Cronson has been the producer of Works & Process at the Guggenheim for more than five years.
In that time she has helped commission original work presented at the Peter B. Lewis Theater and in the Guggenheim rotunda from choreographers such as Donald Byrd, Michelle Dorrance (Best Dance of 2017, The New York Times), Pam Tanowitz, Ryan McNamara (Best Site-Specific Performance of 2017, The New York Times), and Wayne McGregor; composers including Ted Hearne, David Lang, Hannah Lash, Nico Muhly, Caroline Shaw, Charles Wuorinen, and John Zorn, and presented work by ballet and dance companies including New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Miami City Ballet, Random Dance, and Spectrum Dance and playwrights including Lisa Kron (”Fun Home”) and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (”An Octoroon”), as well as opera and film.
This past year, she produced the critically- acclaimed Prurience, an experiential entertainment about pornography to sold-out audiences—the first theatrical commission in the Museum—and introduced a new Works & Process touring program, with Jodi Melnick’s New Bodies featuring stars of New York City Ballet and Ryan McNamara’s Commedia dell’Arte with music by John Zorn.
Cronson was an investment banker for many years (finishing up at Lehman Brothers where she worked in healthcare investment banking and private equity), and served on the board of many nonprofit organizations, including Planned Parenthood of New York City, the School of American Ballet, Dance Theater Workshop, and New York City Opera. Cronson currently serves on the Board of Works & Process at the Guggenheim.
Now a permanent New Yorker, Cronson is married with one son (2019 CalArts graduate) and lives in Manhattan and Martha’s Vineyard.
