Bennett Leak

Bennett Leak, Second Stage Theater's Director of Artistic Production, has been named Interim Artistic Director for the 2024-25 Season.

Bennett Leak has worked in New York theater in various capacities for nearly two decades. He joined Second Stage in 2015 as the Director of Special Events, producing large scale fundraisers and raising over $7M for the organization, eventually becoming Associate Artistic Director in 2019 and Director of Artistic Production in 2021. Throughout his tenure, Leak has produced over 20 plays both on Broadway at the Hayes and off-Broadway at the Tony Kiser Theater and McGinn Cazale Theater. He has shepherded numerous works through development and produced countless developmental readings and workshops, including the inaugural Next Stage Festival of new plays and early career writers. Among the many noteworthy productions at Second Stage, select shows he's produced include the Tony winning revival of Take Me Out (Richard Greenberg), Appropriate (Branden Jacobs-Jenkins), The Thanksgiving Play (Larissa FastHorse), Best Play Tony Nominee Between Riverside and Crazy (Stephen Adly Guirgis), Best Play Tony Nominee Clyde's (Lynn Nottage) and Make Believe (Bess Wohl). He has worked with leading directors including Scott Ellis, Kate Whoriskey, Michael Grief, Kenny Leon, David Cromer, Rachel Chavkin, Stephen Brackett and Lila Neugebauer, among others.