Leadership Bios

MARK S. HOEBEE (Producing Artistic Director) Joined the artistic team at Paper Mill Playhouse in 2000.  He has directed PMP productions of Dreamgirls; The Will Rogers Follies; Victor / Victoria; The King and I; Miss Saigon; Grease; Harold and Maude: The Musical with Estelle Parsons; Hello, Dolly! starring Tovah Feldshuh; Romance / Romance, Meet Me in St. Louis and Disney High School Musical; The Full Monty featuring Elaine Stritch; Smokey Joe's Cafe; Peter Pan; and many National tours and regional productions.  Mark performed in more than 10 Broadway and National tour productions and has served as an Adjunct Professor in the Dance and Theatre Department at Northwestern University.  Mark currently sits on the Board of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.

TODD SCHMIDT (Managing Director) is honored to be joining Paper Mill Playhouse, having recently worked for the esteemed George Street Playhouse. He was the Executive Producer of Peninsula Players Theatre in Wisconsin, where he produced 70 plays and led the theater through a remarkable period of growth culminating in the opening of a state-of-the-art performance space. In Chicago Todd worked with Chicago Shakespeare and Apple Tree Theatre and directed and produced The Woman in Black (Jefferson Award nomination for best production). He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the NJ Theatre Alliance and is past president of the Council of Resident Summer Theatres. Todd holds an MFA degree from DePaul University and a BA from Auburn University.