John Del Gaudio (Managing Director) has a background in arts management, arts in education and event planning. For Manhattan Theatre Club he coordinated the internship program and administered teaching artist residencies in high schools and on Rikers Island. He has also worked for various nonprofits including the New York City Arts in Education Roundtable, Educational Video Center, PS 122, the 92nd Street Y, New York City Opera and Citymeals-on-Wheels, in various capacities including programming and fundraising. As an event consultant he has worked on projects including The New Yorker Festival and the PEN Literary Festival. He has served as a judge and Fringe-U Coordinator for the New York International Fringe Festival and was part of the curatorial committee for PS 122’s weekly series SCHOOLHOUSE ROXX. He is on the Artistic Advisory Board of The Bushwick Starr and has sat on grants panels for the NYC DCA and Nancy Quinn Fund. He holds a Master’s degree in Arts & Cultural Management from Pratt Institute, where he has since taught, and a Bachelor’s degree in Educational Theatre from NYU.