Jon Kimbell
JON KIMBELL (Producer) Mr. Kimbell is currently Executive Producer for the Off Broadway production of Langston In Harlem, a new musical exploring the life of legendary poet and writer Langston Hughes. He is a Producer and advisory board member of SenovvA, Inc. headquartered in Los Angeles. In addition, he is consulting with Seacoast Repertory Theatre in Portsmouth, NH, helping the Company reorganize under new artistic leadership. He is also Artistic Director Emeritus of North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) in Beverly, MA. During his 25 years as Executive Producer and Artistic Director of North Shore Music Theatre, NSMT grew to become Massachusetts' second largest performing arts organization - second only to the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood combined. He retired from NSMT in 2007. Mr. Kimbell is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, the University of South Dakota [BFA] and Sacramento State College [MFA]. He has directed or produced most major musicals, much of the Shakespeare canon and - as a passionate believer in the development of new theater works - the premieres of over 60 plays and musicals. Prior to his career in professional theater, Mr. Kimbell was an illustrator for CBS, a line producer for a weekly arts program on PBS and an auditor for Boeing Airplane Company. Bio as of October, 2011. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: SDCF Masters of the Stage (audio) 2003 Symposium: Musical Theatre - June, 2003 - Listen Now. Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com) Website: www.jonkimbell.com