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Tony Awards Benj Pasek, Sarah Ruhl Among New Class of Tony Award Nominators The 2019�2020 Nominating Committee consists of 54 industry members.
Benj Pasek and Sarah Ruhl

The Tony Awards has revealed the 54 theatre industry members who will serve on the 2019�2020 Nominating Committee.

New to the roster this season are composer Benj Pasek; playwrights Sarah Ruhl and Antoinette Nwandu; director-choreographer Warrren Adams; designers Jill BC Du Boff, John Kilgore, and Neil Patel; general manager Nina Lannan; performers Becky Ann Baker, Pun Bandhu, Kathleen Chalfant, and Michael Benjamin Washington; and tri-state area theatre leaders Christopher Burney, Kamilah Forbes, Jonathan McCrory, Jim Nicola, Natasha Sinha, Nigel Smith, and Michael Stotts.

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Antoinette Nwandu Marc J. Franklin

Members serve three-year terms, attend every eligible Broadway production, and meet at the conclusion of the season to determine the nominations. A full calendar of Tony Awards events—including the nominations announcement and the 74th annual ceremony—will be revealed later.

See below for the full list.
· 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 Theatre*
· Scott Frankel � Composer
· Maija Garcia � Choreographer
· 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 member

 
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