Squonk - Broadway Creative Team

Stephanie Klapper is an award-winning Casting Director and native New Yorker whose work is frequently seen on Broadway, off-Broadway, regionally, on film, television, and streaming media. She is the founder of Stephanie Klapper Casting, an Independent Casting Group, known for their limitless imagination and creativity on a wide range of projects all over the country and the world. Through her work on several committees with the Casting Society, Stephanie is helping to expand diversity, equity, and inclusion in the business as well as mentoring young artists and arts professionals. She is an adjunct professor with NYU’s New Studio on Broadway, a ... read more Martin Markinson, one of the leading Broadway producers and independent theatre owners of the past 50 years, died on Thursday, January 7th at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico surrounded by love. He was 89 years old. Arlena Markinson, his wife of 58 years who was with him when he died, confirmed that he succumbed to a long battle with cancer that spread through his body over the last two years. As the Broadway industry became more corporate towards the end of the last century with productions and theatres operated by conglomerates and large not-for-profit organizations, Martin "Marty" Markinson maintained and ... read more