Mission

The mission of the Producer Hub is to provide an online resource that showcases and supports the wide variety of producing models that exist in the world of live performance through shared business and educational resources and networking. While centered on the professional development of the producer, the Producer Hub seeks to be a connective space for any stakeholder in the making of live performance. The Producer Hub prioritizes exchange as a means of learning, and values and facilitates relationship building at all levels.   

 

Vision

The creation of live performance sits at the intersection of many entities (artists, presenters, culture workers, and more), all of whom have different strengths and viewpoints. Independent producers have been stepping in for decades to address the gaps and challenges presented by this intersection.

This approach, which has grown organically and responsively across the industry, has cultivated a sense of isolation among independent producers, and we are not using our collective resources to the best of our abilities.

In particular, despite the best efforts of producers, the creation and touring of contemporary performance in this country is unsustainable under current industry practices. Producing requires flexibility and adaptability.

Many producing models, whether non-profit or commercial, are directly reflective of the strengths, experiences, and values of the producer heading up the project or organization. Among independent producers, producing models are almost always bespoke, created to fit the specific needs of each project. The work of the producer at every level often happens in isolation and results in people across the country reinventing the proverbial wheel over and over again.

The Producer Hub is our solution to this unsustainable practice.

We believe that the way to move the industry forward is through collaboration in order to create a more sustainable and equitable field for every member of the live performance community. 

 

Values

The Producer Hub is an organization that represents the changes that we want to see in the live performance field, as well as our core values as members of the industry, as members of society, and as citizens of the planet.

The Producer Hub is a community that values transparency, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

The Producer Hub believes that education and the evolution of a producing practice is a life-long pursuit that should be fostered and supported by a community of like-minded collaborators.

Built on principles of peer-to-peer learning and transparency of practice, the Producer Hub is an organization that aims to be responsive to its community of creative and independent producers, culture workers, artists, and presenters.

Through frequent communication, research, and surveys, our programming is designed to serve the community at every individual’s stage of development

 

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Our Team

 
 

Producer and Programs Manager

Sophie Blumberg

Sophie Blumberg (she/her/hers) is a creative producer and dramaturg focusing on the development of new performance, interdisciplinary collaboration, and audience experience. Her producing work spans multiple sectors of the entertainment industry, including live performance, themed entertainment, and television. Her theatrical work has been seen with Octopus Theatricals, CalArts Center for New Performance, TeatrStudio (Warsaw, Poland), Edinburgh Fringe Festival, REDCAT, The Civilians, BAM Next Wave Festival, Goodman Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cherry Lane Theatre, the Orchard Project, Chicago Dramatists, and Cold Basement Dramatics, where she served as Artistic Director for two seasons.

Prior to joining the Producer Hub team, Sophie was the Associate Producer at the CalArts Center for New Performance, where she produced artist residencies, as well as world premiere productions. She is a member of CIPA’s Programs Committee, and an alumna of the Walt Disney Imagineering CalArts Educational Initiative, the Drama League, and Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Professional Training Company. In addition to her work with the Producer Hub, Sophie is an Associate Producer with Octopus Theatricals, and a Creative Executive with Littleton Road Productions.

Sophie holds an MFA in Creative Producing from the California Institute of the Arts.

 

Education

ATLANTIC LAW SCHOOL
Juris Doctor, 1997

IVY UNIVERSITY
B.A., Film & Music, 1994

Activities & Affiliations

• ABCD Bar Association, Member
• IP Law for Creatives Association, Member-at-Large
• Civil Rights Conservation, Secretary

Bar Admissions

• New York, Tennessee, California

 
 

 
 
 

Producer & Fiscal Sponsorship Manager

Michael Francis

Michael Francis (he/him/his) has spent 20 years in non profit and commercial theater as a multi-hyphenate theater administrator specializing in fundraising, general management, talent representation and producing. He spent 12 years as a team member of Fiasco Theater. Notable Fiasco works include Cymbeline (Theatre for a New Audience/Barrow Street/Broad Stage/Folger Theatre); Into the Woods (McCarter Theatre/Old Globe/Roundabout/Menier Chocolate Factory/NETworks); The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Folger Theatre/Theatre for a New Audience); The Imaginary Invalid (Old Globe); Measure for Measure (The New Victory/The Long Wharf); Tweflth Night (Classic Stage Company); Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout). As a core member of Producer Hub he manages the Fiscal Sponsorship program which serves over 30 artists, arts organizations and social justice initiatives. Michael spent a decade as a part of the staff of Leading Artists, Inc. a boutique talent agency in NYC.

 

Education

PIERCE SCHOOL OF LAW
Juris Doctor, 1999

WORLD UNIVERSITY
B.A., Economics, 1995

Activities & Affiliations

• ABCD Bar Association, Member
• Constitutional Conservation, Member

Bar Admissions

• New York, Illinois, California

 
 

 
 
 

Management Associate

Kelly Letourneau

Kelly Letourneau (she/her/hers) is a New York City-based performer, playwright, and arts administrator. As an administrator, Kelly has worked with Primary Stages, Fiasco Theater, and The Shakespeare Academy @ Stratford. Behind the scenes, Kelly has experience as a stage manager, playwright’s assistant, and house manager. As a performer, Kelly has appeared off-Broadway, regionally and on tour. Theater credits include: A VALENTINE FOR SONDHEIM (Fiasco Theater), MIDSUMMER (Tiltyard), PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Kate Hamill (Playhouse on Park), and THE APPLE BOYS (HERE Arts Center). Kelly has trained with Fiasco Theater, at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and she holds a BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. www.kellyletourneau.com

 

Education

EMPIRE LAW SCHOOL
Juris Doctor, 2002

NAMELESS UNIVERSITY
B.A., Art History, 1999

Activities & Affiliations

• ABCD Bar Association, Member

Bar Admissions

• New York, California

 
 

 
 
 

Management Associate

Cindy Tsai

Kelly Letourneau (she/her/hers) is a New York City-based performer, playwright, and arts administrator. As an administrator, Kelly has worked with Primary Stages, Fiasco Theater, and The Shakespeare Academy @ Stratford. Behind the scenes, Kelly has experience as a stage manager, playwright’s assistant, and house manager. As a performer, Kelly has appeared off-Broadway, regionally and on tour. Theater credits include: A VALENTINE FOR SONDHEIM (Fiasco Theater), MIDSUMMER (Tiltyard), PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Kate Hamill (Playhouse on Park), and THE APPLE BOYS (HERE Arts Center). Kelly has trained with Fiasco Theater, at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and she holds a BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. www.kellyletourneau.com