Virtual Networking Event
January, 24th, 2022, 6:00pm - 8:30pm ET
Register Here for this free networking event on Monday, January 24th, offering stage managers of color the unique opportunity to connect directly with industry professionals who are in positions to share advice and personalized counsel and – crucially – to hire. Broadway veteran and advocate, Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell will introduce the event.
Attendance is free, and interested candidates must register online here by 9:00pm EST on Tuesday, January 18. Participation is capped at 80 people.
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Panelists
BROADWAY
101 Productions
Bespoke Theatrical
Blair Russell Productions
Disney Theatrical Group
Foresight Theatrical
Joey Parnes Productions
RCI Theatricals
Roundabout Theatre
Wagner Johnson Productions
OFF-BROADWAY
Classic Stage Company
Manhattan Theatre Club
MCC Theater
Second Stage Theater
Signature Theatre
Vineyard Theatre
TOURING
Disney Theatrical Group
NETworks Productions
Troika Entertainment
Work Light Productions
REGIONAL THEATRES
Alley Theatre
Alliance Theatre
American Theatre Group
Barrington Stage Company
Berkeley Rep
Broadway Sacramento
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Geva Theatre Center​
George Street Playhouse
Goodman Theatre
Ogunquit Playhouse
Paper Mill Playhouse
Resident Ensemble Players
South Coast Repertory
The MUNY
The Old Globe
Two River Theater
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EVENTS
INVNT Group
Production Glue
Red Thread Productions
TMW Enterprises
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OPERA
LA Opera
Metropolitan Opera
Portland Opera
DISNEY
Disney (Cruise Line, Parks, Events)
CRUISE LINES
KMCC & Maybury Webb Creative Inc.
Norwegian Cruise Line
Virgin Voyages
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Kelly Devine
JoAnn Hunter
Denis Jones
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGERS
Bonnie L. Becker Kevin Bertolacci
Holly Coombs Jill Cordle
Richard Hester Adam Hunter
David Lober Linda Marvel
Jack McLeod Ira Mont
Bonnie Panson Kathleen Purvis
Cody Renard Richard Judy Schoenfeld
Clifford Schwartz Michael Passaro
Rolt Smith Rick Steiger
Steve “Doc” Zorthian
MODERATORS
Michael “Rico” Cohen Branden Cullen
James Darrah Mark Dobrow
Colyn Fiendel Jenn Jacobs
Anna Kaltenbach Angela Kiessel
Matt Lutz Johnny Milani
Paul J. Smith Charlie Underhill
Alex Volckhausen Kim Vernace
Special Guest
Brian Stokes-Mitchell
Tony Award Winning Actor
Dubbed “the last leading man” by The New York Times, Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell has enjoyed a career that spans more than 40 years in Broadway, television, film, recordings and concert appearances with the country’s finest conductors and orchestras.
Mr. Mitchell received Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards for his star turn in Kiss Me, Kate. He also gave Tony-nominated performances in Man of La Mancha, August Wilson’s King Hedley II, and Ragtime. Other notable Broadway shows include Kiss of the Spider Woman, Jelly’s Last Jam, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and most recently in Shuffle Along. Off Broadway includes Do Re Mi, Carnival, Kismet and The Bandwagon at City Center Encores and Much Ado About Nothing at the Delacorte Theatre’s Shakespeare in the Park.
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Regional includes Sweeney Todd at the Sondheim Celebration at The Kennedy Center with Christine Baranski and The Light in the Piazza at the Los Angeles Opera with Renee Fleming. Stokes was four days from opening LOVE/LIFE at City Center Encores when all of Broadway, and most of the country shut down due to the pandemic. However, that didn’t stop him completely. Even while recovering from Covid in March of 2020, he received unexpected additional acclaim and attention for singing The Impossible Dream from his apartment window every night for a number of weeks during the pandemic in honor of the essential workers.
Stokes has received a number of other awards for both his charitable and artistic work including the New Dramatist’s Distinguished Achievement Award, the Actors Fund Julie Harris Award, Canada’s Dora Mavor Moore Award (The Canadian “Tony”), the Americans for the Arts Outstanding Contribution to the Arts Award, The Actors Fund Medal of Honor, Chicago’s Sarah Siddons Award, and the Distinguished Performance Award from the Drama League. In November of 2016 he was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame.
Stokes charitable work is extensive. Since his 20s has enjoyed working with multiple organizations beginning with tours for the USO and also The March of Dimes. He received his most recent Tony Award in 2016 for his work as Chairman of the Board of The Actor’s Fund, a position he has continuously held since 2004. He is also on the Board and Artist Committee of Americans for the Arts, and is a founding member of Black Theatre United. He is a tireless advocate for both artists and the importance of the Arts in a healthy society. This year the city of New York honored his contributions to charity and the arts by awarding him the Key to the City.
