Live Performance Industry Council

New York City’s first-ever Live Performance Industry Council was created to develop strategies to drive inclusive growth in the sector, support the city’s creative economy, and ensure the industry recovers beyond pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. For more information about the council and first convening at Gracie Mansion on September 18, 2023, please read the full press release.

The first-ever council includes the following members:

Theatre and Live Performance Industry Council co-Chairs:

Coco Killingsworth, Vice President of Social Impact, BAM, Chair, Cultural Institutions Group
Ken Sunshine, Founder and Chairman, Sunshine Sachs

Joe Benincasa, President and CEO, The Entertainment Community Fund
Steven Bensusan, Owner and Founder, Blue Note Entertainment Group
Randi Berry, Co-Founder and Executive Director, IndieSpace
Kristin Caskey, Executive Vice President of Theatrical Content and Creative, Ambassador Theatre Group; Chair-Elect, Broadway League, ATG North America
Steve Cohen, Owner, Chairman, and CEO, Citi Field
Richard Constable, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Government Affairs and Social Impact, Madison Square Garden Entertainment
Talia Corren, Co-Executive Director, Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
Fred Dixon, President, NYC Tourism + Conventions
Gina Duncan, President, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Michelle Ebanks, President and CEO, The Apollo
Erika Elliott, Artistic Director, SummerStage
Charles Flateman, Executive Vice President, Shubert Organization; and Board Chair, NYC Tourism + Conventions
David Freudenthal, Government Relations Director, Carnegie Hall
Sonia Friedman, Theatre Producer, Sonia Friedman Productions
Deeksha Gaur, Executive Director, Theatre Development Fund
Peter Gelb, General Manager, Metropolitan Opera
Clive Gillinson, Executive Artistic Director, Carnegie Hall
Lisa Gold, Executive Director, Asian American Arts Alliance
Tom Harris, President, Times Square Alliance
Wes Jackson, President, BRIC ARTS: Celebrate Brooklyn
Laurie Jacoby, Chief Entertainment Officer, Barclay Center
Leah Johnson, Executive Vice President and Chief Communications, Marketing, and Advocacy Officer, Lincoln Center
Khady Kamara, Executive Director, Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC)
Tom Kirdahy, Theatre Producer, Tom Kirdahy Productions
Ellen Kodadek, Executive and Artistic Director, Flushing Town Hall
Natalie Koepff, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, NYC Tourism + Conventions
Paul Leibowitz, Founding Partner, IndieSpace
Randy Levine, President, New York Yankees
Julia Levy, Former Executive Director, Roundabout Theatre Company
Matt Loeb, President, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
Brandon Lorenz, National Director of Public Policy, Actor's Equity Association
Jen Lyon, Board President, New York Independent Venue Association
Sade Lythcott, CEO, National Black Theatre
Kristin Marting, Founding Artistic Director, HERE Arts Center
Jonathan McCrory, Executive Artistic Director, National Black Theatre
Luis A. Miranda Jr., Founding Partner, MirRam Group, Chair, The Public Theater
Christopher Nave, Chief Advancement Officer, Roundabout Theatre Company
Jimmy Nederlander, President, Nederlander Organization
Laura Penn, Co-Chair, Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds; and Executive Director, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
Rosalba Rolon, Artistic Director, Pregones + Puerto Rican Traveling Theater (PRTT)
Tim Oliver Reid, Co-Founder, Black Theatre Coalition
Bennett Rink, Executive Director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Bill Rauch, Inaugural Artistic Director, Perelman Performing Arts Center
David J. Roberts, President, Building for the Arts
Daryl Roth, Theater Owner and Producer, The Daryl Roth Theatres
Jordan Roth, Board Chair and Creative Director, Jujamcyn
Taryn Sacramone, Executive Director, Queens Theatre
Thomas Schumacher, President, Disney Theatrical Group
Jeffrey Seller, Theatre Producer and Co-Owner, Drama Bookshop
Lucy Sexton, Executive Director, New Yorkers for Culture and Arts
Peter Shapiro, Founder, Brooklyn Bowl
Linda Shelton, Executive Director, Joyce Theatre
Charlotte St. Martin, Special Advisor, The Tony Awards, The Broadway League
Candace Thompson-Zachery, Director of Programming and Justice Initiatives, Dance/NYC
Lisa Richards Toney, President and CEO, Association of Performing Arts Professionals
Al Vincent, Executive Director, Actor's Equity Association
Jessica Baker Vodoor, President and CEO, Snug Harbor (Staten Island)
Bob Wankel, Chair and CEO, The Shubert Organization
Patrick Willingham, Executive Director, The Public Theater
Emmanuel Wilson, co-Executive Director, Dramatist Guild
Casey York, President, Off-Broadway League
Madani Younis, Chief Executive Producer, The Shed