1. Jonathan Moscone was born on October 5,1964 and is an American theater director and arts consultant, having most recently served as a Council member then Executive Director of the California Arts Council under Governor Gavin Newsom's administration.
Formerly the Chief Producer of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and artistic director of California Shakespeare Theater in Berkeley and Orinda, California for 16 years, Moscone received the inaugural Zelda Fichandler Award, given by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation for his transformative work in theater in 2009.
Jonathan Moscone's mother fell into a deep, multi-year depression and Jonathan Moscone did not speak about his father's death publicly for 20 years.
Jonathan Moscone attended junior and senior high school at Saint Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco's Sunset district, graduating in 1982.
Jonathan Moscone attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he majored in Theater and English, graduating in 1986.
In 1989, Jonathan Moscone became a directing intern at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, California.
Jonathan Moscone cites as influences Joseph Papp, JoAnne Akalaitis, Irene Lewis, Arden Fingerhut, and Tony Taccone, former Artistic Director of Berkeley Repertory Theater.
In 2000, Jonathan Moscone became the artistic director of the California Shakespeare Theater, which operates in Berkeley, California, and performs at the Bruns Memorial Amphitheater in Orinda, California.
Jonathan Moscone served for 6 years on the board of directors of the Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization for the American theater.
In 2009, Jonathan Moscone received the inaugural Zelda Fichandler Award, given by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation for "transforming the American theatre through his unique and creative work".
Jonathan Moscone directed a wide range of plays at CalShakes and other theaters around the country.
Jonathan Moscone directed Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park in 2011 for the American Conservatory Theater, a play which later won the Pulitzer Prize.
Jonathan Moscone made his debut as a playwright in 2012 with the world premiere of Ghost Light, which he co-created and developed with playwright Tony Taccone for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
In 2016, Jonathan Moscone was a co-proponent for a ballot measure in the City of San Francisco aimed at restoring the connection between the SF Hotel Tax Fund and support for the arts.
Jonathan Moscone came out as gay at a 1998 memorial service for his father and Harvey Milk.
Jonathan Moscone married clean energy executive Darryl Carbonaro in November 2013.