Evans Haile became the Producing Artistic Director of the Cape Playhouse in 1999. He has been a beneficiary of the National Endowment for the Arts, and has received international acclaim in a variety of communication fields throughout his career. Mr. Haile has been the producer and host of over 30 National Public Radio Specials, reaching over 200 stations nationwide. He is currently one of the judges for the Samuel French "New Play Festival" in NYC. Mr. Haile has been profiled twice on "CBS Sunday Morning", NBC's "Today" program, NPR's "Performance Today", and "Fresh Air". He co-founded the award winning New Amsterdam Theatre Company, producing its series at New York's historic Town Hall. At Lincoln Center, he created the new performing edition and produced the premiere of Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Magdalena", recorded for Sony Classical. "Magdalena" has had subsequent productions in California, Australia, England, Russia, and will have its Paris premiere in 2010 at the famed Chatalet theatre. He produced Rodgers and Harts' "Babes in Arms", at Lincoln Center and recorded it for New World records. He created the performing edition of Cole Porter's "Fifty Million Frenchmen", (named best recording of the year by USA Today),optioned for Broadway, productions have included Lincoln Center in NYC, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Melbourne, San Francisco, and Toronto to name a few. His "Haile to America" tour, an irreverent celebration of 100 years of popular culture sold out in 50 cities across the country. International achievements have included numerous concert tours of Russia, as conductor and pianist, including the Moscow and St. Petersburg Philharmonics, as well as being a cultural ambassador for the USIA. He conducted and performed the European Premiere of Gershwin's "Second Rhapsody" for piano and orchestra. Concert tours include Europe, the Far East, Australia, and the North Pole. He has been a regular guest conductor of the Orchestra of the Deutsche Opera in Germany, and was closely associated with the Boston POPS for many years. He worked with and assisted legendary French Conductor/Composer Manuel Rosenthal as well as American conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein and has conducted many of the major American orchestras and opera companies. He believes his most important mission is as an active advocate for the Arts. The Arts and Culture are a reminder of who we are, from where we have come, and where we are going.