Simons is the highest African-American Tony Award winning producer of all time, cementing him as the leading Broadway producer working today bringing diversity to the stage. As CEO of SimonSays Entertainment, Mr. Simons leads the strategic planning and development of theatre, film and television projects including the critically acclaimed Sundance films NIGHT CATCHES US (w/ Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie and Wendell Pierce), GUN HILL ROAD (w/ Esai Morales and Judy Reyes), BLUE CAPRICE (w/ Isaiah Washington and Tequan Richmond) and MOTHER OF GEORGE (w/ Danai Gurira) - three of which premiered in competition). more…

Rachel Sussman is a Tony Award-nominated producer and a co-founder of The MITTEN Lab, an emerging theatre artist residency program in her native state of Michigan. She has worked with such companies as Audible Theater, The Sundance Institute Theatre Lab, Second Stage Theatre, RKO Stage, and Lincoln Center's American Songbook. Broadway and national tour: Co-producer on Heidi Schreck's Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony Award-nominated play, WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME. Other producing credits include the Obie Award-winning production of THE WOODSMAN (New World Stages/59E59), SATURDAY NIGHT SEDER (Story Course), EH DAH? QUESTIONS FOR MY FATHER (Next Door at NYTW), ENDLINGS (NYTW), LOVE IN HATE NATION (Two River Theater), and THE RUG DEALER (Women's Project Pipeline Festival). In development: SUFFRAGIST by Shaina Taub, DEVOTION by Mark Sonnenblick. A past Women's Project Lab Time Warner Foundation Fellow, Rachel was the recipient of the 2019 Geraldine Stutz T. Fellowship in Creative Producing, founded by Hal Prince in conjunction with Columbia University. She is a graduate of the Commercial Theater Institute and a University Honors Scholar alumna of NYU Tisch. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Theater at Columbia University School of the Arts. www.rachel-sussman.com. more…

Barbara Whitman is a theatrical producer who made her Broadway debut producing A RAISIN IN THE SUN, starring Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad, Audra McDonald, and Sanaa Lathan. Other Broadway credits include DIANA – THE MUSICAL, BURN THIS starring Adam Driver and Keri Russell, ANGELS IN AMERICA (Tony and Drama Desk Award, Best Play Revival), 1984, THE GLASS MENAGERIE starring Sally Fields, WAR PAINT starring Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole, THE HUMANS (Tony Award, Best Play), OH, HELLO starring Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, FULLY COMMITTED starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson, FUN HOME (Tony Award, Best Musical), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (Tony and Drama Desk Award, Best Musical Revival), OF MICE AND MEN starring James Franco, IF/THEN starring Idina Menzel, HANDS ON A HARDBODY, RED (Tony and Drama Desk Awards, Best Play), NEXT TO NORMAL (Pulitzer Prize), HAMLET starring Jude Law, 33 VARIATIONS starring Jane Fonda, MARY STUART, LEGALLY BLONDE - THE MUSICAL, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, and DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS. more…

Orin Wolf is the Tony-Award winning producer of the Broadway musical, THE BAND’s VISIT, and the president of NETworks Presentations. His additional Broadway producing credits include the recent revival of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Tony Nominated), BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL (Tony Nominated), ORPHANS (Tony Nominated), HANDS ON A HARDBODY, ONCE (Tony Winner), THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON and A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (Tony Nominated).  Some of his Off Broadway credits include: THE BAND’S VISIT, NALAGA'AT - NOT BY BREAD ALONE, GROUNDSWELL, Judy Gold's 25 QUESTIONS FOR A JEWISH MOTHER, Robert Wuhl's ASSUME THE POSITION and HISTORY OF THE WORD. Orin was the co-founder of OBB/Off Broadway Booking, an agency that pioneered a national touring market for off-Broadway shows. He is a proud graduate of the Commercial Theater Institute and was awarded the T-Fellowship for Creative Producing at Columbia University.  For the past 5 years, Orin has served as the director of the T-Fellowship program under the guidance of Hal Prince. more…