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John Malatesta

John Malatesta has served as the Director of Baruch Performing Arts Center (at Baruch College) since May 2007 where he is responsible for the center’s programming, marketing, budget and development for a full season of music, theater and dance events for the Baruch community and general public. He has presented concerts by the Alexander String Quartet, Repast Baroque, and Elisha Abas Solo Piano in the intimate Engelman Recital Hall, as well as special guest musicians for the Silberman Concert Series and the Milt Hinton Jazz Series. As director of the center, Malatesta co-produced several plays for the center’s Nagelberg Theater with the NY-based ensemble ONEtime Productions, including An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein.  Among many other theatrical productions, Malatesta programmed “Irena’s Vow” by The Directors Company in the fall of 2007, featuring Tovah Feldshuh, which moved to Broadway in the Spring of 2008, as well as the one-woman show MIXED, written by and featuring Maya Lilly, and directed by Mahayana Landowne. He conceived, created and produced the 55 Underground Concert Series, the MasterWorks Preview Series and the Weissman Talks Onstage Dialogue Series. Prior to his position at Baruch, Malatesta served as Marketing Director of the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center from 2004 to 2007. During this time, he increased ticket sales by over 300% for three full seasons of jazz, family programming and a special artist-in-residence program. During the 1990’s, Malatesta served as Assistant Director of Education for the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Production Stage Manager with the modern dance company Urban Bush Women. He began his career in the late 1980’s in performing arts management with Brent Peek Productions, where he served as Stage Manager for Sandra Bernhard’s off-Broadway show “Without You I’m Nothing”, followed by several other off-Broadway stage management positions.  Malatesta is also a produced playwright and director in several NYC theaters, such as HERE Arts Center, the Kampo Cultural Center, the John Houseman Theater, and the Samuel French Short Play Festival.