Arnold Mittelman
President and Artistic Director National Jewish Theater Foundation(NJTF)-Founding Director NJTF Holocaust Theater International Initiative at University of Miami Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies
ARNOLD MITTELMAN is a Producer, Director, Educator and Author with a nationally recognized career of artistic and educational achievement. He has created almost 300 diverse productions of plays, musicals and special events in all art forms. He helped found and/or lead five major not-for-profit theaters including the acclaimed New York Free Theater, The Whole Theater Company and The Coconut Grove Playhouse. Employing innovative development strategies, he has launched numerous world premieres and commercial theatrical productions for Broadway, Off Broadway, National Tours and the West End. His distinguished teaching, educational and innovative training programs have accompanied his body of work. In 2007 he
created and was named President and Producing Artistic Director of the National Jewish Theater Foundation, Inc./National Jewish Theater (NJTF/NJT) which celebrates the cultural significance of Jewish history, themes and creativity including significant Jewish playwrights, composers, lyricists, authors and performers. Mr. Mittelman guided by a prestigious Board of NJTF/NJT Advisors developed the first comprehensive production and research-oriented, Holocaust-related Theater Catalog (HTC). Mr. Mittelman is founding director of the NJTF/HTII Holocaust Theater International Initiative, at the University of Miami Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies, overseeing its work in research, education and production. The NJTF/Holocaust Theater International Initiative (HTII) produced and Mr. Mittelman directed the critically acclaimed NYC production of the stage and film version of The Soap Myth by Jeff Cohen. Mr. Mittelman is co-author of Enacting History:A Practical Guide to Teaching the Holocaust through Theater, published by Routlege Press.