James S. Badrak [email protected] / (917) 796-6398

PROFILE OVERVIEW

▪ Accomplished in managing all arts related departments and artistic personnel ▪ Experience in facility management, operations and logistics ▪ Adept at creating budgets, schedules, supervise vendor bids, weekly cost control, venue advance and evaluations ▪ Exceptional organizational and problem-solving abilities ▪ Authority at process and strategic management ▪ Skilled in assessing building conditions and performance equipment systems for restoration and renovation ▪ Able to assess venue security procedures as well as facility processes making recommendations for industry acceptable protocols ▪ Experienced at negotiation and management of labor issues ▪ Comprehensive management of all pre- and post-production aspects of a project ▪ Qualified in directing the artistic process from development through execution ▪ Experience in NYC theatre and concert production ▪ International touring experience ▪ Proven track record for superior production presentation

EXPERIENCE

MT Production Group – President/Owner – / Nashville / Orlando - (2012 - Present)

§ Producer / Consultant for theatrical, industrial and concert events, orchestral operations & logistics § General Manager, Tour and Production Management for events and organizations § Administrator for facility operations and logistics as well as security procedures § Adept in creating budgets, labor estimates, schedules and venue evaluations as well as all post event details § Manage all details associated with artistic, production and operations departments § Identify, advise and review on venue construction, renovation/upgrades and capital projects § Able to employ and supervise all personnel, vendor, union contracts § Analyze long term business plans for growth and revenue improvement opportunities

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts (& Bob Carr Theater) – VP / Production & Facility Operations (1/15 – 10/17)

§ Responsible for all facility operations / logistics and production activities for the $329 million facility § Administrator for $6.1 million combined capitol and building operations budgets (25% of overall budget) for Dr. Phillips Center (330,000 sq ft.) and Bob Carr Theater (78,050 sq ft.) § Responsible for scheduling of all performance and event spaces (ArtsVision software) § Negotiate and oversee compliance of IATSE Local 631 CBA ($1.5 million +/- annual) § Logistics and Operations team member for Phase Two of building project - $221 million Steinmetz Hall construction. § Identify and act as Owners Representative for capital projects and key member of senior leadership team § Manage all stagehands and production operations / building engineers and building operations and respective budgets § Coordinated all Guest Services and Event Operations as well as all building scheduling and ADA compliance § Oversee all grounds maintenance and valet operations for all properties § Developed security procedures / oversight of 3 rd party security firm ($780K annual) § Managed 34 Full Time and 20 – 80 Part Time employees (depending on activity)

Carnegie Hall Corporation – Director of Production - New York (2006 - 2012)

§ Responsible for all technical logistics including budgeting, operations, scheduling and labor issues related to over 650 yearly events on site as well as Carnegie Hall’s off-site presentations ($20.8 million +/- annual event budget) § Negotiate and oversee compliance of IATSE Local One CBA (6.3 million +/- annual) § Line Producer for all productions produced by Carnegie Hall and Weill Music Institute concert education events § Member of advisory staff and owners theatrical representative, overseeing the construction, operation and overall logistics of $300 million Resnick Education Wing part of the Weill Education Institute and renovation of backstage and administration spaces within Carnegie Hall footprint (304,000 sq. ft) § Identify and manage capital projects associated with performance areas § Interface with all facility operations as they pertain to individual concert / event operations § Collaboration with Box Office, House Management, Booking, Marketing, Development, Finance, Security, Facilities and General Administration departments with regards to event specifics and long-range planning, coordination and logistics § Interview and counsel all licensees as well as estimating all costs associated with potential performances § Managed 10 Full Time and 20 – 60 Part Time employees (depending on activity) Ø Carnegie Hall Corporation – Production Manager – New York (2004 - 2006)

Festival Productions, Inc. & George Wein Productions – Line Producer - New York § Managed all logistics and details associated with production / Employed and supervised all production personnel § Markets include JVC Jazz Festival; Newport Jazz Festival; Verizon Music Festival; HIP Jazz Series and others

