BIO
Tegan Summer is a member of the Broadway League and Society of London Theatre (SOLT), CEO of Tegan Summer Theatricals & Timeless Stage & Screen, and an NAACP and Ovation award-recipient. He is a 2024 recipient of the Political and Public Life Arts & Culture award, presented to him at the House of Commons.
He is also on the selection committee for the National Alliance For Musical Theatre (NAMT), the worldwide stage theatrical rights owner for the properties of James Dean, Bettie Page, The Nicholas Brothers, and Amelia Earhart, and holds the life rights for stage musicals for Malcolm X and Harvey Milk.
He is GP and Co-Lead Producer on Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's new musical, "Little Dancer", directed by Susan Stroman, set for the West End’s Garrick Theatre in 2024, and was a Producer on Andrew Lloyd Webber and Nimax Theatre's 2023 revival of "Aspects of Love" at the Lyric Theatre, also in London's West End. Summer is a Producer on "For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy" for Nimax Theatres and The Royal Court in London.
Current and Credited: Producer, Librettist, and or Lyricist of the following: "Mozart: Her Story - The New Musical" (Carnegie Hall 2023 & The Lyric Theatre 2024); "Rebel - The James Dean Musical"; "The Nicholas Brothers Musical" with Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company (Jamil Jude Artistic Director); "“You’ve Gotta Give ‘Em Hope” - The Harvey Milk Musical"; "Bettie Page, Queen of Pin-Ups - The Icon*The Musical"; 'Amelia - A Musical Tale of Bravery & Mystery'; and the golden era musical, 'The Dolly Sisters: Icons of the Jazz Age', based on the biography by Gary Chapman.
He is Lead Producer on the Broadway-bound 'Stormy Weather - The Lena Horne Musical." Summer also produced the world premiere of "Marilyn! - The New Musical" (Ogunquit Playhouse | Caesars Entertainment).
Summer is a judge on Birmingham Rep's Victoria Wood Playwriting Prize (in partnership with The Victoria Wood Foundation), the former Board President of Amas Musical Theatre, former President and current Board member of the Foundation for New American Musicals, and a member of the Dramatists Guild. He remains a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild and Equity.