Open Admissions - Broadway Creative Team

Production Staff

Shirley Lauro Playwright
Shirley Herz Associates General Press Representative
Irving Berlin Theatre Owner / Operator
Irving Berlin's incredible songbook remains deeply engrained in the current musical landscape of the US, UK and beyond. Contemporary pop artists who have given their own stamp to his work include Lady Gaga, Bob Dylan, Gregory Porter, Rufus Wainwright, Billie Martin, Herb Alpert, Leonard Cohen, Paul McCartney, Michael Buble, Lily Frost, Sarah McLachlan and most recently Gwen Stefani on her 2017 Christmas album. His music continues to be widely featured in films, commercials and television shows. Lady Gaga sang "God Bless America" at 2017's Super Bowl Halftime Show, whilst Seth MacFarlane covered "Let's Face the Music and Dance" for animated ... read more
Bonnie Champion Associate Producer
Peter Cromarty Press Associate
Michael J. Frank Stage Manager
David Gropman Scenic Designer
Nels Hennum Fight Director
Gary Jones Costume Designer
Fran Kumin Casting
Ash / LeDonne Advertising
Chuck London Media Sound Designer
Tharon Musser Lighting Designer
The Kingwill Office General Manager
Stevie Phillips Producer
STEVIE PHILLIPS, author of Judy & Liza & Robert & Freddie & David & Sue & Me…, began her career traveling with Judy Garland on the way to becoming head of the theater and the motion picture departments of CMA (now International Creative Management) in New York. She represented Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Liza Minnelli, George Roy Hill, Bob Fosse, Cat Stevens, and David Bowie. Following her fifteen-year career in agenting, she began producing on Broadway and was involved with multiple award-winning theater productions - Doonesbury, Loose Ends, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Nuts, Open Admissions and ... read more
Paul Phillips Production Stage Manager
Paul Phillips is the Gretchen B. Kimball Director of Orchestral Studies at Stanford University. He is an award-winning conductor, composer, and pianist, and the author of "A Clockwork Counterpoint: The Music and Literature of Anthony Burgess." ... read more
Elinor Renfield Director
Ann Roth Costume Designer
Roth is a Carnegie Mellon graduate who began her career as a scenery painter for the Pittsburgh Opera. She intended to remain in the field of production design until she met Irene Sharaff at the Bucks County Playhouse. Sharaff invited her to California to assist her with costumes on the film Brigadoon and suggested Roth apprentice with her for five films and five Broadway productions before setting out on her own. Roth's first Hollywood film was 1964's The World of Henry Orient, where her designs included "monogrammed handmade yellow silk pajamas" for glamorous womanizer Peter Sellers. Roth next designed costumes for ... read more
Sam Rudy Press Associate
Rudy is a theatrical press representative who began his Broadway career as a press assistant for the 1979 play Strider. Since then, his Sam Rudy Media Relations has represented thirteen Broadway shows and many more off-Broadway productions, including Avenue Q and Hamilton. ... read more
Susan Sampliner Assistant to the General Manager
Meg Simon Casting
Martha Swope Production Photographer
Stewart Werner Sound Designer
Jon Wilner Advertising
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