Hawley-Morton Productions, Inc. – Associate Producer / General Manager - New York § Supervised all technical and logistical details for premiere production company in § Responsible for budgets, personnel, and vendor relationships / Advised on artistic content for events

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Broadway / Off-Broadway / National - International Tours (partial list)

§ Oklahoma! - Broadway, Assoc. PM Gershwin Theatre, Broadway New York § Les Misérables - Far East Tour, Assoc. PM Cameron Macintosh Inc. Far East Tour § Les Misérables - Final Broadway Performance, Assoc. PM Imperial Theatre, Broadway New York § Les Misérables, PSM Cameron Mackintosh Inc. National Tour § Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, PSM Really Useful Management Co. National Tour § Black & Blue, SM Minskoff Theatre, Broadway New York § Those Were The Days, Sound Design Edison Theatre, Broadway & National Tour New York § Chess, SM Imperial Theatre, Broadway New York § West Side Story, SM Chatelet - Théâtre Musical de Paris European Tour

Concerts / Events / Projects / Industrial (partial list)

§ For MT Production Group o Production Director – The REACH - Opening Ceremonies / Building Commissioning – The Kennedy Center o Orange County Convention Center – Theater Consultant o Orlando Philharmonic - Facility and Operations Consulting o Ardea Arts / NYC - Budgeting Consultant o Cox Media Concert Events - Stage Supervisor o Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts Grand Premiere - Producer /Theater Operations Consultant o Hartford Symphony / Talcott Mountain Music Festival - Producer / Operations Consultant o Oprah Winfrey’s – The Life You Want Tour – “O Town” Festival area - Production Supervisor o CineConcerts, LLC - Production Supervisor - The Gladiator Live w/ The Philadelphia Orchestra o Columbia Artist Management Inc. (CAMI) - Associate Production Consultant - The Lord of the Rings Trilogy -Musikhuset Aarhus / Aarhus Symfoniorkester – Aarhus, Denmark: O2 Arena / Prague Orchestra – Prague, Czech Republic; Wolftrap Foundation for the Performing Arts - Vienna, VA; Hamer Hall / Melbourne Symphony Orch - Melbourne, AUS; Dallas Music Fair / Dallas Pops - Dallas, TX

§ Tony Awards – 2001-2006, Production Supervisor CBS Telecast Radio City Music Hall New York § Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Opening Gala, PSM ABC Regional Telecast Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, PA § New Jersey Performing Arts Center Premiere Gala, PSM PBS telecast New Jersey Performing Arts Center Newark, NJ § 54th Presidential Inaugural Concert, Scenic Supervisor National telecast Lincoln Memorial Washington, DC § 50th Anniversary – Newport Jazz Festival, PSM Fort Adams State Park Newport, RI § La Pasión Segun San Marcos, Production Supervisor Sydney Opera House Sydney, AUS § Times Square 1999, 2000 - Millennium Celebration, 2001 Production Consultant & Supervisor Worldwide telecast – Networks & Cable Times Square New York

§ Additional shows, concerts, events can be viewed on LinkedIn – linkedin.com/in/jim-badrak-72594139

Guest Lecturer / Adjunct Professor / Instructor / Workshop Coordinator § Acoustical Society of America Conference – Lecturer / Invited Paper – Assisted Listening Systems in Assembly Spaces § IAVM / PAMC 2017 Conference – Lecturer – Assisted Listening Devices § APAP / NYC 2017 Conference – Faculty – Security for the Performing Arts § Performing Arts Exchange Conference 2016 – Faculty – Fundamentals: Venue Safety and Security § Valencia College - Advisory Council – Entertainment Design and Technology Program § Yale School of Drama; NYU; University of Miami; Baruch College; Appalachian State; Rutgers University; FIU; Barry University; Rosen College of Hospitality Management / University of Central Florida

