Chief Who Ended Fiscal Crisis Resigns From the Public Theater
April 11, 2008 – NY Times Mara Manus, who led the Public Theater through nearly six years of steady financial growth, has decided to step down as the organization’s executive director. Read the full article
Read MoreAnswers about Shakespeare in the Park
July 2007 – NY Times This is the first set of answers from Mara Manus, executive director of the Public Theater, which runs Shakespeare in the Park. Ms. Manus is taking questions from City Room readers this week. Read Part 1 Read Part 2 Read Part...
Read MoreThe Bottom Line Backstage
March/April 2006 – Stanford Magazine A photo in the hallway shows a 1950s Chevy 3100 Wagon bearing the words “New York Summer Shakespeare Festival” parked in what appears to be a field. Behind the car, men are setting up an outdoor stage. Read the full article
Read MoreMara Manus, Executive Director, The Public Theater: Leading through Transition
June 1, 2004 – Philanthropy News Digest The arts in New York City provide a substantial benefit to society and contribute significantly to the city’s economy. According to the Alliance for the Arts, the total economic impact of the arts in New York in 1995 was $11.1 billion. Read the full article
Read MoreReel to Real: Former Hollywood Exec Mara Manus Trades in Her Career to Help the Less Fortunate Find Theirs
July 26, 1998 – People Magazine AS THE YELLOW TAXI THREADED its way up New York City’s Bowery on a cold Saturday afternoon in 1968, the privileged little girl inside, headed for a marionette show and dressed in her velvet party dress and shiny patent leather shoes, peered out the window at something she had never seen before: a shabbily dressed man sleeping on a sidewalk grate. Read the full article
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