Erica Schmidt(Director/Playwright)

Erica Schmidt is a playwright, screenwriter and theatre director. Her theater works include the adaptation of Cyrano in collaboration with The National, which she directed at The Goodspeed and Off-Broadway at The New Group. She directed and adapted Mac Beth, which ran at Seattle Rep and Off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel and HTP, and for which she received Drama Desk nominations for Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Revival and a Lortel nomination for Outstanding Revival; Mac Beth is now published by DPS. Schmidt wrote and directed All the Fine Boys for The New Group; now published by Samuel French. She directed Richard 2 with Robert Sean Leonard (The Old Globe); Turgenev’s A Month In The Country with Taylor Schilling and Peter Dinklage (Classic Stage Company); Humor Abuse (co-creator/writer and director, Lucille Lortel Award – Manhattan Theatre Club, Philadelphia Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theatre, Seattle Rep and The Taper); Rent (Tokyo); Gary Mitchell’s Trust (The Play Company, Callaway Award nomination); As You Like It (The Public Theater/NYSF, chashama; New York International Fringe Festival Winner for Best Direction); Debbie Does Dallas (wrote the adaptation and directed Off-Broadway for The Araca Group); Princess Grace Award recipient 2001. As a screenwriter, Erica was nominated for a BAFTA for her adaptation of Cyrano starring Peter Dinklage and Kelvin Harrison Jr.

 

Amy Rubin(Scenic Design)

Amy Rubin is a designer of environments for theater, opera, and dance. Recent designs include Omar (LA Opera); Most Happy (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Octet (Signature Theater); Cyrano (The New Group); Thom Pain (based on nothing) (Signature Theater); Gloria: A Life (Daryl Roth Theatre); Miles for Mary (Playwrights Horizons); Acquanetta (Prototype Festival); Aging Magician (New Victory Theatre). Amy’s work has been featured at American Repertory Theater, McCarter Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Walker Arts Center, MassMoCA, Z Space, The Kimmel Center, and numerous TED Talks.

 

Kaye Voyce(Costume Design)

Previously for Audible: Harry Clarke (also for Vineyard Theater). Broadway: True West, Sea Wall/A Life (co-design), The Nap, Significant Other, The Real Thing, The Realistic Joneses and Shining City. Other recent work includes The Bedwetter (Atlantic, book by Sarah Silverman), The Seagull (Elevator Repair Service), Shhhh (Atlantic), Morning Sun (MTC), set and costumes for Mud/Drowning (Mabou Mines), and the world premiere of Missy Mazzoli's opera The Listeners (Den Norske Opera, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz).

 

Cha See(Lighting Design)

Cha See is from Manila, Philippines. Off-Broadway: The Fever (Audible Theater), One in Two (The New Group), The Seagull Woodstock, NY (The New Group), You Will Get Sick (Roundabout Theatre), Exception To The Rule (Roundabout Underground), What to Send Up When It Goes Down (Playwrights Horizons), Soft (MCC) and As You Like It (La Jolla Playhouse), to name a few. Upcoming: Wet Brain (Playwrights Horizons), (pray) (Ars Nova) and Rent (Paper Mill Playhouse). Training: MFA, NYU Tisch. www.seelightingdesign.com; @seethruuu. This is for K.

 

Justin Ellington(Sound Design)

Audible Theater Credits: Proof of Love, In Love and Struggle, The Fever. Broadway: Ohio State Murders, Topdog/Underdog, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (Tony Nomination), Clyde's, Pass Over, Other Desert Cities. Off-Broadway: Heroes Of The Fourth Turning (Playwrights Horizons); Pipeline (Lincoln Center); Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie (Ars Nova); Merchant Of Venice, He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box (TFANA).

 

David Lurie-Perret(Production Stage Manager)

Broadway: Ain’t No Mo’, Cost of Living, Girl from the North Country, Prince of Broadway, Speed-the-Plow, Losing Louie. Off-Broadway: Shed, Public, BAM, Signature, 2ST, Playwrights Horizons, MTC, Roundabout, MCC, Atlantic. Regional: CTG, ACT, Huntington, Williamstown, Long Wharf, Dallas Theater Center. Graduate of Boston University. My thanks and gratitude to Narissa and Jennifer. Love to Cody.

