THE CREATIVE TEAM
GORDON FARRELL (Producer/Playwright)
Working with contributing authors Mollie Heckerling, Lynn Wells, Elle X. and Holly X., Gordon Farrell was honored to help these women put their stories on the stage. Farrell holds an MFA in Playwriting from the Yale School of Drama. His play, "The Lifespan of a Fact," was produced by eight-time Tony winner Jeffrey Richards, co-authored with Jeremy Karegen and David Murrell, and starred Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones and Bobby Canavale. It made Variety's List of Ten Best Plays of 2018, the New Times Critics' Pick and the Boston Globe's Critics' Pick, and is currently being performed across North America and in countries around the world.
In 2023, the Broadway reading of his play "Navigators" set the New York theater buzzing. Directed by Mark Brokaw, starring Broadway legend Austin Pendleton and Tony Award winner Santino Fontana.
TATIANA GELFAND (Concept and Development/ Contributing Author)
Gelfand conceived and co-created "Girls Who Walked on Glass”, following a decade-long collaboration with Gordon Farrell, restructuring the original monologue play as an immersive theater experience. Gelfand was trained by and served as assistant director to international director, Carlo Magaletti, both Off-Broadway and in Europe. In San Francisco, she directed numerous productions at the Playwrights' Center, and the Mojo Theater, including “No Exit”, as well as serving on the literary committee at Cutting Ball Theater. Gelfand was the first visiting artist at Alleyway Theatre in Buffalo invited to direct her own play, "Scotch and Madness." She was chosen for an SDC Observership several years in a row, and for the Director’s Lab West in Pasadena, CA..
KURT ROEDIGER (Director)
Kurt Roediger returns to Girls Who Walked on Glass at the directorial helm. In 2022, He co-directed and oversaw all performances of this complex and fast moving experience. He most recently directed Sean Lynch’s Wildfire Dogs and was assistant director for Kelly Barrett-Gibson’s Reading Between the Lies, which he also acted in at the Rhinebeck Center for the Performing Arts. Kurt has also directed for Love Creek Productions and Production Workshop. He is a veteran NYC actor who has appeared in numerous shows, both in NYC and regionally. Kurt is a founding member of and sits on the artistic board of Endangered Artist Sanctuary. He is a graduate of Brown University and has trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
CHELSEA LeSAGE (Co-Director, Producer and Featured Artist)
LeSage is the cofounder of both CL Squared Productions and Golden Grand Piano in New York. An actor/model/director/producer, she has toured internationally as Shakespeare’s “Henry V” and has modeled for brands such as Sephora, Cover Girl, and Venus, among others. She is known for her role as Julie in Amazon Prime’s “21st Century Demon Hunter,” is playing The Nameless in the upcoming “Bishop’s Cove,” and Jo in the upcoming “Devour.” In the past she has assayed Lady Macbeth in “Macbeth,” The Witch in “Into the Woods” and the title role in Hamlet. LeSage returns to the role of Katrina in the first major New York production of "Girls Who Walked on Glass" as well as co-directing alongside Kurt Roediger.
RAY RECHT (Scenic Designer)
Veteran Broadway designer, Ray Recht, joins the "Girls Who Walked on Glass" team bringing decades of design experience and a visionary approach to the show. On Broadway, Ray designed "The Flowering Peach," "Trick," "Slab Boys," and "The Babe," among others. He designed over 20 Off-Broadway productions, such as "Collected Stories," "Marc Salem’s Mind Games," "Mrs. Klein" as well as sets for the Drama Desk Awards Shows, numerous major national commercials, and Saturday Night Live comedy sketches. Trained at The Yale School of Drama under the legendary Ming Cho Lee, Ray is now a tenured Professor of Theatre Design at Marymount Manhattan College and a proud member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829, I.A.T.S.E.
ANDREA CANACCI (Managing Director)
Andrea joined the team for "Girls Who Walked on Glass" in 2019 during the early months of planning our New York City Production, traveling between three states to keep the project alive through its many COVID stops and starts. She was trained at the Disney College Program and took her first management assignments at Disney World Resort. She was a producer and production manager for Star Group at Cipriani in New York City for five years, and is also the event planner and coordinator at Sage Meadows Barn in Culver, Indiana, where her family and fiancé live.
SHARON ELLMAN (Press Representative)
Sharon is the founding partner of Momentum Media. She is a veteran public relations executive with over 20 years of experience. She was a former Vice President of Media Relations at Rubenstein Public Relations and a Founding Partner of Dash Media, with British public relations expert, David Owen. Sharon joined Red Productions Events in 2022, serving as press agent for our New York City showcase of "Girls Who Walked on Glass." More recently she was pess agent for "Alice Again" at Trinity Theatre in New York, and the Broadway industry reading of "Navigators" which was directed by Mark Brokaw, starring Austin Pendleton, Santino Fontana and Brooke Bloom.