Tegan Summer

Tegan Summer is a West End and Broadway producer, CEO of Tegan Summer Theatricals, and a member of the Broadway League and the Society of London Theatre (SOLT). He is an NAACP and Ovation Award recipient and the recipient of the Political and Public Life Arts & Culture Award, presented by Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, at the House of Commons.

Summer is Co-Founder and Partner of the newest theatre in the West End, The Arts at Marble Arch, and serves as Head of Programming of the Emerald Theatre on Victoria Embankment.

He is the worldwide stage theatrical rights holder for the properties of James Dean, Bettie Page, The Nicholas Brothers, and Amelia Earhart, and holds the life rights for stage musicals based on Malcolm X and Harvey Milk.

His producing credits span Broadway and the West End. Summer Lead-Produced the eleven-week run of Who Killed Marilyn?, starring British Pop sensation Pixie Lott, at the Emerald Theatre in the West End, in addition to Sirens: The Concert Series at the same venue. He was Co-Lead Producer on Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s new musical Little Dancer, directed by Susan Stroman, for its West End premiere at Theatre Royal Drury Lane; and was a Producer on Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nimax Theatres’ West End revival of Aspects of Love at the Lyric Theatre. He was also a Producer on the Olivier Award-nominated play For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy for Nimax Theatres and the Royal Court, and Executive Producer of Personality – The Lloyd Price Musical at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre.

As a Producer, Librettist, and/or Lyricist, Summer’s current and credited work includes West End Unscripted! (various West End theatres); Mozart: Her Story – The New Musical (Carnegie Hall and Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Rebel – The James Dean Musical; The Nicholas Brothers Musical (book by Nambi E. Kelley); You’ve Gotta Give ’Em Hope – The Harvey Milk Musical (book by Douglas Carter Beane); Bettie Page, Queen of Pin-Ups – The Musical (Lyric Theatre, West End); and Amelia – A Musical Tale of Bravery & Mystery. He also wrote and produced the world premiere of Marilyn! – The New Musical with Caesars Entertainment.

Beyond his producing work, Summer was a judge for Birmingham Rep’s Victoria Wood Playwriting Prize (in partnership with The Victoria Wood Foundation), former Board President of Amas Musical Theatre, former President and current Board Member of the Foundation for New American Musicals, a member of the Dramatists Guild, and a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and Equity.