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On July 18, 2010 Theatrical Gems presented a one-night only benefit performance of:

Irving Berlin's

Theatrical Gems strives to educate audiences about the past, present, and future of theater. Through the entertaining and engaging presentation of popular classics, new works, and underappreciated relics, we hope to expand horizons and tastes with the goal of preserving these works of art for future generations of theatergoers. If that sounds like something you're into, click the link below to make a tax-deductible donation! Any amount is appreciated!

	Thank you to everyone who made Mr. President a success!

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Claudia Stuart (Executive Director) received her M.F.A. in Performing Arts Management from Brooklyn College in 2010. She produced and managed a new play, Thirty Minutes or Less, in the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival that received four stars from Time Out New York. After graduating from Fordham University in 2006 with a minor in theater, she spent two years stage managing off-off-Broadway, including Saving the Greeks and Marat/Sade with Push Productions and The Frogs with Rising Sun Productions. While in graduate school, she studied under Dr. Tobie Stein; Harold Wolpert, managing director of Roundabout Theatre Company; Jennie Greer, Director of Advancement at New Dramatists; Marc Routh, commercial producer behind The Producers, Hairspray, and the current revival of A Little Night Music; Andrew Flatt, Vice President of Marketing at Disney Theatricals; and more.

Jacob Shoesmith-Fox (Artistic Director) has directed full productions of Little Shop of Horrors and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as well as various readings and workshops and was the Assistant Director of Are We Writing Loud Enough for the Vineyard Theatre. He worked as an actor for most of his childhood at the Pocono Playhouse and other locations in his hometown and also appeared in NYC in The Car in the 2007 Short Attention Span Horror Festival and the film Wet Hot American Summer. In 2006 he began producing with The Vagina Monologues on Staten Island, which he continued for the following three years, making him the only male V-Day producer in the region. Jacob graduated from Wagner College in 2009 with a B.S. in Arts Administration and spent 5 months interning in development and education at the Vineyard Theatre. Jacob is excited to be producing lost Gems of the musical theatre canon.

Jonathan G Galvez (Artist in Residence) is an actor, playwright, director, and certified teacher. His produced pieces as a writer have included Thirty Minutes or Less in the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival, Crossing Lights in Manhattan Repertory Theatre’s Amazing Play Festival, and has had his one-acts premiere in The Shortened Attention Span festivals, Sundog Theatre’s Scenes from the Staten Island Ferry, and the Strawberry One-Act Festival. He is a performer and technical director for Stuff Films Comedy troupe and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. He received his B.A. in Theatre Education from Wagner College and is a M.F.A. Candidate for Playwrighting at Hollins University.