Off-Broadway Theatre League Announces New Officers

THE LEAGUE OF OFF-BROADWAY THEATRES & PRODUCERS is proud to announce that the following have been elected to the Board of Directors for the 2007-'08 season:

George S. Forbes, President
Maria Di Dia, 1st Vice President
William Russo, 2nd Vice President
Carol Fishman, Secretary
Beverley D. Mac Keen, Treasurer

Board members at large will include Terry Byrne, Denise Cooper, Margaret Cotter, Barrack Evans, Nicki Genovese, Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Roger Gindi, Melanie Herman, Michael Hurst, Eric Krebs, Harry McFadden, Jonathan Pollard, Ellen Richard, Seth Schapiro, Carl D. White and Harold Wolpert.

George Forbes is Executive Director of the Lucille Lortel Theatre and the Lucille Lortel Foundation; Maria Di Dia and Carol Fishman are producers/general managers; William Russo is General Manager of Playwrights Horizons; Beverley D. Mac Keen is Executive Director New World Stages/Stage Entertainment USA.

THE LEAGUE OF OFF-BROADWAY THEATRES & PRODUCERS, INC, was founded in 1959 for the purpose of promoting and fostering theatre produced Off-Broadway, to assist in the voluntary exchange of information amongst its members, and to serve as the collective voice of its membership in pursuit of these purposes. The League provides service to its members in the field of labor relations and as trustees of industry pension and welfare funds. The League has long been active in the creative marketing of Off-Broadway, including, in partnership with Theatre Development Fund, publication of The Insider's Guide to Theater, sponsorship of ART/NY's website, and the creation (in 1985) of the Lucille Lortel Awards for outstanding achievement Off-Broadway.

For more information, please visit www.OffBroadway.org.