Eh-den Perlove

She is currently the Director of Development of SheNYC Arts, a national nonprofit that supports the work of marginalized gender theater-makers. As part of the Executive team, she works to fulfill SheNYC’s mission of supporting gender equity in the larger theater industry by eliminating structural barriers to entry, particularly for early-career artists. She has worked in arts and cultural management at New York Public Radio, The Apollo Theater, Open Stage Project, The Public, and more.

She has served as a panelist and advisor for various granting organizations, including the New York State Council on the Arts, A.R.T./NY, the Association of Theater in Higher Education, and more. Additionally, she serves as an inaugural member of the Cultural Development Fund Panel Advisory Committee for the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, a group convened to support its efforts to make NYC’s cultural funding process more equitable. She has an M.A. in Business Design and Arts Leadership from Savannah College of Art and Design and a B.A. in Drama from Pace University.

May 2025

Twentieth International Conference on the Arts in Society 
Panelist, Creative Problem Solving: Breaking Down Barriers for Marginalized 
Theater Makers
Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

May 2024

Nineteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society 
Emerging Scholar Award
Panelist, Discussing the Theater Pipeline Problem: Barriers to Entry to Marginalized Theater-Makers and Possible Solutions,
Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

January 2024

Modern Language Association 
Panelist, Theatre In/Of Joy and Sorrow: Performance & Embodiment of 
Marginalized Communities in the Americas
Philadelphia, PA

August 2023

Association of Theater in Higher Education
Panelist, Women & Theatre Program Emerging Scholars Panel
Analyzing and Breaking Theater’s Glass Ceiling:
Barriers to Access for Marginalized Gender Theater-Makers
Austen, TX

June 2023

Twenty-third International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations 
Panelist, Creative Problem Solving: Waiting in the Wings, June 2023
Breaking Down Barriers for Marginalized Theater-Makers,
Toronto Metropolitan University

May 2023

Philadelphia Theater Research Symposium, Villanova University
Panelist, Learning from the Present, Shaping the Future: 
Access, Inclusion, and Care, Villanova University

Producer and Lecturer March 2023 to April 2023, New York, New York

Everything They Didn’t Teach You in Theater School 

Curated and produced weekend-long conference focusing on the logistics and business aspects of the theatrical industry. Courses included Playwrighting (Lauren Gunderson, Playwright); Grants 101 and Grants 102 (Eh-den Perlove, SheNYC Arts); Self-Producing Your Show (Danielle DeMatteo, SheNYC); Getting Started in Film (Erika Miranda and Caitlin Hargraves, Café Cito Productions); The Basics of Intimacy (Emily Rellis, Intimacy Coordinator)

Producer and Lecturer April 2022, New York, NY

Everything They Didn’t Teach You in Theater School 

Curated and produced weekend-long conference focusing on the logistics and business aspects of the theatrical industry. Courses included Keynote: Discussing Arts Activism (Ari Afsar, Arts Activist); Entertainment Law for Creatives (Scott Wilcox, Loeb & Loeb); Diversity & Inclusion and What Your Legal Rights Are (Kristy Thomas, Thomas DEI; John Crain, Wigdor LLP); Getting Started with Grants (Eh-den Perlove, SheNYC Arts) ; Disability Inclusivity in Theater (Angela Johnson, Invest in Access); Producing 101 (Rachel Sussman, Business of Broadway); Starting an Arts Business (Molly Barnett, Grapevine PR; Olivia Jones, Black Theatre Coalition; Camille Schenkkan, Center Theatre Group).

Presenter and Moderator, Immigration April 2018

NYU School of Social Work 

Moderated panel discussion about immigration in the United States with Sarah Mehta (TrialWatch Legal Fellow, Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute & Clooney Foundation for Justice), Maria de Los Angeles (DREAMer and Art Activist), and Elizabeth Vilchis (CEO, LatinoTech).

Panelist, Savannah College of Art and Design Graduate Salon February 2018

Savannah College of Art and Design Graduate Program Savannah, GA

Selected as one of three graduate students to present a selection from my master’s thesis, An Analysis of Trends in Arts Activism in the Commercial Market

Panelist and Moderator, Social Work, Activism, and Advocacy December 2017

Columbia University School of Social Work New York, NY

Moderated and presented a panel about activism and engaging in social change with Monique Jethwani (Associate Dean, CSSW), nichHi Douglas, (Art Activist & Adjunct Professor, Playwrights Horizons Theater School); Nicole Powell (Executive Director, NYIndivisible); Esha Bhandari (Attorney, ACLU); Elizabeth Falcone (Director, Youth Programs, NYC Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence); Lily Nussbaum (Co-founder, The America 101 Project).