Education / Training / Affiliations § B. M., Musical Theatre/Voice University of Miami Miami, FL § Evening Division, Orchestral Conducting The Juilliard School New York, NY § FEMA Professional Development – Active Shooter Training / Workplace Violence / Cyber Security § Project SERVATOR - behavioral-based surveillance program to detect, deter and disrupt hostile reconnaissance. FBI Orlando Joint Terrorism Task Force in coordination with the FBI London Legal Attaché Office § Ritz-Carlton Leadership and Guest Services Training Disney Institute Leadership and Guest Services Training § Union Affiliations: AEA, AGVA, IATSE Writer/Publishing member of ASCAP Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia § Member – MEIEA (Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association) Member - League of American Orchestras

§ Performing Arts Center Operations Group OSHA 10 Certification § IAVM – PASS (Performing Arts Safety & Security) sub-committee

James S. Badrak REFERENCES [email protected] / (917) 796-6398

Anna Weber Susie Krajsa General Manager, Artistic & Operations President Carnegie Hall Corporation Broadway Across America 881 Seventh Ave 500 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1740 New York, NY 10019 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 (212) 903-9811 954.626.7802 [email protected] [email protected]

David Thiele Anne Swanson Managing Director Executive Director/ General Manager David H. Koch Theater The New York Pops 20 Lincoln Center 333 West 52nd Street, Suite 600 New York, NY 10023 New York, NY 10019 (212) 870-5500 (212) 765-7677 [email protected] [email protected]

Scott Galbraith Scott Bowman Vice President - Programming and Executive Producer President / CEO Walton Arts Center Bowman & Co. 495 W. Dickson St. 424 East Central Blvd Fayetteville, AR 72701 Orlando, FL 32801 (479) 443-5600 (321) 689-2590 [email protected] [email protected]

John X. Fernandez, Jr James Dallas, Personnel Manager, Naples Philharmonic Owner/Producer - Hawley Morton Productions Artis—Naples P.O. Box 228 5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard Norfolk, CT 06058 Naples, Florida 34108-2740 (917) 226-3573 239-597-1111 [email protected] [email protected]

Ken Harris Steven Friedlander VP / Operations President Adrienne Arsht Center Auerbach Pollack & Friedlander 1300 Biscayne Blvd 226 West 37th Street Miami, FL 33132 New York, NY 10018 (786) 468-2233 (212) 764-5630 [email protected] [email protected]

Jake Bell Millie Dixon Broadway Production Supervisor Principal Partner / Theatre Projects Consultants Jake Bell Production Services LTD. 47 Water Street New York, NY 10036 South Norwalk, CT 06854 (917) 270-2456 (203) 299-0830 [email protected] [email protected]

Mary Hunter Barton Myers Associate Professor / Chair – Stage Management Program President / Architect Yale School of Drama Barton Myers Associates, Inc. P.O. Box 208325 949 Toro Canyon Road New Haven, CT 06520 Santa Barbara, CA 93108 (203) 432-8815 (424) 274-7317 [email protected] [email protected]

James S. Badrak ADDENDUM [email protected] / (917) 796-6398

Additional Representative Experience

Off-Broadway / Regional / (partial list) • By Jeeves (SM) Terrace Theatre, The Kennedy Center - Washington, DC • Little Shop of Horrors (Show Carpenter) - Orpheum Theatre - NYC (Original Production) • Funny Business (PSM) - Dodger Productions /The Kennedy Center - Washington, DC • Broadway '68 (Production Supervisor / Scott Wittman - Director) - La Mama - NYC • Ridic-u-thon – Benefit (PM) - Ridiculous Theatrical Company – NYC • Other People’s Money (Show Sound) - Minetta Lane Theatre - NYC (Original Production) • Marvin’s Room (Install Carp) - Minetta Lane Theatre - NYC (Original Production) • Tango Pasión (Sound Design) - Coconut Grove Playhouse - Coconut Grove, FL (Pre-Broadway Tryout) • The Chosen (Prod Carp) - 2nd Avenue Theatre - NYC (Original Production) • Song of Singapore (Install Carp) - Irving Plaza – NYC (Original Production) • Staggerlee (Show Carp) - 2nd Avenue Theatre - NYC (Original Production) • John Leguizamo: Spic-O-Rama (Install Carp) - American Place Theatre - NYC • Tales from The Dark Side (Build Carp) - TV Production - NYC • Transposed Heads (Prod Carp /Julie Taymor - Director) - AMTF / Lincoln Center - Philadelphia / NYC • The Golden Land (Prod Carp) - 2nd Avenue Theatre / European Tour - NYC (Original Production) • The Armitage Ballet (Production Carpenter) - Uptown - NYC • American Music Theatre Festival (Sound Design) - Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia, PA

• Executive Producer - The Ridiculous Theatrical Company Original Cast Recording / The 25th Anniversary of Off-Broadway theatre productions. Charles Ludlam Theatre, NYC - DRG Records - New York, NY - Developed and executed artistic concept for the 25th Anniversary recording. Responsible for securing all business and artistic agreements and coordinated scheduling of talent and vendors. Produced all tracks.

• Producer - I Hear Music - Catherine DuPuis - jbQ Records (Jazz Recording)

• Assistant to the Artistic Director / Assistant Conductor - three seasons with the New York Grand Opera under the direction of Maestro Vincent LaSelva producing opera at Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park, NYC.

• Composer - Off-Broadway productions Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, Bluebeard, and Big Hotel presented by The Ridiculous Theatrical Company at the Charles Ludlam Theatre, NYC. Blue Beard & Big Hotel are in Lincoln Center Recorded (video) Archives

Concerts / Events / Projects / Industrial (partial list) • 50th Anniversary Newport Jazz Festival (PSM) - Fort Adams State Park - Newport, RI • Patti LuPone in Concert at Carnegie Hall (PSM) – Carnegie Hall - NYC • Drama Desk Awards (Production Supervisor) - New York One live telecast – New York • Frank Zappa’s 50th Birthday Celebration (PSM) - Video/ Audio recording - Polygram Diversified - NYC • An Evening With Alan J. Lerner (SM) - PBS telecast - State Theatre, Lincoln Center - NYC • LULIE - The Iceberg (PSM) - Carnegie Hall - NYC • New York Centennial Celebration (Production Supervisor) - Central Park - NYC • Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (PSM/ Site Supervisor) - Central Park- NYC • Sounds Of A Better World / Small Voices Calling (PM) - Carnegie Hall - NYC • Patti LaBelle - One Night Only Tour (Production Manager) - New Jersey Performing Arts Center - Newark, NJ • Too Hot To Handel (Production Supervisor) - Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center - NYC • Bette Midler’s Hulaween Ball (PM) - Waldorf Astoria - NYC • The Music of Frank Zappa (PSM) - Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center - NYC • Standing Ovations / Great Ladies of Broadway (PSM) - Kaufmann Concert Hall - NYC • Stars Under the Stars (Production Supervisor) - Parke-Davis Pharmaceuticals - Maui, HI • New Yorker Festival (PSM) - American Place Theatre - NYC • Concordia Orchestra (Production Supervisor) - Avery Fisher Hall / Alice Tully Hall - NYC • Classical Action’s Fifth Anniversary Celebration (PSM) - Brooklyn Academy of Music - Brooklyn, NY • Salute to Walter Pierce (PM) - Symphony Hall - Boston, MA • Benefit for Columbia Presbyterian Hospital (PM) - Waldorf Astoria - NYC • Walter Cronkite Tribute Dinner (PM) - Waldorf Astoria - NYC • Americans for the Arts Awards (PM) - Pierre Hotel - NYC • Jamaica Business Resource Center Gala (PM) - Pier 60, Chelsea Piers - NYC • WNYC Radio 75th Anniversary Gala (PM) - Cipriani 42 - NYC • French Jazz Artist Claude Bolling (Sound & Technical Coordinator) – North American Tour