Jeffrey Richards
Jeffrey is proud to have presented plays and musicals by the following authors: David Mamet, Tracy Letts, Harold Pinter, Gore Vidal, August Wilson, Adam Rapp, Joshua Harmon, Eric Bogosian, George Abbott, Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, Herman Wouk, Betsy Kelso and David Nehls, Matthew Barber, Herb Gardner, Peter Ackerman, John Logan, David Ives, Jess Winfield, Adam Long, Daniel Singer, Will Ferrell, Noël Coward, Neil LaBute, Eugene O’Neill, Barry Humphries, Michael Feinstein, Christopher Durang, Lucy Prebble, Alex Timbers and Michael Friedman, David Henry Hwang, Frank Wildhorn, Don Black, Ivan Menchell, George and Ira Gershwin, Dorothy and Du Bose Heyward, Suzan Lori Parks, Edward Albee, Tennessee Williams, Marsha Norman, Jason Robert Brown, Robert Schenkkan, Lanie Robertson, Will Eno, George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart, Wendy Wasserstein, Hilary Mantel, Michael Poulton, A.R. Gurney, Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, John D’Agata, Jim Fingal, Will Aronson and Hugh Park. He is equally thrilled to have worked with the following directors: Joe Mantello, Daniel Sullivan, Anna D. Shapiro, David Cromer, Jerry Zaks, Kenny Leon, Michael Mayer, Trip Cullman, Kathleen Marshall, Leigh Silverman, Michael Wilson, John Rando, Jeremy Dobrish, Ethan McSweeny, Warner Shook, James MacDonald, Adam McKay, Neil Pepe, Terry Kinney, Diane Paulus, Robert Falls, Tina Landau, David Mamet, Rupert Goold, Michael Blakemore, Alex Timbers, Pam MacKinnon, Bartlett Sher, Bill Rauch, Sam Gold, Lonny Price, Scott Ellis and Michael Arden. He would like to acknowledge Primary Stages, the Signature Theatre (Washington, D.C), the Hartford Stage Company, the Roundabout Theatre Company, the Atlantic Theatre Company, the Public Theatre, the Huntington Theatre, the Manhattan Class Company, The Goodman Theatre, The La Jolla Playhouse, the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University, The Yale Repertory Theatre, the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Alliance Theatre and the Almeida Theatre, all of whom have originated many of the productions which he has been proud to bring to both off-Broadway and Broadway stages.
Irene Gandy, Press Agent/Producer
Irene Gandy is the only Black female press agent member of ATPAM (Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers) for over 50 years. She is a recipient of The Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre.
Working with Producer Jeffrey Richards for over three decades, she is a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer for The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, and was a producer for Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill starring Audra MacDonald. She was also co-producer with Voza Rivers of the National tour of South African musical Sarafina.
In 2008, she became the first female press agent to be immortalized with a Sardi’s caricature.
Patrick W. Jones
Patrick W. Jones is a producer on the upcoming Broadway revival of Ossie Davis’ comedy Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch, starring Tony Award winner Leslie Odom, Jr., and the projected Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. Last season, Jones was an Associate Producer on Pictures From Home, starring Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein, and Zoë Wanamaker, and Adrienne Kennedy’s Ohio State Murders, starring Audra McDonald. Previously, he assisted in the development and creation of the 2022 Tony nominated revival of American Buffalo starring Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell, and Darren Criss as well as Tracy Letts’ 2022 Tony nominated Best Play, The Minutes. A graduate of SUNY Geneseo, Jones has been involved in more than 15 industry readings and developmental workshops.
Brandon J. Schwartz
Brandon J. Schwartz is a multidisciplinary theatre professional originally from Montreal, Qc, currently serving as Associate Producer for the upcoming revival of Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch starring Leslie Odom, Jr. As a video producer, he has created original video content for Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including Camelot, Grey House, and Little Shop of Horrors. Schwartz has also contributed as a writer and video journalist to several theatre media outlets, including Broadway Briefing, Theatrely, and Broadway News. Schwartz holds a BA in Creative Industries from Toronto Metropolitan University.
Maia Kayla Glasman
Maia Kayla Glasman credits include the upcoming Broadway revival of Ossie Davis’ comedy Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch, starring Tony Award winner Leslie Odom, Jr.. She was involved with two Broadway plays last season: Pictures From Home, starring Nathan Lane, Danny Burstein, and Zoë Wanamaker, and Ohio State Murders, starring Audra McDonald. Since graduating from Wagner College with a BS in Arts Administration, Glasman has been an Associate Producer for numerous industry readings, developmental workshops, and has assisted Tony-winning producers on several Broadway productions.