Meet the Firm

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Eric William Morris
Ross Cellino

Broadway: King Kong, Coram Boy, Mamma Mia! Eric frequently collaborates with composer Joe Iconis, starring in Be More Chill (Original Cast Recording, Two River Theatre) Things to Ruin (OCR, 2nd Stage) and Bloodsong of Love (Ars Nova). TV/Film Include: “Fleishman is in Trouble”, “I Know What You Did Last Summer”, “Only Murders In The Building”,  “Mind Hunter”, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, and the recent feature film Pinball (Hulu). Other Theatre: Michael R Jackson’s White Girl In Danger (2nd Stage/Vineyard) Richard Greenberg’s The Perplexed (MTC) Songbird (59E59, Two River), The Ballad of Little Jo (OCR, Two River), The Last Goodbye, Dog & Pony (both at The Old Globe). Eric is also a play, screen, and songwriter. His album of original rock music, Do You Understand? is available on all streaming platforms. @theericwmorris

Noah Weisberg
Steve Barnes

Willy Wonka in the Broadway tour of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. BROADWAY: South Pacific, Enron, Elf, Legally Blonde. SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK: Two Gentlemen of Verona. TV: Quentin on Netflix’s “Super Pumped”, Danny Michael Davis on “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”, Brett on “Modern Family”, “The Neighborhood”, “Major Crimes”, “Law & Order”, “K.C. Undercover”, “Wisdom Of The Crowd”, “The Good Wife”, “iCarly”, “Franklin & Bash”, “Bad Teacher”, “Bones”, “New Normal”, “Cashmere Mafia”, “Love Monkey”, “Indoor Boys”. FILM: writer, director, actor in award winning Thank You Kindly and What’s Life Got To Do With It. EDUCATION: NYU, UCB, Second City. INSTAGRAM: @NoahWeisberg

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Barrett Riggins
Understudy

Barrett Riggins (he/him) is an actor, composer, and lyricist based in Brooklyn. The New York Times once called him "very funny". Thanks guys! Off-Bway: Harmony (Fritz), Summer Valley Fair (Guy). Regional: Asolo Rep, Cape Playhouse, The MUNY, TUTS. His scores include Helsinki (NAMT 2024) and The Panic of '29 (59E59). Barrett is a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and a proud graduate of the University of Michigan. @barrettadamriggins

Mike B. Breen
Playwright

Mike B. Breen is a writer and director from Cellino and Barnes’s hometown of Buffalo, New York. He wrote and directed his first feature film, Theatre People, this past spring and is currently in post-production. Previously, Mike worked in the Commissioner’s Office of Major League Baseball despite knowing nothing about baseball. 

David Rafailedes
Playwright

David Rafailedes is a bi-coastal (Hudson River/Detroit River) based writer, director and producer. He is a 2024 Sundance Screenwriter and Directors Lab Fellow and a dual degree student in the NYU Graduate Film program pursuing an MFA/MBA. Before graduate school, he was the digital department head on two Stephen Colbert-produced television shows. Rafailedes is the recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Production Grant and the Sundance Institute Sloan Fellowship. David has a wonderful wife and two toddlers, so he spends most of his free time saying “no” and “don’t.”

Wesley Taylor
Co-Director

Wesley Taylor is the co-Writer/Director of the Emmy-nominated “Indoor Boys” (Here TV), co-Writer/Director of “It Could Be Worse” (Hulu), and co-Writer/Director of the GLAAD-nominated feature film, Summoning Sylvia (Shudder/Prime). As an actor, Taylor is a Theatre World Award Winner, Chita Rivera Award Winner, and OCC nominee, originating three principal roles on Broadway. Extensive Regional and Off-Broadway. Select TV: last seen as 'Cliff Demeo' on Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” (SAG nomination-Best ensemble, IndieWire’s Top TV performances of 2023), and first seen as fan favorite 'Bobby' on 26 episodes of NBC's "Smash." BFA: UNCSA

Alex Wyse
Co-Director

Alex Wyse is the co-Writer/Director of the Emmy-nominated “Indoor Boys” (Here TV), co-Writer/Director of the GLAAD-nominated feature film, Summoning Sylvia (Shudder/Prime), co-Writer/star of off-Broadway’s A Commercial Jingle For Regina Comet, and Writer/star of the solo musical Picking Up Speed (both albums streaming everywhere.) As an actor, his credits include Broadway: Good Night Oscar, Waitress, Spring Awakening, Lysistrata Jones; Tour: Wicked; off-Broadway: Ride the Cyclone, Bare, Triassic Parq; TV: “Elsbeth,” “The Other Two,” “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Iron Fist,” “Masters of Sex,” “Bored to Death,” “Modern Family,” “Bold and Beautiful,” “NCIS: LA,” “Switched at Birth.” BFA: BU. 

