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Tony Patryn is the President and Founder of Patrynize Productions, and former Vice-President on the Board of Directors for the Off-Broadway theater Playhouse 46 in NYC (2022-2025).

An artist since he could hold a pencil, Tony has been a graphic designer for over 20 years professionally, working for a variety of agencies and companies. He has been a part of numerous award-winning campaigns and has been on the ground floor of several successful startups. His artist mind lead him to being the winner of the Illinois Young Author’s Contest six years in a row.

In 2015 he co-created and successfully started a monthly showcase, The Campy Cabaret, which still performs in Manhattan. Since its inception, he has been writing, producing and directing for the next generation of Broadway talent who would go on to star in Hadestown, Wicked, The Color Purple, Almost Famous, Bat Out of Hell, Americano!, and more.

Writer of The Fountain (2024 New York City Fringe Festival Award Winner; Off-Broadway debut July 2024) and Safe Travels: a Jukebox jukebox musical.

Before that, he was a regular emcee at several different showcases and cabarets around New York City and Chicago. Creator and former board member of the Elmwood Park Community Theater (EPCT). OFF-BROADWAY: Mushnik / Ensemble in Drunk Musicals; Bruno in Truffles. REGIONAL: Rocky in Aven’U Boys (Midwest Premiere); Mick Jagger in We Will Rock You (US Premiere); Nick in In My Life (Midwest Premiere); Orin Scrivello, DDS in Little Shop of Horrors.