Louise Gund
Producer of Award-Winning Broadway Plays
Louise Gund is a Broadway producer who has been involved in the arts for much of her life. The recipient of a bachelor of fine arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York, she began her career as a public relations photographer. In this role, she took captivating photographs to attract new audiences to off-Broadway productions and dance and performances. She later obtained a masters degree in holistic psychology and worked as a child therapist. Drawing upon her love of theater and the narrative structure, Louise Gund utilized storytelling therapy and Jungian sand tray work.
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As a child, Louise Gund performed plays in her backyard and later participated in a youth theater program at the Cleveland Playhouse. She also took acting lessons and was involved in her high school drama program. This love of theater brought her to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, which she still supports today. Ms. Gund began applying her passion for storytelling in a producer capacity in 2014 and has since produced several Broadway plays.
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Louise Gunds first play, All the Way, opened in March 2014 at the Neil Simon Theatre and starred Bryan Cranston as President Lyndon B. Johnson. Cranston won the Tony Award for Best Actor, while the production received the Tony Award for Best Play. Louise Gund has since produced Sylvia (2015), Fiddler on the Roof (2015), Sweat (2017), Six Degrees of Separation (2017), Head over Heels (2018), and The Great Society (2019). Her latest play,
The Minutes, is scheduled to open in spring 2022. She is a four-time Tony Award nominee.
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In addition to her work as a Broadway producer, Ms. Gund is a board member for the San Francisco Opera and previously served on the board of directors for Cal Performances. Also a passionate environmentalist, she supports organizations such as the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and has lobbied on behalf of endangered species and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.