Riw Rakkulchon
Scenic & Props

Riw (pronounced Ree-you) is a Set & Costume Designer, Animator and Chef from Bangkok, Thailand. He/They has worked at Yale Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, The Old Globe, Drury Lane Theatre, Asolo Rep, The Acting Company, 59E59, Edinburgh Fringe, Primary Stages, Hartford Stage, The Public Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music amongst others. Broadway Associate Set Design: Pass Over, &Juliet, Parade. Board member of WithAll, a non-profit Organization on a fight to end eating disorders. IG: @riwrdesign

Ricky Lurie
Costumes

Broadway Credits-  Harmony (co-design), Associate Designer: Oh Mary!, Anastasia, Is This a Room, Dana H, Ain’t No Mo, A Dolls House. Regional theaters and Dance companies including: Tuacahn, American Dance Machine 21, City Center Encores!,  Papermill, George Street Playhouse, The Old Globe, Courtland Rep, Geva Theater, The Hartford Stage Company, The Alliance, Kansas City Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Charlotte Ballet, American Ballet Theatre. www.RickyLurieDesigns.com

Aiden Bezark
Lighting

Aiden is a New York City-based lighting designer who’s recent credits include the premiere production of Walking with Bubbles (Lighting Design) at the AMT Theater, A Musical about Star Wars (Lighting Design) at the AMT Theater, A Midsummer Nights Dream (Lighting Design) at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Newsical (Lighting Design) at the AMT Theater, the premiere production of Mistresses: A New American Play (Assistant Lighting Design) at Theatre Row. aidenbezark.design  @aidenbezark

Chiara Pizzirusso
Sound

Chiara Pizzirusso is a NYC based sound designer and mixer. She can be found hiding behind various consoles at the back of many venues across the city. If you happen to find her, go say hi. Next project is Sex and the Abbey (The Brick).

Max Mueller
Original Music

Max Mueller is a Los Angeles based film composer and orchestrator. He has scored several short and feature films. Most recently, Max has scored the LGBTQ+ horror comedy Summoning Sylvia (2023), available on VOD on most major platforms. In September 2023, Max scored the short Dream, directed by Aaron Blaise (director of the 2003 Walt Disney Pictures animated feature Brother Bear). Max has also composed for Pixote Hunt (director of the 1994 Fox feature film The Pagemaster) and James Lopez, veteran Disney animator. As an orchestrator, Max has worked for such luminaries as concert violinist Sarah Chang, David Bowie collaborator Mike Garson, and Academy Award nominated composer David Newman on his scores for Girls Trip, Night School, and the Netflix adaptation of Green Eggs and Ham.

Rachael Geier
Hair & Wig

Rachael Geier is a Wig Designer and Wig Maker for Theater, Film/TV, Medical and Cancer wigs. Broadway Credits -  The Great Gatsby (co-design), Associate Designer: The Outsiders, Anastasia, The Wiz, The Who's Tommy, Death Becomes Her, The Cher Show, Lifespan of a Fact, The Band's Visit, Torch Song, Hamilton. Film/TV Wig Building: Russian Doll Season 2, Somebody Somewhere Season 2, Awkafina Is Nora From Queens Season 1, Mothers Instinct, The Good Nurse. Instagram: @Rachaelgeierwigs 

Allison Leah Hohman
Production Stage Manager

Allison is a proud AEA stage manager and lover of jazz, pizza, and a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Rogue Theater Festival, celebrating six consecutive years of presenting new works in New York City. Thank you to Eddie and her furballs Oliver and Berry at home and Joe Battista at the little theatre that could. Learn more at @roguetheaterfestival and @allisonleahhohman

Emily Katherine
Assistant Stage Manager

 Off Broadway credits include FIVE: The Parody Musical, Dracula A Comedy of Terrors, and more! A huge thank you to my friends and family for supporting my journey thus far; may we all be so lucky!

LDK Productions
General Manager

LDK Productions is a NYC-based theatrical general management and production firm founded in 2007 by Lisa Dozier Shacket. Select recent and upcoming credits: The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers, White Rose: The Musical, The Night of the Iguana directed by Emily Mann, Patrick Olson's Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem, Anthony Rapp’s Without You, Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground, Little Girl Blue, Katsura Sunshine’s Rakugo, Be More Chill, the immersive theatrical adaptation of the film Sideways, A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, A Letter to Harvey Milk. LDKProductions.com

Sarah Schetter
Production Manager

Sarah Schetter is an entertainment professional with over 20 years experience spanning live performance, film, events, photography, and education.  Recent credits include Technical Director for Dracula: A Comedy of Terror, The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers, Heartbeat Opera’s Eugene Onegin & Extinctionist, and Production Manager for Winesday: The Wine Tasting Musical.  For more, please visit sarahschetter.com.

