MITCH WEISS 484 West 43 St. #28Q, New York NY 10036 917-279-7679 * [email protected] ARTISTIC CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Artistic Director, Director, Musical Director *2015: Staging for Leonard Bernstein's MASS, University of Syracuse NY, MD/Conductor Richard Probert *Critically-acclaimed New York City Off Broadway director (rave reviews from NYTimes, Daily News, NYPost and NJ's Bergen Record): 2001 Mark Soper's The Sign (original drama) 1981 Lorraine Hansberry's Les Blancs 1980 David Rabe's Streamers ("In many ways, better than the Mike Nichol's original") 1981 Dennis Watlington's The Gift (featuring Denzel Washington, Giancarlo Esposito & Bruce Willis) at Public Theater. *1980-2013: Regional theatre director (Wisconsin, N. Carolina, Virginia, upstate New York): Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Sweeney Todd Endgame West Side Story The Rope Dancers Pippin Same Time Next Year Carousel Fiddler on the Roof Company *Former musical director: Vineyard Players (Martha's Vineyard). *Former artistic director of FRC Inc. (off-off Broadway theatre company in Manhattan) MANAGEMENT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Managing Director, General Manager *1986-2015: Disney Theatricals-International (LA & NYC), Barrington Stage Company (Pittsfield, MA), Big Apple Circus (NYC & tour), David Henry Hwang's Golden Child (Broadway), NY Shakespeare Festival (associate GM under Joseph Papp), MW Entertainment Group (Owner/CEO). *1985-2015: ATPAM Company Manager (Broadway & Off Broadway): Tony Award winners A Chorus Line, Steppenwolf's The Grapes of Wrath, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and 180 new and classic plays and musicals (including Free Shakespeare in Central Park), 2015 Off Broadway's Disenchanted! at Westside Theatre. Page 2: Mitch Weiss 917-279-7679 Affiliations and Education *Directing: classes and mentoring from Herbert Blau, Harold Prince, John Lithgow *Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers (Certified, 3 years on Board of Directors) *Arts Horizons Board of Directors *Big Brothers Inc. (same 2 "little brothers" for 45 years); Special Recognition Award. *National Association of Recording Industry Professionals & Music Managers Forum *ASCAP composer & BMI Theatre Workshop's youngest graduate *B.A. from Oberlin College, Ohio (Musical Theatre Arts) *Graduate study at the New School & NYU: Fundraising, Grant Writing, Social Media in Marketing, Physics of Sound Additional Accomplishments *2015: Author of "The Business of Broadway" (Allworth Press) available on Amazon.com etc. *Awarded 25 year career award for service to the Broadway community ("Broadway Salutes") *Producer: Circus Diva, an adult theatrical entertainment at iconic Roseland in NYC Talents and Skills *Music: arranger, songwriter, pianist, theory, synthesizers, recording engineer work. *Functional Spanish *Experience in social networking and marketing. Teaching: Secondary & University Level *Guest professor of Directing at SUNY Plattsburgh, NY - 2 years. *Guest professor of Directing & Musical Theatre at Ladysmith College, Wisc. - 3 years. *Guest speaker/instructor at Univ. of Kentucky/Lexington 2014, "Theatrical Magic". *Guest professor at University of Syracuse, NY - Entrepreneurship, Music Management. *Adjunct Professor at New York University, School of Professional Studies - 15 years. Courses include "Managing on Broadway". *Certified Secondary School Teacher in Ohio & New York (expired): English & Music. # # # References (more upon request) *Dona D. Vaughn, Actress, Met Opera director & Manh. School of Music prof: [email protected] *Richard Berg, NY Shakespeare Festival (retired): [email protected] .