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HANNAH GADSBY (Writer, Performer) has been a comedian for nearly two decades, but it was in 2018 that the world took notice when their groundbreaking comedy special launched on Netflix and stopped the comedy world in its tracks.Nanette earned Hannah an Emmy, a Peabody, an Australian Academy Award, and the Most Outstanding Show awards at both the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe. Since then, Hannah has done two more solo stand-up comedy shows which toured the world–selling out houses across the USA, Australia andEurope, including the Sydney Opera House, the Royal Festival Hall, the Kennedy Center, the London Palladium and the Opera House at BAM. Hannah’s second Netflix special, Douglas launched in 2020, and their third, SomethingSpecial landed on Netflix in May 2023. Douglas was nominated for an Emmy and won an Australian AcademyAward as did Something Special. In 2022, they also managed to publish their New York Times Best Selling memoir,Ten Steps To Nanette in more than ten languages, chatted with the likes of Colbert and Fallon and hosted a gala at the Montreal Just For Laughs comedy festival. For Hannah's fourth special, recorded in London in 2023 and launched in 2024, they hosted and curated Gender Agenda, which was the first lineup show on Netflix to showcase exclusively genderqueer comedians from around the world.
JENNEY SHAMASH (Director) first worked with Hannah Gadsby on the fabled pre-Netflix run of Nanette in New York City and has subsequently produced all of Hannah’s work since 2019, during which time she’s earned an Emmy nomination and an Australian Academy Award. She has previously worked with several NYC institutions including Park AvenueArmory, Signature Theatre Company, the Irish Repertory Theatre, and PSNY, and collaborated on productions around the U.S. and internationally as a Producer, General or Company Manager with artists such as BeBe Winans, Monica Bill Barnes, Peter Sellars, Bill Irwin, Athol Fugard, Martha Clarke, Annie Baker, Charles Mee, Taryn Simon, and Ben Zamora, among many others.
OONA CURLEY they/them (Production Design) is an award-winning designer and creative producer for live events, immersive experiences, and the performing arts. Their work has been seen from the Edinburgh Fringe to Las Vegas to the East Village in New York City. Oona is a company member of Lightning Rod Special (creators of Underground Railroad Game and The Appointment). Member USA 829. MFA: NYU Tisch. BA: Brown University. www.oonacurley.com
LIBBY J'VERA she/her (Production Manager) Recent Productions: someone spectacular, Isabel, Oh Mary!, Rachel Bloom's Death, Let Me Do My Show, KATE, Alison Leiby:Oh God, A Show About Abortion, Just For Us, Mike Birbiglia:The New One, Turn Me Loose, and Rinse, Repeat. Resident Production Manager at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Very grateful to be a character in the Mike & Carlee Universe. www.libbyjvera.com
LEIGH LOTOCKI (Company Manager) Leigh Craven Lotocki is a creative strategist with over 10 years of experience in event production and entertainment management. Currently working as a company manager and interior design specialist, Leigh has previously produced cultural events in New York City and the Midwest, toured with productions across the U.S. and Canada, danced and choreographed professionally, and worked as a fabricator of large-scale sculptures.Since 2018 Leigh’s work in stage and company management has been supported by relationships with Performance Space New York, CPR - Center for Performance Research, WestBeth Entertainment, and more recently the Perelman Performing Arts Center PAC NYC.Past production credits include: Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, Professor Brian Cox’s Horizons North American Tour, Eddie Izzard at the Vineyard Theatre, THEM (Cochrane, Cooper, Houston-Jones), Available Light Theatre’s production of Merrily We Roll Along, HighBall Halloween and the Dublin Irish Festival, among others. More info at leighlotocki.com.
MADISON LANE she/her (Production Coordinator) is a New York-based stage manager and production manager. She has most recently worked with Mike & Carlee Productions on Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Show; Colin Quinn: Small Talk; Alison Leiby: Oh God, A Show About Abortion; and KATE. Other select credits include: someone spectacular (Signature Theatre); Pericles (Classic Stage/Fiasco Theater Company); Richard III (New York Classical Theatre);Corsicana (Playwrights Horizons); The Miser (Moliere in the Park); Wolf Play (Soho Rep); Terminus (New York Theatre Workshop). She believes that art has the power to change the world. Thank you for being here!
SINE DIGITAL (Digital Advertising) Since SINE launched in 2017, the company has become known for its transformative approach to performance marketing for live entertainment, sports, and many other sectors. SINE Digital believes audience reach can be transformed by applying data science to connect people to the experiences they love. Team: James Dale, Scott Lupi, Beth Watson, Max Miller, Tim Milne. sinedigital.com
GRAPEVINE PR (Press Representative) is an NYC-based theatrical PR firm founded by Molly Barnett and Chelsea Nachman. Together, they’ve spearheaded more than 40 campaigns for shows including Cole Escola’s Oh, Mary!, & Juliet, Alex Edelman’s Just For Us, along with the Tony Award-winning productions of Dear Evan Hansen, Kinky Boots, Beautiful and Fun Home (with DKC/O&M), among others. grapevine (which also includes press agent Amanda Marie Miller) has also worked with a wide range of theatrical talent from actors to directors, playwrights and composers. You can learn more at grapevineprny.com and @grapevineprny.
