Jennifer Macpherson Email & Phone Number

Cary, Nc

Raleigh, North Carolina

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

* Managed event production (from sales to execution) for both corporate and non-profit events in a variety of industries including pharmaceutical, health care, and higher & lower education* Developed and oversaw event proposals, budgets, and contracts up to $100,000 for attendees up to 1000*Identified, negotiated, and managed external resources/vendors

Raleigh, Nc & Nyc

Developed theater programming for Sertoma Arts Center. Have also been a director and instructor for a variety of national theaters including Raleigh Little Theater, Princeton's McCarter Theater, Tada!, and Youth Stages.

New York City

*Managed large-scale gala stage productions for YMCA of Greater New York*Venues included The Rainbow Room, Waldorf Astoria, Cipriani Wall Street, and Jazz at Lincoln Center*Events raised over $2,000,000

New York City

*Oversaw all department operations including production, budgeting, publicity, curriculum development, and volunteer coordination*Hired and managed a staff of seven contractors

New York City

*Managed large-scale theater education project designed to infuse "Broadway Jr." programs into eight NYC middle schools that lacked arts funding*Oversaw an $80,000 budget, staff of eight teaching artists, and 25 NYC teachers*Developed and managed final culminating event involving over 500 attendees

New York City

*Directed and developed stage versions of Walt Disney films to be published by Music Theatre International*Shows included "The Aristocats", "101 Dalmatians", and "The Jungle Book"*Wrote "Director's Handbook" for publication by MTI*Final event presentations attended by over 500 attendees, including over 20 Disney executives **1 RECOMMENDATION** Timothy Allen McDonald Founder and CEO iTheatrics and the Junior Theater Festival"My work with Jennifer has shown her to be someone who is smart, driven and gets the job done. I hired Jennifer to direct and develop adaptations of Disney films for the youth stage to be published by Music Theatre International during the time I ran their educational department. The scope of these projects was large since they required Jennifer to develop the script with writers and composers while directing a fully staged production, all in the short time frame of a couple months. To accomplish this Jennifer demonstrated quick, decisive, highly collaborative work and the ability to organize a multitude of details including casting, directing, script/music editing, and all other production elements. She lead her production team according to a firm vision but also remained flexible and open to input. Her final showcases were Disney’s "The Aristocats, Jr.", "101 Dalmatians, Jr.", and "The Jungle Book, KIDS"; each of these titles have been published and performed in thousands of school and after-school programs worldwide. Jennifer proved such a strong leader that I hired her to project manage several other initiatives including one with New York City’s Department of Education, and once again she was wildly successful.Jennifer has my highest recommendation."

New York City

*Developed, wrote, and directed musicals from the ground up with teens in a one month time frame*Oversaw entire "Event" from vision to fully staged production*Coordinated all elements of show production including choreography, sets, costumes, lighting*A show developed and produced here, "Sunshine", was published by Dramatics Publishing

New York, Ny

Founded department consisting of theater educational programs and a performing arts theater. Oversaw all department operations including program development, budgeting, staff hiring/training, and producing family theater productions. Hired and supervised a full and part-time staff of 40 and managed a 300K budget. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:*Expanded department revenue from $0 to $457K over 6 years and increased the number of children served by at least 25% each year over 6 years*Developed and directed Summer Arts, a unique day program exposing children ages 6-14 to visual, literary, and performing arts through classes, professional artist workshops, and field trips to local arts institutions*Produced and directed bi-annual, large-scale Kids Company productions involving 50 performers; reached approximately 1000 audience members each year.