Super Awesome Friends
Digital Marketing

Super Awesome Friends is a full service digital content and marketing agency dedicated to building strategic and meaningful social experiences that strengthen relationships with audiences. Current and recent highlights: Water For Elephants, Maybe Happy Ending, Our Town, N/A the Play, Left on Tenth, The Tony Awards, Annie national tour, Irving Berlin, Purlie Victorious, Spamalot, Company, Girl From The North Country, American Buffalo, and many more.

Geoff Josselson, CSA
Casting Director

Broadway: Into the Woods (Artios Award), Sweeney Todd, Spamalot, The Velocity of Autumn. Off-Broadway: Kinky Boots, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Altar Boyz, Southern Comfort, Yank!  Select Regional and Off-Broadway Theatre companies: Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, The Civilians, Irish Repertory Theatre, Kennedy Center, The Old Globe, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Rep of St. Louis, Seattle Rep, Signature Theatre, South Coast Rep, Studio Theatre, and the York Theatre.

Arthouse
Digital Advertising

ARTHOUSE is a full-service agency that brings inspired design to digital marketing. We are a team of digital strategists, media specialists and designers who believe that today's brands need more than an audience to succeed online; they need a following. We work with our clients to create online advertising and marketing content that is beautiful, strategic, and seamlessly built on their brand, converting users into active and engaged customers.

Table 7 Strategy
Ticketing Sales & Strategy

Table 7 Strategy offers a wide range of consulting services to serve a variety of clients mainly in live entertainment. Clients include Boop, Left on Tenth, La Mirada Theatre, The New Group Pixar Putt, New York City Children’s Theater, IRL Movie Club, Batsu, Distant Thunder, La Egoista, 44: The Obama Musical, Last Call, The Journals of Adam and Eve, The Civility of Albert Cashier, Particle Fever: The Musical, Grey House, and How To Dance in Ohio.

Derrick Weishaar
Creative Consultant

Derrick Weishaar is a designer and art director with over a decade of experience in the worlds of live entertainment, attractions, and destination advertising. His career spans from designing for Broadway and Off-Broadway productions to well-known tourism campaigns across the country. Thanks to Mitch and Max for their pursuit and for convincing him to join this brilliant team with the determination of the original billboard ambulance chasers. derrickweishaar.com

Broadway Plus
Group Sales

Broadway Plus is the first and only company dedicated to providing Official VIP experiences for Broadway, with an extensive range of offerings including a group sales agency, VIP ticket access, backstage tours, star meet-and-greets, and custom event planning. For discounted groups of 8 or more, broadwayplus.com or contact groupsales@broadwayplus.com

Our Time Influence
Influence Marketing

Our Time Influence is an NYC-based influencer marketing agency for Broadway and beyond founded by Carly Heitner. Our Time Influence has spearheaded campaigns for many shows and theaters including most recently: The Great Gatsby, Wicked, MJ the Musical, Suffs, MCC Theater and many more! They are beyond excited and grateful to be involved with this hilarious show! Follow @ourtimeinfluence for more.

Mix & Match Productions
Producers

Mix & Match Productions is led by Maxwell Beer and Mitch Marois. Projects in development include Marcel on the Train (starring Ethan Slater), The Retreat, Cellino v. Barnes, and co-producers of Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway. Individually, Max is the Associate Producer of Hendel Productions, is a Co-Executive Producer and an Engineer on the GRAMMY-nominated world premiere cast recording of Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s Some Lovers, and is the recipient of the 2023-2024 Prince Fellowship for Creative Producing in association with Columbia University. Mitch is the Managing Director of Hendel Productions and has previously served as the Director of Marketing and Sales for the New London Barn Playhouse, and is the founding Associate Producer of JAG Productions in Vermont.

David Pochapin
Co-Producer

is excited to be making his Off-Broadway debut as a Producer. David first saw Cellino v. Barnes at The Bell House in 2021 and immediately knew this show was destined for Off-Broadway. His past credits include Lead Producer of Cellino v. Barnes at ChaShaMa Theater and Executive Producer of the upcoming feature film, Theater People. David would like to thank his family and friends who have supported the meteoric growth of Cellino v. Barnes. Without you all, this wouldn’t have been possible.

Cameron Koffman
Co-Producer

Making his Off-Broadway debut. He was a lead producer of Cellino v Barnes' showcase production at ChaShaMa in 2023 and originally saw the show at the Bell House in 2020. He's an Executive Producer of the upcoming feature Theater People. Cameron expresses his gratitude to his family and friends for their support in the production's exciting rise.

Rohit Gopal
Co-Producer

Rohit Gopal is a New York native and graduate of the University of Michigan Musical Theatre program. He currently works as an actor in the city and serves as a Co-Producer for Cellino v. Barnes. With a deep-rooted passion for storytelling and a strong background in theatre, Rohit is thrilled to help bring this hilarious production to life.

