BRIERPATCH PRODUCTIONS is the partnership of Laura Janik Cronin and Scott Newsome providing general management services for theatrical productions and events. Off-Broadway: Handle With Care (Westside Theatre); Grounded (Winter 2014@ Walkerspace); Tennessee Williams’ The Two Character Play (New World Stages); iLuminate: Artist of Light (New World Stages); Sleeping Rough (The Wild Project); Triassic Parq (Soho Playhouse); 7th Monarch (Acorn Theatre); Lidless (Walkerspace) Balls: The Musical (Lyon Theatre);Tales From The Tunnel (Bleecker Street Theatre); The Road To Qatar! (The York Theatre); Glimpses of The Moon (The Oak Room); Out of Town/Touring: Frog Kiss (Virginia Stage January 2013; Broadway 2014); Rest, In Pieces (Glens Falls, NY); Wallenberg-The Musical, Renovations, and That Time of The Year (White Plains Performing Arts Center 2010-2011 Mainstage Season); Showcase Productions: A Thick Description of Harry Smith (Page 73) Kiki Baby and The Brain that Wouldn’t Die In 3D! (both NYMF 2011) Comm Comm (Page 73); Boomers (MITF 2011); The Toymaker (NYMF 2009); Marrying Meg (NYMF 2009); Frog Kiss (NYMF 2010); Shine! Under Development: Moon in the Sea; First Kids; Enchanted April, the Romantic Musical Comedy; Damage Control; Unexpected Joy; Lord Tom; and A Little Travelin’ Music. Ongoing annual management of The Actors’ Studio Drama School MFA Repertory Season (2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014 seasons). Individual Prior Experience:
Laura Janik Cronin worked for over 16 years in theatrical management on and Off-Broadway, including The Lion King, Chicago, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, August: Osage County, November, The Look of Love, Jackie Mason: Prune Danish, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Triumph of Love, Hamlet with Ralph Fiennes, Beauty and the Beast, How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (First National Tour); Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well...,Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell, 25 Questions For A Jewish Mother, Don’t Quit Your Night Job, and My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m in Therapy. Laura has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Mount Holyoke College, and holds a Masters of Fine Arts degree in theater management from the Yale School of Drama. Scott Newsome has worked in theatrical management for over 12 years including the shows Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Gorey Details, Dinner With Friends, Menopause The Musical, Harmony, Once Around The Sun, I Love You Because, Shout! The Mod Musical, My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish, and I’m In Therapy, and Fuerza Bruta.
