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Carmen A. Quiñones (She/Her) is a proud Chicana hailing from San Diego, California. As an East Coast-based arts administrator, Carmen currently works as the General Manager of McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, New Jersey. She is also currently a co-producer on THE PIANO LESSON on Broadway and co-produced the most recent remount of KINKY BOOTS off-Broadway. She has also invested in shows including A STRANGE LOOP and COME FROM AWAY.Inspired by local regional theaters, Carmen spent many of her formative years interning at theaters including La Jolla Playhouse, the Old Globe, Second Stage, Syracuse Stage, and New Victory. She attended Syracuse University where she earned her BFA in Stage Management. Following graduation she worked to represent theatrical designers at the Rolfe Company. She also spent time volunteering with the Musical Theatre Factory as a line producer and then went on to work as the Executive Assistant at Playwrights Horizons. She recently joined the team at McCarter where she has worked her way to recently become the new General Manager. Proud member of TPOC 2022 and TEDxBroadway Young Professionals 2017. Carmen enjoys producing a range of projects, from plays to musicals, traditional to experimental, all while highlighting historically underrepresented voices in American theater. Carmen is also passionate about creating equitable spaces in the American Theater and engaging with this work locally and globally. @carmenaq215

Cat Peoples (she/her) is an Actor, Producer and Businesswoman. She is a graduate of Howard University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre who has worked in music, fashion, television and theatre as a talent and producer. In 2007, Cat Peoples founded CP Live, an entertainment and management consultancy firm that has provided production and management services to a range of clients, including the NAACP ACT SO Awards, legendary Apollo Theatre, WMK Productions (Willette Klausner), NFL and NBA veterans such as Eli Manning, Antoine Bethea, and Carlos Rogers, and lifestyle and special projects Manager to Michael Cohl (former chairman of Live Nation, current chairman of S2BN) who is responsible for projects like Spiderman on Broadway, Yo Gabba Gabba Live, An Evening with Oprah International Tour, Barbra Streisand tour, An Evening with Al Pacino Speaker series, and more. As a talent, some of her clients include JC Penney, Target, Jet Blue, Oxygen, BET, Gerber, Pilsbury, Ebay, Google and more. Cat currently owns the Union County territory of the Fun Bus, Fitness on Wheels franchise and owner of ARTXo Creative Art Studio in Roselle Park, NJ.

Cherine E. Anderson, Marketing and Media Relations Executive has been involved with the theater, television, film, and entertainment industry for over twenty years with a background in production management, consumer and promotions marketing, media relations and partnership development. Having held key positions with such companies as MTV Networks/Nickelodeon, DC Comics, Apel Inc./Spero Media and Push Creative, Cherine has extensive experience in building brand awareness, creating and implementing consumer promotions to drive revenue and strong partnership cultivation skills. Presently with Realemn Productions, a multi-cultural full-service company that specializes in the promotion of multicultural film, television and theater projects that offer a range of services from marketing, public relations, audience development and social media strategy. A graduate from the 2021 TPOC class, Anderson is a Co-Producer on the Broadway Musical - A Beautiful Noise, the Neil Diamond story and has been marketing Broadway shows since 2008, beginning with the 2007 musical The Color Purple and has worked on the marketing team with Walker International Communications Group (WICG) and Realemn Productions for such Broadway shows as: MJ the Musical, For Colored Girls, Skin of Our Teeth, Hadestown, Once on This Island, A Raisin in the Sun, Trip to Bountiful, Streetcar Named Desire, Alicia Keys Stick Fly, Driving Miss Daisy, and more. In June 2014, Cherine led the marketing and public relations efforts for the Carnegie Hall production of Black Stars of the Great White Way, produced by Norm Lewis, Chapman Roberts and David Greer, for which she won an Audelco Award. Cherine was also on the marketing team for The Billie Holiday Theater in Brooklyn. Other productions she has marketed include Smart People and Anna Deveare Smith’s Notes from the Field at Second Stage, Marie and Rosetta at Atlantic Theatre, DOT at the Vineyard Theatre and the Billie Holiday Theatre’s play A Small Oak Tree Runs Red. Cherine is a member of NYWIFT (New York Women In Film and Television), Audelco Board of Directors and Nominating Committee and in 2022 received the Schnepps Media Power Woman of Manhattan award. A native of Jamaica, West Indies, Cherine is a graduate from Fordham University and in addition to her love for theatre, she can be found on the racquetball, paddleball or tennis courts most weekends!

Cynthia L. Dorsey (noun): the moon personified as a goddess and a multi-disciplinary artist from Washington, DC. She is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago (BA) and Syracuse University (MA). Cynthia is the Co-Founder of SoulFLY Theatre Society. With SoulFLY Cynthia has devoted her artistry to creating and producing content that liberates the stories of women of color from the page. Cynthia is also an arts educator who was nominated for an Excellence in Theater Education Tony Award. In addition, Cynthia is an award-winning writer, actor, director, producer and filmmaker. Currently, Cynthia is a Prince/TTLP Fellow and a Broadway League Fellow. It is Cynthia’s goal as an artist to produce and direct both theater and films that empower audiences and invoke societal change. As she forges on, Cynthia, the moon personified as a goddess will continue to fight for her rightful place in the sky.

Daniel Perez (he/him/his) is a Cuban-American Live Entertainment industry leader experienced in the strategic planning, creative development, and management of complex and high-profile shows, events, and attractions. Currently, he is the Vice President of Entertainment Creative at Universal Studios Japan, where he has led a team of directors, designers, choreographers, producers, and writers in the development of over 200 new live entertainment shows and attractions. He has directed the creative development of live entertainment projects that have brought to life iconic brands such as Pokemon, Curious George, Despicable Me, Sailor Moon, Doraemon, Nintendo, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Jurassic World, and more. The shows he produced at Universal have won three IAAPA Brass Ring Awards for Excellence in Entertainment and set two world records. He has been featured as a speaker for IAAPA Expo Asia and TransWorld Halloween Attraction conferences. Before working for Universal, Daniel was a project manager, technical designer, and entertainment engineer for Hudson Scenic Studio, McLaren Engineering Group, and other scenic fabrication companies. His clients included Disney, ESPN, and more. As part of TPOC, Daniel co-produced Kinky Boots at New World Stages (New York, NY). He is the recipient of the MIT Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts and the USITT Golden Hammer Scenic Technology Award. Daniel earned a B.S. from MIT in Civil Engineering and Theater Arts and a M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama in Technical Design and Production. Daniel is originally from Miami, FL.

Danielle Zarbin (she/her) is a second year MBA student at Cornell University. She has previously worked at Manhattan Theatre Club and Playwrights Horizons. In her spare time, she sits on the New York Wellesley Club Board as an Alumnae Admissions Representative, and is the volunteer digital strategist for the Wellesley Racial Justice Initiative.

DEDRA D. WOODS is a multi-hyphenate artist currently based in Seattle. She has taken on artistic leadership roles with The Williams Project, serving as their Producing Director, and Project Coordinator for The Hansberry Project. Dedra has been working in the Seattle arts scene since 2012, and has had the privilege to perform with several companies around Seattle, including ACT, The 5th Ave Theater, Seattle Children's Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, Intiman, Upstart Crow Collective, and ArtsWest. Her acting talents have also been seen regionally on stages in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and New York. She is also an educator, voice over artist and casting director. In 2022 Dedra was a book writer and performer for a new musical, And So that Happened, at The 5th Ave Theater. During the pandemic she started a social media page dedicated to celebrating BIPOC artist’s in Seattle and beyond.

Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Eric has been blazing his own path in the theatre world. He holds a BA in Psychology from Morehouse College and an MFA in Acting from LIU Post. He has been fortunate to work with esteemed cultural institutions such as Harlem Stage, The Public Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, & LAByrinth Theater Company, along with invaluable experiences in commercial producing offices. He is fiercely dedicated to building equity into the foundation of the industry and is a champion for the artists and voices that have been historically excluded. Eric is an alum of TedxBroadway Young Professionals, Theater Producers of Color, and Beth Morrison Producers Academy. He is also the recipient of the AKA 500 Hour Producers of Color Initiative, the I AM SOUL Producer in Residence at National Black Theatre, and a member of the Broadway League. Credits: Associate Producer – Is This A Room, Dana H (2 Tony Awards®), Co-Producer: Kinky Boots (Off-Broadway), A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical (Broadway)

Freddy Mancilla (he/him) is a DC-based producer/director/dramaturg/historian and Co-founder of the digital incubator #BINGE. As a director/producer in NYC, he has had the opportunity to work at various institutions, including serving as the inaugural Resident Director of the Off-Broadway venue The New Theater at 45th St (later known as The Davenport Theatre.) He was also recipient of the Van Lier Directing Fellowship from Repertorio Español (NYC), earning him a Latin ACE Award Nomination as Best Emerging Director. Most recently, he worked as a Post Production Supervisor on various ads for high-profile clients, including Kanye West and the world wide marketing for the release of his album Donda. You can watch Freddy’s digital productions (usually hosted by him) exploring the intersection of showbiz & politics at www.hashtagBINGE.net or @hashtagBINGE on social media. There, he is set to premiere two new shows in 2022: the second season of his satirical news program The Man-splanation&The Silent Era, a series about the silent movie era of Hollywood. BA-Marymount Manhattan College. Member of: Lincoln Center Directors Lab, TV Academy, the Producers Cohort, RKP Ensemble.