CARLEE BRIGLIA (Producer) is one half of Mike & Carlee Productions. Selected credits include Oh, Mary!, Kate Berlant’s KATE, Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Show, Alison Leiby: Oh God, A Show About Abortion, Alex Edelman: Just For Us, Colin Quinn's Small Talk, The Last Best Hope, Red State Blue State and Unconstitutional; Jacqueline Novak: Get On Your Knees, Nick Kroll and John Mulaney’s Oh Hello On (Off) Broadway, Jes Tom: Less Lonely, Chris Gethard: Career Suicide, Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend. Carlee lives in East Williamsburg (a real neighborhood) with her girlfriend and has recently weaned one of her two perfect cats off of anti-anxiety medication.
MIKE LAVOIE (Producer) is the remainder of Mike & Carlee Productions. Mike & Carlee were described as the people with “The Power To Propel Comedians to Netflix” in New York Magazine’s “The Most Powerful New Yorkers You’ve Never Heard Of” 2023 cover story and were featured in Variety’s 10 Broadway Stars to Watch for 2024. Mike enjoys PG Tips, pastries, Advil and lying down. mikeandcarlee.com
WHAT A QUOKKA (Producer) What A Quokka is Hannah's company. It is named after a marsupial that is always smiling. Hannah would love to be a quokka, but unfortunately, Hannah is wombat.
TOKEN EVENTS (Producer) Token Events is the biggest and most established Producer of live comedy in Australia. We put on shows in big cities and small towns all over Australia and increasingly in other parts of the world. We have been putting on shows in the Melbourne Comedy Festival since 1993 and routinely sell more than 300,000 tickets annually.
ABRONS ARTS CENTER Abrons Arts Center is a home for contemporary interdisciplinary arts in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. A core program of the Henry Street Settlement, Abrons believes that access to the arts is essential for a thriving city. Through performances, exhibitions, education programs, and residencies, Abrons mobilizes communities with the transformative power of art. https://www.abronsartscenter.org/ @abronsartscenter
woof! staff
Technical Director
Steven Brenman
Assistant Production Manager
Sophie Larin
Lighting Programmer
Evan Herman-Chin
Carpenters
Paul Birtwistle Lola Buncher
Jefferson Reardon Stephen Shore
Additional Production Coordinator
Cate DiGirolamo
Production Assistant
Eric Buron
Additional Production Assistants
Uladis Bautista Austin Kimbrell
Graphic Design
Barney Sullivan - Seeing Things
Website and Additional Graphic Design
Stephen Gilewski
Production Counsel
David Manella / Loeb + Loeb
House Manager
Lily Cole
Ushers
Kennedy Allen, Ariana Blaustein, Lee Donegan, Sam Lane, Charles Meckley, Maya Mccullough, NaFis, Kirsten Paswaldt, Tina Sieben, Caroline Wilkes
Driver for Hannah Gadsby
Santiago Morales
DIGITAL ADVERTISING
SINE Digital
James Dale Beth Watson
Scott Lupi Max Miller Tim Milne
Ella Wiseman
PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
grapevine public relations
Molly Barnett Chelsea Nachman
Amanda Marie Miller
PRESS REPRESENTATIVE FOR HANNAH GADSBY
ID PR
Kelly Bush Novak
Molly Kawachi Court Barrett
Amanda Pelletier
Sonia Hubbard Kristen Gorton
Chloe Forssell
UTA
Andrew Skikne Nick Nuciforo Ashley Hellberg
TOKEN EVENTS
Kevin Whyte Kathleen McCarthy
Natalie Bell Nathan Pettenon Daniel Anderson
Jess Rankin Austen Ljiljak
MIKE & CARLEE PRODUCTIONS
Carlee Briglia Mike Lavoie
Liv Rhodes
Soft Goods Provided by
Sew What?
Lighting Rentals Provided by
PRG
ABRONS ARTS CENTER STAFF
Vice President of Visual and Performing Arts
Ali Rosa-Salas
Director of Venue Operations and Rentals
Gerry Rincon
Studio and Theater Rentals Manager
Maassai Collier
Front Desk Coordinator
Hectoria Senchery
Audience Services Manager
Justin Faircloth
Visitor Experience Manager
Laty Smith
Associate Director of Production
Lauren Parrish
Interim Production Supervisor
Julia Perez
AV Specialist
Eryn Boden
Lighting Specialist
Romo Hallahan
Director of Arts Education and Community Engagement
Jamel Mims
Partnerships Manager
Nadia Misir
Associate Director of Education
Millie Kapp
Center Education Manager
Annaliese Rozos
Producing Director, Programming and Residencies
Harry Poster
Associate Producer, Programming and Residencies
Mary-Elizabeth Esquibel
Director of Marketing and Communications
Rina Ortega
Marketing and Communications Manager
Anzia Anderson
SPECIAL THANKS
Dad
Doug
Mum
My Siblings
Laurie Liss
Penë and Tim Rice
Jordan Barr and Kayla Hamil
Hal Sedgwick
Annie Maver
Sophie Hobbs
Addison Heeren
Scott Morfee and all the friends we made at the legendary Barrow Street Theater