Kris Stewart has made a commitment to new musical theatre across his career. He founded the world's largest new musical event, the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), and spent five years at its helm, overseeing the premiers of 133 new musicals.

Prior to NYMF, Kris was Executive Director of the National Music Theatre Network, where he oversaw their new musical develop program, and consulting director for the Theatre for the American Musical.

As a director, Kris has headed a number of new musicals, including Dean Bryant and Mathew Frank's Prodigal and The Virgin Wars (for the Next Wave Festival), Anthony Crowley's The Journey Girl, Anthony Costanzo's Life's a Circus and the workshops of The Jackal and Rooftop at Playbox and Carved in Air for Handspan Visual Theatre. He directed the new musical The Fluteplayer's Song for the Gateway Playhouse (NJ), and a new version of the "never completed" Scott Joplin opera Treemonisha for the State Opera of SA.


"Directors that have the multi-faceted skills to run a company are rare, and I have been incredibly impressed by Kris Stewart's maverick achievement in creating the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and growing it to being an industry leader in a very small amount of time. It is obvious to me that he is one of the leading artists in new musical development in this country." JON KIMBELL (Artistic Director, North Shore Music Theatre)

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