LAURA CRONIN [CO-FOUNDER]

Prior to Brierpatch Productions, Laura Janik Cronin worked for over 12 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, 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 [CO-FOUNDER]

Scott has worked in theatrical management since 1999. Prior shows include Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Off-Broadway), 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.

Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from the University of Houston.