WHO WE ARE
TRAVIS LEMONT BALLENGER
Travis LeMont Ballenger (MJ, Almost Famous, Real Women Have Curves, Fat Ham UK) is a Tony nominated producer, writer, dramaturg and creative director. His Broadway producing credits include lead producing teams of MJ and Almost Famous and co-producer on Real Women Have Curves. He has held executive producing/artistic directing positions at theaters around the country including Arena Stage, The Old Globe, Dallas Theater Center, Hip-Hop Theater Festival, and more. He was a producer at Market Road Films, primarily producing documentaries for National Geographic. He developed work with several artists, including: Katori Hall, Lynn Nottage, Pearl Cleage, Lydia R. Diamond, and Radha Blank. Travis is a co-founder of The Theater Leadership Project with Barbara Broccoli, Patrick Daly, Lia Vollack and Alecia Parker.
MARK LUNSFORD
Mark Lunsford is a theatre and live performance producer with 15+ years of experience. Recent projects include Old Friends on Broadway, the world premiere of The Lunchbox at Berkeley Rep, and The Turning, a new musical produced with Benton Whitley.
He spent 13 years at Harvard’s American Repertory Theater, producing dozens of premieres and pre-Broadway works, including Waitress, Jagged Little Pill, Real Women Have Curves, We Live in Cairo, Macbeth in Stride, and Florence Welch’s Gatsby. His work has toured internationally, including to the UN General Assembly and the Edinburgh International Festival, and he ran A.R.T.’s Oberon for five seasons.
He has taught at Harvard and Florida State University and currently consults for BAM.