CURRENT BOARD AND THEATER
INDUSTRY AFFILIATIONS:
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New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) aka National Music Theatre Network, New York City, NY. Vice Chair of Board. NYMF develops and produces new musicals.
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SenovvA, Los Angeles, CA. Board of Advisors of international production and theater company.
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The Jimmy Awards, Nederlander Organization, New York City, NY. Advisory Board for national high school music theater awards.
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National Alliance of Musical Theatre (NAMT). One of the original 35 founding producers, former Board member and current Associate Member.
Montego Glover in North Shore Music Theatre's
production of "Memphis" -
photo by Paul Liden
• Seacoast Repertory Theatre, Portsmouth, NH. Consulting in reorganization.
• Theatre By The Sea, Portsmouth, NH. Co-Chair, Board of Trustees. Gives small grants for local theater organizations.
• Bow Street Trust, Portsmouth, NH. Board of Directors. Controls property for Seacoast Rep.
• Pontine, Portsmouth, NH. Advisory Board for mime/theater company.
• Speakeasy Theatre Company, Boston MA. Board of Visitors.
• Artistic Director Emeritus of North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly, MA.
• Actors' Equity Association (AEA). Member.
NATIONAL AND STATE ARTS AFFILIATIONS:
• Evaluator and panelist with the National Endowment for the Arts Opera, Musical Theater, Access, Challenge Grant and Theater programs
• New England Foundation for the Arts, evaluator
• League of Resident Theaters (LORT), former Board member
• U.S. Department of the Interior, consultant
• Panelist and evaluator for the New Hampshire Commission on the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Maine State Council on the Arts and Humanities; the Ohio Arts Council and the Cultural Arts Council of Houston
• President and Treasurer of the Council of Stock Theaters for 23 years.
THEATRE PRODUCTIONS:
• A CHRISTMAS CAROL, A Musical Ghost Story. Book Writer and director of this classic holiday musical.
• LANGSTON IN HARLEM, Producer for off Broadway production, September 2009.
THEATER AND COMMUNITY AWARDS:
• Elliot Norton Award for 25 years of Excellence in Theatre
• New England Theatre Conference Award for Outstanding Achievement in The American Theatre
• Salem State College’s Lifetime Achievement Award
• Moss Hart Award for his musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol
• Kenneth A MacDonald Award for Theatre Excellence presented by the Independent Reviewers of New England
• Town of Danvers, MA 2007 Drum Major of Justice Award for leadership in promoting tolerance
• Bay State Banner Award for employing artists of color both onstage
• Actors’ Equity Association’s Rosetta LeNoire Award in 2003 for NSMT’s outstanding commitment to non-traditional casting.