Louise Gund is a renowned Broadway producer and dedicated environmental activist. Theatre, storytelling, music and photography have been a part of Louise’s life since she was a child, and she carries this passion in all areas of her work today.
As a child, Louise showed an interest and talent in storytelling and was taken to see Broadway theatre in Cleveland. As she got older, she took acting lessons, wrote children’s stories and participated in school plays and the Cleveland Playhouse’s Curtain Pullers program. These experiences influenced her understanding of theatre and production work.
After earning a degree in Visual Arts from the School of Visual Arts in NYC, Louise began her professional life as an independent contractor photographing dance and off-Broadway theatre.
Some of the Broadway productions that Louise has produced include The Kite Runner, The Ohio Murders, All the Way and more. All the Way earned her the Tony Award for Best Play and Bryan Cranston the Tony Award for Best Actor. In addition, Head Over Heels received Equity’s Extraordinary Excellence in Diversity...Louise Gund is a renowned Broadway producer and dedicated environmental activist. Theatre, storytelling, music and photography have been a part of Louise’s life since she was a child, and she carries this passion in all areas of her work today.
As a child, Louise showed an interest and talent in storytelling and was taken to see Broadway theatre in Cleveland. As she got older, she took acting lessons, wrote children’s stories and participated in school plays and the Cleveland Playhouse’s Curtain Pullers program. These experiences influenced her understanding of theatre and production work.
After earning a degree in Visual Arts from the School of Visual Arts in NYC, Louise began her professional life as an independent contractor photographing dance and off-Broadway theatre.
Some of the Broadway productions that Louise has produced include The Kite Runner, The Ohio Murders, All the Way and more. All the Way earned her the Tony Award for Best Play and Bryan Cranston the Tony Award for Best Actor. In addition, Head Over Heels received Equity’s Extraordinary Excellence in Diversity on Broadway Award.
Louise sees theater as a lens through which people can gain a better understanding of others, the world they live in and themselves. She continues to embrace this view, evident in her work with the San Francisco Opera and not-for-profit theaters.
Outside of her theatre work, Louise has worked tirelessly with conservation groups and animal rights groups on a range of environmental initiatives. This includes protecting forests, clean water and endangered species, and the promotion of sustainable farming practices. She has also been named an honorary life trustee of Earthjustice.
More recently, Louise has focused her energy on politics. She is focused on protecting people’s individual rights, which she feels should be guaranteed to all people in a democracy. Louise is also honored to be a member of the Cabinet for the White House Historical Association.moreless
Louise Gund is a proud supporter of The Ground Floor, which will host the Residency Lab from October 18-November 13, 2022. The Residency Lab brings artists to Berkeley to work on projects in one- to four-week residencies.
To date, Louise Gund has produced nine Broadway plays and musicals: The Kite Runner, The Minutes, The Great Society, Head Over Heels, Sylvia, Six Degrees of Separation, Sweat, Fiddler on the Roof and All the Way. In addition to numerous award nominations, All the Way won both the Tony Award for Best Play and Best Actor and Fiddler on the Roof won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.
Earthjustice is a leading nonprofit public interest environmental law organization. It utilizes the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health, preserve magnificent places and wildlife, advance clean energy and to combat climate change.
The Leatherback Trust is an international non-profit conservation organization that protects leatherback turtles and other sea turtle species from extinction.
Founded in 1923, the San Francisco Opera believes opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. Its mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera’s transformative power.
Founded in 1935, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is a theatre arts organization offering a diversity of plays, musicals, events, classes and activities. Inspired by the work of Shakespeare and the cultural richness of the U.S., its mission is to we reveal people's collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays.
Cal Performances presents performances of the highest artistic quality, enhanced by programs that explore compelling intersections of education and the performing arts.
Louise Gund serves as a Co-producer of The Minutes, a play takes a look at the inner workings of a city council meeting in the small town of Big Cherry and the hypocrisy, greed and ambition that follow.
Louise Gund is one of more than 20 Broadway producers who have teamed up to match donations up to $1 million to the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS emergency fund.
Equity’s Extraordinary Excellence in Diversity on Broadway Award recognizes productions that promote diversity and inclusion through equal opportunity employment and casting.
The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) exhibition focuses for the first time on representations of women in Hindu and Buddhist art, entitled Divine Women, Divine Wisdom.
Louise writes on a range of environmental justice and conservation issues, including climate change, the protection of endangered species and habitat restoration.
The White House Historical Association is a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1961 by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy with a mission to protect, preserve, and provide public access to the rich history of America’s Executive Mansion.
Louise Gund was honored for her passionate commitment to the San Francisco Opera, her leadership serving on the Executive and General Director Search Committees of the board and her forward-thinking initiatives to secure the Opera's long-term success.
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge sustains people, wildlife, and fish in the northeastern corner of Alaska, a vast landscape of rich cultural traditions and thriving ecological diversity. It is located on the traditional homelands of the Iñupiat and Gwichʼin peoples.
