The TL;DR is I’ve done a lot of stuff. Here’s the long version:
After a professional acting career, Paige expanded her experience in the field, working as a director and producer.
Currently, as a producer: the new musical Safety Not Guaranteed, featuring music by Ryan Miller (of the indie band Guster) with a book by Nick Blaemire, which had productions at BAM and Signature Theatre (DC); Judgment Day, starring Jason Alexander, which received raves at Chicago Shakes.
She is executive producer of the short film ADMONITIONS, which just premiered at the Greenpoint Film Festival.
Co Producing: The Heart (upcoming), The Cottage (nominated for 3 Outer Critics Awards in 2023).
Paige spent 17 years in non profits, serving as Producing Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Theatre Company (LORT), and Executive Artistic Director at Theatre Aspen in Colorado. She specializes in organizational turnarounds, programmatic development, and fundraising.
In her first life, acting credits include Broadway, film, and television. She starred in the original cast of Broadway’s Saturday Night Fever, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (OBC), and Smokey Joe’s Café, and her film career includes working alongside Tom Cruise in “All the Right Moves.”
Her work as a director include FROZEN (Paper Mill Playhouse), Bye Bye Birdie (5th Avenue Theatre), the new musical What We Leave Behind, Steel Magnolias, The Wizard of Oz (Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical – Revival), Next to Normal (Audience Award for Best Direction), Always Patsy Cline, Damn Yankees and Little Women the Musical.
Upcoming: Les Misérables (St Louis)
She serves as Treasurer on the board of Maestra, on the Advisory Board of Dancers’ Resource, (led by Bebe Neuwirth), as Vice President of the Actors Equity Foundation and as a board member of the Philly-based theatre company Lightning Rod Special. She is a founding member of the Board of Directors of NYC’s Theater Subdistrict Council, a member of The League of Professional Theatre Women, a board member emeritus of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. Paige served on the Tony Award® Nominating Committee, and was the 1st VP of Actors’ Equity Association for over almost two dozen years. She chairs the Callaway Award (SDC) nominating committee and is a member of the Recording Academy.
Paige attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts and has taught or lectured at fancy Ivys and her alma mater, NYU. She hails from New Jersey and loves baseball.
Mentorship
“In addition to my work as an artist and producer, I am committed to mentorship. A true highlight of my non-profit tenure was developing a professional apprenticeship program for some of the most promising young artists studying the performing, technical and design arts. Future generations of students who experience the robust arts education programs now available to them will be stronger, more resilient and will have the connections necessary to navigate the field. Even if they don’t land in the arts industry, the practice of and appreciation for the arts will create citizens who value and understand collaboration and show a willingness to apply dedication and focus. I continue to offer mentorship to our former apprentices.”
