Outside view of the Theatre for a New Audience

Leadership

Leadership

Founding Artistic Director

Jeffrey Horowitz

Jeffrey Horowitz began his career in theatre as an actor and appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in regional theatre. In 1979, he founded Theatre for a New Audience. Horowitz has served on the Panel of the New York State Council on the Arts, on the Board of Directors of Theatre Communications Group, the Advisory Board of the Shakespeare Society and Artistic Directorate of London’s Globe Theatre.

Awards: 2003 John Houseman Award – The Acting Company; 2004 Gaudium Award – Breukelein Institute; 2014 Alfred Drake Award – Brooklyn College; 2019 Obie Lifetime Achievement Award; 2020 Samuel H. Scripps Award.

Managing Director

Dorothy Ryan

Dorothy Ryan joined Theatre for a New Audience in 2003. As Managing Director, she is the management leader of the organization, and oversees the areas of Finance, Development, Education, Board relations, and the Capital Campaign. She also managed the Theatre’s capital project to build its first home, Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Fort Greene Brooklyn, which opened in 2013.

From 2000-2008, Dorothy served as a Visiting Assistant Professor for the Pratt Institute’s Arts and Cultural Management Program, teaching courses in fundraising.

Before joining Theatre for a New Audience, Dorothy spent the previous ten years devoted to fundraising for the 92nd Street Y and the Brooklyn Museum. After graduating from Brown University with a music degree, she began her career in the arts with Hillyer International, a classical music management that also toured international attractions. She has also served as Company Manager for Chautauqua Opera, Managing Director for the Opera Ensemble of New York, and General Manager of Eugene Opera.

Board of Directors

Board Chair

Robert E. Buckholz

Vice Chair

Kathleen C. Walsh

President

Jeffrey Horowitz

Vice President and Secretary

Dorothy Ryan

Executive Committee

Alan Beller

Robert E. Buckholz

Constance Christensen

Jeffrey Horowitz

Seymour H. Lesser

Larry M. Loeb

Philip R. Rotner

Kathleen C. Walsh

Josh Weisberg

Members

Ben Campbell

Jonathan R. Donnellan

Matthew E. Fishbein

Alan Polonsky

Dorothy Ryan

Doug Steiner

Michael Stranahan

Artistic Council

Arin Arbus

John Berendt

Bianca Vivion Brooks

Robert Caro

Sharon Dunn

Riccardo Hernandez

Kathryn Hunter

Dana Ivey

Tom Kirdahy

John Lahr

Harry J. Lennix

Catherine Maciariello

Marie Maignan

Audrey Heffernan Meyer

Joseph Samulski

John Douglas Thompson

John Turturro

Frederick Wiseman

Emeritus

Francine Ballan

Sally Brody

William H. Burgess III

Caroline Niemczyk

Janet C. Olshansky

Theodore C. Rogers

Mark Rylance

Daryl D. Smith

Susan Stockel

Jane Wells