Broadway Play Publishing Inc Appoints New Executive Director

Broadway Play Publishing Inc is pleased to announce that Michael Q. Fellmeth has joined as a managing partner. Mr. Fellmeth spent seventeen years with Dramatists Play Service, the last seven as Vice President, and brings a reputation for innovation and business growth in the play publishing and licensing industry.

"Mr. Fellmeth possesses a unique combination of intelligence, experience, technological know-how, and a love for the theater," said Christopher Gould, Publisher. "The innovations he brought to DPS over the last decade and a half, and the growth that those innovations drove, were the envy of every theatrical publisher in New York. He will be a tremendous asset to Broadway Play Publishing Inc's playwrights and customers."

Mr. Fellmeth will immediately assume the title and responsibilities of Executive Director.

"I've long admired Broadway Play Publishing Inc," said Mr. Fellmeth. "The willingness to support the work of groundbreaking playwrights like Tony Kushner, José Rivera, Naomi Wallace, and Eric Overmyer, to name just a few, long before they achieved widespread recognition has been a hallmark of Christopher Gould's leadership. It's a great privilege to join him in guiding Broadway Play Publishing forward into a new era of growth and success."

About Broadway Play Publishing Inc - Broadway Play Publishing Inc was established in New York City in 1982 with a mission to publish and license the stage performance rights of the finest contemporary American plays. The Broadway Play Publishing Inc catalog consists of over 800 plays and nearly 300 authors, among them such theatrical luminaries as Constance Congdon, María Irene Fornés, A R Gurney, Tony Kushner, Neil LaBute, Eric Overmyer, José Rivera, Naomi Wallace, and many others. Its authors have been produced on Broadway and Off, in London's West End, and in theaters across the United States and around the world. They have won Nobel Prizes, Pulitzer Prizes, Tony Awards, Obie Awards, the MacArthur Genius Grant, Guggenheim Fellowships, and National Endowment for the Arts grants.