MARIE CASIMIR

• Manage national and international grants calendar and proposal development for touring interdisciplinary artist and professor.
• Support project budgeting, timeline tracking, and presenting partnerships.
• Prepared comprehensive grant proposals that articulated project objectives and budget requirements.

• Independent producing organization focused on international exchange, touring, and festival production.
• Produced international arts exchanges for 30+ artists traveling between the U.S. and Haiti.
• Advanced and managed a five-city U.S. tour (Chicago, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Newark, NYC), securing venues, coordinating contracts, travel, housing, visas, and day-of logistics.
• Managed P-3 artist visa process in collaboration with immigration counsel.
• Oversaw budgets, presenter agreements, and artist payments.
• Co-curated and produced interdisciplinary performances and cultural events attracting diverse audiences.

• Co-founded and produced multi-city improvisational music and dance festival featuring 200+ artists.
• Advanced performances including scheduling, artist travel, accommodations, technical needs, and payment.
• Negotiated presenting partnerships with major venues and cultural institutions.
• Managed festival timelines and cross-venue coordination.
• Oversaw day-of-show execution in fast-paced festival environments.
• Designed community engagement opportunities and educational programming.
• Secured government, foundation, and individual funding to support programming.

• Lead producer and primary artist liaison for performances, artist talks, film screenings, music, dance, and multidisciplinary events within a major contemporary arts institution.
• Developed and curated educational programs fostering audience appreciation for modern artistic practices.
• Advanced and executed year-round public performances and large-scale interdisciplinary events.
• Served as main point of contact for artists from contracting through day-of-show execution.
• Collected and negotiated technical and hospitality riders in coordination with Production and Operations teams.
• Collaborated across departments including Production, Marketing, Legal, Development, and Visitor Experience.
• Managed event budgets, rentals, backline, equipment needs, housing, travel, and hospitality.
• Supervised production team of 15 to execute high-volume programming.
• Produced large-scale public events including performances honoring historic Black towns, international dance works, and community-centered multidisciplinary programming.
• Established rental and administrative partnership model with nonprofit theaters and community organizations.

• Planned and executed international multidisciplinary retreats in the Caribbean and South America.
• Produced virtual global convening with 100+ paid participants across time zones.
• Managed artist contracts, payments, schedules, and digital production logistics.

Facilitated communication and collaboration between visual and performing artists, technical teams, building management, front-of-house staff, and festival organizers to ensure seamless operations throughout 10-day festival.

• Senior producing and administrative leadership role within nationally recognized contemporary performance venue.
• Co-produced National Performance Network residencies and curated performance series.
• Served as artist liaison for local and nationally touring artists.
• Managed fiscal sponsorship program supporting 30+ artists/companies.
• Oversaw marketing, production associates, interns, and front-of-house teams.
• Advanced quarterly cabaret and performance series from planning through execution.
• Collaborated with international partners for NPN Asian Exchange Program (Japan), resulting in touring residencies.
• Chicago, IL

• Led cross-departmental communications strategy during organizational relocation.
• Managed website, mobile app launch, and digital systems supporting artist bookings and residencies.
• Increased audiences by 78% and annual ticket revenue by $46,000.