Leadership

Todd Morgan | Managing Director

The skilled, innovative and creative managing force behind Studio Tenn, Todd Morgan joined the company as its new Managing Director in September of 2017.  Originally hailing from Pinehurst, North Carolina, Morgan comes to Studio Tenn with a plethora of experience and expertise.  After earning his B.S. in musical theatre at Lees-McRae College, Morgan founded the North Carolina Stage Ensemble where he oversaw the production of seventeen classic musicals for various theatrical venues.  Such productions include Little Shop of Horrors, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Forever Plaid and The Will Rogers Follies.  Morgan went on to produce all park entertainment at Tweetsie Railroad while serving as the director of entertainment. He later earned his M.F.A. in performing arts management from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts which included an internship at the prestigious Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C. Morgan would go on to serve as the theater programming coordinator for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where his passion for new works led him to projects with notable industry professionals including Jason Loewith, Bill Russell, Edgar Dobie and Michael Kaiser.  Additionally, he worked on several Broadway bound Kennedy Center productions including Little Dancer, starring Tiler Peck and Boyd Gaines, as well as the new production of Side Show, starring Emily Padgett and Erin Davie, which transferred to Broadway in the fall of 2014.  Morgan also had the pleasure to facilitate cabaret performances featuring artists such as Mandy Patinkin, Patti LuPone, Judy Kuhn, Tommy Tune, Megan Hilty, Brian D’Arcy James and Barbara Cook.  Later, Morgan became the management associate for the Tony Award-winning Signature theatre in Arlington, VA., Signature is a prominent home for the development and production of new and innovative works of musical theatre. Todd is accompanied by his wife Donna and their daughters, Molly and Allyssa.