David is an award-winning producer, director, and general manager who has worked in professional theatre for more than 30 years — creating, managing, and producing nearly 75 productions across Broadway, Off-Broadway, the West End, and regional stages.

As Co-Founder of Perry Street Theatricals, a New York– and London–based producing and general management firm, David has helped guide projects from intimate premieres to large-scale commercial productions. Notable credits include the Tony and Drama Desk Award–winning Broadway production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, the Tony-nominated Dames at Sea, and the Olivier-nominated West End musical Lend Me a Tenor. Off-Broadway and regional highlights include Georgie: My Adventures with George Rose (Drama Desk Award), Bedlam’s Hamlet and Saint Joan (OBIE Nominee, Off-Broadway Alliance Winner), An Oak Tree (OBIE Winner), and In the Continuum (OBIE and Outer Critics Circle Awards).

In 2021, David was appointed Producing Artistic Director of The Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts — one of the oldest and most storied summer theatres in America. There he led the company’s celebrated return to live performance following the pandemic shutdown, producing a critically acclaimed 96th season of seven plays and musicals, and directing the season finale, The Fantasticks.

Most recently, David served as Executive Producer for the New England premiere of The Shark Is Broken, launching at North Shore Music Theatre and later transferring to the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center as part of the island-wide celebration of Jaws’ 50th anniversary. Current work in development includes Come On, Let’s Go: The Ritchie Valens Musical.

Before founding Perry Street, David served as Artistic Director of Cold Productions and the liminal stage, producing and directing numerous Off-Off Broadway works and festival projects. He has also worked extensively in general management, overseeing dozens of Off-Broadway productions and national tours for companies including Aquila Theatre, Bedlam Theatre Co., and Royal Family Productions.

Earlier in his career, David served as an Assistant Director on several major productions, including Broadway’s Indiscretions and Inherit the Wind, As You Like It (Long Wharf Theatre), High Society (ACT San Francisco), and West Side Story (U.S. tour).

In addition to his producing and directing work, David has long been active in arts education and mentorship. He has taught or lectured for Theatre Resources Unlimited (TRU), Boston University, New York Institute of Technology, and Pace University, and has served as a guest panelist and adjudicator for numerous theatre organizations.

A proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), David is also a voiceover artist, with credits including Cablevision, Bloomberg Television, ESPN, Major League Soccer, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Before starting a life in the theatre, David worked as a project manager for Northern Bay Management/Island Properties, a real estate developer in Oyster Bay, overseeing a feasibility study to convert a historic Knights of Columbus Hall in Oyster Bay into a performing arts venue; at The Dilenschneider Group, a boutique global strategic counseling and public relations firm and for two years on the production side at TBWA Advertising.