The Total Bent - Off-Broadway Creative Team

Stew is a critically acclaimed (i.e., "broke") singer songwriter currently looking for an affordable two-bedroom place in the Bay Area. He is the founder and leader of THE NEGRO PROBLEM (TNP), a cheerful pop rock combo of note from Los Angeles, the future cultural capital of the world... [insert loud coughing sound] ... read more MTC: The Portuguese Kid; The Country House; The Assembled Parties; Accent On Youth; Come Back, Little Sheba; Shining City; Collected Stories; The American Pilot; Moonlight and Magnolias. Broadway: Harvey, A Life in the Theatre, The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Other recent designs include Noura (STC); The Total Bent (The Public); Constellations (Seattle Rep). Awards: BACC, Lortel, AUDELCO Viv. TV and other: HBO, Nickelodeon, Discovery, History Channel, Bravo, A&E, The Learning Channel and Fisher-Price toys. ... read more Cookie Jordan is a multi-talented actress, singer, and dancer who has made a name for herself in both stage and screen. She was born and raised in New York City, where she began her career in the arts at a young age. Her passion for performing led her to pursue a degree in theater at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Jordan made her Broadway debut in the original production of "Dreamgirls" in 1981, where she played the role of Effie White. Her powerful vocals and emotional performance earned her critical acclaim and a Tony Award nomination for Best ... read more Credits: Royal Shakespeare Company, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, Roundabout, New York Theater Workshop, Lincoln Center Theater, The Public, Signature, English National Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Festival d'Aix en Provence, New York City Opera, San Francisco Opera, Saarlandisches Staatstoper, Australian Opera, Opera de Montreal. With Sam Gold: Othello, Look Back in Anger, Picnic, Uncle Vanya, The Aliens, The Mystery of Love and Sex, Threepenny Opera, Edward II, The Three Birds, and The Maids. Awards: Princess Grace, Olivier Award (Best New Opera Production, Partenope, ENO, dir. by Christopher Alden), 2011 Prague Quadrennial. Head of Stage Design at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. ... read more Neumann's work has been seen in An Octoroon and Futurity (Soho Rep), Underground Railroad Game (Ars Nova), Hagoromo (Wendy Whelan, Jock Soto) and Home (BAM), The Antipodes (Signature Theatre). He has been a collaborator and performer with Laurie Anderson, Big Dance Theater, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Doug Elkins. As a director, he has worked on The Object Lesson (NYTW, BAM). Recipient of three Bessie Awards for dance/performance, nominee for two Lucille Lortel and one Helen Hayes Award for choreography. ... read more