Biographies

Jessa Nicole Pollack (Assistant Stage Manager) –  NYC: Billy Witch, The Secret Garden (APAC), Chekhovek (ArcLight), Friends and Relations (June Havoc Theatre), Langston in Harlem (Urban Stages), Reasons to be Pretty, Spain (MCC), First Prize (kef), Mimi le Duck (with Eartha Kitt), Prophecy (with Kathleen Chalfant). Workshops and Readings include The Black Suits (MCC), Guess Who’s Coming to Seder (York), Red Clay (NAMT), Tina Girlstar (Olympus Theatricals), Big Fat Cat (New York Theatre Barn), By The Numbers (TRU), and Island Song (kef/Libra). Other New York credits include the Drama Desk Awards, Nightlife Awards, Broadway Backwards, Picking Palin (2010 NY Fringe Festival), and The Late Show with David Letterman. Graduate of Indiana University.

The Pekoe Group (marketing & advertising) is a full-service advertising and marketing agency for theatrical events and attractions, specializing in niche marketing and tailor-made strategic campaigns based on each event’s target demographic. Clients include Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square, Forbidden Broadway, Women of Will, Mint Theater Company, Second Stage Theatre, I Love Lucy Live on Stage, How 2 B a New Yorker, All the Rage, Brooklyn Botanic Garden and more. www.thepekoegroup.com.

Production Core (production supervisor) lends support and guidance to theater companies that produce high quality theatrical performances and need direction/support on the collaboration, planning and execution of the production process. The Production Core team is James E. Cleveland, Jared Goldstein, Adrian White, David Upton, Taylor Michael, Scott Andrews, Josh Morgan, Ron Grimshaw, Chasmin Hallyburton, Julie Shelton and Sarah Payson. Current projects include Old Jews Telling Jokes at The Westside Theatre, Emotional Creature at The Signature Theatre, My Name Is Asher Lev at The Westside Theatre, Forever Dusty at New World Stages, Passion at The Classic Stage Company and Divorce Party The Musical tour. www.productioncore.net.

Since 1994 the team at Studio Two has been creating bold brands for institutions in the northeast and around the nation. With offices in Western MA and Miami FL, Studio Two focuses on an analytical design process that builds strong, growth-oriented brand strategies for institutions and businesses. Studio Two specializes in managing the full spectrum of design and marketing clients, with long-standing, successful relationships withmany growing organizations. Currently Studio Two hosts a staff of ten full-time designers, web programmers, branding specialists and SEO/SEM managers. Studio Two provided core brand and identity development for Women of Will as well as original photography, illustration and web design. Studio Two is the agency of record for Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA. More information at studiotwo.com.