A Conversation in Artistic Leadership: Michael J. Bobbitt, New Repertory Theatre

Sun Oct 11 12:00:00 UTC 2020

Michael J. Bobbitt, the artistic director of the New Repertory Theatre, is
our guest speaker. Join us for this amazing opportunity to meet a leader of
our theatrical world and to learn professional theatre management,
reinventing performance during Covid-19, and arts social activism. Sign up
with your campus email here: https://forms.gle/C8yEH6XQqNhBKr9y6. Zoom
links will be emailed the morning of the event.

WHEN: October 14, 2020 11am

WHERE: Zoom

FREE EVENT for SUNY Plattsburgh students, faculty and staff

ABOUT:

Michael J. Bobbitt (Artistic Director, he/him/his) joined New Repertory
Theatre as an arts leader, director, choreographer, and playwright in 2019.
Michael J. Bobbitt has served as Artistic Director for Adventure
Theatre-MTC in Maryland since 2007, where he led the organization to be a
respected theatre/training company in the DC region, as well as a
nationally influential professional Theatre for Young Audiences. He led a
merger with Musical Theater Center, increased the organizational budget and
audience, commissioned new works by noted playwrights, transferred two
shows to Off-Broadway, built an academy, and earned dozens of Helen Hayes
Award Nominations including eight wins. Bobbitt has directed/choreographed
at Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Olney
Theatre Center, Studio Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Center Stage,
Roundhouse Theatre, The Kennedy Center, and the Washington National Opera.
His national and international credits include the NY Musical Theatre
Festival, Mel Tillis 2001, La Jolla Playhouse, Children’s Theatre of
Charlotte, Jefferson Performing Arts Center, and the Olympics. As a writer,
his work was chosen for the NYC International Fringe Festival and The New
York and Musical Theatre Festival. He has two plays published by Rodgers
and Hammerstein Theatricals. He trained at Harvard Business School’s
Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management, The National Arts
Strategies Chief Executive Program, and other top leadership programs. He
earned the Excel Leadership Award (Center for Nonprofit Advancement), the
Emerging Leader Award (County Executive’s Excellence in the Arts and
Humanities), and Person of the Year Award (Maryland Theatre Guide), among
others.

Questions? Reach out to Dwayne T. Butchino, Performing Arts Coordinator for
the SUNY Plattsburgh Department of Theatre at butc3332 at plattsburgh.edu.

JENNIFER MATOTT
Administrative Assistant 1
Music and Theatre
Myers 220
101 Broad Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
(o) 518-564-2180 <+1-518-564-2180>
plattsburgh.edu <https://www.plattsburgh.edu/>

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