In Memoriam: BERENICE WEILER
April, 2012
Berenice Weiler, a producer and theatrical general manager, died of natural causes in Manhattan on April 28. She was 88.
She worked as an advance director for star-package shows on the summer stock circuit, including the resident stock theater in Bar Harbor, Maine.
Later Weiler joined a USO tour to entertain occupation forces in Europe in the wake of WWII.
After returning to the U.S., she eventually found work in live television, first as a casting director
and then as an associate producer on dramas including “Hallmark Hall of Fame.” She was
associate producer of “Sid Caesar Presents” on NBC and later ABC, subsequently taking the
show to London for a season on British TV.
Returning to stage work, Weiler joined the management of the American Shakespeare Festival
Theater in Stratford, Conn., rising to managing producer. She resigned in 1973 to become the
administrative director for Frank Dunlop’s BAM Theater Company.
With Marilyn S. Miller she formed Weiler/Miller in 1978. The New York-based general management firm managed many Broadway and Off Broadway productions, including “Nine.”
Weiler was executive Director of the University/Resident Theater Assn., president and a founding
member of the League of Professional Theater Women, Secretary-Treasurer of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers and the president of the National Theater Conference.
She was also adjunct professor at the U. of Miami.
Weiler was a lifelong resident of Manhattan and attended Hunter College.
Donations may be made to the Actors Fund.
(Via: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118053635)
