WHO WE ARE
Juniper Circle Productions facilitates the arts by exposing rural culture and communities to urban artists, and rural artists to urban culture and communities, providing an educational, circular forum by which artists can present their productions and receive creative feedback.
It's truly creativity without walls: with a focus on the artists - a circle of inspiration, sharing, and collaboration between rural and urban spaces.
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Executive Artistic Director (he/him/his)BROADWAY: It Shoulda Been You, starring Tyne Daly and directed by David Hyde Pierce (Outer Critics Circle Nomination, Additional Lyrics, with book by Brian Hargrove, music by Barbara Anselmi). OFF-BROADWAY: City Of (Original song, with Anton Dudley), Playwrights Realm. Marguerite (Music, with book and lyrics by Anton Dudley), starring Tony Award winner Cady Huffman (Astoria Performing Arts Center). REGIONAL: Music & Lyrics for Love, Always (book by Bill Connington) and music for Marguerite (Second To Nun) and Remembering Tomorrow: The Lives of Edgar Cayce at ZADT in Virginia Beach. INTERNATIONAL: Luna Park (Lyrics, with book by Gina Femia, music by Hyeyoung Kim), Aria Entertainment’s From Page To Stage Festival Of New Musicals, London, Sunfish (Co-Book/Lyrics, music by Hyeyoung Kim) Top Jury Honor DIMF, South Korea (2013). MAC Award nominee, 2005 Jonathan Larson Award Winner. BA: Williams College; MFA: NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. Other productions include: News To Me, Rites of Passage, Museum Pieces, and The Dome (Prospect Theater Company); Lizardman! (Libretto for The Albany Symphony's Dogs of Desire, music by David Mallamud). Recent commissions with Anton Dudley: Unframed (Gund Gallery, Kenyon College). Selected for NAMT, The ASCAP/Disney Workshop, 4x15 at The Musical Theater Factory, New York Theatre Barn (Timelines), and the Johnny Mercer Writers Grove at Goodspeed Musicals. From 2021-2025 Michael served as the Executive Director of The Paradise Theatre in Paonia, CO.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
DINO HAINLINE (he/him/his) is an accomplished hands-on entertainment marketing executive and digitally-savvy strategic content creator with deep expertise in all aspects of marketing for theatrical, television, and consumer brands, driving creative direction and media strategies for The Simpsons, Family Guy, Bob’s Burger, The X-Files, Gotham, The Exorcist, various special event series, and the network’s top-rated dramas: The Orville and 9-1-1. Dino helped build out the digital strategy capability within several high-profile agencies, including 360i/Vizeum, Midnight Oil, Dailey and Associates, Sensis Agency, and Bold New World, leading the development and execution of numerous multi-million dollar client initiatives for FOX Broadcast Company, FOX Sports 1, FX, Netflix, ABC, Disney, Marvel Studios, Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Paramount, Universal, HGTV, Nestlé, Honda, TurboTax, Legoland, U.S. Army, and more. Passionate about unlocking insights into human behavior, developing and inspiring teams to deliver greatness, and distilling complexity into strategies that solve critical challenges, Dino is also screenwriter, producer, playwright, and composer. His debut album, “Dark Universe” – a swirling soundscape of pulsing beats and cinematic emotional vistas that takes listeners on a rhythmic journey through a dark night of soul and back into the light – is now available to stream across all platforms.
SECRETARY
LIZETTE CRUZ BARRERA (she/her/hers) has spent the last 20 years performing nationally, internationally, and throughout NYC. Her most rewarding theatrical experiences have always been in developing new works with diverse artists and celebrating storytelling from unique perspectives. She currently serves as an arts administrator at ZACH Theatre in Austin, Texas, the longest-running theatre company in the state. She is thrilled to join the Juniper Circle Productions Board and looks forward to cultivating a home for artists to collaborate, exchange ideas, and bring innovative new work to life.
TREASURER
ASA HOFFMAN (he/him/his) has been using his extraordinary abilities to guide others as a psychic, medium, and energy healer for over 30 years. Asa’s powerful connection with those who have crossed-over and remarkable understanding of both the seen and unseen worlds helps people transform their lives. Asa is passionate about building community and committed to contributing to a fair, inclusive, and sustainable future for the arts.
