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Kim Poster founded Stanhope Productions, a theatrical producing company, in 2001. West End: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, starring David Suchet, directed by Adrian Noble; LIGHTS OUT: WWI CENTENARY COMMEMORATIONS (Theatre Consultant); ENCOUNTERS: Performers on Performance with Ruby Wax and Tim Minchin; CAROUSEL at the Arcola Theatre (creative consultant);  UNCLE VANYA, starring Ken Stott; LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, starring David Suchet and Laurie Metcalf (Olivier Award/Best Revival 2013, Olivier Nominations, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor);  AN IDEAL HUSBAND (Olivier Nominations/Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor); ALL MY SONS starring David Suchet and Zoë Wanamaker, directed by Howard Davies (ES/Best Director, ES Nomination/Best Actor, Critics’ Circle/Best Actor, Olivier Nominations, Best Revival, Best Actor); WET WEATHER COVER; PRICK UP YOUR EARS starring Matt Lucas; A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE starring Ken Stott, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Hayley Atwell (Olivier nominations/Best Revival,  Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, ES nomination/Best Actor); CAROUSEL starring Lesley Garrett; THE BLACK AND WHITE BALL; FIDDLER ON THE ROOF starring Henry Goodman (Olivier and ES nominations/Best Revival of a Musical and Best Actor); BBC’S WALKING WITH DINOSAURS – THE LIVE EXPERIENCE (Creative Consultant, Australian, USA and UK tours); SUMMER AND SMOKE starring Rosamund Pike; TOM AND VIV (in association with the Almeida); THE RUBENSTEIN KISS; EPITAPH FOR GEORGE DILLON starring Joseph Fiennes and Francesca Annis, directed by Peter Gill; TELSTAR (GM); BECKET  starring Dougray Scott and Jasper Britton, directed by John Caird; SINGULAR SENSATIONS featuring Barbara Cook, Michael Feinstein and Michael Ball; A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE starring Rupert Graves, Samantha Bond, Prunella Scales and Rachael Stirling; MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION starring Twiggy (UK Tour); BRAND starring Ralph Fiennes, directed by Adrian Noble (in association with the RSC); THROUGH THE LEAVES starring Simon Callow and Ann Mitchell (Olivier nomination/Best Actress); MRS WARREN’S PROFESSION starring Brenda Blethyn and Rebecca Hall, directed by Peter Hall; The Royal Court’s THE YORK REALIST written and directed by Peter Gill; LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN starring Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson; THE ROYAL FAMILY starring Judi Dench, Harriet Walter, Julia McKenzie, Toby Stephens and Emily Blunt, directed by Peter Hall;  JITNEY by August Wilson (in association with NT, Olivier Award/Best New Play 2002); and the NT’s AN INSPECTOR CALLS directed by Stephen Daldry; ALWAYS; LENNY starring Eddie Izzard; AMADEUS starring David Suchet and Michael Sheen, directed by Peter Hall (five Olivier nominations); TOLSTOY starring F Murray Abraham; and GRAND HOTEL: THE MUSICAL directed by Tommy Tune. Broadway: MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM starring Whoopi Goldberg; AMADEUS starring David Suchet and Michael Sheen (2 Tony Nominations/Best Revival & Best Leading Actor); and GRAND HOTEL: THE MUSICAL directed by Tommy Tune (seven Tony Awards). Regional USA theatrical productions include: HEDDA GABLER; THE GUARDSMAN; THE TAMING OF THE SHREW; THE ROYAL FAMILY; GYPSY; CARNIVAL; THE KING AND I; GUYS AND DOLLS; and BITTER SWEET. Film: Kim Poster joined IRS Media Inc as VP of production in 1992, overseeing various theatrical motion pictures including TOM AND VIV starring Miranda Richardson, Willem Dafoe and Rosemary Harris (Miramax, two Academy Award nominations/Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress); ONE FALSE MOVE directed by Carl Franklin starring Billy Bob Thorton; MAN FACING SOUTH EAST (co-producer); A SAILOR’S TATTOO written by James Goldman; and A WOMAN’S A HELLAVA THING (co-producer). Television: Kim Poster served as creative consultant at Paramount Pictures Corporation, 1988-91. Projects included RENO & YOLANDE (Paramount/CBS/series); and MISS PENDLETON’S POINT OF VIEW (Garry Marshall/executive producer, Paramount/CBS/pilot). Previously, she acted as administrative coordinator for the New York Lyric Opera Company, administrative director for L’Ensemble, Inc, and as associate artistic director of First Stages, Inc, a theatre company established to promote new works. Training: Kim Poster graduated from Northwestern University (BS, Cum Laud, Major: Theatre 1980), Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law (JD, 1983-86, Samuel Belkin Scholar and Service Award for Contribution to Excellence in Education/Editor-in-Chief, ASILS International Law Journal) and the Hague Academy of International Law in the Hague, Netherlands (Certificate of Excellence, 1985). She was admitted to the New York Bar in March 1987 and the California Bar in December 1989 and has worked as an entertainment attorney in New York and California.