EARLY CAREER & EDUCATION
I graduated from Princeton University in 1983 with an A.B. degree in
English Literature/Creative Writing and received the Daily Princetonian Award for my contributions to campus life. Prior to
that, I graduated cum laude from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1979.
1983-1985
My first professional job in the New York theater was working for the
legendary impresario Alexander H. Cohen.
From 1983 through 1985, I assisted him on the marketing of four Broadway
shows -- including Carmen directed by Peter Brook, Nobel prize winner Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist,
Ben Kingsley in Edmund Kean and Play Memory directed by Hal Prince.
I was also involved in the casting and production of four television
specials, including the 1984 and 1985 Tony Award broadcasts and the Emmy-nominated "Night of 100 Stars II".
During
this time, I also served as Cohen's literary manager, reviewing script submissions and attending readings and showcases in
search of new work to produce.
1982 & 1983
During the summers after my junior and senior years at Princeton University,
I was one of three co-founders and managers of NewStage (housed at Theatre Intime on the Princeton campus). At NewStage,
I ran the box office, directed two musicals (Brecht and Weill's Happy End and the New Jersey premiere of William
Finn's March of the Falsettos) and oversaw a popular late-night cabaret series.
During the school
year, I also worked as a House Manager for the McCarter Theatre Company's music series.
As the Princeton correspondant for The Trentonian and The
Courier-News, I wrote dozens of front-page and feature stories for these two New Jersey daily newspapers.
During
this time, I also worked as a copywriter for the Book-of-the-Month Club's five monthly sales catalogues and evaluated submissions
to the Quality Paperback Book Club.
I began my working life -- first as a volunteer and later as a paid staffer
-- at the not-for-profit Citizens Committee for New York City, spending my school vacations helping to fulfill CCNYC's mission
to promote volunteerism and community self-help, including one year as the administrator of its "Youth for Youth" incentive
grant program.
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