ANNETTE NIEMTZOW
An acclaimed Broadway and West End theatrical producer, Annette Niemtzow has been directly involved with award-winning productions like Frost/Nixon, The Kentucky Cycle and Jane Eyre. As an investor, she backed such smash hits as Billy Elliot and Rent. Some of the productions with which she has been associated have garnered Pulitzer Prizes, Tony Awards, Olivier Awards and numerous nominations. She is the founding co-chair of Transport Group, a Drama Desk award-winning theater company in New York. What inspires Niemtzow as a producer are “the talents of writers and composers, the pleasure of the audience and the opportunity to affect the national and international conversation.” Beyond the theater, Niemtzow’s other passions include being a committed advocate for LGBT rights, a locavore foodie and the loving spouse of Eve Ellis, her partner of 28 years, whom she married in 2009. –SLO
