producer/RESUME
STEVEN YUHASZ
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PRODUCING PROJECTS (selected) :
THE OXYGEN NETWORK - Upfront Press Event
with Paris Hilton, Tori Spelling and "The Glee Project"
CHANCE AND CHEMISTRY: A TRIBUTE TO FRANK LOESSER – Minskoff Theatre – Actor’s Fund of America – Sir Paul McCartney, Art Garfunkel, Audra McDonald
2007 & 2008 NYMF AWARDS GALA - New York Musical Theatre Festival – Hudson Theatre, NYC
THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS – Broadway Concert – Wilson Theatre, NYC – Actors Fund Of America – Emily Skinner, Terry Mann, Jennifer Hudson & Richard Kind
A WONDERFUL LIFE - Broadway Concert – Shubert Theatre, NYC – Actors’ Fund Of America – David Hyde Pierce, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Judy Kuhn, Phylica Rashad, Karen Ziemba, Marc Kudisch, Philip Bosco & Dominic Chianese
*Voted by TIME Magazine “Top 10 Theatrical Events in NYC” 2006
AN EVENING WITH CHRISTINE EBERSOLE – New World Stages, NYC – Actors Fund Of America
DIE, MOMMIE, DIE – Hudson Theatre, Actors Fund Of America – Charles Busch & Christopher Melonie
LILIAS WHITE LIVE AT LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ – Benefit for the NY Times Foundation
PIPPIN All Star Benefit Concert, World Aids Day, starring Ben Vereen, Rosie O’Donnell, Kate Shindle, a cast of 100.
BROADWAY, MONDAYS Concert Series – Provincetown Theatre – Presenting: Kate Shindle, Emily Skinner, Seth
Rudetsky Deconstructs Broadway and Andrew Lippa and Kate Tuckerman.
ESCAPE FROM PTERODACTYL ISLAND – NY Fringe, Amas Musical Theatre Development.
New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2005 Associate Producer (Original Founding Producer)
RHONDA, QUEEN OF THE AMAZON at the BMI workshop
TUSK, New York Musical Theatre Festival (also co-writer and directed – winner - “Best of Festival”)
STREAKIN'! a musical flashback to the 1970's, Off-Broadway 2003-2004 Season
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
PRODUCER – The Actors’ Fund Of America – Broadway Concerts
FOUNDING PRODUCER - New York Musical Theatre Festival
PRODUCING DIRECTOR - National Music Theatre Network, NYC
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - Park Playhouse, Inc. , Albany, NY
SENIOR PRODUCER - RH Productions, Inc. 142 West 36th Street NY, NY 10018
PRODUCING DIRECTOR - Capital Repertory Company, LORT D, Albany, New York
ASSOCIATE GENERAL MANAGER/ PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR - - Paper Mill Playhouse (4 seasons)
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR - Annual International Music Market , Ron Delsner Productions
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER - LEGENDS IN CONCERT The Academy Theatre, Off-Broadway Production
CREATIVE PRODUCER - ALCAZAR DE PARIS , Special Broadway Contract, AGVA, Broadway Cabaret.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - Academy Theatre, New York, Previously, "The New Apollo Theatre"
EDUCATION
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 1978 - Course work completed for Master of Fine Arts
Graduate work as apprentice to Dallas Theatre Center professional company - Directing & Set and Costume Design
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 1975 Selected Graduate course work in musical theatre performance.
Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee, 1975 Bachelor of Arts, Speech and Theatre Emphasis in directing.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Director (SDC) - Actor (Two Broadway Musicals - Peter Pan with Sandy Duncan and ZORBA with Anthony Quinn)
MFA Focus - Set & Costume Design
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS PREVIOUS AND PRESENT INCLUDED
League of Off Broadway Producers - Manhattan Association of Cabarets - Founding Producer/Consultant NY Musical Theatre Festival - Actor's Equity Association - Screen Actors Guild - Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers -
Dramatist Guild - Southeastern Theatre Conference - National Alliance For Musical Theatre - Alliance for Arts Education - New Jersey Theatre Group - National Musical Theatre Network - Planning Committee - The Arts Center for the Capital Region Co-Chair 1997 Grants Panel- RCCA - Board of Directors - Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company
REFERENCES ON REQUEST
producer/TESTIMONIALS
"I am always very confident that The Actors Fund will shine when you're involved. The events are of a very high professional quality and staged with cool and calm belying the stress of putting talented if divergent personalities together."
"Steven is a real 'go to' producer. Both sides of his brain are working at peak efficiency, all the time. He anticipates and handles every detail with professionalism and engenders confidence in everyone."
Joseph Benincasa, Executive Director - The Actors' Fund of America, For Everyone in Entertainment
"Steven has incredible skill and connections to get the job done efficiently, professionally and beautifully. Having had the privilege of working with Steven on so many events, I know that you are in the very best of hands."
Tim Pinckney, Producer – The Actors' Fund of America
"Steven was part of the team of founding producers who helped to conceive and create NYMF seven years ago. Since then, he has continued to be an important part of the Festival, producing and directing our annual Awards Gala for the last four years. With Steven at the helm, the event has always run smoothly and with great style, enabling us to successfully execute a major fund raising event only a few weeks after the close of our annual festival."
Isaac Hurwitz - Executive Director and Producer - New York Musical Theatre Festival
"Steven Yuhasz is a brilliant producer. Always calm, always a step ahead of me."
Jamie McGonnigal - Artistic Producer – PIPPIN - Broadway Concert – World Aids Day
Your attention to detail made our Lincoln Center event for the Children's Aid Society a huge success. Thank you for commitment to excellence that is done in a comforting style."
Jack Rosenthal – President - New York Times Foundation
"Steven Yuhasz has brought a wealth of experience, connections and talent to the New Provincetown Players at The Provincetown Theater…He crafted a Broadway Concert Series that not only brought widespread press attention but also attracted an entirely new audience to our theater."
Guy Wolf - Producing Artistic Director - The Provincetown Theatre
"Our annual Benefit for the Actors' Fund Of America, Night of 100 Stars was a beautiful evening and a large part of that was due to the success that you produced the entertainment and Awards Ceremony."
Joel A Dolci, CAE - President & CEO - NY Society of Executive Directors
"Steven is a first class producer. In this business, being adept is only part of the game. A good producer also needs to know how to speak to people with respect and confidence while accomplishing the task at hand. Steven excels at both."