ROBERTA PEREIRA is a Tony-nominated, Olivier Award-winning theater producer. She is currently the Producing Director of The Playwrights Realm, an Off-Broadway theater company devoted to supporting early-career playwrights, where she produced the world premiere of The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe, which was a finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Beyond her work with The Realm, Roberta has developed and produced plays, musicals, and event theatre on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionally, in the West End, and on tour. Past select productions include: Tony-nominated play Mothers and Sons by Terrence McNally, starring Tyne Daly; the Olivier award-winning revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, in the West End; and the Broadway premiere of Grace, starring Paul Rudd, Michael Shannon, and Ed Asner. Roberta is also the co-founder and Managing Editor of Dress Circle Publishing, which publishes series such as Jennifer Ashley Tepper's "The Untold Stories of Broadway" and Seth Rudetsky's Seth's "Broadway Diaries." She has been a speaker on the topic of producing and anti-racism and inclusion in the arts in multiple forums, like BroadwayCon, NYU/Tisch, Yale University, and Commercial Theatre Institute. Roberta is a graduate of Yale School of Drama's Theater Management program and Wesleyan University. She is originally from Brazil and currently lives in New York City with her daughter. Twitter: @roberta_m_p
Sessions in which Roberta Pereira participates
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- Beyond the Heights: Latinx Representation in Theatre Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Renee Harris Room
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- With discussions of "diversity" in the theater more prominent than ever, where do Latinx artists fit in? A frank discussion on where we are and whe...
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- Mamma Mia, Here I Go Again: Parenting in Theatre Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Vinnette Carroll Room
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- ow do parent artists pursue their careers while parenting the next generation of theatergoers/makers? H...