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X-WR-CALNAME:New Orleans · dance · Wednesday · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Producer's Choice: Shall We Dance Conversation with Meryl Poster a nd Actor Lisa Ann Walter (via Zoom) DTSTART:20260923T230000Z DTEND:20260924T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T001959Z UID:10001049-1790186400-1790195400@noma.org CATEGORIES:dance DESCRIPTION:Experience films selected and presented by award-winning produ cer Meryl Poster\, in conversation with special guests. Get behind-the-sce nes insights and celebrate cinema as an essential art form. \nThis evening will feature a screening of 2004’s Shall We Dance\, followed by a conv ersation between Poster and actor Lisa Ann Walter\, joining the program vi a Zoom. \n\nTickets\nTickets for the screening and pre-screening conversat ion are $10 for NOMA members and $15 for general admission. Doors open at 6:00 pm and the screening begins at 6:30 pm. \nGet Tickets \n*Please note:  NOMA members must log into their my.noma account in order to see their ticket options at the link above.  \nSeating is offered on a first-come\ , first-served basis. \nCafé NOMA will serve popcorn\, light bites\, wine \, beer\, soft drinks\, and specialty cocktails before and during the scre ening. \nView all events in the Producer’s Choice Film Series \n\nAbout the Film and Post-Screening Conversation\nShall We Dance (2004)\nA romanti c comedy where a bored\, overworked estate lawyer (Richard Gere)\, upon fi rst sight of a beautiful instructor (Jennifer Lopez)\, signs up for ballro om dancing lessons. \nAbout Lisa Ann Walter\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Ann Wal ter’s career spans television\, film and stage. She currently stars as M elissa Schemmenti in ABC’s Emmy-nominated\, SAG Award Best Comedy Ensemb le-winning “Abbott Elementary.” She is a successful stand up comedian\ , having spent the last 20 years touring the US to sold-out venues. This s pring\, her first ever stand-up special will premiere on Hulu. Walter’s film credits include the beloved “The Parent Trap\,” “Shall We Dance ?” “Bruce Almighty\,” and Steven Spielberg’s “War of The Worlds. ” Walter also co-created\, produced\, and starred in Fox’s “My Wilde st Dreams\,” ABC’s “Life’s Work\,” and NBC’s “Dance Your Ass Off.” Her memoir\, The Best Thing About My Ass Is That It’s Behind Me (Harper Collins/Harper One) is a comedic look at a chronic self-loather a nd former “chubby” girl trying to make it in the glamorous world of si ze “0” Hollywood. Walter is on the board of numerous organizations inc luding The Entertainment Community Fund (for whom she won $1 million as “Celebrity Jeopardy” champion)\, the ERA Coalition as a long-dedicated Women’s Rights Activist\, and the SAG/AFTRA National & Local Organizati on\, where she was recently elected as the First Vice President of the Los Angeles Local. She is most proud of being a working mom of four with “o ne foot on the red carpet…the other at Costco.” \nAbout Meryl Poster\n Meryl Poster is a multi-award-winning producer\, media executive and indus try leader with a distinguished career spanning film\, television and digi tal media. She began as one of the first female trainees in the famed Will iam Morris mailroom and went on to become a driving force in entertainment . \nToday\, she is the founder and president of Superb Entertainment\, a p roduction company developing a diverse slate of scripted and unscripted co ntent across major networks and platforms. Upcoming projects include a fil m adaptation of The Mosquito Supper Club Cookbook\; Las Hermanas\, a moder n retelling of Little Women for Sony Pictures\; as well as a television se ries with Keshet based on the book Becoming Bulletproof. \nKnown for her c ollaborative management style and strong talent relationships\, Poster pla yed a pivotal role in shaping some of the most critically acclaimed and co mmercially successful films of the late 1990s and 2000s. During her tenure as co-president of production at Miramax\, Poster oversaw the development and production of many Academy Award -winning and -nominated films\, incl uding Chicago\, Chocolat\, Cider House Rules\, Good Will Hunting\, The Tal ented Mr. Ripley\, Cold Mountain\, Finding Neverland and Wings of the Dove . \nIn addition to these distinguished films\, Poster produced and oversaw Rounders\, An Unfinished Life\, Flirting with Disaster\, Beautiful Girls\ , Bounce\, A Price Above Rubies\, A Man Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain\, Kate and Leopold\, Shall We Dance\, Ella Enchanted\, The Pallb earer\, Get Over It\, Chasing Amy\, R\, Smoke\, The Shipping News\, She’ s All That\, Wide Awake and Serendipity. \nIn 2005\, Poster expanded her i nfluence into television with a consultancy and first look production deal at NBC Universal. Based on her own experiences\, she created Bravo’s fi rst scripted series\, Girlfriends Guide to Divorce\, a groundbreaking show that ran for five seasons. During this time\, she also acquired the film rights to Lin Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights. \nPoster became the Presi dent of Weinstein television in 2010. She led the expansion of Project Run way into a multi-franchise phenomenon that included Project Runway All Sta rs\, Project\nAccessory\, Under the Gunn and Threads. She oversaw and prod uced Million Dollar Shoppers for Lifetime\; Rodeo Girls for A&E\; and Welc ome to Myrtle Manor\, which ran for three seasons on\nTLC. Mob Wives was d eveloped and launched under Poster’s guidance. which also included Mob W ives Chicago and Big Ang’s House. \nIn the digital space\, Poster create d and produced the Ambie award-nominated podcast\, ”Call Your Grandmothe r\,” which ran for two seasons on iHeart\, and the 2023 series\, “She Wants More.” \nA dedicated advocate for education and mentorship\, Poste r is an Advisory Council Member at Brooklyn College’s Feirstein School a nd an Adjunct Professor at Tulane University. She is a member of the Acade my of Motion Picture Arts and Science\, the Academy of Television Arts & S ciences\, and a board member of the Creative Coalition. She also supports Dress for Success\, an organization dedicated to empowering women in the w orkplace. \nRecently\, Poster created “The Producer’s Choice\,” an o ngoing film series at the New Orleans Museum of Art. She was named one of the most powerful women in entertainment by Crain’s and was ranked in th e top 30 in The Hollywood Reporter’s Power 100 for five consecutive year s. She discovered and has mentored some of the most senior executives in H ollywood today\, and is credited with inventing the blueprint for the mode rn Oscars campaign. \nDividing her time between New Orleans and New York\, Poster remains at the forefront of entertainment\, shaping narratives and championing talent across film\, television and digital media. LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T001959Z LOCATION:NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts URL:https://noma.org/event/producers-choice-film-screening-and-conversatio n-with-meryl-poster-and-a-special-guest/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_mediu m=ics&utm_campaign=new-orleans-la X-SOURCE-NAME:New Orleans Museum of Art X-SOURCE-URL:https://noma.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR