Jamie McGonnigal’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

James Campbell McGonnigal (born August 6, 1975 in Weymouth, Massachusetts) is an American voice actor, 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.

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 2005-2008. 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 lives in Washington, D.C. with his husband. For four years, McGonnigal served as the Community Director for the New Organizing Institute, where he led RootsCamp, an annual progressive political conference. He is currently the Vice President of Sales for Outvote.

Production staff

Producer/director (theater)

• Runaways
• Broadway Loves Joe’s Pub
• Green Concert (Makor Theatre 2006 & 2007)
• Green 2 Concert (Makor Theatre 2006 & 2007)
• NEO Concert (York Theatre Company 2003)
• Broadway Loves the 80’s (Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 at Joe’s Pub – 2007, 2008, 2009)
• Embrace! Concerts for The Matthew Shepard Foundation-2004,2005,2006
• Standing Ovations 1, 2 & 3 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
• Miracle Concerts for God’s Love We Deliver 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• FLOPZ & CUTZ Series 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
• ASS BACKWARDS AKA Glory Days In Concert at Joe’s Pub 2007
• Become, the Music of Pasek & Paul, a concert featuring the music of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Joe’s Pub 2005
• Laura Benanti: Blame It On My Youth at Feinstein’s 2006
• Laura Bell Bundy in Shameless! Joe’s Pub, 2004

Artistic producer/other

• World AIDS Day Concerts [1]
• Children of Eden – 2003, Pippin -2004, The Secret Garden -2005, Rags 2006