The Welkin - Off-Broadway Creative Team

dots is a design collective based in New York City specializing in designing environments for narratives, experiences and performances. Hailing from Colombia, South Africa and Japan, we are Santiago Orjuela-Laverde, Andrew Moerdyk & Kimie Nishikawa . We approach every project with diversity of thought and burning curiosity, and above all, we believe in the value of the whole being greater than the sum of its individual parts. www.designbydots.com ... read more 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 Palmer Hefferan is a sound designer and composer for theater, podcasts and new music. In 2019, she received a 2019 Obie Award for “Sustained Excellence in Sound Design.” Select New York credits include: BROADWAY: Grand Horizons, The Lifespan of a Fact; Select OFF-BROADWAY: Fefu and Her Friends (TFANA); Marys Seacole (Lincoln Center); Do You Feel Anger? (Vineyard Theatre); Merry Wives, Shipwreck, Wild Goose Dreams (The Public); The New Englanders, Sugar In Our Wounds, and Important Hats of the Twentieth Century (Manhattan Theatre Club); Something Clean, Bobbie Clearly (Roundabout Theatre); Nollywood Dreams, Seared, BLKS, Collective Rage, Charm, School Girls (MCC Theater); ... read more Crista Marie is a physical performance professional. She has been moving to express herself for more than twenty years. Her background is as a dancer and actor, she has parlayed both of those skills into circus by way of story-telling, She is known for her character development and technical skill. Her work has been featured in major motion pictures, off-broadway houses, national and international tours, corporate venues, and theme parks. She has performed alongside Tony and Obie award winning actors at the New York Theater Workshop, and has worked with The Hybrid Movement Company as a part of NYC summer-stage. ... 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 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