Jodi Schoenburn Carter

Westport Playhouse Managing Director

“Bringing a Historic Theatre into the 21st Century.” 

 

Jodi Schoenbrun Carter, Managing Director of the Westport Country Playhouse will speak to the Y's Men of Westport/Weston at their meeting on Thursday, September 13th . The title of her presentation is “Bringing a Historic Theatre into the 21st Century.”  She will give insight into how the Playhouse's past has been preserved and how contemporary needs are addressed, with emphasis on utilizing new technology. She will discuss the Playhouse's current operation and how it continues to enrich a diverse community of artists, audiences and students since it was transformed from a vintage summer theatre to a state-of-the-art, year-round facility following a $17.8 million renovation and expansion completed in 2005, its 75th anniversary year.

Prior to coming to Westport, Jodi has been general manager for several of off-Broadway's most-acclaimed shows including the original productions of Wit, Fully Committed, and Avenue Q, as well as recent revivals of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful, John Guare's Landscape of the Body, and August Wilson's Seven Guitars.  She most recently worked with the award-winning Signature Theatre Company where she was both the general manager and transition and capital projects director. In addition to traditional general management duties, she was responsible for Signature's strategic business plan for a performing arts center located at the redeveloped World Trade Center site. She was the general manager of Vineyard Theatre and of Manhattan Class Company (MCC) Theater, and also served as the president of the Association of Non-Profit Theatre Companies in New York. She holds a BA in theatre and English from Texas Wesleyan University and an MFA in arts administration from Virginia Tech.

For more information about the Y's Men, contact Bill Meyer, Membership Chairman at 226-3704 or Bob Fatherley, President at 454-3653 or visit their website: www.ysmenwestportweston.org