Larry Verbit:  

Life Graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Theatre and a concentration in directing. Actually, I finished in December, 1972, but didn't get the degree until May, 1973. From there I stage managed at a dinner theatre in suburban Philadelphia while driving a truck during the day and applying to graduate school. Although set to go to Villanova, when I learned that David Rabe just left the faculty, I decided to go in a new direction and get my MFA in Arts and Theatre Management from Florida State University where I spent one year on campus in Tallahassee and then one year as the assistant to the managing director of Asolo, the State Theatre in Sarasota. After getting my MFA, I was the general manager of the Folger Theatre Group (now the Shakespeare Theatre) in D.C. for two years. I then took a year off trying to start a theatre in Philadelphia and ended up as the first Executive Director of the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center in York, PA. I was there for a little over two years renovating and opening two old vaudeville theatres. It is now considered one of the most successful Performing Arts Centers in the country for a community of its size. From there I went to be manager of the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA for about 21 months and then moved to be Executive Director of the Hub Performing Arts Center in Hempstead, NY. It turned out the financial backing didn't exist at the Hub, so I left after 5 months and went to consult with a company in Atlantic City while pondering my future. Since I did so many contracts in my life, I decided to try law school, only as a door to producing in TV and film, never intending to really practice law. So, off I went to L.A. in August, 1983 to attend law school at Southwestern University School of Law, which had one of the largest selections of entertainment related classes. Upon graduation, and going through 3 years of hell, I decided that I should at least practice for a w...Expand for more