Things We Want - Off-Broadway Creative Team

Broadway: Peter and The Starcatcher; Newsies; The Pee-wee Herman Show; Next Fall; Kiki and Herb Alive on Broadway. Other NYC credits include: Silence The Musical; Love, Loss, and What I Wore; Meet Vera Stark; Side Effects; A Lie of the Mind; Ordinary Days; Knickerbocker; Family Guys Sings; Jerry Springer The Opera; The Voysey Inheritance; The Internationalist; Almost, Maine; Streamers; Rufus Wainwright's Judy Concert at Carnegie Hall; and Jennifer Muller The Works. Jeff is a producer of Submissions Only. 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 In a career on both stage and screen spanning more than four decades, Ethan Hawke has received numerous accolades, including a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a British Academy Film Award and a Tony Award. Hawke made his film debut at age 14 in Explorers (1985) and gained wider recognition for his role as a student in Dead Poets Society (1989). During the 1990s, he established himself as a leading man with Ben Stiller's Reality Bites (1994), Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise (1995), Andrew Niccol's Gattaca (1997), and Alfonso Cuarón's Great Expectations ... read more Azar Kazemi is first-generation Persian American and a freelance director and educator based in Chicago. She directs socially-charged plays where the political and personal collide. Kazemi is an Equity Jeff-nominated director for her work on Rivendell Theatre Ensemble’s world premiere of MOTHERHOUSE by Tuckie White. For the 24/25 season, she directed a sold-out run of Sam Shepard’s A LIE OF THE MIND at Raven Theatre and Steep Theatre’s world premiere of HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE (AGAIN) by Omer Abbas Salem at Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theatre, which was named one of the top ten shows of 2024 by the Chicago Tribune. Kazemi received her ... 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). Mattie has designed costumes for opera, theater, film, musicals, dance, and print. Recent opera productions include the world premiere of David T. Little and Royce Vavrek's new work JFK at Fort Worth Opera and Opera de Montreal, LA CLEMENZA DI TITO at LA Opera , SATYAGRAHA at the Ekaterinburg State Opera and Ballet (Russia), DON GIOVANNI at the Norwegian Opera & Ballet (Oslo, Norway), I DUE FOSCARI for Theater an der Wien (Vienna, Austria), Palau des Artes (Valencia, Spain) and LA Opera, THE ORESTEIA for Bard Summerscape Festival, Eliogabalo for Gotham Opera (performed at the elusive NYC ... read more