Jim Hoare, Executive Vice President, has been involved in theatre education for 48 years. He has helped create the School Editions of many Broadway musicals including SPAMALOT, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, BIG FISH, BRIGHT STAR, and most recently, THE PROM. Jim is a member of the Advisory Board for EdTA’s Educational Theatre Foundation, and a recipient of the New York State Theatre Education Association’s “Rod Marriott Award for Lifetime Achievement in Educational Theatre”. Jim has presented workshops throughout the US and UK and in 2022 received the Florida Association for Theatre Education’s “Outstanding Theatre Arts Advocate” award. Jim is the author of Your High School Improv Show Playbook, (Theatrefolk, 2019) and Your School Theatre Director’s Playbook (TRW Plays, 2022).
