New York Theatre Workshop Appoints Maya Choldin as Managing Director
Tom O’Connor Consulting Group (TOCG) is pleased to announce that Maya Choldin has been appointed Managing Director by New York Theatre Workshop (Patricia McGregor, Artistic Director) in New York City, following our extensive national search led by Tom O’Connor and Brenna Thomas. Choldin will assume the role beginning February 1, 2025.
As shared in a release from the company, "I am thrilled to welcome the extraordinary Maya Choldin to New York Theatre Workshop as our next Managing Director,” said Artistic Director Patricia McGregor in the company’s statement. “Maya’s unflappable dexterity animating ideas and solving problems is inspiring. She has a strong history of centering the work of visionary artists while structuring practical systems to meet organizational goals.”
In the company’s statement Choldin shared, “I have long admired New York Theatre Workshop, both for the long history of groundbreaking theater and for the deep commitment to bettering the spaces where artists hone their craft, so I could not be more thrilled to join this passionate and dedicated team, led by the inimitable Patricia McGregor,” said Maya Choldin. “I look forward to jumping in this February and working with the many incredible artists, the staff and the audiences that call New York Theatre Workshop home, as we continue the 2025 spring season and look forward, together, to all that’s next.”
“Maya Choldin will be the perfect catalytic force to join with Patricia McGregor and the New York Theatre Workshop Board to lead this next chapter for their impactful organization,” said Tom O’Connor, who co-led the national search with Consultant Brenna Thomas. “We were delighted to partner with the extraordinary Board and Staff members on the search committee, and deeply appreciated the thoughtful engagement of so many members of the expansive NYTW community. I look forward to Maya and Patricia’s joint leadership in the New York and national theatre communities with great anticipation.”
About New York Theatre Workshop
At New York Theatre Workshop, we work relentlessly to empower visionary theatre‐makers and bring their work to adventurous audiences through productions, artist workshops and education and community engagement programs. Through these interactions, artists and audiences have the chance to deepen our shared understanding of the world around us. We’re proud to be a home base for many of the most significant theatre‐makers of our time, nurturing ground-breaking writers like Nathan Alan Davis and Celine Song alongside powerhouse playwrights like Amy Herzog, Doug Wright, and Ayad Akhtar. From Rachel Chavkin and Lileana Blain‐Cruz to Whitney White and Rubén Polendo, we empower inimitable auteur‐directors and give invaluable support to tremendous talents in the earliest days of their careers. We’ve maintained decades‐long relationships with legendary theatre‐makers like Will Power, Ivo van Hove, Dael Orlandersmith, and Caryl Churchill, who have shaped our very understanding of what theatre can be.
Our commitment to artists stems from innate belief that the artist has a unique perspective to offer that is as valuable as the scientist, the philosopher, and the theologian, and the significance of the imagination, humility, and groundedness of our artists has only grown during this emotional and unstable period. Throughout the COVID-19 shutdown, we remained dedicated to empowering and uplifting a diverse range of innovative theatre-makers at every stage of their careers and providing a nurturing space for our larger community to connect with the work of our artists each year.
Since our founding in 1979, we've produced over 150 fully‐realized productions including Jonathan Larson's Rent; Tony Kushner's Homebody/Kabul; Doug Wright's Quills; Claudia Shear's Dirty Blonde; Rick Elice’s Peter and the Starcatcher; Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Enda Walsh’s Once; and David Bowie and Enda Walsh’s Lazarus. Enabling our artists to push boundaries generates work like Nathan Alan Davis’s Nat Turner in Jerusalem, Anaïs Michell’s Hadestown, Mfoniso Udofia’s Ufot Family Cycle, Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me, Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play, Kristina Wong's Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord and Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich’s Here There Are Blueberries. NYTW productions have received a Pulitzer Prize, 25 Tony Awards, 2 Grammy Awards and numerous Obie, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards.
About Tom O’Connor Consulting Group
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