Katherine Brown
Co-Producer

Katherine Brown is thrilled to have Cellino v Barnes as her first Off Broadway co-production. As a Patron at the Metropolitan Opera and a frequenter of NY theater, she is excited to increase her support of the arts by joining the CvB team. Katherine is also an Assistant Principal with NYC Public Schools and a former ski instructor at Mt Snow.

Ruth Hendel
Co-Producer

Ruth is delighted to be a part of Mix & Match’s Cellino v. Barnes. Currently on Broadway: Stereophonic (Tony Award), Illinoise, and Job.  Upcoming: Maybe Happy Ending, Buena Vista Social Club and gypsy.  London’s West End:  An Enemy of the People and Romeo and Juliet with Tom Holland.  Select credits: FELA!, on Broadway, London’s National Theatre and a global tour; Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Band’s Visit.  In Development: Monsoon Wedding, A Walk on the Moon, Devil’s Arithmetic, Judgement Day and Fountain.

Jeffrey Morse
Co-Producer

Jeffrey Morse is a producer & writer based in NYC. His experience includes roles at Studio Theatre, Signature Theatre, and Jujamcyn Theatres. He spent five years at Jean Doumanian Productions working on productions including Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen, Off-Broadway’s Nassim, and various tv/film projects. In 2022 he produced the world premiere reading of The In-Between for EAT's New Works Festival and is currently developing projects for stage and screen. As a writer, his play Boys Trip was a 2023 Austin Film Festival Stage Play Semi-Finalist. Jeffrey is a member of the Dramatist Guild and a proud Pace University alum.

Caitlin Berg
Co-Producer

Caitlin Berg decided to produce theater instead of studying for the LSAT. Other: Suffs (Tony nomination).

AsylumNYC
Venue

Asylum NYC offers live theater, comedy and nightlife productions as well as the perfect spot for corporate meetings and private events. Asylum NYC features a relaxing and timeless bar as well as a VIP room, the Lenny Bruce, that must be experienced. The Maisel hallway is not only a perfect Instagram photo opp but also is the location where the last episode of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” was shot. For more information, please email Bob@asylumnyc.com

STAFF FOR CELLINO V. BARNES

MIX AND MATCH PRODUCTIONS
Maxwell Beer and Mitch Marois


GENERAL MANAGEMENT

LDK PRODUCTIONS

Lisa Dozier Shacket
Michael Shannon

Logan DeWitt, Mike Mroch, Amanda Nicastro, Paul Bakey, Mimi Mgawe, Lindsey Davis


DIGITAL MARKETING

SUPER AWESOME FRIENDS

Jim Glaub
Crystal Chase

Rebecca Prowler, Jason Zammit, Kate Noonan, Carol Hartsell, Mo Brady, Daniela Leguisamo, Kurt Firla, Ethan Lindhout, Amber Owens Moscinski, Charnele Gomez


DIGITAL ADVERTISING

ARTHOUSE

Sara Fitzpatrick

Marc Mettler, Travis Moser, Brandon Stansell, Chris Pacileo, Yael Matlow, Kat Largent, Alex Mecklosky



TICKET SALES & STRATEGY

TABLE 7 STRATEGY

Victoria Cairl

Mark Scoff, Dana Liu, Jeff Tracy, Grant Allen, Christopher Vernon, Jim Cairl



PRESS REPRESENTATIVE

PRINT SHOP PR

Matt Ross
Nicole Capatasto

Claire Wojciechowski, Sarah Sgro, Liz Lombardi,
Grace Walker



GROUP SALES

BROADWAY PLUS

Corey Steinfast

Hillary Nicoll Gelfand, Scotty Lockwood


INFLUENCER MARKETING

OUR TIME INFLUENCE

Carly Heitner

Production Stage Manager
Allison Leah Hohman

Assistant Stage Manager
Emily Katherine

Production Manager
Sarah Schetter

Technical Director
Jeremiah Dude

Associate Scenic Designer
Shivanna Sooknanan

Production Videographer
Eddie Sanchez

Production Photographer
Marc Franklin

Production Counsel
Nathan Sheffield
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Bookkeeper
LDK Productions
Mike Mroch

Insurance
Risk Strategies
Dewitt Stern Entertainment
Anthony Pittari

Banking
City National Bank
Eric Piecuch, Roberto Larrinaga-Yocom

Payroll
Checks and Balances

Credits

Rehearsed at CAM Studios. Additional lighting by PRG. Video Creation by Alex Wyse and Wesley Taylor. Costume Tailored by Erin Roth and Bobby Person. Costume Crafts by Natalie Loveland and Jess Gersz.

THE ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS EMPLOYED IN THIS PRODUCTION ARE MEMBERS OF ACTORS EQUITY ASSOCIATION, THE UNION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES