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    About this Episode

    Our guest this week on Producing Heroes is Tommy Kriegsmann, founder and President of ArKtype. ArKtype is recognized as among the world’s leading supporters of new, experimental work. Established in 2005 to support the finest in emerging and established artists based in NYC and worldwide, ArKtype support risk in live performance – creating an ever-shifting mechanism for the fulfilment of artists’ visions for new work, international collaboration, production and touring. The company has grown to encompass renowned artists from twenty-five different countries at any given time, limitless genres and commercial and non-profit support structures for a variety of spaces Tommy’s previous work includes producing the Ringling International Arts Festival in Sarasota, FL, Director of Programming for Spiegelworld’s South Street Seaport season, and most recently Director of Programs at New York Live Arts, including the unprecedented festival Live Ideas: MENA/Future – CulturalTransformations in the Middle East North Africa Region. Enjoy our conversation about facing down the impossible, creating a safe space for artists, enacting change and the crazy things we do in the name of art.

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