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STAFF:

Scott Elliott, Artistic Director
Scott is the founding artistic director of The New Group, where he has directed and produced many plays including David Rabe's Hurlyburly (won a Lucille Lortel award and four nominations / four Drama Desk nominations), Wallace Shawn's Aunt Dan and Lemon, Trevor Griffith's Comedians, Deborah Brevoort's The Women of Lockerbie, Mike Leigh's Smelling a Rat, Goose-Pimples (three Drama Desk nominations), and Ecstasy (OBIE and SSDC's Calloway Award), Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw, Ayub Khan-Din's East is East, Rob Urbinati's Hazelwood Jr. High, Stephen Bill's Curtains (OBIE), and Ed Cachianes' Andrew After Dark. His Broadway credits include Noel Coward's Present Laughter, and with the Roundabout (where Scott is an Associate Artist), Clare Booth Luce's The Women (also filmed for PBS), and Chekhov's Three Sisters. Other credits include Christopher Kyle's The Monogamist (Lucille Lortel award and Drama Desk nomination), the American premiere of Arthur Miller's The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, Jon Robin Baitz's The End of the Day, and Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman's Kiki & Herb: Coup de Théatre. He directed the feature film based on Jane Hamilton's novel, A Map of the World, starring Sigourney Weaver and Julianne Moore (National Board of Review award for excellence in independent filmmaking).

Geoff Rich, Executive Director
In 2002, Geoff became Executive Director following a 20-year career in network radio. In 1984, he co-founded Radio Today, an independent radio syndication company. In 1998, ABC bought Radio Today and Geoff became Executive Vice President of Programming for ABC Radio Networks. His radio production credits include Flashback, Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40, Walter Cronkite's Twentieth Century, The Matt Drudge Show, Bob Brinker's Moneytalk and The Dr. Laura Program. In 2000, Geoff founded New York Gothams Youth Baseball, a non-profit youth sports organization. A graduate of Princeton University (1978), Geoff is the President of the Board of Trustees for the Princeton Summer Theater company.

Oliver Dow, Managing Director, Development
Oliver Dow joined The New Group after serving for three years as Executive Director of the LAByrinth Theater Company. He has over 12 years experience in management including three self-owned businesses and seven not-for-profit organizations. Mr. Dow co-founded O&D Productions, a service organization funded entirely through corporate sponsorship, to meet the needs of emerging young fashion designers for subsidized marketing and promotion. The not-for-profit organizations Mr. Dow has worked for include the Newport International Film Festival, Friends of Sky Rink, LifeBeat Aids Foundation and Ice Hockey in Harlem. Mr. Dow also served as the Festival Producer for the Nantucket Film Festival and holds a BFA in Drama from New York University.

Ian Morgan, Associate Artistic Director
Ian has been with The New Group since 1999, developing and directing new work, and running the New Group (naked) second stage series and the New Group/New Works play development program. He also supervises and directs Life Stories, the New Group ensemble for New York City high school students. For The New Group, he has directed Critical Darling by Barry Levey, A Spalding Gray Matter by Michael Brandt, and the Drama Desk-nominated The Accomplices, by Bernard Weinraub. Recent productions also include Progress by Matei Visniec (Immigrants Theatre Project at HERE); Ham Lake by Nat Bennett and Sam Rosen, and The Toad Poems by Gerald Locklin and George Carroll (both at the Soho Playhouse); Ethnic Cleansing Day by Brett Neveu (The Production Company at the Kraine); Missing Time by Michael Brandt (Breedingground at CSV); and the 24 Hour Plays at the Lucille Lortel and the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway. He has also directed and workshopped new work at the Atlantic, Center Stage, the O'Neill, the Public, Rattlestick, New York Theater Workshop, New Dramatists, and Ensemble Studio Theatre. Ian previously worked as a director and dramaturg in Minneapolis, where he was a literary manager at The Playwrights' Center.

Elisabeth Bayer, General Manager
Elisabeth holds a BA in Economics from Barnard College/Columbia University. Her thesis examined government support of the performing arts, focusing on non-profit theater in the United States as a case study. As Business Manager of The Splinter Group, she worked on projects such as Christine Jorgensen Reveals (Drama Desk Award), Apparition, Confessions of a Mormon Boy, Gutenberg! The Musical!, and the 2006 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Elisabeth has also worked at The New Victory Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, The Road Company, and Manhattan Ensemble Theatre.

Cristina Galeano, Director of Special Events & Individual Giving
Cristina has a career that spans all aspects of the entertainment industry. She began in music working for 2 major record labels, Atlantic Records and Dreamworks. There she worked with artists including Kid Rock, Jewel, Matchbox 20, Sugar Ray, Nelly Furtado, Papa Roach, and Buckcherry. From there Cristina moved on to Live Concert promotion and production with Metropolitan Talent Presents and most recently worked at Spike TV in the Talent & Events department. Production credits include: 2006 & 2007 Scream Awards, 2006 & 2007 Video Game Awards, and 2007 Guy's Choice Awards. She is very excited to now be working in Theatre. Cristina holds a BS in Marketing from Siena College.

Jenna Lauren Freed, Marketing Manager/Company Manager
Jenna Lauren holds a BFA in Theatre from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Prior to her current position at The New Group, Jenna worked at several companies, including The Public Theater, Sh-K-Boom Records and Miller Wright & Associates. She is also a founding artist and the Creative Director for the Box Full of Wasps Theatre Collective.

James Gittins, Artistic Associate
James has been with The New Group since 2006, assisting on the development of new projects and helping oversee the literary department. His play South Grand was staged in New York at the Impact Theater. Prior to his position with The New Group, he was on the literary committee at the Magic Theatre in his hometown of San Francisco and worked in the literary department of the Goodman Theatre. James holds a BA in English and American Literature from Washington University in St. Louis.