New York, NY (June 18, 2019) – The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today the Nominating Committee for the 2019-2020 Broadway season. The Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.

The Nominating Committee attends all productions during the Broadway season and meets on the date designated by the Administration Committee to determine, by vote, the Tony Award nominees for that season. The 2019-2020 committee of Tony Nominators will include 54 members. Members of the committee serve a three-year term.

The 2019-2020 Nominating Committee includes:

• Warren Adams – Director/Choreographer/Producer**
• Emily Altman – Attorney/Foundation President
• Bob Alwine – Associate Producer, Goodspeed Musicals
• Becky Ann Baker – Actor**
• Pun Bandhu – Actor/Producer**
• Milly Barranger – Author/Educator
• Suzy Benzinger – Costume Designer
• Brenda Braxton – Actor/Author
• Christopher Burney – Artistic Director, New York Stage and Film**
• Kathleen Chalfant – Actor**
• Dawn Chiang – Lighting Designer
• Eisa Davis – Actor/Writer/Singer/Song Writer
• Carmen de Lavallade – Choreographer
• Kristoffer Diaz – Playwright
• Jerry Dixon – Actor/Director
• Judith Dolan – Costume Designer
• Jill BC Du Boff – Sound Designer**
• John Erman – Director/Producer
• Tim Federle – Novelist/Playwright
• Peter Jay Fernandez – Actor/Educator
• Kamilah Forbes – Executive Producer, The Apollo Theater**
• Scott Frankel – Composer
• Maija Garcia – Director/Choreographer; Director of Professional Training at the Guthrie Theater
• Anna Glass – Executive Director, Dance Theatre of Harlem
• Mason Granger – Director of Grants, Hearst Foundation
• Katori Hall – Playwright
• Ann Harada - Actor
• JoAnn Hunter – Actor/Choreographer
• Branden Jacobs-Jenkins - Playwright
• Michael Kantor – Executive Producer, American Masters
• Celia Keenan-Bolger – Actor
• John Kilgore – Sound Designer**
• Nina Lannan – General Manager**
• Priscilla Lopez – Actor
• Martyna Majok - Playwright
• John Mauceri – Conductor
• Jonathan McCrory – Director/Artistic Director, National Black Theatre**
• Sheila Nevins – President, HBO Documentary Films
• Jim Nicola – Director/Artistic Director, New York Theatre Workshop**
• Antoinette Nwandu – Playwright**
• Peter Parnell – Playwright/Librettist
• Benj Pasek – Songwriter**
• Neil Patel – Scenic Designer**
• Rosalba Rolón – Artistic Director, Pregones Theater
• Daphne Ruben-Vega – Actor
• Sarah Ruhl – Playwright**
• Don Scardino – Actor/Director
• Kimberly Senior – Freelance Director
• Natasha Sinha – Producer/Dramaturg/Director of Artistic Programs at Signature Theatre**
• Randy Skinner - Choreographer/Director
• Niegel Smith – Director/Performance Artist/Artistic Director, The Flea**
• Michael Stotts – Managing Director, Papermill Playhouse**
• Michael Benjamin Washington – Playwright/Actor**
• Mark Wendland – Scenic Designer

**Denotes new Nominating Committee Member

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About the Tony Awards

The American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. At The Broadway League, Thomas Schumacher is Chairman and Charlotte St. Martin is President. At the American Theatre Wing, David Henry Hwang is Chair and Heather A. Hitchens is President & CEO. Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment were the Executive Producers of the 2019 Tony Awards. Mr. Weiss also served as Director of the 2019 Tony Awards.

Sponsors for Tony Awards include: Carnegie Mellon University – the first-ever, exclusive higher education partner; City National – official bank of the Tony Awards and presenting sponsor of the Creative Arts Awards; Sofitel New York – the official hotel of the Tony Awards; Rainbow Room - official partner of the Tony Nominee Luncheon; United Airlines – the official airline of the Tony Awards for the last 18 years and People/Entertainment Weekly – official magazine partners of the Tony Awards.