| Birth Place: | New York, NY |
| Occupation: | Entrepreneur, Broadway Producer |
| Children: | 3 |
| Relatives: | Philip J. Levin, Janice H. Levin, Susan L. Tepper |
Arielle Tepper is a theater and film producer, native New Yorker, and founder of the concierge service, WhatShouldWeDo?! She also serves as the Board Chair for The Public Theater in New York.[1] Tepper has won six Tony Awards.
Arielle Tepper was born and raised in Manhattan's Upper East Side. From the age of three, she attended The Dalton School in New York City, spending most of her summers in East Hampton. Arielle's mother, Susan L. Tepper was an artist[2] and her father, a self-employed commodities trader.
At the age of eight, Arielle saw her first Broadway show, Annie, which she would later go on to produce.[3]
After graduating from high school, she attended Syracuse University, majoring in Design and Technical Theater.[4]
In 1998, after graduating from Syracuse University, Tepper founded Arielle Tepper Productions, a theatrical production company to develop and produce plays and musicals both on and off Broadway. Her first production was John Leguizamo's Freak, a semi-autobiographical one-person play that ran for six months at the Cort Theater in New York.
Arielle’s producing credits include the film Genius and many Broadway and Off-Broadway shows including: Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Elephant Man starring Bradley Cooper, The Cripple of Inishmaan starring Daniel Radcliffe, Lucky Guy starring Tom Hanks, I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers starring Bette Midler, Annie, Hamlet starring Jude Law, Frost/Nixon, Monty Python’s Spamalot, and A Raisin in the Sun.[5]
In 2016, Arielle took a small step back from her production company to launch her newest venture, WhatShouldWeDo?!, a New York planning, recommendations, and booking service.[6]
In 2005, Tepper formed The Living Room for Artists, a not for profit 501(c)(3) organization whose aim is to sustain and support the Summer Play Festival which was first presented in 2004. SPF formed an alliance with The Public Theater and had a relationship with the Donmar Warehouse through its creation of the Playwright Residency Program.
In 2001, in an effort to promote Theater Education, she created The Tepper Center for Careers in Theatre which, through The Tepper Semester in New York provides opportunities for college seniors to develop specific strategies for pursuing their career goals in the entertainment industry.[7] In 2005, she initiated a theater program for second and third graders at The Dalton School.
She serves on the Board of Governors for The Broadway League. She is an Emeritus member of the Syracuse University Board of Trustees, and a past Board member of The Dalton School. Tepper is also a member of the Juilliard Drama Council and has been listed in Crain’s 40 under 40[8] and was one of Cosmopolitan’s Fun Fearless Females.
| Production Credits | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Productions | Role | Date of Productions | |
| Dear Evan Hansen [Musical, Original] | Co-Producer | Dec 04, 2016 - Present | |
| Les Liaisons Dangereuses [Play, Revival] | Lead Producer | Oct 30, 2016 - Jan 08, 2017 | |
| An Act of God [Play, Comedy, Original] | Co-Producer | May 28, 2015 - Aug 02, 2015 | |
| The Elephant Man [Play, Drama, Revival] | Co-Producer | Dec 07, 2014 - Feb 21, 2015 | |
| The Cripple of Inishmaan [Play, Original] | Lead Producer | Apr 20, 2014 - Jul 20, 2014 | |
| I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers [Play, Solo, Original] | Co-Producer | Apr 24, 2013 - Jun 30, 2013 | |
| Lucky Guy [Play, Drama, Original] | Co-Producer | Apr 01, 2013 - Jul 03, 2013 | |
| Annie [Musical, Comedy, Revival] | Lead Producer | Nov 08, 2012 - Jan 05, 2014 | |
| Red [Play, Drama, Original] | Lead Producer | Apr 01, 2010 - Jun 27, 2010 | |
| Hamlet [Play, Tragedy, Revival] | Lead Producer | Oct 06, 2009 - Dec 06, 2009 | |
| Mary Stuart [Play, Drama, Revival] | Lead Producer | Apr 19, 2009 - Aug 16, 2009 | |
| Hair[Musical, Revival] | Co-Producer | Mar 31, 2009 - Jun 27, 2010 | |
| 33 Variations [Play, Drama, Play with music, Original] | Co-Producer | Mar 09, 2009 - May 21, 2009 | |
| Equus [Play, Drama, Revival] | Co-Producer | Sep 25, 2008 - Feb 08, 2009 | |
| Frost/Nixon [Play, Drama, Original] | Lead Producer | Apr 22, 2007 - Aug 19, 2007 | |
| The Pillowman [Play, Drama, Original] | Co-Producer | Apr 10, 2005 - Sep 18, 2005 | |
| Spamalot [Musical, Comedy, Original] | Co-Producer | Mar 17, 2005 - Jan 11, 2009 | |
| Democracy [Play, Drama, Original] | Co-Producer | Nov 18, 2004 - Apr 17, 2005 | |
| A Raisin in the Sun [Play, Drama, Revival] | Co-Producer | Apr 26, 2004 - Jul 11, 2004 | |
| Jumpers [Play, Farce, Revival] | Co-Producer | Apr 25, 2004 - Jul 11, 2004 | |
| Dance of the Vampires [Musical, Comedy, Original] | Co-Producer | Dec 09, 2002 - Jan 25, 2003 | |
| Hollywood Arms [Play, Drama, Original] | Co-Producer | Oct 31, 2002 - Jan 05, 2003 | |
| A Class Act [Musical, Original] | Co-Producer | Mar 11, 2001 - Jun 10, 2001 | |
| James Joyce's The Dead [Musical, Drama, Original] | Co-Producer | Jan 11, 2000 - Apr 16, 2000 | |
| I'm Still Here...Damn It! [Play, Solo, Stand-up, Comedy, Original] | Co-Producer | Nov 05, 1998 - Jan 02, 1999 | |
| Freak [Play, Solo, Comedy, Original] | Lead Producer | Feb 12, 1998 - Jul 04, 1998 | |