Duncan M. Webb founded Webb Management Services, Inc., a leading consulting firm specializing in advancing cultural organizations and facilities. Since 1997, Webb Management has completed more than 475 assignments for clients across North America and internationally. A former banker turned theater producer and Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Webb authored Running Theaters: Best Practices for Managers…
Billy Crudup, known for his powerful performances on stage and screen, brings decades of artistic excellence and a deep commitment to storytelling. With a career that spans critically acclaimed roles in The Coast of Utopia, The Elephant Man, and Harry Clarke on Broadway to film and television credits such as Almost Famous, Watchmen, and Apple…
Laughton Royce is a New York–based artist originally from Atlanta, Georgia. He appeared in Hamlet at The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon, where he had the honor of stepping into the title role. Laughton made his television debut on HBO’s The Gilded Age and stars in the…
Mya Ison (she/her) is an actor/playwright based in Brooklyn currently studying as a first-year MFA playwriting candidate at Hunter! She has been the Musical Theatre Director with Manhattan Youth at ESMS for 2 years and recently joined Classical Theatre of Harlem as a teaching artist. Select Playwriting credits: crawlspace (Workshop @ The Flea, 2024), Don’t…
Safiya Harris was born and raised in Miami, FL; a proud alumni of Carnegie Mellon University. Past Credits include: Rebbeca Gibbs in Our Town (Broadway); Ensemble/Ophelia (Understudy) in Hamlet at Shakespeare in the Park, Viola in Twelfth Night (Santa Cruz Shakespeare), Rosalind in As You Like It (Shakespeare Theater of NJ). Sally Bowles in Cabaret,…
Kat Files is a Birmingham, Alabama native and a distinguished dance artist with a comprehensive background in the performing arts and digital marketing. She refined her dance technique at the Alabama School of Fine Arts and graduated from the prestigious Ailey/Fordham University BFA Program in Dance as a four-year Glorya Kaufman Foundation Dance Scholar. Kat…
A leader in global higher education for over two decades, Dr. Karen Jackson-Weaver is currently the Senior Associate Vice President of Global Faculty Engagement and Innovation Advancement at New York University (NYU). Prior to this role, she was a Visiting Scholar/Dean-in-Residence at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University. She is a former Academic…
Private capital veteran Renée Beaumont brings her financial experience to engage new donors and fundraise towards CTH’s 2024 goals. Beaumont is currently a senior advisor to venture capital funds ReGen Ventures and Firework Ventures, a senior advisor to Blue Haven Initiative, as well as an advisor to BrainTrust. Additionally, Beaumont sits on the advisory board…
Kara Young most recently completed the Broadway run of Ossie Davis,’ Purlie Victorious, for which she won her first Tony Award. She made her Broadway debut in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s, for which she received a Tony nomination. She was nominated for her second Tony award in 2023 for her work in…
Andrew Wofford is a highly motivated and experienced Arts Educator who is passionate about storytelling. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre from California Institute of the Arts. He possesses a strong foundation in performing arts and a deep understanding of the transformative power of theater education. He is an Italian American actor, director,…