Producer Arielle Tepper Madover Named Keynote Speaker for League of Professional Theatre Women, 2/10

The League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW) is pleased to host Arielle Tepper Madover as the guest speaker at the LPTW's annual Leadership Luncheon. Ms. Tepper Madover will share her insights into producing new works for the New York theatre today, and the Summer Play Festival.

Arielle Tepper Madover has produced theatre on and off Broadway since 1998, receiving 76 Tony nominations and 35 Olivier nominations for her productions. Recent Broadway credits include: Red, Hamlet, Mary Stuart, Hair, Equus, Frost/Nixon, Monty Python's SPAMALOT, The Pillowman, and others. West End credits include: Piaf, Spamalot, Frost/Nixon, Guys & Dolls, Mary Stuart, Sunday in the Park with George. In 2005 Mrs. Madover formed "The Living Room for Artists," a not for profit organization, to sustain and support the Summer Play Festival (SPF), first presented in 2004. She has been listed in Crain's New York business magazine's "40 Under 40" and was one of Cosmopolitan's "Fun Fearless Females."

Ms. Tepper Madover's presentation will subsequently be available for viewing on the LPTW website, www.TheatreWomen.org, via streaming video.

Tickets to the February 10th event are $60 for LPTW members and $65 for non-members, and are available by phone at 1-800-838-3006 (Event code: 141504) or online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/141504. Reservations must be made no later than Friday, February 4. Attendance is limited so please reserve your tickets as soon as possible.
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Arielle Tepper Madover, a Tony Award winning Producer, has produced theater on and off Broadway since 1998, receiving 76 Tony nominations and 35 Olivier nominations. Broadway credits include: Red, Hamlet, Mary Stuart, Hair, Equus, Frost/Nixon, Monty Python's SPAMALOT, The Pillowman, Democracy, A Raisin in the Sun, Jumpers, Hollywood Arms, A Class Act, James Joyce's The Dead, John Leguizamo's Freak, Sandra Bernhard's I'm Still Here..Damn It. West End credits include: Piaf, Spamalot, Frost/Nixon, Guys & Dolls, Mary Stuart, A Voyage Round My Father, Sunday in the Park with George. Off-Broadway credits include: De La Guarda "Villa Villa" and The Last Five Years. She has also produced the US National tour of Frost/Nixon and the US National tour and Vegas production of Monty Python's SPAMALOT.

In 2005 Mrs. Madover formed "The Living Room for Artists" a not for profit 501(c)(3) organization to sustain and support the Summer Play Festival (SPF) which was first presented in 2004. SPF has formed an alliance with The Public Theater and has a relationship with the Donmar Warehouse through its creation of the Playwright Residency Program.

In her effort to promote Theater Education, in 2001, she created The Tepper Center for Careers in Theatre, which through The Tepper Semester in New York provides opportunities for college seniors to develop specific strategies for pursuing their career goals in the entertainment industry. In 2005 she initiated a theatre program for second and third graders at The Dalton School.

Mrs. Madover is a member of the Board of Trustees at The Public Theater, Syracuse University and The Dalton School as well as a member of the Juilliard Drama Council and The Broadway League. She has been listed in Crain's New York business magazine's "40 Under 40" and was one of Cosmopolitan's "Fun Fearless Females."

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