APAP|NYC 2025 Exhibitors

The deadline to submit an awards nomination was September 28, 2023.

The EXPO Commons at APAP|NYC is where business happens. A great place to make connections and discover new artists, the 300+ booth hall features agents, artists, and vendors from around North America and beyond.

Here is the list of exhibitors-to-date for the APAP|NYC 2025 conference. Interested in exhibiting? Learn more. For the APAP|NYC 2025 detailed schedule, click here.

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Nomination Requirements for the APAP Awards

You must be a current member of APAP, but the nominee is not required to be an APAP member. If self-nominating, you must be a current member of APAP.
You may only nominate the same individual/organization for a maximum of two awards. Please submit each nomination separately.
Self-nominations will be considered only if they are submitted with at least one (1) letter of support from an outside entity/individual (who is also an APAP member).

APAP 2021 Award Nominees

The following performing arts professionals and organizations were nominated by APAP members for the following awards and represent the breadth and depth of the performing arts presenting, booking and touring field at this moment.

THE AWARD OF MERIT FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN THE PERFORMING ARTS

Ronald K. Brown, Choreographer/Artistic Director, EVIDENCE, a Dance Company
Rhodnie Désir, Artistic Director/Artist/Choreographer, RD Creations
Christine Dixon, artist
Raja Feather Kelly, Founding Artistic Director, the feath3r theory
Zakir Hussain, tabla player, composer, percussionist, producer, actor
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist, musician, founder, Silk Road Ensemble
Christian McBride, bassist, composer, arranger
Charles Miller, Program Consultant, Mayo Performing Arts Center
Debra Nagy, Founder and Director, Les Délices
Moses Pendleton, choreographer, dancer and the artistic director of MOMIX
Toshi Reagon, musician, composer, curator and producer

THE SIDNEY R. YATES AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE PERFORMING ARTS

Gail Boyd, President, Gail Boyd Artist Management
Matthew Covey, Executive Director, Tamizdat
Creating New Futures: Working Guidelines for Ethics & Equity in Presenting Dance & Performance
María López De León, President and CEO, National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures (NALAC)
Nikki Estes, Director, Presenting & Touring, South Arts
Florida Professional Presenters Consortium, Inc.
Dayna Frank, Board President/Co-Founder, NIVA; CEO, First Avenue Productions
Meena Malik, musician, arts consultant, and cultural organizer; Program Manager of Theater, NEFA; API Arts Network of Boston
Mixedearners.org, Kevin Erickson and Sarah Al Howes, Esquire
Rev. MOOSE, Executive Director/Co-Founder, NIVA; Managing Partner, Marauder
Performing Arts Managers & Agents Coalition (PAMAC), Charlotte Lee, Founder, in collaboration with David Lai and Cindy Liu
Jonathan Shmidt Chapman, Executive Director, TYA/USA
Zeyba Rahman, Senior Program Officer for the Building Bridges Program (DDFIA), Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
United States Artists, Deana Haggag, President & CEO
We See You White American Theater

THE WILLIAM DAWSON AWARD FOR PROGRAMMATIC EXCELLENCE AND SUSTAINED ACHIEVEMENT IN PROGRAMMING

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Jean-Philippe Malaty, Executive Director, and Tom Mossbrucker, Artistic Director
Barrington Stage Company, Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director
W. Lee Bell, Senior Director of Programming, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
Celebrity Series of Boston, Amy Lam, Artistic Programmer
Charleston Gaillard Center, Therese Spaseff, Director of Entertainment and Programming
Zenetta S. Drew, Executive Director, Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Kathy Ramsberger, President & CEO
Brooke Horejsi, Assistant Dean for Art & Creative Engagement, Executive Director of UtahPresents
Kodi Hutchinson, Artistic Producer, JazzYYC
Lied Center for the Performing Arts, Bill Stephan, Executive Director & Chief Artistic Officer
William Lockwood, Special Programming Director. McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton University
Charles Miller, Program Consultant, Mayo Performing Arts Center
Kristina Newman-Scott, President, BRIC Arts Media
The Public Theater, Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, and Patrick Willingham, Executive Director
Steven Schmidt, General Manager, Riverside Concerts/City of Rochester (MN) Civic Music Department
Kathy Schuman, Vice President & Artistic Director, Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts
Roberta Uno, Director, Arts in a Changing America
Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Caroline Cronson, Producer and Duke Dang, General Manager

THE FAN TAYLOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FOR EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE FIELD OF PROFESSIONAL PRESENTING

Andre Bouchard, Principal and Founder, Indigenous Performance Productions, a nonprofit company
Mario Garcia Durham, arts administrator, educator
María López De León, President and CEO, National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures (NALAC)
Deana Haggag, President & CEO, United States Artists
Steve Lerian, Director, Cal Poly Arts
Charles Miller, Program Consultant, Mayo Performing Arts Center
Norton Owen, Director of Preservation, Jacob’s Pillow
Diane Rodriguez, Director, Rodriguez Projects (posthumously)
Vera Wilson, Founder, Astral Artists, Inc.

APAP is also pleased to announce Olga Garay-English as the 2021 recipient of the Halsey & Alice North Board Alumni Award. Garay-English is currently an independent arts consultant and is Senior Advisor for International Affairs to Fundación Teatro a Mil. The Halsey & Alice North Board Alumni Award is presented to an APAP Board Alum who has demonstrated in their words and actions the beautiful spirit of generosity and giving, not only on a continuing basis to Association of Performing Arts Professionals, but to the field at large.

Additionally, we look forward to celebrating the recipients of the NAPAMA Awards who were announced in January: Kevin Spencer, Self-Represented Artist, Educator and Advocate, Hocus Focus, Inc. will receive the Liz Silverstein Award for Agent-Manager of the Year, and Hollis Ashby, Artistic and Executive Director, Williams Center for the Arts will receive the NAPAMA Award for Presenter of the Year.

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