Biography

Garen Scribner is a dancer, producer, and social entrepreneur. Founder of GarenMedia, he is the creator and host of the broadcast TV series Broadway Sandwich (3x Emmy Nominee) and the creator and executive producer of And The Nominees Are, both for New York Public Media (PBS/ALL ARTS). On stage, Scribner starred as Jerry in the Broadway and National Tour productions of An American in Paris and was a soloist with the San Francisco Ballet and artist of Nederlands Dans Theater 1, where he performed leading roles in works by Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot, Jiri Kylian, William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, Alex Ekman, Marco Goecke, Mark Morris, to name a few. He starred as The Matador in the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of La Traviata (2019, 2020), simulcast around the world in cinemas for Great Performances on PBS. For Scribner, building a meaningful and interesting life has meant connecting his passion for the arts beyond performance, and into philanthropic, civic, and humanitarian spaces. Scribner co-founded Dance For a Reason in 2012, an annual dance benefit performance that has successfully raised $500,000+ for non-profit organizations like the Cancer Prevention Institute of California, UCSF Melanoma Center, Human Rights Campaign, and others. Currently, he is pursuing a Mid-Career Master of Public Administration at Harvard Kennedy School and will graduate in May 2022.