Lorenzo Thione has been a part of the producing team of numerous productions on and off Broadway, which include Slava’s Snowshow (Tony Nomination), American Idiot (Tony Nomination), Elling, and Catch Me If You Can (Tony Nomination).  As the producer for Allegiance, Thione brings a fresh and creative perspective to the challenges of theater production, drawing from his experience as startup entrepreneur and social media and marketing expert.  

Thione is the cofounder of Powerset, Inc., an innovative search startup founded in 2005 with the vision of bringing to consumers a more natural and effective type of internet search than conventional keyword search.  Microsoft Corp. acquired Powerset in 2008 to complement and innovate its own search engine, LiveSearch, and subsequently relaunched it as Bing.  A dedicated community activist, having cofounded and helped grow StartOut, a national non-profit organization dedicated to fostering and developing entrepreneurship within the LGBT community, Thione serves also on the board of trustees of American Conservatory Theater and of Reason To Party, a non-profit dedicated to improving the lives of underserved Bay Area residents by raising money for charity groups through events held in collaboration with local businesses.  A native of Milan, Italy, Thione is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.  He is a named inventor on over 30 patents in the U.S. and worldwide.