A superhero with two shining lighting bolts on her chest, Allison Prouty, Principal and Founder of Second Bolt owes her super natural power for management and producing to the idea that “There are two kinds of people: those that show up and those that don’t.” Allison has over 15 years of experience planning and managing events, festivals, and promotions; developing marketing and sales programs; business development and fundraising, inclusive of professional/organizational relations, public relations and music management. She received her “black belt” while working with Eve Ensler and the V-Day team for five years as the Associate Artistic Director.Highlights include serving as an Associate Producer on the 25-City National Tour and Broadway Production of Eve Ensler’s The Good Body, producing screenings of the documentary Until the Violence Stops at Sundance Film Festival and Miami International Film Festival, and the Festival Producer of the NYC citywide, Until the Violence Stops, featuring events at The Hammerstein Ballroom, Studio 54, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and The Brooklyn Museum of Art. While producing with V-Day, Allison was lucky enough to work all across the USA as well as produce events in Egypt, India, Italy and Mexico.A business minded creative spirit, Allison’s theatre/film related credits include Associate Producer, (Women’s Project and Productions in NYC), Guest Director, (The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival,) Session Director/Director of Children’s Casting, (O’Connor Casting in Chicago,) Assistant Director (Hartford Stage), and Assistant Production Manager, during the inaugural season of The Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier.