Our Company
Mickey Gooch, Jr
a New York–based actor, producer, and writer working across theatre, film, and television. As a producer, he was part of the producing team on The Trial of the Chicago 7, the Academy Award–nominated and Golden Globe–winning film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. He also served as a co-producer on the Broadway musical The Heart of Rock and Roll, which ran in Spring 2024.
Across his work on stage and screen, Gooch brings an actor’s sensibility to producing and a producer’s perspective to performance, with a focus on character-driven storytelling grounded in lived experience, vulnerability, and humor.
Playwright
Sam Lafrage
An award-winning director, writer, and Artistic Director of Ragtag Theatre Company. His productions of Rapunzel and Cinderella have toured the East Coast, with Cinderella winning the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Family Show after a sold-out run. Time Out New York hailed it as “New York’s most over-the-top take on Cinderella!” while Out Magazine called it “A Must-See.” Both Rapunzel (OBA nominee) and Cinderella (OBA winner) ran Off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse, McGinn/Cazale Theater, and Theatre Row, and have since been produced by eleven companies and universities in five states. Sam is currently the director of the Off- Broadway hit Slam Frank, which Ben Brantley of The New York Times called “the most important new show around.”
Director
Music Arranger and CopyistBryan Blaskie
A composer, music director, and orchestrator from Pickerington, Ohio. His original music has been featured on RuPaul’s Drag Race and has been performed across the US with organizations such as American Opera Projects and Lincoln Center. His musical Assistants ran Off-Broadway after winning Best World Premiere Musical in LA, and his opera Outside premiered at NYC's historic Stonewall Inn. Select Music Direction/Music Team: Titanique (Broadway, Off-Broadway, Basement of a Gristedes), Exorcistic, Charlotte’s Web. Bryan is a two-time O'Neill NMTC semifinalist and the recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Music Direction.
ChoreographerNico DeJesus
A New York–based performer, dancer, and choreographer whose credits span Broadway, television, and film. Off-Broadway Choreography credits include "Lewberger and the Wizard of Friendship," "The Substance," and "Slam Frank."
Costume DesignerSarah Lockwood
A graduate of the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, where she earned her BFA in Costume Design. She is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 (Costume Design & Styling) and IATSE Local 764 (Wardrobe).
Costume design credits include Slam Frank (Off-Broadway). Film and television credits include the Jharrel Jerome Rap Pack short film, Desus & Mero (Showtime), and Wild ’N Out (MTV). She has also worked on Broadway as a dresser on Hell’s Kitchen, The Lion King, and Funny Girl.
instagram: @sarah_lockwood
Lighting DesignerCoby Chasman-Beck
A New York-based designer whose work around the world includes Theater, Opera, Dance, Fashion, TV/Film, and Museum exhibitions. His international work extends to such countries as Canada, China, the Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, and Poland. Broadway work on Tootsie, Kiss Me Kate, Hello Dolly!, In Transit, She Loves Me, Time and The Conways, Death of A Salesman, Betrayal (Associate). Off-Broadway/Regional: Princess Ivona, Mutant Olive, You're a Good Man CharlieBrown, Peter Pan, Godspell, Footloose, Mary Poppins, and Sophisticated Ladies. Member United Scenic Artists Local 829