Cheyenne Jackson, Mary-Louise Parker, Debra Monk & More to Serve on 2014-15 Tony Awards Nominating Committee

The Tonys may have just happened on Sunday, but it's time to start thinking about next year! The nominating committee for the 2014-15 Tony Awards has been announced. Among the returning members are Cheyenne Jackson, playwright Stephen Karam, John Leguizamo and Tony winner Mary-Louise Parker. New names include Tony winner Debra Monk and director Susan H. Schulman. Tony nominators attend every Broadway production and select Tony nominees at the end of the season.

The complete nominating committee for the 2014-15 Broadway season is as follows (* indicates new members):

Douglas Aibel, Artistic Director, The Vineyard Theatre
Arin Arbus, Associate Artistic Director, Theatre for a New Audience
Ira Bernstein, former producer/general manager/stage manager/casting director
Susan Birkenhead, lyricist
Mark Brokaw, Artistic Director, Yale Institute for Music Theatre/Director
*Barry Brown, retired Broadway producer
Donald Byrd, choreographer
Ben Cameron, Program Director for the Arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, NY
Mary Schmidt Campbell, Dean, Tisch School of the Arts
Veronica Claypool, arts management consultant, Full Circle Management 
Group/former GM
*Paul Cremo, dramaturg/Director of Opera Commissioning Program, The Metropolitan 
Opera
John Darnton, former Cultural Editor, The New York Times
Jacqueline Z. Davis, Executive Director, The NY Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln 
Center
Rick Elice, playwright
*Harvey Evans, actor
*Paul Gallo, lighting designer
Kent Gash, director/Founding Director of NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ New Studio on 
Broadway
Liza Gennaro, choreographer
*Jenny Gersten, Executive Director, Friends of the High Line
Adam Guettel, composer/lyricist
Wendall K. Harrington, projection designer/lecturer
Philip Himberg, Artistic Director, Sundance Institute Theatre Program
*Jack Hofsiss, theater/film/television director
Ann Hould-Ward, costume designer
Julie Hughes, former casting director
Cheyenne Jackson, actor
Stephen Karam, playwright
Corby Kummer, Senior Editor, The Atlantic Magazine
Dick Latessa, actor
John Leguizamo, actor/playwright
*Kate Levin, Cultural Assets Management Principal, Bloomberg Associates
*Reynold Levy, former President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Sara Lukinson, documentary film producer/television writer
*Patricia Marx, American humorist and writer/former television writer
Marsha Mason, actor/playwright
*Jim McLaughlin, former producer, CBS News/TV feature and documentary producer
*Roger Morgan, lighting designer/theater designer
*Debra Monk, actor
*Katherine Oliver, media and entertainment executive
*Christian Parker, Associate Artistic Director at Atlantic Theater Company/Chair, Columbia MFA 
Theatre Program
Mary-Louise Parker, actor
*Ravi S. Rajan, Dean, School of the Arts – SUNY Purchase
Nigel Redden, General Director, Spoleto Festival USA/Director, Lincoln Center Festival
*Susan H. Schulman, director/President, Stage Directors & Choreographers Society
Arlene Shuler, President & CEO, New York City Center
Scott Schwartz, director
Linda Shelton, Executive Director, Joyce Theater Foundation
*Wynn Thomas, production designer
Robin Wagner, scenic designer
*Preston Whiteway, Executive Director, The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center