ERICA FEE

Erica Fee is the founding producer and board president of the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival, downtown Rochester’s annual multidisciplinary arts festival, one of the most popular Fringe festivals in the United States.

Fee, a Rochester native, ran her own London-based theatrical production and general management company, which focused on new work and major revivals. Her credits include the film-based improv show Totally Looped, the comedy ˆ, and London’s original, multidisciplinary Scratch Sundays. Fee received classical acting training from the Arts Educational Schools London, where she received her master’s degree. She has since studied the production, economic impact, and marketing of festivals at the University of Minnesota and speaks frequently on the new arts festival revolution, festival production, and the Rochester Fringe.

JOSHUA BERNARD LUDZKI

Joshua is an event producer, entrepreneur, on-air host, writer, photographer, and web developer. He began his career working behind the scenes in Top 40 Radio at Open House Party and Star 93.7 in Boston. After a brief stint in Boston, he moved to New York to work as an on-air producer at the legendary 103.5 KTU. Leaving the big city for his first hosting gig, Joshua worked his way from afternoon drive host to morning show lead at Star 105.7 in Binghamton, NY.

Most recently, Joshua joined with a number of community partners and founded LUMA, a projection arts festival drawing a crowd of 25,000 in its first year to a city with a population of 45,000. Joshua's passion is connecting the smallest of budding organizations to a world craving the next great idea.

DAN KIMBROUGH

Dan Kimbrough is a content creator who works with individuals and businesses to best tell their stories through media. He is the owner and founder of Park Multimedia. Dan knows the power of content and storytelling in reaching an audience and branding a business. He has 20+ years of media experience and has worked with ESPN, as a documentary filmmaker, production manager, professor, podcast producer, photographer, editor, and more. Since 2018 he has served as the technical director of the Scranton Fringe Festival and recently launched a new Festival (within the Fringe) called Taking Up Space, which is dedicated to lifting the voices of historically excluded racial and ethnic narratives.

CONOR KELLY O’BRIEN

Conor is an actor, theatre-maker, and arts advocate. Conor has performed Off-Broadway as well as a few small TV roles. He has performed (or seen his original works performed) on stages across the country and Great Britain.

He is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Scranton Fringe Festival as well as a proud member of the New Vintage Ensemble and the Dramatist Guild of America. A creative for hire Conor has had the privilege of working with Festivals, theatres, and nonprofit orgs across the country!