James Campbell McGonnigal (born August 6, 1975 in Weymouth,
Massachusetts) is an American voice actor, producer, activist and
director, who has worked for various companies such as 4Kids
Entertainment, Central Park Media, NYAV Post, DuArt Film and Video and
Funimation.As the founding Artistic Producer of The World AIDS Day
Concerts and as a Founding Producer of the New York Musical Theatre
Festival, McGonnigal presented the New York Premiere of Stephen
Schwartz' Children of Eden, the first major NY revisitation of Pippin
starring Rosie O'Donnell, Laura Benanti, Michael Arden, and Ben
Vereen, Snoopy The Musical (starring Tony Award-Winner Sutton Foster)
The Secret Garden starring Laura Benanti, Will Chase, and Stephen
Pasquale (named in top ten theatre events of 2005 by Playbill.com),
Rags at Nokia Theatre Times Square (Starring Lainie Kazan, Carolee
Carmello, and Eden Espinosa), and the first major revival of the cult
hit Runaways by Elizabeth Swados starring Ezra Miller, Max Jenkins,
and Alex Brightman. His FLOPZ n' CUTZ series benefiting the Joey
DiPaolo AIDS Foundation was declared a "smash" by New York's NEXT
Magazine. Named a "musical theatre impresario" by Time Out New York,
he has produced and/or directed more than 100 events for The Matthew
Shepard Foundation, God's Love We Deliver, Broadway Cares/Equity
Fights AIDS, Parkinson's Resource Organization, The National AIDS
Fund, Opening Act, The Pied Piper Children's Theatre, Victims of
Hurricane Katrina, Free Arts NYC, The United Nations Association HERO
Campaign and Victims of the 2008 Midwest Flooding. His work has earned
him National recognition as well as a special award from The 2006 New
England Theatre Conference.In 2007, McGonnigal traveled to South
Africa and Namibia as an ambassador for the United Nations' HERO
campaign assisting remote AIDS-affected communities. He also served on
the Board of Directors for the Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation and acted
as camp director for Camp TLC, a summer camp for inner city teens
living with HIV/AIDS [www.jdaf.org] from 2005-2008. Additionally in
2007, McGonnigal founded the Broadway Loves the 80s Concerts, hosted
by Mo Rocca and featuring performances from Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Kate
Shindle, Michael Urie, Becki Newton, Julia Murney and Tony
Vincent.Inspired by the passing of California's Proposition 8,
McGonnigal began discussions with several leaders in the LGBT
Community and started the website talkaboutequality.
Massachusetts) is an American voice actor, producer, activist and
director, who has worked for various companies such as 4Kids
Entertainment, Central Park Media, NYAV Post, DuArt Film and Video and
Funimation.As the founding Artistic Producer of The World AIDS Day
Concerts and as a Founding Producer of the New York Musical Theatre
Festival, McGonnigal presented the New York Premiere of Stephen
Schwartz' Children of Eden, the first major NY revisitation of Pippin
starring Rosie O'Donnell, Laura Benanti, Michael Arden, and Ben
Vereen, Snoopy The Musical (starring Tony Award-Winner Sutton Foster)
The Secret Garden starring Laura Benanti, Will Chase, and Stephen
Pasquale (named in top ten theatre events of 2005 by Playbill.com),
Rags at Nokia Theatre Times Square (Starring Lainie Kazan, Carolee
Carmello, and Eden Espinosa), and the first major revival of the cult
hit Runaways by Elizabeth Swados starring Ezra Miller, Max Jenkins,
and Alex Brightman. His FLOPZ n' CUTZ series benefiting the Joey
DiPaolo AIDS Foundation was declared a "smash" by New York's NEXT
Magazine. Named a "musical theatre impresario" by Time Out New York,
he has produced and/or directed more than 100 events for The Matthew
Shepard Foundation, God's Love We Deliver, Broadway Cares/Equity
Fights AIDS, Parkinson's Resource Organization, The National AIDS
Fund, Opening Act, The Pied Piper Children's Theatre, Victims of
Hurricane Katrina, Free Arts NYC, The United Nations Association HERO
Campaign and Victims of the 2008 Midwest Flooding. His work has earned
him National recognition as well as a special award from The 2006 New
England Theatre Conference.In 2007, McGonnigal traveled to South
Africa and Namibia as an ambassador for the United Nations' HERO
campaign assisting remote AIDS-affected communities. He also served on
the Board of Directors for the Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation and acted
as camp director for Camp TLC, a summer camp for inner city teens
living with HIV/AIDS [www.jdaf.org] from 2005-2008. Additionally in
2007, McGonnigal founded the Broadway Loves the 80s Concerts, hosted
by Mo Rocca and featuring performances from Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Kate
Shindle, Michael Urie, Becki Newton, Julia Murney and Tony
Vincent.Inspired by the passing of California's Proposition 8,
McGonnigal began discussions with several leaders in the LGBT
Community and started the website talkaboutequality.
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