DARREN EDWARD JOHNSTON
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
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Darren Edward Johnston is an Executive Vice President of No Guarantees Productions, the Tony Award-winning, theatrical production company bringing artist-driven, universally appealing stories to life.  Darren serves as a producer on all of the company’s shows, leading artistic development and creative collaboration for the company. Recent productions include James Ijames' Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony-nominated play FAT HAM, directed by Saheem Ali; PLAYER KINGS, adapted and directed by Robert Icke from Shakespeare’s HENRY IV PARTS 1 & 2, starring Sir Ian McKellen and Toheeb Jimoh; and Jez Butterworth’s New York Times Critic’s Pick THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA, directed by Sam Mendes. Prior to No Guarantees, Darren worked on a variety of plays and musicals with artists such as Tina Landau, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Michael Mayer, and Mike Bartlett, was a staff member of Tectonic Theater Project and the Public Theater, where he assisted Artistic Director Oskar Eustis in his producing Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Shakespeare in the Park, as well as his leadership of the Public Theater's first capital campaign. Outside of theater, Darren worked as a campaign manager, organizer, and fundraiser in Democratic politics, both locally in NYC and around the United States.  He chaired the Consistory of Middle Collegiate Church and served on the Collegiate Church of New York’s Consistory and Executive Committee.