 

Gigi Buffington(Vocal & Text Coach)

Broadway: Between Riverside and Crazy, Cost Of Living, The Minutes, Clyde’s, Slave Play (remount), Pass Over, Linda Vista, Straight White Men, King Kong. Selected Off-Broadway: Evanston Salt Costs Rising, Downstate, Catch As Catch Can, Corsicana, On Sugarland, Prayer For The French Republic, Heroes Of The Fourth Turning, The Thin Place, Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, Mary Page Marlowe, The Devil Wears Prada; six seasons at Steppenwolf Theatre Company; one season at Royal Shakespeare Company. Text consultant for Spike Lee and Ron Wimberly’s screenplay, Prince Of Cats. Arts Professor, Tisch Drama, NYU.

 

Lorenzo Pisoni(Physical Movement Coordinator)

Broadway: Almost Famous, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Gary, Beetlejuice, Frozen, Noises Off, Taller Than a Dwarf. Off-Broadway: Mac Beth, All the Fine Boys, Harlequin Studies. West End: Frozen, Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast. As a performer, Lorenzo has worked in circuses (Pickle Family Circus, Cirque Du Soleil, to name a few) and in theatre, where his work on and off Broadway has been recognized with Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Obie, Outer Critics Circle Awards.

 

Noah Mease(Properties)

Noah Mease crafts & gathers objects, text, and images. Prop credits include Good Enemy (Audible/Minetta); Annie Baker’s John (Signature; Obie award); Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway, etc.); Oklahoma! (St. Ann’s, Broadway); Hadestown (NYTW); An Octoroon (Soho Rep, TFANA); *keysmash* (Ars Nova; story, props, costumes); three plays by the Debate Society. Alum of Ars Nova’s Play Group. Plays & Comics at: noahmease.com

 

NARISSA AGUSTIN she/her (Assistant Stage Manager)

Broadway: A Christmas Carol, Cost of Living. Tour: Waitress (NETworks, Lulu Tour). Off-Broadway: Notes on Killing… (Soho Rep), Out of Time (The Public), The Crusade of Connor Stephens (Jerry Orbach Theater). Regional: A Strange Loop (Woolly Mammoth). Endless gratitude to everyone who has supported her along the way! Go Canes! @narissa_agustin

 

THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting)

With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability, and advocacy.

 

HUDSON THEATRICAL ASSOCIATES (Technical Supervisor)

Over 100 Broadway productions and tours. Recent: New York New York, Sweeney Todd, A Doll’s House, Ohio State Murders, Hadestown, Hamilton, Aladdin. HTA is a member of Neil A. Mazzella’s Hudson family, which includes Hudson Scenic Studios, Sean Gorski, Sam Ellis, Brianna Stankiewicz, Brianne Tabak, Bridget Van Dyke, and Irene Wang.

 

BASELINE THEATRICAL (General Management)

Founded by Andy Jones in 2014 and joined by Nick Lugo, Baseline’s Broadway credits include Hamilton, Sweeney Todd, Fat Ham, freestyle love supreme, Pass Over, Derren Brown: Secret, The Cher Show, The Great Comet, The Last Ship. Off-Broadway: Audible Theater at Minetta Lane, The Enigmatist. National tours: Hamilton, freestyle love supreme. Recently established Beyond the Stage Door, a no-cost educational intensive created to prepare underrepresented undergraduates for theatre management careers. baselinetheatrical.com

 

AUDIBLE THEATER (Producer)

Audible Theater makes outstanding performances and powerful storytelling available to millions of people all over the world. As part of this initiative, Audible has produced Girls & Boys with Carey Mulligan, The Half-Life of Marie Curie with Kate Mulgrew, Harry Clarke starring Billy Crudup, Billy Crystal’s Have A Nice Day with Annette Bening and Kevin Kline, the revival of Aasif Mandvi’s Sakina’s Restaurant, and many others at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York City. In May 2018, Audible announced that the Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village will serve as its creative home for live performances in New York. Audible hosts and produces a wide variety of live performances at the Minetta Lane including dramatic plays, comedic shows, engaging panel discussions, and more, with Audible members receiving exclusive access to discounted tickets and related audio content. 

Audible was co-producer for the Broadway transfer of the Tony Award-nominated Latin History for Morons written by and starring John Leguizamo and for the Tony Award-nominated Sea Wall /A Life starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge. The initiative also saw the release of John Lithgow’s Stories By Heart, Judith Light’s All The Ways To Say I Love You, Sharon Washington’s Feeding The Dragon, and more. Since June 2017, Audible has commissioned 40 theater playwrights to receive support from its $5 million Emerging Playwrights Fund dedicated to developing innovative English-language works from around the globe. The $5 million fund enables the creation of original plays driven by language and voice, keeping with Audible’s core commitment to elevating listening experiences through powerful performances and extraordinary vocal storytelling.

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