CREATIVE TEAM

Jonathan Hogue (Book, Music, & Lyrics)

Jonathan Hogue is a producer, writer, and director with a passion for new work development and a deep love for parody and satire. Other Projects: Camp Nightmare and The Nations. Currently pursuing MFA in Theatre Management & Producing at Columbia University. Thanks to God, family, and Winona Ryder for the inspiration. 

Nick Flatto (Director)

Nick Flatto is stoked to return as Director of Stranger Sings! after helming the production last year! Credits include A Christmas Story (Big League); A Funny Thing…(Shakespeare Theatre Co.); South Pacific (Cape Playhouse); and Hairspray (Fulton Theatre). In honor of this production, Nick is donating to aliforneycenter.org, supporting homeless LGBTQ+ youth. 

Ashley Marinelli (Choreographer)

Mystic Pizza (Engeman Theater), Stranger Sings!: The Parody Musical (Players Theater, Broadway World’s “Best Off-Broadway Choreography Award”), The True and Unquestionable Account of Dr. Joseph Snodgrass (World Premiere, Players Club NYC), Dorothy Parker: The Musical (Off-Broadway), Once Uponzi Time (World Premiere, McCarter Theater), All Underdogs Go to Heaven (feature film with Brooke Shields), Techies (Kennedy Center CTF’s “Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Choreography” Award) and The Singularity Play (NYC Premiere). @alm433 

Michael Kaish (Music Supervision, Arrangements & Orchestrations)

Michael Kaish has been involved with Stranger Sings! since its first concert in 2018, and he is grateful to have been part of its journey at every step. His other credits include Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Broadway, La Jolla Playhouse, Norwegian Cruise Line) and the national tour of Jersey Boys.

Zachary Spiegel, CSA (Casting Director)

Zach couldn't be more thrilled to return to the upside down after casting last summer’s hit production of Stranger Sings! He splits his time as an Associate Casting Director with Jill Anthony Thomas/Anthony J. Kraus and Howard Meltzer in Los Angeles. Select credits include: Pretty Freekin Scary (Disney Channel), Side Hustle (Nickelodeon), Not Dead Yet (Pilot/ABC), and Unstable (Pilot/Netflix). Special thanks to Nick Flatto, Gregory Van Acker, Sloane at A3, and his entire family. He is a proud member of the Casting Society of America and the Television Academy. @zachary_spiegz

Walt Spangler (Set Designer)

Walt grew up in the 1980s. Broadway: Tuck Everlasting, A Christmas Story The Musical, Escape To Margaritaville, Desire Under The Elms, Hollywood Arms, Scandalous and the upcoming Pulitzer Prize winning play Between Riverside And Crazy. @waltspangler waltspangler.com

Matthew Solomon (Costume Designer)

Solomon's Tv credits include: Pose, Blue Bloods, Let The Right One In, Jesus Christ Superstar Live!, Live with Kelly and Ryan!. Live Entertainment Credits: Cocomelon, Hadestown, Halloween on Ice, A Bronx Tale, A Chorus Line and more. Solomon has worked at Manhattan Theater Club, Lincoln Center Theater, Fifth Avenue. Congratulations to Elizabeth and Michael!

Germán Martinez (Co-Sound Designer)

Germán Martínez is a NYC/NJ based Sound Designer. Germán is a Montclair State University alum (2018), and is the current Eastern Representative for the TSDCA (Theatrical Sound Designer and Composers Association). His work has been featured at: Williamstown Theatre Festival, MCC, American Repertory Theatre, Repertorio Español, GALA Hispanic, George Street Playhouse, Two River Theater, and Trinity Rep. Germán has made his recent Broadway debut on Into The Woods at the St. James, and is currently gearing up to work on his first Broadway Play, The Piano Lesson. He invites any like-minded artists to chat. You can keep up with his work on Instagram: @GermanTheSoundDesigner.

Jamie Roderick (Lighting Designer)

Off-Broadway: ¡Americano!, Disney's Winnie The Pooh, Emojiland, Midnight at the Never Get, Caesar & Cleopatra, Accidentally Brave, Red Roses Green Gold, The Woodsman, Afterglow. London: It Happened in Key West. Regional: Dennis DeYoung's Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The Bikinis! , Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, Midsummer, Macbeth, Hamlet. JamieRoderick.com

Brendan McCann (Props Supervisor)

Brendan McCann (he/him) is so thrilled to be working with Stranger Sings! at Playhouse 46! Off-Broadway: A Musical About Star Wars, The Marvelous Wonderettes. Other favorite design credits include Into the Woods, Cabaret, Shrek, and more. You can see more of Brendan's work on his website (www.bren-design.com) or Instagram @bren_bash

Feldshon Law, PLLC — Lee Adhemar G. Feldshon, Esq (Production Counsel)

Lee Adhemar G. Feldshon has practiced entertainment and corporate law since 1995, and is the founder of Feldshon Law PLLC.  In addition to having represented a Tony-award winning actor in connection with the Tony-award winning Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee as well as the New York Musical Theatre Festival since its 2004 founding, Lee represents producers, composers, bookwriters, lyricists, designers, directors, and other clients in the live theatrical industry. Some theater projects include Stranger Sings! The Musical Parody, Islander-A New Musical, Tribes, Mozart-The New Musical, Dangerous-A New Musical, Who's Your Baghdaddy? Or How I Started the Iraq War, Bloody, Bloody, Jessica Fletcher, Desperate Measures (2018 Drama Desk Awards for Original Music and Original Lyrics), Money Talks, Liberty: The Musical, Rooms, and others. He associate produced History of the Word.  He is also co-producing Austen's Pride: A New Musical of Pride and Prejudice. While Director of Legal Affairs and Business Development of the Radio City Entertainment division of Madison Square Garden, L.P., he worked on The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, A Christmas Carol, and Rockettes performances. As a Levine Plotkin & Menin associate, he worked on Rent (Broadway, touring), The Wild Party (Broadway), De La Guarda (Off Broadway), and other shows.  Lee is thrilled to be in the upside-down world.  Visit www.feldshonlaw.com for more information.