Patrick Herold moved to UTA after nearly 20 years as head of theater at ICM Partners

Exclusive: Patrick Herold, who served as a partner and head of theater at ICM Partners for nearly two decades, moved to Utah as an agent in the theater division. He will work in New York and report to partner and theater director Mark Subias. Herold is the last ICM agent to leave after the CAA bought the agency.

Herold carries with him a stellar list of long-term clients, including the properties of Arthur Miller, Eugene O’Neill and Sam Shepard; writers Lisa Crone and Doug Wright; songwriters Cyndi Lauper and Stephen Trask; and directors Christopher Ashley, Michael Greif and Julie Taymor.

Additionally, clients expected to join him at UTA include Horton Foote Moss Hart and Wendy Wasserstein estate; theater luminaries Athol Fugard and John Guar; playwrights Richard Nelson and Paul Rudnick; songwriters and lyricists Rosanne Cash, Scott Frankel and Michael Corey; directed by Walter Bobb, Yale Farber, Tina Landau and Michael Wilson; Even the best designers, including more than ten Tony winners.

“Patrick is appreciated and respected in the theater community, bringing deep industry experience, broad relationships and intellectual skills that will greatly benefit our department and UTA as a whole,” said Subias. “I am happy that he has joined us. We all are. “

Herrol previously owned Helen Merrill Ltd., a literary agency representing writers, directors, choreographers, composers and designers for the performing arts, television, film and live entertainment. Herold also served as Associate General Manager of Lincoln Center Theater and Director of Development at the New York Theater Workshop. He is a former trustee of the Dramatists Play Service and a frequent visiting professor at New York University, Columbia University and Yale University.