WHO WE ARE

Hunter Arnold Select Broadway credits: Hadestown (Tony Award); Moulin Rouge! (Tony Award); Cabaret; Back to the Future; The Notebook; The Inheritance (Tony Award); Dear Evan (Tony Award); Leopoldstadt (Tony Award); Kinky Boots (Tony Award); A Beautiful Noise; The Heart of Rock and Roll; A Christmas Carol; Purlie Victorious; Company (Tony Award); A Strange Loop (Tony Award); Once Upon a One More Time; Slava’s Snowstorm; Into the Woods; Ohio State Murder; Some Like It Hot; Pictures from Home; Life of Pi; Tina; Anastasia; Once on this Island (Tony Award); Chicken & Biscuits; Thoughts of a Colored Man; Caroline, or Change; Diana, Mrs. Doubtfire; The Kite Runner. West End credits: Hadestown; Plaza Suite; Moulin Rouge!; Back to the Future (Olivier Award), Dear Evan Hansen; The Inheritance (Olivier Award); Cabaret (Olivier Award); Tina; Kinky Boots (Olivier Award); Pretty Woman; My Fair Lady; Mrs. Doubtfire; Tina; 2:22. Select Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors. In addition to his producing projects Hunter is the founder and CEO of ARTech Holdings, LLC an incubator and holding company focused on generating technologies to support the live arts community. Amongst Artech’s offerings is the premier amateur theatrical ticketing and web presence software www.OnTheStage.com. Hunter earned his bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurial Business from DePaul University and his Master’s in Business Administration from TRIUM, a joint program representing NYU Stern School of Business, H.E.C. Paris and the London School of Economics. He is a frequent lecturer and guest professor on entertainment trends and economics, commercial theater and working in the arts. @huntercarnold

Kayla Greenspan is a theatrical producer with a focus on commercial Broadway. Her Broadway credits include: Cabaret (Tony Nomination), Hadestown (Tony Award and Drama League Award), The Heart of Rock and Roll, Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch (Tony Nomination), Once Upon a One More Time, Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, Pictures From Home, Ohio State Murders, A Christmas Carol, KPOP, The Kite Runner, A Strange Loop (Tony Award and Drama League Award), The Little Prince, Chicken & Biscuits, The Inheritance (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Drama League Award), Slava’s Snowshow, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (Tony Nomination), Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Once On This Island, Anastasia and Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening.  Upcoming: Maybe Happy Ending. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors (Drama Desk Award and Drama League Award) and Daddy Long Legs. Film: Executive Producer for A Christmas Carol, and Beau (IndieFest Best of Fest and Humanitarian Awards, Dances with Films Industry Choice Best of Show Award). Album: Executive Producer for The Heart of Rock and Roll. Kayla is the Managing Producer at TBD Theatricals and the Director of Investor Relations for the Broadway Strategic Return Fund, an investment vehicle dedicated to maximizing shareowner returns in the Broadway space. She has produced benefit concerts for GLAAD (Broadway Gets GLAAD) and The Trevor Project (Say My Name).  She has been a mentor for the NYU Tisch Drama Women’s Mentorship Program.  For 5 years Kayla was a judge for SHENYC, a festival dedicated to supporting the creation of new works by female writers and composers.  Previously, she was the Managing Director of the Davenport Theatre and Ken Davenport’s Producing Associate.  Kayla also previously served as the Director of Operations and Marketing at ARTech Holdings, an incubator and holding company focused on generating technologies to support the live arts community. Kayla earned her bachelor’s degree from NYU in Secondary Education with a concentration in English (Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development) and in The Business of Entertainment, Media and Technology (Stern School of Business and Tisch School of the Arts).

Tina Cocumelli focuses on finding and developing new projects for TBD, working with creative teams to usher projects along the production pipeline; this includes script development, 29 Hour Readings, Workshops, and out of town productions. Tina joined TBD Theatricals after a long and successful career as a theatre educator. A Los Angeles native and graduate of the UCLA School of Theatre, she also holds a Master’s degree in Psychology & Counseling from Point Loma University. Tina has produced and directed over 200 plays and musicals with students and community theatre groups and brings this knowledge and experience to TBD.  Some of her favorite directing projects include Head Over Heels, In the Heights, A New Brain, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, Dogfight, Chavez Ravine, Sweeney Todd, and The Kentucky Cycle.

Clarissa Cueva Since she heard the first note of The Lion King on stage at the age of 3, Clarissa knew she wanted to pursue a career in theatre, but not in the “traditional sense.” She graduated from the University of San Francisco with a B.S. in Business Administration and Minor in Theatrical Production. As a California native, Clarissa has previous work experience from the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles and the Curran in San Francisco on their marketing and front-of-house teams. She is especially proud of taking on her long-time dream of working on Broadway and being part of helping the magic happen as an Assistant Producer at TBD Theatricals. In her free time, she enjoys taking spin classes, visiting new coffee shops, and making her favorite food recipes gluten-free. Feel free to send her corgi pictures and your go-to bagel shops! Producing Debut: Maybe Happy Ending

Ali Daylami is passionate about bringing innovation to the theatrical landscape, believing that artistic excellence is key—when the art thrives, the audience follows. Production credits include Maybe Happy Ending, Once Upon a One More Time, The Heart of Rock and Roll, A Christmas Carol, and The Preacher’s Wife. Ali has worked at 321 Theatrical Management, Broadway & Beyond, and the Abu Dhabi Festival, and holds an MFA in Theatre Management & Producing from Columbia University.

Andrew Perez is an Atlanta, GA native and proud alumni of NYU Steinhardt's Performing Arts Administration Graduate Program. Along with working in the commercial theatrical space, he also serves on the Board of Directors for Theatre [Untitled]/Actor's Professional Theatre Conservatory, a nonprofit working to uplift new artists and train the next generation of artists! 

Julian Lavarra holds a BFA in Acting from Marymount Manhattan College. Before joining the team at TBD Theatricals, he served as the Audience Engagement Intern at The Broadway League, where he contributed to the production of the 15th annual Jimmy Awards (NHSMTA), The High School Broadway Shadowing Program, and The Broadway Bridges Program. Additionally, Julian served as a Metro Scholar at the acclaimed regional house, Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey.

Ryland Dorshow Prior to joining Broadway Strategic Return Fund, Ryland spent over 3 years on the Valuation and Modeling team at Grant Thornton, leveraging financial modeling and analysis to assist clients of all sizes in understanding their true value and the value of their underlying assets and investments. Ryland has valuation experience across a variety of industries including entertainment, healthcare, tech, construction, real estate, hospitality, and consumer goods. With a lifelong passion for the performing arts, he is proud to be part of the only professionally managed fund focused on this niche industry. Ryland earned his Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Minnesota with a Major in Finance (Curtis L. Carlson School of Management).