Five Models in Ruins, 1981 - Off-Broadway Creative Team

Andre Bishop is a prominent figure in the world of theater, known for his work as a producer and artistic director. He was born in New York City in 1944 and grew up with a love of theater, attending productions on Broadway and Off-Broadway as a teenager. After graduating from Harvard University in 1967, Bishop began his career in theater as an assistant to the legendary producer Joseph Papp at the New York Shakespeare Festival. Bishop quickly rose through the ranks at the New York Shakespeare Festival, becoming the company's associate producer in 1973. During his time there, he worked on ... read more Lear deBessonet is the Founder of Public Works and Resident Director at the Public Theater. For Public Works, she has directed pageant-style musical adaptations of The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, and The Odyssey at the Delacorte, each featuring two-hundred New Yorkers from all five boroughs. AFSOON PAJOUFAR is a designer of stage and environment for play, opera, and live performance. She is based in NYC. Member: United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 Cha is from Manila, Philippines based in New York City. A lighting designer for theatre, opera, dance, environmental performance and on-site installations. Bartlett Sher is the Resident Director of Lincoln Center Theater, where his productions include Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady, J.T. Rogers' Oslo (Tony nomination), Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I (Tony nomination), Golden Boy (Tony nomination), Blood & Gifts, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Tony nomination), South Pacific (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards), Awake and Sing! (Tony nomination), and The Light in the Piazza (Tony nomination). He directed the recent Broadway productions of Fiddler on the Roof and The Bridges of Madison County (also Williamstown Theatre Festival), as ... read more Caitlin is a Brooklyn-based playwright whose work, including Five Models in Ruins, 1981, Black Escalade, Modern Swimwear, and When We Went Electronic, have been developed and produced with support from Lincoln Center Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New Georges, The Tank, The Lark, NYSCA, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The Jerome Foundation, the NYC Women’s Fund, and others. Her plays have been nominated for The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, The Bruntwood International Prize, The Princess Grace Award in Theater, and recognized as a four-time finalist for the National Playwrights Conference at The O’Neill. She has received commissions from ... read more