LEADING THE SUCCESS OF THE NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SINCE 2011 IS THE VERY ENGAGED AND ACCESSIBLE PRESIDENT AND CEO JOHN SCHREIBER.
Earlier in John’s career, he produced music festivals, including the prestigious Newport Jazz Festival, under the tutelage of the legendary jazz impresario George Wein. He has a wealth of stories about the jazz greats he worked with over the years, including Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, and Ella Fitzgerald.
John went on to produce literary festivals, Broadway musicals, and television specials. (He has both an Emmy and a Tony for Elaine Stritch: At Liberty, which was first a stage production and then an HBO special.) He then spent time in Hollywood working at Participant Media on films with a social conscience, including An Inconvenient Truth, Good Night and Good Luck, and The Help. He was chosen to lead NJPAC after a nationwide search for an executive with ties to the arts, community engagement and event production.
John grew up in Queens and later lived in Newark (at One Theater Square on the NJPAC campus), Montclair and Brooklyn.
He has been deeply engaged in Newark’s culture and community during his tenure at NJPAC. He is co-chair of the Newark Anchor Collaborative; a board member of the Newark Alliance and Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, and an advisory board member of First Book and Rutgers University–Newark. He also served as programs chair for the year-long 350th anniversary of Newark’s founding. He has been deeply engaged in Newark’s culture and community during his tenure at NJPAC. He is co-chair of the Newark Anchor Collaborative; a board member of the Newark Alliance and Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, and an advisory board member of First Book and Rutgers University–Newark. He also served as programs chair for the year-long 350th anniversary of Newark’s founding.
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