SCOTT DENNY, Theatre World Board Member and Actor 

SCOTT DENNY is an actor and singer and currently an editor on the Theatre World publication. He served as an assistant editor on Volume 60 (2003–2004) and as an associate for volumes 61, 62, and upcoming volumes 63 and 64. He has been an avid collector of Theatre World since college. In 2005 and 2006 Scott served as an associate producer to Ben Hodges for the Theatre World Awards. He was the co-producer for the 2007 Awards, and will serve as co-producer of the 2008 Awards with Erin Oestreich and Kati Meister.

Originally from Terre Haute, Indiana, Scott received a Bachelor in Performing Arts from Western Kentucky University in 1989. He has worked professionally as an actor for over twenty years. He toured nationally with Big League Theatrical’s productions of 1776 (Richard Henry Lee), Footloose (Uncle Wes), and more recently The Music Man (where he served as the swing and the Assistant Company Manger). Scott has also worked for numerous regional, stock, and dinner theatres, including Theatre Under the Stars in Houston, Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre in Indianapolis, Coastal Arts Center of South Carolina, Galveston Outdoor Musicals (where he also served as an assistant to the producer), and over 25 productions for the Prather family of theatres (Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre in Fort Myers, Florida and the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster, Pennsylvania).

In New York, Scott has performed in several showcases and readings, including Election Day at the American Theatre of Actors, Like You Like It at the York Theatre, False Profits at 224 Waverly, and Vanity Fair at the Lark Theatre. Regionally he appeared in the Midwest premieres of Paper Moon and world premiere of Silver Dollar, both at Stage One in Wichita, Kansas.

Scott is honored to join the Theatre World Awards Board of Directors and hopes to continue the legacy of Daniel Blum and John Willis. It is his goal and mission to educate younger generations about the publication, the Theatre World Awards, and their important history in the New York Theatre.