THE PRODUCERS

Bradford S. Lovette (Producer) is the founder of Palm Beach, Florida, based Asgard Theatrical. Asgard affiliated companies also include: The Palm Beach Institute, a 12-step based addiction treatment facility located in Palm Beach County, Florida; Rosewood Women's Center for Eating Disorders, located near Phoenix, Arizona; A New Journey eating Disorder Center located in Santa Monica, California; and until its sale in 2006, The Meadows, an addictions treatment facility located in Arizona. Mr. Lovette is also a co-founder of a Hollywood film production company.   

Dr. Michael and Judith Weinberg (Producers) Michael has been a clinician in the treatment of mental illnesses and addictions for over thirty five years. Prior to his retirement he held the positions for eight years as the assistant executive director and clinical director of The Meadows, a world recognized inpatient treatment center for addictions. His wife Judi is a registered nurse who has devoted her career to the treatment of Hospice patients. They spend the majority of their time now involved in their investment projects. 

New Repertory Theatre (Producer) Now entering its third decade, New Rep has established itself as a leading Boston theatre company that produces electrifying, compelling, and poignant productions. These plays reflect our world and community: they present images of many times and places and regularly explore ideas that have vital resonance with our lives--here and now. New Rep shows are provocative, intelligent, and entertaining.

Historically, New Rep's most successful productions have been plays of deep emotions and large ideas, plays in which the actors' work on an intimate stage brings the audience deeper into the play: Topdog/Underdog, Quills, No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs, A Girl's War and, of course, the four biggest hits in the company's history: Into the Woods, The Threepenny Opera, Sweeney Todd, and Waiting for Godot.

Over the past ten years, New Rep has received eleven Elliot Norton Awards, including recognition for three productions at the 2005 Elliot Norton Awards:

New Rep's production of Sweeney Todd has been regarded as one of the finest productions of a musical in Boston theatre. The production was recognized with three 2004 Elliot Norton Awards: Rick Lombardo, Outstanding Director of a Musical, Small Theatre; Leigh Barrett, Outstanding Actress; and Outstanding Production of a Musical, Small Theatre. Sweeney Todd also received eleven Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards including recognition in the small theatre, musical category for Best Director, Nancy E. Carroll for Best Actress, Leigh Barrett for Best Supporting Actress, and for Best Production of a Musical.

Since 1984, New Rep has produced forty-seven East Coast, New England, Boston, or World Premieres, including most recently the world premieres of Approaching Moomtaj: A Fairy Tale for Grownups by Michael Weller and A Girl’s War by Boston playwright Joyce Van Dyke. Other premieres include works by Athol Fugard, Suzan-Lori Parks, Dael Orlandersmith, and Doug Wright. New Rep is the Boston representative in the National New Play Network, an alliance of not-for-profit professional theatres that champion the development, production, and continued life of new plays for the American Theatre.

In addition to mainstage programming, educational programs like New Rep On Tour enrich over 12,000 area students' educations each school year, and the New Rep Studio offers professional theatre training and master classes for theatre professionals. Through mainstage productions and special programming, New Rep has defined itself as a major organization contributing to the arts and culture landscape of the greater Boston area.

Evelyn Freed (Producer) Southern California is where I live. I have a family with three grown sons and four grandchildren. My life has had many challenges, therefore I am motivated to be joyful daily and to help others. My life goal is to help people all over the world. I am doing that. I work with Guideposts, Fuller Theological Seminary, Crystal Cathedral, UCLA Neurosurgery, The Russian Hour of Power, and the Sober 24 web site for Guideposts. I am interested in sobriety because my family has the predisposition for drugs and alcohol. May others find this sobriety thru Bill W. and Dr. Bob.

Milton D. McKenzie (Producer) is President and Owner of GPM, Inc., an independent Oil and Gas Investment Company. He has been an operator and investor in the Independent oil and gas industry since 1969.  He graduated with an engineering degree from the University of Tulsa and a graduate degree from the University of Denver Law School. Mr. McKenzie is very active in his church and has served as an elder, trustee and deacon, and is involved in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He participated in creating and funding 12&12, Inc., an alcohol/drug treatment and recovery center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Albert Poland (General Manager) has served in that capacity for more than 90 New York productions, including Glengarry Glen Ross, The Boy From Oz starring Hugh Jackman, Long Day's Journey Into Night Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Dirty Blonde, The Last Night of Ballyhoo The Grapes of Wrath, As Is, Little Shop of Horrors, Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Uta Hagen in Mrs. Klein, Eileen Heckart in The Waverly Gallery, Always Patsy Cline, Steel Magnolias, Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind, Vanities, David Mamet’s A Life in the Theatre, One Mo’ Time, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Neon Woman, Tommy Tune Atop the Village Gate, Let My People Come, Stephen Sondheim’s Marry Me a Little and Tom Lehrer’s Tomfoolery.