William Spencer Reilly
Founder and Chairman of SOBER ST. PATRICK'S DAY®
William Spencer Reilly has won over thirty national awards for his work as a television executive, much of it specializing in factual and dramatic content dealing with religion and spirituality. As an Executive Producer and Commissioning Editor, he has overseen many movies, docudramas and series that have aired in the U.S. in prime time and on BBC, RTE, and other international channels.
He has had an equally successful career in New York’s Broadway and Off-Broadway community having served as the Executive Director of The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, The TriBeCa Center for the Performing Arts, and The American Theater Wing, founders of the Antoinette Perry “TONY” Awards. He has a particular affinity for producing special events such as “Waitin’ in the Wings: The Night the Understudies Take Center Stage,” the Broadway workshop of Leon Uris’ “TRINITY” and more recently Sober St. Patrick’s Day. Reilly started his career as an actor on Broadway after serving his apprenticeship with The Yale Repertory Company. A graduate of Fordham University, he is married with two grown daughters, and is currently living the “life of Riley” in Ridgefield, CT.
