About Jamie McGonnigal
Born 1975. Jamie McGonnigal is an American voice actor, stage actor and theatre director.
James Campbell McGonnigal (born August 6, 1975) is an American voice actor.
Biography 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 to 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.
In 2010, McGonnigal founded Take Back Pride, a campaign to put the elements of activism back in Pride Marches around the country. The movement has now swept 17 cities and 4 countries thus far.
McGonnigal moved to Hyattsville, Maryland in 2014, where he lives with his husband and son. For four years, McGonnigal served as the Community Director for the New Organizing Institute, where he led RootsCamp, an annual progressive political conference. He has served in fundraising and sales leadership roles at SOCAP, Impactive, Neighborhood Economics and Mobile Commons since 2015. He currently serves on the advisory board for Voters of Tomorrow, as PTA President for Hyattsville Elementary School Three Delivery - Eugene Viva Piñata - Teddington Twingersnap Weiß Kreuz - Omi Tsukiyono Weiß Kreuz Kreuz: Gluhen - Omi Tsukiyono Weathering Continent - Tieh Winx Club: The Magic Is Back - Damien Roy McManus Bullet Witch (Xbox 360) - Jonathan Children of Eden - 2003, Pippin - 2004, The Secret Garden - 2005, Rags - 2006
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American actor and director
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Jamie McGonnigal was born on 6 August 1975 in Weymouth.
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Jamie McGonnigal is a voice actor, stage actor and theatre director.
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