Yoni Weiss is a New York-based theatrical devotee.

Yoni is a director, writer, and producer who seeks out dynamic ensemble collaboration, from reinvestigating Golden Age classics and flops to developing new works that expand queer narratives.

Currently, he is the Manager of Acquisitions & New Works for Broadway Licensing and its family of imprints (Dramatists Play Service, Playscripts, and Stageworks), representing 36 Tony Award and 48 Pulitzer Prize-winning works.

Yoni co-created Fowl Play with collaborator and Billboard-charting composer Billy Recce, presented in concert at Playbill Pride in Times Square, Chelsea Table + Stage, 54 Below, and a recent developmental reading directed by three-time Emmy Award nominee John Tartaglia and starring RuPaul’s Drag Race finalist Rosé.

He has supported directors on pieces old and new as an assistant at New York City Center Encores!, Manhattan Theatre Club, Keen Company, and The Town Hall, on readings directed by Drama Desk Award winner Michael Wilson and Sarna Lapine, the “lost” musical Love Life directed by Tony Award winner Victoria Clark, and more.

Directing credits include headlining Dixon Place’s HOT! Festival with the premiere of I Do Believe in Fairies (Time Out New York’s “Best LGBT Things to Do in New York”), Pseusdocide (NOW Festival), I’m a Fucking Icon (The Tank), Crowds Out Front, Mass Cycle, The Nina Variations, and Elegies: A Song Cycle for Doghouse Ensemble Theatre, which he co-founded in addition to curating their Incubator program for emerging writers. They regularly direct shows at 54 Below, The Green Room 42, Chelsea Table + Stage, and other NYC venues with a seemingly unavoidable drink minimum.

Associate directing credits include concert revivals of Paul Gordon and John Caird’s reenvisioned Jane Eyre, Steve Allen’s zany made-for-television musical Alice in Wonderland, and assisting Tony Award winner Michael Rupert in the celebration of his Broadway debut with the 50th-anniversary concert of Kander and Ebb’s The Happy Time.

In addition to graduating from Pace University’s Directing program in partnership with The Drama League, he is an alum of Interlochen Arts Academy.