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Great Barrington, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center appointed four new officers to its board of directors at the end of 2023.
Peter J. Most
Peter J. Most is a complex business litigator, starting his career at one of the four largest law firms in Los Angeles, Paul Hastings, and then practicing for 25 years with a group of attorneys that formed what would become a 50-attorney complex litigation and bankruptcy boutique law firm. Peter started as an associate and became a senior partner, working on such notable matters as the County of Orange, California bankruptcy litigation, and Enron, Parmalat, Northview, and Fontainebleau securities litigation, as well as numerous real estate, energy, and partnership matters. California Governor Jerry Brown appointed Peter to sit on the committee nominating state court judges, and the Chief Judge of the United States Court for the Central District of California appointed Peter to sit on the committee nominating Magistrate Judges. Peter is a member of the Great Barrington Zoning Board of Appeals, and he is also a columnist for the Berkshire Edge.
Ted Stephens III
Ted Stephens III deeply believes in the storytelling power of the performing arts to transform lives and communities. He has worked with nonprofits his entire 20+ year career. He is a co-founder and principal of The Numad Group, a fundraising, communication, strategic planning, and program evaluation consulting firm that works exclusively with arts, education, and immediate need-serving nonprofits across the country. His work at Numad has included partnering with many of New York City’s most notable Off-Broadway nonprofits, working as an art director, graphic designer, and video producer for over 400 shows, including MCC Theater’s world-renowned annual Miscast gala, which features Broadway and movie stars performing songs from roles in which they would not traditionally be cast. He is a Stockbridge resident, with a home in Manhattan, N.Y., as well.
Ronald Frohne
In 1975 Ronald Frohne was admitted to the German Bar and joined the international law firm Nörr, Stiefenhofer & Lutz in 1977, where he became a partner in 1980. Resident in the Berlin and Munich offices of the law firm, he specialized in national and international corporate and media law. In 1991 Frohne was appointed Deputy Chairman at the East German radio and television broadcasting stations. He held this post until the end of 1992. Since March 1997 Frohne has taught media law as an honorary professor at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen „Konrad Wolf“ in Potsdam-Babelsberg. He presently resides in New York City as a partner at Nörr’s N.Y. office. He sits on the board of several national and international companies and on the board of Berkshire Film & Media Collaborative.
Jamie DuMont
Producer Jamie DuMont has an extensive background in Broadway marketing and high-level event planning and production. He worked on the original Broadway productions of Sunset Boulevard, Rent, Jekyll & Hyde, Side Man, and Fosse. Select event production clients include Veuve Clicquot, Krug House, The Royal Academy of Arts, and Ballroom Marfa. Jamie and his business partner, Rob Russo, brought Call Fosse at the Minskoff to the Mahaiwe in 2022. Jamie and his husband Rick Miramontez own homes in NYC and Hillsdale, N.Y. Jamie has served on the Mahaiwe’s Gala Committee for the last three years.
About the Mahaiwe
Located in downtown Great Barrington, Mass., the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is the year-round presenter of world-class music, dance, theater, classic films, Live in HD broadcasts, and arts education programs for the southern Berkshires and neighboring regions. The intimate jewel box of a theater opened in 1905. Since 2005, the performing arts center has hosted over 1,500 events and welcomed over half a million people through its doors. More than 26,000 students from 74 different schools have benefited from the Mahaiwe’s school-time performances and residencies. For more information, see mahaiwe.org.
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