Jonathan Tessero is a stage director, producer, and writer whose Emmy-Nominated work in theater, television, and touring has been hailed as “Sentimental… Quietly Affecting… and Very Funny” by the New York Times. Jonathan Tessero-helmed projects have run on Broadway, in three Las Vegas resorts, toured arenas in 12 countries, sold out stadiums on three continents, and lived on more than fifteen cruise ships.

He has creative produced live-event television that has appeared on three of America’s broadcast networks, directed the documentary on the USO that played daily in the National World War II Museum, and contributed creative direction to more than 70 hours of Emmy-Nominated Coverage of Super Bowl XLVII. He was the Creative Director of the reboot of Essence Fest that achieved a record setting total attendance of more than 500,000 attendees and his symphonic pops presentations have been performed by orchestras around the world with a recent live orchestra-to-film production selling out two performances in London's Royal Albert hall as part of a six-week sold out arena tour of Europe.

With a large technical skillset, he has led the creative teams of projection mapping installations, apps, and content portals, and integrated the first drone fleet into a Carnival Cruise Line production show. For clients such as Harrah’s/Caesars Entertainment, Coca-Cola, Chase, Ford, and Walmart, he has directed and produced large-scale event productions in arenas around the country.

For the last 20 years he has have provided analysis of broadway box office grosses, recoup charts, and investment papers to Tony Award-winning Producers and Commercial Theater Investors, has served as the Lead/Executive Producer of three Broadway shows and one major theatrical tour, and has built the creative departments and creative capabilities of three production companies as well as authored and implemented their business plans, loan/investment documents, and business development efforts. He regularly serves as a development, creative, and business consultant to start-ups and advertising/media agencies.