Anne Hamburger President, En Garde Arts (formerly Executive VP, Creative Entertainment, Disney)
Called an “innovative urban presence” by The New York Times, Anne Hamburger has a twenty-five year producing history. Besides her storied site-specific work, she was the Artistic Director of La Jolla Playhouse, launching the Tony Award-winning Broadway hits SPRING AWAKENING and THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. She served as Executive Vice President for Disney Creative Entertainment, and brought nationally renowned theatre artists into the parks for the first time.
En Garde has commissioned some of the theatre’s most visionary artists to create large-scale theatrical spectacles earning six Obies, an Outer Critics Circle Award and two Drama Desk Awards.
Anne is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and the mother of twins. Anne spearheads creative development of both for-profit and not-for-profit productions.