Ken Davenport, born Kenneth A. Hasija[1] is a New York-based Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre producer.
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Davenport has produced several Broadway and Off-Broadway plays including the current Broadway revival of Godspell, Chinglish, Oleanna, Speed the Plow, You're Welcome America, Blithe Spirit, 13, Altar Boyz, The Awesome 80s Prom and My First Time. Altar Boyz was the winner of the 2005 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical and the winner of the Broadway.com Audience Favorite Award for Long Running Off-Broadway Musical for two years in a row. The Awesome 80s Prom won the Improvisational Theater Association’s Award for Best Interactive Show in 2006.
Ken founded Davenport Theatrical Enterprises in 2004.[1] In addition to creating, producing, and managing shows, DTE maintains three theatre industry-related websites.
On June 23, 2010, Davenport released an iPhone app called "At The Booth"; its accuracy was called into question by the Theatre Development Fund, the operators of the TKTS Booth. Victoria Bailey, executive director of the fund, reported, “While we always appreciate efforts to disseminate information about what is available at the TKTS Booths, we are concerned that this recently released app may not provide an accurate picture of ticket availability and line lengths considering the fluidity of both.”[2] Davenport responded to the veracity of the "At The Booth" app saying, "We have a lot of ways that we do it, and a lot of ways that we double-check." When asked to provide the source of his data Davenport declined to answer.[2]
Davenport has been a guest lecturer at universities the New York City metropolitan area. He hast taught “Acting As A Business” for America Online and was profiled in the premiere issue of Experience magazine as a Broadway “up-and-comer.” His marketing techniques have been profiled in the New York Times and in marketing guru’s Andy Sernovitz’s book Word of Mouth Marketing.
In 2010 Davenport received the Award of Distinction from the Musical Theatre Society of Emerson College. He won the 2008 Spirit of Theatre Award from Theatre Resources Unlimited, and the 2003 Acclaim Screenwriting Award for his television pilot, I.C.A.
Davenport is a member of the BMI Librettist Workshop and is a founding member of the Independent Theater Bloggers Association. He is also a senior member of The Off-Broadway Alliance, a town hall-like forum for dialogue among the Off-Broadway community.
Davenport is a member of The Broadway League and the League of Off-Broadway Theaters and Producers.