JOEL SILBERMAN has become a widely respected media/communication strategist for the numerous progressive organizations, online activists and candidates including People fpr the American Way Foundation, Media Matters for America, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the National Women’s Law Center, Markos Moulitsas and DailyKos.com, Jane Hamsher and FireDogLake.com, Mike Lux and OpenLeft.com; and U.S. Congress members Donna Edwards, Jared Polis, and Jim Himes.

As an entertainer Silberman has appeared in the Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds (Italy), The Chelsea Festival (London), The Four Winds Festival (Australia), and the Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall (New York). As a director Mr. Silberman’s credits include Musical Theatre: A Woman of Will (off-Broadway and the Rubicon Theatre Ventura, CA), A Time for Love (Rubicon Theatre and the Studio Arena Theatre Buffalo, NY); Opera: La Boheme, Lucretia Borgia, Il Barbiere de Seville (Philadelphia); The Old Maid and The Thief, The Impressario (Tel Aviv). As a special event director/producer Mr. Silberman’s credits include People for the American Way Foundation’s Spirit of Liberty Awards (New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC’s Kennedy Center, Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and Austin); The Manhattan Theatre Club’s 30th Anniversary Spring Gala; Broadway Applauds Lincoln Center; Ignite the Light for UNICEF (The Royal Albert Hall, London); and Leonard Bernstein’s A Classic Evening for AIDS Research (The Public Theatre, New York). He is the recipient of The Lincoln Center Award, The Bistro Award from Backstage magazine, and two MAC Awards as Singer-Instrumentalist of the Year from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets.