About the Wing



Who We Are
American Theatre Wing invests in brave work, supports creative growth, and celebrates excellence to bring inclusive stories to our national culture through theatre. Founded in 1917 on the eve of America’s entry into World War I by seven suffragists, American Theatre Wing has spent a century using theatre to advance human experience, empathy and cultural growth like never before.
About The Wing
What We Do
We invest financial and educational support in creatives destined to make theatre. We connect broad audiences to theatre by capturing insight into important work. We honor theatre that impacts the American experience.
We provide grants and scholarships, connect talent at all stages with educational and professional opportunities, and create content that illuminates and preserves theatre. We award excellence and foster artistry by providing a platform for strong and fearless voices in the American theatre.
Achievements from 2018
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3,022,956
views of our educational video programming on the Media Archive
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3,500
Broadway and Off-Broadway tickets distributed, giving free theatre access to students and young theatre professionals
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33
artists and companies recognized at the 2018 Tony Awards®
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59
artists and companies recognized at the 2018 Obie Awards®
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2,000+
emerging artists and companies served, including Jonathan Larson® Grants and National Theatre Company Grants recipients
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100%
of SpringboardNYC students in need received tuition discounts, including 6 full scholarships
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7,000+
students received theatre education opportunities through the Andrew Lloyd Webber Initiative
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2.2 million
spent on programs and services that strengthen theatre
Our Values
Champion Creative Expression
We recognize that pursuing a successful career in the performing arts is not easy. We shape challenges into opportunities, championing theatre creatives throughout the industry. We are an institutional voice advocating for artists fated to use theatre as a mode for self-expression.
Support Growth
We provide lifelong mentorship to stimulate growth in the performing arts at every stage. Our comprehensive theatre network provides resources and support throughout a life cycle—we are a conduit for activating creative potential.
Realize Brave Vision
Brave work is born out of stories that must be told. We help realize courageous creative vision to bring important artistic work to our world, using theatre as a tool for cultural progression.
Make Excellence Known
We make theatre an essential part of the zeitgeist by demanding attention for excellent work. We safeguard the performing arts as an immediate cultural necessity, and ensure that great work’s legacy endures.
Validate Diversity
Founded by seven suffragettes, advancing diversity is part of our DNA. By realizing and celebrating brave vision we validate stories that are as diverse as the American people. We are steadfast in our commitment to diversity as a means to advance the richness of American theatre in any cultural climate.
Create Connections
For creatives, we create an inclusive community that bridges the gap between novice and master to build organic personal connections. These relationships ensure that young talent is heard, guided, and given an opening for success, privileging them to reciprocate this mentorship for the next generation. For our audience, we foster, honor and illuminate theatre that inspires human connection, provokes emotional experiences, and contributes to a more empathic world.
Inspire Artistic Greatness
We pull back the curtain on our industry to educate our audience about how theatre comes to life, illuminating compelling stories in the performing arts. We inspire artistic greatness on a micro and macro level, from showcasing industry technique to sharing motivational stories about overcoming adversity through artistic production.
Press Releases
The American Theatre Wing Outlines Phase One of its National COVID-19 Response Effort
2020 Jonathan Larson Grant Recipients Announced
65th Annual Obie Awards Announces Obies Chairs, Venue, and Date
American Theatre Wing Celebrates Legacy of Jonathan Larson & The Larson Family At Its Annual Gala
Performers and Presenters Announced for the 64th Annual Obie Awards
2019 Jonathan Larson Grants Announced
Over Half a Million Dollars Awarded in Scholarships and Grants
2018 JONATHAN LARSON® Grant Recipients Announced
2017 Henry Hewes Design Award Honorees Announced
2018 Obie Judges Panel Announced
Musical Theatre Songwriting Challenge Opens for High School Students
Performers Announced for the American Theatre Wing Centennial Gala
The Andrew Lloyd Webber Initiative – 4-Year Partial University Scholarship Launches
2016 Henry Hewes Design Awards Honorees Announced
Training Scholarships - First Grant Cycle Launched for American Theatre Wing's Andrew Lloyd Webber Initiative
American Theatre Wing Announces Recipients of 2016 National Theatre Company Grants
David Henry Hwang to Succeed William Ivey Long as Chair of the American Theatre Wing
American Theatre Wing Announces The Andrew Lloyd Webber Initiative
Board of Trustees
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Angela Lansbury
Honorary Chairman -
David Henry Hwang
Co-Chair -
Theodore S. Chapin
Co-Chair -
William Ivey Long
Immediate Past Chair -
Natasha Katz
Vice-Chair -
Lee H. Perlman
Vice-Chair -
Marva Smalls
Vice-Chair -
Pamela Zilly
Vice-Chair -
James Higgins
Treasurer -
Jane Fearer Safer
Secretary
Advisory Committee
- Pamela Barbey
- Kara Medoff Barnett
- Sunny Bates
- Lawrence Berk
- Julian Bird
- Melissa Bird
- CeCe Black
- Laurie Brockway Bodor
- Jeffrey Bolton
- R. Andrew Boose
- Thomas Brandt
- Susan Brown
- Jess Cagle
- Robert Callely
- Stockard Channing
- Linda Cho
- Jane Chu
- Nancy Coyne
- Jennifer Daly
- Michael David
- Jacqueline Z. Davis
- Alvin Deutsch
- Brian Drutman
- Amanda Dubois
- Nicole Eisenberg
- Jane Englebardt
- Oskar Eustis
- Meg Fofonoff
- Lisa Fung
- David Geffen
- Jim Glaub
- Di Glazer
- Fredda Harris
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Rachel Hauck
- Marlene Hess
- Robert S. Isaacson
- Hugh Jackman
- Emily Tow Jackson
- Erik Jackson
- Jeffrey Eric Jenkins
- Alia Jones-Harvey
- Elizabeth Kabler
- Barry Kohn
- Stewart F. Lane
- Anki Leeds
- Kenny Leon
- Patti LuPone
- Laura Stevenson Maslon
- Chase Mishkin
- Ann L. Morfogen
- Teresa (Terry) Nardozzi
- Jack O’Brien
- Patrick Pacheco
- Francine Pascal
- Edward Pierce
- Sam Pinkleton
- Oliver Platt
- Clint Ramos
- Charles Randolph-Wright
- Isobel Robins
- Judith O. Rubin
- Thomas Schumacher
- Leigh Silverman
- Janice C. Simpson
- Anna Deavere Smith
- Mark W. Smith
- Andy Snyder
- Sally Susman
- Bernard Telsey
- Jeanine Tesori
- Charles Tolbert
- Liesl Tommy
- Brisa Trinchero
- Sergio Trujillo
- Lia Vollack
- Jon Wilner
- Christian C. Yegen
- Randi Zuckerberg
ATW Staff
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Heather A. Hitchens (she/her)
President & CEO212-765-0606 x100 -
Jacob Bressers (he/him)
Executive & Administrative Support Manager212-765-0606 x101 -
Melissa Cabrero (she/her)
Programs Associate212-765-0606 x300 -
Ryan Hallett (he/him) & Whitney Creighton (she/her) & Leigh Harmon (she/her)
ATW Press Rep, Otto & Friends646.389.1052
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Jenny Gorelick (she/her)
Line Producer, Working in the Theatre and Songwriting Challenge212-765-0606 x500 -
Megan Jensen (she/her)
Director of Programs212-765-0606 x301 -
Laura Michele Talbot (she/her)
Director of Development212-765-0606 x201 -
Alicia Vnencak (she/her)
Programs Associate212-765-0606 x303
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Ian Weiss (he/him)
Senior Director of Digital Content Marketing & Strategy212-765-0606 x400 -
Kayla Williamson (she/her)
Digital Content Strategist212-765-0606 x201
Tony Awards Productions
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Carl Levin
Tony Awards® Business Manager212-703-0207 -
Jenny Gorelick
Tony Awards® Operations Manager212-765-0606 -
Jean Kroeper Murphy
The Broadway LeagueDirector of Tony Awards® Administration212-703-0204
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Christine Giordano
The Broadway LeagueSenior Partnership Manager212-703-0205 -
Ben Pesner
The Broadway LeagueDigital Content Producer212-703-0208 -
Shawn Purdy
Slate PRTony Awards® Press Representative212-235-6813
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Ian Weiss
American Theatre WingDigital Strategy212-765-0606