# Christopher Massimine

christopher massimine is an award-winning theatrical producer, general manager, television and film producer, entertainment executive, playwright, composer, and a leading voice in arts advocacy. Massimine was the recipient of the National Performing Arts Association's 2019 Humanitarian of the Year Award. He co-founded the Immigrant Arts Coalition, served as a special advisor to the New York City and New York State administrations, was an executive trustee and a past development chair of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, and the former chief executive officer of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene, the longest consecutively producing performing arts institution in the United States, and the world's oldest-operating Yiddish Theatre.