Alchemation
noun
al·​che·​ma·​tion \ ˈal-kə-ˌmā- shən \

 

1. the combination of Alchemy and Imagination that is essential to the art of theater; 2. a producing and management company founded in 2011 by award-winning producer Kevin McCollum  

Kevin McCollum
Founder & President

 
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Kevin McCollum is one of the most prolific and successful Broadway producers, with a career spanning 30 years in the theatre industry. Kevin has received the Tony Award® for Best Musical for In the Heights (2008), Avenue Q (2004), and Rent (1996), which also won the Pulitzer Prize. Mr. McCollum is currently represented on Broadway with SIX and Oh, Mary!, Off-Broadway with the Olivier Award-winning The Play That Goes Wrong, and on tour with SIX in North America. He is represented on the West End with Mrs. Doubtfire and The Devil Wears Prada. Mr. McCollum’s upcoming projects include a North American tour of The Notebook, the musical, as well as musical productions of Black Swan and Night At The Museum.

He produced The Notebook (Broadway), Days of Wine and Roses (Broadway), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Broadway), Motown: The Musical (Broadway, West End, UK & US Tours), Something Rotten! (Broadway, National Tour), Hand to God (Broadway, West End), The Drowsy Chaperone (Broadway), Mike Birbiglia’s The New One (Broadway, US Tour), Baz Luhrmann’s production of Puccini’s La Bohème in 2002, [title of show] in 2008, the touring and Broadway productions of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, the Off-Broadway hit De La Guarda, and the 2009 Broadway revival of West Side Story. He is also a producer of the West Side Story (2021) film directed by Steven Spielberg.

In 1995 Mr. McCollum co-founded the Producing Office, and has since created Alchemation, a theatrical and media producing company committed to new work. Mr. McCollum was trained at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and earned his Master’s degree in film producing from the Peter Stark Program at the University of Southern California. He is also the recipient of the 1995 Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Commercial Theatre Producing. 

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Lucas McMahon


Vice President

Lucas McMahon has worked at Alchemation since 2012. His current Alchemation projects include Oh, Mary! (Off-Broadway and Broadway), The Notebook (Broadway and Upcoming National Tour), and serving as US Executive Producer of SIX. Lucas’s past producing credits include Mind Mangler (Off-Broadway), Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Broadway and LA), Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour (Off-Broadway), Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?! (Off-Broadway), The Play That Goes Wrong (Broadway, Off-Broadway, and National Tour), Mrs. Doubtfire (Broadway and National Tour), and Mike Birbiglia’s The New One (Broadway and National Tour). Lucas was the associate producer for Hand to God (Broadway and West End) and Something Rotten! (Broadway and National Tour). He is Executive Producer of Netflix’s Mike Birbiglia: The New One.  Lucas originally hails from the suburbs of Boston and is a proud alumnus of Phillips Academy Andover and Northwestern University. He is a member of the Broadway League and serves on the Intra-Industry/Road Presenters Committee. When not inside a theater, Lucas can be found reading comic books, procuring iced coffee, or yelling about The Bachelor (and related programs).