Debbie Bisno, Producer and Consultant

Debbie Bisno's Broadway credits include the 2009 revival of HAIR, Accent on Youth with MTC, Speed the Plow with Raul Esparza, Elisabeth Moss and William H. Macy; Ma Rainey's Black Bottom with Whoopi Goldberg & Charles Dutton; The Crucible starring Laura Linney & Liam Neeson, David Henry Hwang's Flower Drum Song. Off Broadway: Sherry Glaser's Family Secrets. Upcoming Projects: Finians Rainbow on Broadway starring Jim Norton and Cheyenne Jackson.

Debbie is producing a benefit concert with violinist Joshua Bell in Warsaw Poland on October 21, 2009. Recently completed: BIG MONEY, workshop of new musical by Kyle Jarrow and Nathan Leigh directed by Shira Milikowsky.

Debbie served as Associate Producer to the late theatrical partnership Sageworks (August Wilson/Benjamin Mordecai); associate to David Richenthal and Creative Director for James D. Stern (The Producers, STOMP, Diary of Anne Frank.) FILM: Michael Jordan to the Max, PULSE: a STOMP Odyssey.

With theatrical roots in Chicago, Ms. Bisno was co-Founder of the acclaimed theater ensemble, Roadworks Productions, founded by 1992 Northwestern University Graduates. As Producing Artistic Director until 1999, she secured residencies at Steppenwolf and Victory Gardens Theaters, and produced 7 season's of Midwest Premieres including Kenneth Lonergan's This is Our Youth, Patrick Marber's Dealer's Choice, Disappeared by Phyllis Nagy, Eric Bogosian's subUrbia, Charles Mee's Orestes: The Rock Musical, Mike Leigh's Ecstasy (MW & LA premieres) and the World Premiere adaptation of John Barth's The End of the Road. Roadworks garnered over 15 Joseph Jefferson Awards and Nominations including Best Production, Director, Ensemble and New Work. In 2000, Bisno Co-Produced Steppenwolf Theatre Company's 25th Anniversary special hosted by Bill Murray, featuring the Ensemble.

Other projects: the CT series of The Moth, an Urban Storytelling Event, hosted by satirist Andy Borowitz and comedian Jonathan Ames. The Moth is a regular series at the Players Club, the NY Public Library, and other NY locations. CT venues have included Long Wharf Theater, New Haven Lawn Club, and Sacred Heart U. in association with WSHU. Bisno created "GET LIT" an authors series with RJ Julia Booksellers, and launched a Cabaret & Entertainment Series in New Haven, featuring jazz, cabaret & solo performers.

As a consultant, Ms. Bisno has worked with a variety of organizations, non-profits and artists in marketing, fundraising and innovative programming. Clients have included Berkeley Rep for Tony Kushner & Maurice Sendak's BRUNDIBAR; PBS/ KCET for the BBC documentary Inside the Nazi State directed by Lawrence Rees; A.S.K. Theatre Projects and the National Fellowship Program for burgeoning theatre artists; New Haven's International Festival of Arts & Ideas as Director of Strategic Partnerships. Other: Long Wharf Theater, The Princess Grace Foundation, The International Association of New Haven, Fellowship Place, artists Jerry Meyer and Adolf Frankl. Debbie is involved as a producer of various cultural programming at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park and is a member of the Museums Cultural Programs Committee. Education: Northwestern University. Board Member: Yale Summer Cabaret. Debbie lives in Branford, CT and New York City with her husband David Goldman and Portuguese Water Dog, Stella.