Meet Our Next Managing Director

Please join us in welcoming our new Managing Director, Maya Choldin! Maya will join the New York Theatre Workshop staff beginning February 1, 2025.

“I have long admired New York Theatre Workshop, both for the long history of groundbreaking theater and for the deep commitment to bettering the spaces where artists hone their craft, so I could not be more thrilled to join this passionate and dedicated team, led by the inimitable Patricia McGregor. I look forward to jumping in this February and working with the many incredible artists, the staff and the audiences that call New York Theatre Workshop home, as we continue the 2025 spring season and look forward, together, to all that’s next.”

–Maya Choldin, Incoming NYTW Managing Director

Raised in Alberta, and a graduate of Mount Allison University, Maya Choldin joins New York Theatre Workshop from Theatre Calgary, where she served as Executive Director for the past four years. Prior to Theatre Calgary, she was Managing Director of Pig Iron Theatre Company in Philadelphia, PA, a position she held for six seasons.

Choldin has built a long resume in the arts that includes serving as General Manager of the Pennsylvania Ballet, along with roles at George Mason University’s Hylton Performing Arts Center, the Kimmel Center, and management of productions and projects at Opera Philadelphia, the Mann Center, and FringeArts. Choldin has served on the boards of a variety of community organizations, with a deep commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion in the arts.

“I am thrilled to welcome the extraordinary Maya Choldin to New York Theatre Workshop as our next Managing Director. Maya’s unflappable dexterity animating ideas and solving problems is inspiring. She has a strong history of centering the work of visionary artists while structuring practical systems to meet organizational goals. Maya’s praises have been sung far and wide, from her team at Pig Iron Theatre Company to her collaborators at Theatre Calgary and beyond. Meeting Maya, I was struck by her combination of intelligence, humor, curiosity and strategy. Her sharp skills are an exceptional match for the Workshop in this moment. I am excited to partner with Maya to build the next vital chapter at New York Theatre Workshop.”

–Patricia McGregor, NYTW Artistic Director

“We are elated to welcome Maya as our next Managing Director. Her depth of experience and sophistication in organizational leadership and her courage and commitment to the arts were clear from the moment we met her. She comes to New York Theatre Workshop with vision, values and integrity. Under the co-leadership of Patricia and Maya, I am eager to discover where they will inspire us next in all our artistic endeavors.”

–Jaye Chen, NYTW Board President

Tom O’Connor Consulting Group led a dedicated search process which began in August of 2024. After interviewing an incredible group of candidates, the Search Committee invited finalists to NYTW in late 2024 for a series of meetings and interviews with numerous constituencies including Usual Suspects, NYTW Trustees, staff, and the NYTW Core Team, a non-hierarchical group of staff volunteers who help guide EDI work from within the organization. The Search Committee gathered feedback from all parties before careful deliberations and a final recommendation, which was then approved by the Board of Trustees. Maya succeeds Jeremy Blocker who held the position for more than a decade.

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