Life and Trust - Off-Broadway Creative Team

Stefanie Batten Bland, is an interdisciplinary global artist who interrogates contemporary and historical culture. She situates her work at the intersection of dance-theatre and installation. 2020 commissioned artist by Baryshnikov Arts Center, Duke Performances, Oxford University, and 2019 fellow at Center for Ballet Arts at NYU, Batten Bland is also currently a choreographer for American Ballet Theatre's inaugural Women's Movement Initiative. She created Company SBB in Paris in 2008 and established it in New York City in 2011, when she was in residency at Baryshnikov Arts Center and began her current residence at University Settlement. Regularly produced by LaMama Experimental ... read more Theater: Sex Lives of Our Parents (2nd Stage), Peter and the Starcatcher (NYTW), Seven Minutes in Heaven (HERE, Huntington, Ars Nova), Dreyfus in Rehearsal (Theater Row), I.E., In Other Words (The Flea), Cherubina (PL115), Daniella Uses Dirty Words (Abingdon Theatre Company), Blackout (Theater Row), Nobody Likes The Mormons (Ars Nova), I Was Tom Cruise (FringeNYC, Outstanding Play Award), and work regionally at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and La Jolla Playhouse. Many projects with Alex Timbers and Les Freres Corbusier, including Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Joe's Pub), Incompetent Scumbags (Abrons/Les Freres), Dance Dance Revolution (OHIO, Les Freres Corbusier), and Hell House ... read more Broadway: The Visit, The Real Thing, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Motown, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Peter and the Starcatcher, All About Me, and Next to Normal. Off-Broadway: Himself & Nora, Invisible Thread, Perfect Arrangement, The Tempest, Pretty Filthy, and Father Comes Home from the Wars. TV/Film: Mozart in the Jungle, Gotham, Inside Amy Schumer, God’s Pocket, Six by Sondheim, 30 Rock, Lola Versus, and Angelica. ... read more EMILIO SOSA hails from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and has been working as a costume designer for years. He realized his passion for design when he was merely 14 years old, continuing to work towards that goal until he achieved it. A fan of Charles James, he’s had plenty of experience in the world of fashion and has even won several awards. Emilio Sosa has received TDF/Irene Sharaff Young Master Award in 2006 and was named Design Virtuoso by American Theater Magazine in 2003. He admits that he’s been inspired by historical events, which he incorporates into his design aesthetic. ... read more Lauren Yalango-Grant is delighted to make her Broadway debut alongside her husband in King Kong! Credits: Apple's holiday commercial, "Sway"; Fuerza Bruta; Queen of the Night; Pilobolus Dance Theater. She's most thankful for her family! ... read more