Arielle Tepper

Arielle Tepper is a theater and film producer, native New Yorker, and founder of the concierge service, WhatShouldWeDo?! She also serves as the Board Chair for The Public Theater in New York. Tepper has won six Tony Awards.

Early life Arielle Tepper was born and raised in Manhattan's Upper East Side. From the age of three, she attended The Dalton School in New York City, spending most of her summers in East Hampton. Arielle's mother, Susan L. Tepper was an artist and her father, a self-employed commodities trader.

At the age of eight, Arielle saw her first Broadway show, Annie, which she would later go on to produce.

After graduating from high school, she attended Syracuse University, majoring in Design and Technical Theater.

Career In 1998, after graduating from Syracuse University, Tepper founded Arielle Tepper Productions, a theatrical production company to develop and produce plays and musicals both on and off Broadway. Her first production was John Leguizamo's Freak, a semi-autobiographical one-person play that ran for six months at the Cort Theater in New York.

Arielle’s producing credits include the film Genius and many Broadway and Off-Broadway shows including: Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Elephant Man starring Bradley Cooper, The Cripple of Inishmaan starring Daniel Radcliffe, Lucky Guy starring Tom Hanks, I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers starring Bette Midler, Annie, Hamlet starring Jude Law, Frost/Nixon, Monty Python’s Spamalot, and A Raisin in the Sun.

In 2016, Arielle took a small step back from her production company to launch her newest venture, WhatShouldWeDo?!, a New York planning, recommendations, and booking service.

Philanthropy In 2005, Tepper formed The Living Room for Artists, a not for profit 501(c)(3) organization whose aim is to sustain and support the Summer Play Festival which was first presented in 2004. SPF formed an alliance with The Public Theater and had a relationship with the Donmar Warehouse through its creation of the Playwright Residency Program.

In 2001, in an effort to promote Theater Education, she created The Tepper Center for Careers in Theatre which, through The Tepper Semester in New York provides opportunities for college seniors to develop specific strategies for pursuing their career goals in the entertainment industry. In 2005, she initiated a theater program for second and third graders at The Dalton School.

She serves on the Board of Governors for The Broadway League. She is an Emeritus member of the Syracuse University Board of Trustees, and a past Board member of The Dalton School. Tepper is also a member of the Juilliard Drama Council and has been listed in Crain’s 40 under 40 and was one of Cosmopolitan’s Fun Fearless Females.

Production credits Production CreditsProductionsRoleDate of ProductionsDear Evan Hansen

[Musical, Original]Co-ProducerDec 04, 2016 - PresentLes Liaisons Dangereuses

[Play, Revival]Lead ProducerOct 30, 2016 - Jan 08, 2017An Act of God

[Play, Comedy, Original]Co-ProducerMay 28, 2015 - Aug 02, 2015The Elephant Man

[Play, Drama, Revival]Co-ProducerDec 07, 2014 - Feb 21, 2015The Cripple of Inishmaan

[Play, Original]Lead ProducerApr 20, 2014 - Jul 20, 2014I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers

[Play, Solo, Original]Co-ProducerApr 24, 2013 - Jun 30, 2013Lucky Guy

[Play, Drama, Original]Co-ProducerApr 01, 2013 - Jul 03, 2013Annie

[Musical, Comedy, Revival]Lead ProducerNov 08, 2012 - Jan 05, 2014Red

[Play, Drama, Original]Lead ProducerApr 01, 2010 - Jun 27, 2010Hamlet

[Play, Tragedy, Revival]Lead ProducerOct 06, 2009 - Dec 06, 2009Mary Stuart

[Play, Drama, Revival]Lead ProducerApr 19, 2009 - Aug 16, 2009Hair [Musical, Revival]Co-ProducerMar 31, 2009 - Jun 27, 201033 Variations

[Play, Drama, Play with music, Original]Co-ProducerMar 09, 2009 - May 21, 2009Equus

[Play, Drama, Revival]Co-ProducerSep 25, 2008 - Feb 08, 2009Frost/Nixon

[Play, Drama, Original]Lead ProducerApr 22, 2007 - Aug 19, 2007The Pillowman

[Play, Drama, Original]Co-ProducerApr 10, 2005 - Sep 18, 2005Spamalot

[Musical, Comedy, Original]Co-ProducerMar 17, 2005 - Jan 11, 2009Democracy

[Play, Drama, Original]Co-ProducerNov 18, 2004 - Apr 17, 2005A Raisin in the Sun

[Play, Drama, Revival]Co-ProducerApr 26, 2004 - Jul 11, 2004Jumpers

[Play, Farce, Revival]Co-ProducerApr 25, 2004 - Jul 11, 2004Dance of the Vampires

[Musical, Comedy, Original]Co-ProducerDec 09, 2002 - Jan 25, 2003Hollywood Arms

[Play, Drama, Original]Co-ProducerOct 31, 2002 - Jan 05, 2003A Class Act

[Musical, Original]Co-ProducerMar 11, 2001 - Jun 10, 2001James Joyce's The Dead

[Musical, Drama, Original]Co-ProducerJan 11, 2000 - Apr 16, 2000I'm Still Here...Damn It!

[Play, Solo, Stand-up, Comedy, Original]Co-ProducerNov 05, 1998 - Jan 02, 1999Freak

[Play, Solo, Comedy, Original]Lead ProducerFeb 12, 1998 - Jul 04, 1998