Welcome to THE CIRCUIT! The Circuit is a business network designed to promote and facilitate the meeting of top level entertainment industry professionals from the film, television, theater and publishing worlds in the New York area. We realize that because we live in the greatest city on Earth, it is often difficult to find the time and the energy to meet with like-minded individuals on a regular basis.

Because the presence of the entertainment industry in NYC is only a fraction of our west coast counterpart’s, we feel it's important to embrace this intimacy by cultivating new and existing relationships with entertainment professionals. The Circuit brings together leading members of New York's entertainment industry on a monthly basis, in a fun, friendly, casual environment. These events create a (casual) an atmosphere for executives to socialize with peers, while helping to facilitate interesting and exciting business opportunities with other executives whom they may not have known and / or realized possess similar sensibilities as their own. We feel that the facets within the industry should have access to one another, as the business evolves into the multi-platform universe. As television becomes more and more like film, as more and more television writing and directing talent head to the big screen, as producers look to option more and more books and literature, and just about everyone is attempting to crack the prolific new media market, The Circuit is there to establish these connections now, at a time when our members are on the cusp of taking on leadership roles at their respective companies. With a current subscriber list of over 1000 prominent producers, directors, agents, managers, and executives, Circuit members represent tomorrow's media moguls, network heads, and studio presidents that will one day drive this industry.

The Circuit Board

Presidents and Co-Founders

Mark Grande - Founder & President, Head of Development, Hungry Man
Adrienne Stern - Co-Founder & Co-President, Casting Director/Producer, Adrienne Stern Casting

Board of Directors

Scott Dacko - Independent Director
Nicole DeFusco - Fuse Network - Director, Development & Original Series
Steve Eliau - Manhattan Movie Magazine - Founder, Editor-in-Chief
John Eremic - Off Hollywood - Partner
Dayna Ghiraldi - Big Picture Media - President
Darren Kane - Teshkeel Comics - Director of Marketing
Rebecca Kush - Actor
Terry Leonard - Independent Producer
Ryan Markowitz - Picturehouse - Manager, National Sales Analysis
Ian Nelson - Practical Law Company, Attorney
Nicole Page - Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP - Partner - Engel Entertainment, Inc - Director of Development and Business Affairs
David Title - Crossroads Films - Director of New Media

Administrative Board

Melanie Friedson - Hungry Man - Executive Assistant
Tammy Porto - Adrienne Stern Casting - Casting Associate

Advisory Board

Steven C. Beer - Co-Chair Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig