Theater Professionals to Advise Samuel French Publishing

Samuel French has announced the formation of an Advisory Committee for the 181 year old publishing company.

Beth Blickers –Agent at Abrams Artists Agency where she represents artists working in
theatre, opera, television and film. Before joining Abrams, she was an agent at Helen Merrill
Ltd. and the William Morris Agency, where she began work after graduating from New York
University. Read more at www.lmda.org/user/13.

Adam Bock –Obie-winning Canadian playwright currently living in the US, earlier this
year, Bock’s play A Small Fire premiered at Playwrights Horizons and is now published and
licensed by Samuel French along with The Receptionist, The Thugs, and The Drunken City.
Read more at http://newdramatists.org/adam_bock.htm.

Steven David – Director of Theatre Business Affairs, ICM. Prior to joining ICM in 2005,
he had a 25 year career in theatrical management as a company manager, associate general
manager and general manager at firms including Gatchell & Neufeld, Ltd., Joseph Harris
Associates, Marvin Krauss Associates and Dodger Theatricals, and served as an Executive
Director of the Lark Play Development Center.

Kathy Evans – Founder of the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat. The 2011 inaugural summer
of the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat included Michael Friedman, Itamar Moses, and Alex
Timbers. Previously, Kathy was the Executive Director of the National Alliance for Musical
Theatre, working with 150 theatres and producers as well as more than 400 writers; and she now
serves on their Board of Directors. www.namt.org.

Todd London - Artistic director of New Dramatists, where he has worked closely with
more than a hundred of America's leading playwrights and advocated nationally and
internationally for hundreds more. He is author of the book, Outrageous Fortune, among
many others, and a highly sought conference keynote speaker throughout the theatrical
industry. Read more at www.newdramatists.org/what/about-us.