Madeline Oberle

Producing | New Work Development | Arts Administration | Directing

About Me

I am a producer so everyone can make work. I am interested in why my team is drawn to a process, how they can grow from the work, and how I can make it happen for them.

I have been a creative producer for new works through The Waa-Mu Show at Northwestern University (A Peculiar Inheritance (2022), Romance en Route (2023) and the Los Angeles Theatre Initiative (The Night Children (2023), Hometown (2024), Guns in Dragonland (2025), Missed Connections (2025), Revelation: Or, The Apocalypse Comes to Mama Ruby’s Restaurant (2026), which presents at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. As the Director of Growth and Development (a double entendre for script development and donor development), I’ve also worked as the developmental dramaturg for The C Word (2024, 2025), Pictures of Willy (2025), and It’s A Struggle Coming Out (2026).

I am currently a Production Assistant at Only Make Believe, serving medically fragile and neurodiverse children across the DMV through interactive, immersive theater. I previously worked as the Program Coordinator for Creative Alliances in the Social Impact Division of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where I line-produced the 2nd Annual Local Theatre Festival, the premiere of Nine Parts in conjunction with PBS, and assisted on various other programs and events.

I received Departmental Honors in Theatre from Northwestern University through my thesis, entitled “Beyond Ali Stroker: Improving the Musical Theatre Audition for Disabled Performers.”

Education

The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University
Master of Fine Arts in Theater Management (Incoming Student)

Northwestern University
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Psychology
Minor in Dance, Concentration in Theatre for Young Audiences
Departmental Honors, Vetrono Scholarship Winner

Undergraduate Internships
- BroadwayAsia (Management)
- Lyric Opera of Chicago (Artistic Planning)
‍ ‍- Metropolis Performing Arts Center (Camp Administrator)
‍ ‍- Chicago Summer Opera (Stage Management)

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