Leadership

THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE LEADERSHIP

JEFFREY HOROWITZ (Founding Artistic Director) began his career in theatre as an actor and appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theatre. In 1979, he founded Theatre for a New Audience. Horowitz has served on the panel of the New York State Council on the Arts, on the board of directors of Theatre Communications Group, the advisory board of the Shakespeare Society and the artistic directorate of London’s Globe Theatre. Awards: 2003 John Houseman Award, The Acting Company; 2004 Gaudium Award, Breukelein Institute; 2014 Alfred Drake Award, Brooklyn College; 2019 Obie Lifetime Achievement Award.

DOROTHY RYAN (Managing Director) joined Theatre for a New Audience in 2003. She spent the previous ten years devoted to fundraising for the 92nd Street Y and the Brooklyn Museum. Ryan began her career in classical music artist management and has also served as company manager for Chautauqua Opera, managing director for the Opera Ensemble of New York, and general manager of Eugene Opera. York and general manager of Eugene Opera. She is a Brooklyn Women of Distinction honoree and serves as treasurer of the Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance.

MICHAEL PAGE (General Management & Future Projects Consultant) was TFANA’s general manager from 2013-2021, where he managed over 30 productions in Polonsky Shakespeare Center. Currently he is the general manager at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Prior positions include the general manager at The Old Globe in San Diego, general manager at the Tony Award-winning Vineyard Theatre and the managing director at Off-Broadway’s Barrow Street Theatre where he managed David Cromer’s landmark production of Our Town. He is also the head of the master of fine arts program in performing arts management at Brooklyn College.

Polonsky Shakespeare Center. Photo © David Sundberg/Esto.

Samuel H. Scripps Mainstage. Photo by Francis Dzikowski/OTTO.