The Tony Awards has announced its nominating committee for the 2018-2019 Broadway season.
The committee members, who serve a three year term, attend all Broadway productions during the season and later vote on that season’s Tony Award nominees. In addition to the nominating committee, the Tony Awards Administration Committee meets four times throughout the season to determine what shows are eligible to be nominated.
This year’s committee is comprised of 48 members. New members this season include actors Ann Harada, Priscilla Lopez, Daphne Rubin-Vega and playwrights Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Martyna Majok.
Full list of the nominating committee (the double astericks denote a new member):
Emily Altman – Attorney/Foundation President**
Bob Alwine – Associate Producer, Goodspeed Musicals
Brenda Braxton – Actor/Author**
Milly Barranger – Author/Educator
Suzy Benzinger – Costume Designer
Luis Castro – Media and Entertainment Executive/Producer
Dawn Chiang – Lighting Designer
Patricia Cruz – Executive Director, Harlem Stage/Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.
Carmen de Lavallade – Choreographer
Eisa Davis – Actor/Writer/Singer-Songwriter**
Jerry Dixon – Actor/Director**
Edgar Dobie – Executive Producer, Arena Stage – Washington, DC
Judith Dolan – Costume Designer
Scott Elliott – Director/Artistic Director, The New Group
John Erman – Director/Producer**
Tim Federle – Novelist/Playwright
Peter Jay Fernandez – Actor/Educator
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**
Peter Hedges – Writer
JoAnn Hunter – Actor/Choreographer**
Mara Isaacs – Founder and Director, Octopus Theatricals, LLC
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins – Playwright**
Michael Kantor – Executive Producer, American Masters
Anne Keefe – Associate Artist, Westport Country Playhouse
Michael John LaChiusa – Composer/Lyricist/Librettist
Priscilla Lopez – Actor**
Martyna Majok – Playwright**
John Mauceri – Conductor**
Tony Meola – Sound Designer
Jessica Molaskey – Actor
Sheila Nevins – President, HBO Documentary Films
Peter Parnell – Playwright/Librettist**
Rosalba Rolón – Executive Director, Pregones Theater**
Daphne-Rubin Vega – Actor**
Paul Rudnick – Playwright/Novelist/Screenwriter/Essayist
Don Scardino – Actor/Director
Kimberly Senior –Director**
Mikki Shepard – Executive Producer, The Apollo Theatre
Randy Skinner – Choreographer/Director
Ellen Sorrin – Director, The George Balanchine Trust
Jessica Stone – Actor/Director
Mark Wendland – Scenic Designer**
Evan Yionoulis – Director
