Blood From a Stone - Off-Broadway Creative Team

Recent Broadway: Aladdin, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, American Psycho, You Can't Take It With You. West End: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Let the Right One In. Television: "The Wiz Live!" and "Peter Pan Live!" In 2014 his work was featured at the Museum of Art & Design in New York. Chernick is head designer for J&M Special Effects in Brooklyn www.jmfx.net ... read more Scott Elliott is a renowned American theater director, who has directed over 70 productions in his career. He is the founder and artistic director of The New Group, a critically acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company. Elliott was born in 1960 in Ohio and grew up in a small town. He attended Ohio University where he studied theater and graduated in 1982. After graduation, he moved to New York City to pursue his passion for theater. In 1987, Elliott founded The New Group, which quickly became known for its edgy and provocative productions. The company has produced many successful plays including "Hurlyburly," "The Starry ... read more NY Theater credits include: Blast Radius (New York Times Critics's Pick, New York Magazine's Approval Matrix), Advance Man (Gideon Productions); Stinky Kids the Musical (Off-Broadway Alliance Award winner for Best Family Show), Uncle Pirate, Angelina Ballerina the Very Merry Holiday Musical (Vital Theatre Company); Pratfalls, Letter from Algeria, The Importance of Being Earnest (Ground UP Productions); This One Time in Last Chance, Wonderful World (The Attic); Elephants on Parade 2011, The Girl from Nashville (EBE Ensemble); The Women of Lockerbie (Stella Adler Studio); The Pinks (Gold No Trade); All Day Suckers (Fringe NYC); Cassandra’s Angel Book Tour & Musical (iTheatrics). ... read more Broadway: Rock of Ages, The Threepenny Opera, Barefoot in the Park, Good Vibrations. Recent: Uncle Vanya (CSC), Rock of Ages, Clay (LCT3), Scarcity (Atlantic), The Piano Teacher (South Coast Rep), Vigils (Goodman), Evil Dead the Musical (NYC and Toronto), Shout! The Mod Musical, Sive, The Field (Irish Rep), Once Around the Sun, Kiki & Herb: Coup de Theatre. The New Group: Mourning Becomes Electra, Rafta Rafta, Two Thousand Years, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Abigail’s Party, Hurlyburly, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Comedians. Faculty: Purchase College. ... read more Derek McLane received a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award Honour for his work on Moulin Rouge! The Musical. He has designed over 350 productions for Broadway, Off-Broadway, internationally and for TV. His over 40 credits include Burn This, The Parisian Woman, Anything Goes, The Price, Fully Committed, Beautiful, Ragtime, I Am My Own Wife and 33 Variations (Tony Award). He has designed the Academy Awards for six years (Emmy Award) and has designed four live musicals for NBC, including “Hairspray” (Emmy Award). ... read more Geoff Rich has been a theater and radio producer since the mid-1970's. His Broadway producing credits include Avenue Q (Tony Award, Best Musical, 2004) and Barefoot in the Park (2006). Geoff became Executive Director of The New Group in 2002 following a 22-year career in radio. As Executive Director of The New Group, he produced over 40 plays off-Broadway from 2002-13 including Avenue Q (2003), Aunt Dan and Lemon (2004), HurlyBurly (2005), Things We Want (2007), The Starry Messenger (2009), The Kid (2010), Russian Transport (2012) and The Jacksonian (2013). In 2014, Geoff received, ... read more Jason Sherwood is a 2017 Drama Desk Award and Lucille Lortel Award nominee for The View Upstairs. Recently his designs include an ongoing collaboration with Oscar and Grammy Award winner Sam Smith on TV appearances as well as Mr. Smith's upcoming world tour. His designs also include a stage adaptation of FROZEN for Disney, and many theatres including the Denver Center, Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Portland Center Stage, KC Rep, and Merrimack Rep, among others. ... read more