Board of Directors
Richard Winkler - President
Richard Winkler, after a 35-year international career as a theatrical lighting designer, has been producing since '05. Recently: Broadway: The Norman Conquests (Tony Award, Best Revival, '09), Memphis (Tony Award, Best Musical, '10), La Cage Aux Folles (Tony Award, Best Revival, '10) A Little Night Music, All About Me. and Lend Me a Tenor. US tour and off-Broadway, The 39 Steps. West End: Prick Up Your Ears, Hair, Sweet Charity, Legally Blonde, La Bete (transferring to Broadway). Coming in the US: Ballroom, Catch Me If You Can, IDAHO! The Musical, Langston in Harlem, Southern Rapture. Over the course of his career as a lighting designer he has worked on Broadway, off-Broadway, in regional theatres, on national tours, and internationally in Tokyo, Moscow, and Berlin. Most recently-New York: 3 Mo' Tenors, The Property Known as Garland starring Adrienne Barbeau, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella at the New York City Opera. National tours: Evita (25th anniversary tour), Fame. Regional: A Christmas Story. Kennedy Center Concerts (Vanessa Williams, Patti Lu Pone, Angela Lansbury) -Plays: Dirty Blonde, Nickel and Dimed, and Wit. Musicals: Dreamgirls, A Chorus Line, Jekyll and Hyde.
Maurice Brandon Curry - Vice President
In addition to a celebrated career as a director, choreographer, and educator Maurice Brandon Curry has developed a distinguished reputation as an arts administrator. He has worked in both an artistic and/or administrative capacities for DancEllington (directed by Mercedes Ellington), Lexington Repertory Dance Theatre (SC), the Usdan Center for the Performing Arts, Repertory Dance Theatre (PA), and Jazz Dance America. Additionally, Mr. Curry was the Director of Educational Programs for the Joffrey Ballet School. Mr. Curry has served on the board of directors for dre.dance (a company directed by Andrew Palermo and Taye Diggs), Bangor Ballet, and is currently on the advisory board of DANCER magazine. In addition to his BFA in Choreography, Mr. Curry holds a degree in Digital Filmmaking and Multimedia. He is currently the Creative Director for the NYC-based production company, Innovative Arts and Media and works closely with Rasta Thomas as the Director of Development for his company, Bad Boys of Dance.
Geoffrey M. Cohen - Treasurer, General Manager
Geoff co-founded and Executive Produced the award-winning New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2004 and 2005, and also co-produced the Unzipped Concert Series in 2005. He has worked as a Vice President for Radio City Entertainment, where he produced and general managed the Menken/Ahrens/Ockrent production of A Christmas Carol and general managed The Wizard of OZ in New York and on tour. He was also an Associate Producer for Minnelli on Minnelli on Broadway and for the cast albums of The Wizard of Oz (GRAMMY-nominated) and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Prior to joining Radio City Entertainment, Geoff was General Manager of the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ; General Manager of the George Street Playhouse for Producer Eric Krebs; Company Manager for the World Premiere of Fugard's Master Harold...and the boys. Geoff earned a degree in Theatre Administration from the Yale School of Drama.
Charlie Scatamacchia - Secretary
Charlie Scatamacchia has worked for over 25 years in many aspects of the entertainment industry. For 13 years he worked at The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization in several capacities including Vice President, R&H Theatricals where he was an outspoken advocate for both professional and amateur musical theaters throughout the country. He recently founded WonDerFul Theatricals, a private theatrical consultant firm, which continues to advocate for and assist regional musical theaters. As a performer he toured in Zorba with Anthony Quinn and in Fiddler on the Roof with Herschel Bernardi and appeared in regional theaters including The Guthrie Theatre under the direction of Garland Wright and Liviu Ciulei.