Jacob Persily is a healthcare administrator, working at a major academic medical center in New Jersey. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Healthcare Administration from the Bloustein School at Rutgers University, where he teaches Healthcare Data Management to the undergraduate population. He is currently pursing an MBA with a Specialization in Strategy and Leadership from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

How does the title “Expert Theater Fan” fit into all of this?

For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated with live performance. I don’t know if the original spark was the Cats VHS, the Mummers Parade (Google it if you’re not from the Philadelphia market), the Lance Burton magic kit instructional video, or the Cole Brothers Circus which would play the parking lot at the Freehold Mall each summer, but since then, I’ve developed a niche professional-level, knowledge-set of the professional theater in the United States. Living in the shadows on New York City, I was exposed to high-quality professional theater at a young age, not to mention the now-defunct Marlboro Players, the town’s community theater group that got a dozen of their young performers on Broadway over the course of my childhood.

As an adult, my personal life, most of my friendships, and my time are largely devoted to seeing theater, in New York and around the region. I have seen every new musical production on Broadway in the past 5 seasons, and bring can bring the latest and greatest conversation around musical theater to your organization, at a price-point designed to accessible to organizations of all budget levels.

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