Creative
Jason Odell Williams (playwright) - Though neither black nor Jewish, Jason feels his upbringing in Columbia, Maryland gave him a lot to say about all things race-related. At least when it comes to funny things about race. Because, let’s face it: Race is hilarious.
His plays have had readings and been developed at Primary Stages, Manhattan Theatre Club, New Jersey Rep, Artists 4 Israel, The Cell, Jewish Cultural Arts Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Rep Stage, Midtown Direct Rep, Gulfshore Playhouse and The Baltimore Playwrights Festival.
His play THE SCIENCE OF GUILT won first prize in the fixitsolife theatre’s 2009 playwrighting competition. It ran Off-Broadway at The DR2 Theatre in 2010 and starred Vincent Piazza & Anatol Yusef from HBO’s Golden Globe Winning series, “Boardwalk Empire.”
His play AT A LOSS had its World Premiere in July 2011 at The Kitchen Theatre in Ithaca NY. In November, the play was re-worked (and re-titled! -- HANDLE WITH CARE) and had itsSoutheast Premiere at The Gulfshore Playhouse in Naples, FL. Both productions starred his lovely wife Charlotte Cohn as an Israeli woman stuck in a small Virginia town on Christmas Eve where a DHL delivery man has lost her grandmother’s dead body. It’s a comedy.
Charlotte Cohn (director) - In addition to being married to and having a beautiful 5 year old daughter with the playwright, Charlotte is also Jewish. The serious Israeli kind. Plus she was a Tank Commander in the Israeli Army. So don’t mess with her. Seriously.
The award-winning director of The Emancipation of the Sassy Jewish Woman (Best Debut, 2010 United Solo Theatre Festival), Charlotte directed the recent showcase production of BALTIMORE IN BLACK AND WHITE at The Cell and has also directed previous readings and workshops of the play at Manhattan Theatre Club, Primary Stages, The New School for Drama, The Bleecker Street Theatre, and The Baltimore Playwrights Festival.
Performing highlights include Broadway’s La Boheme and Coram Boy, Happy End at A.C.T. (Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Best Actress nominee), La Boheme at The Ahmanson in L.A. (Ovation Award Winner), The Murder of Isaac and The Boys from Syracuse, both at Baltimore’s Centerstage where she also performed her cabaret in February 2011.
Meredith Lucio (producer) is the owner of Wild Bird Productions, Inc. Recent productions include the Broadway to Off-Broadway transfer of the hit comedy The 39 Steps, and the new musical Rooms a rock romance (currently being licensed through Theatrical Rights Worldwide.) She has also been part of development path for new work like Angels and Ministers of Grace by Elaine Smith, Opa! and Take Me America! Meredith writes a series of articles about the business of theater at www.TheatreExaminer.com.
Douglas Denoff (producer) Doug is an Tony Nominated producer, writer and entrepreneur. He has won the Drama Desk Award as a producer and television's Emmy Award. He was nominated for the Tony Award as a producer of "The 39 Steps", the hit comedy by Patrick Barlow based on the Hitchcock film, which ran over three years on Broadway and off-Broadway; the longest-running play in over 7 years. "The 39 Steps" was also the most-produced play in 2008 in regional theatres nationwide and continues to be profitably licensed. "The 39 Steps" won TWO 2008 Tony Awards, TWO 2008 Drama Desk Awards, including Best Unique Theatrical Experience, and Britain's 2007 Olivier Award for Best Comedy.
He is currently producing the Broadway musical of the acclaimed film "Peggy Sue Got Married", featuring music by Jersey Boys composer Bob Gaudio, book by the film's authors Jerry Leichtling and Arlene Sarner, and lyrics by Leichtling.
His company, Sutton Square Entertainment, produces theatre, television, new media and film and is launching a new advertising/marketing agency for Broadway.
