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Artistic Leadership The Company Contributing Artists Staff Board of Directors
Kitt Lavoie, Artistic Director Peter J. Crosby,
Acting Managing Director		 Jennifer Curfman,
Associate Artistic Director
Kitt Lavoie has been Artistic Director of The CRY HAVOC Company since its founding in 1997. His work as a director and playwright has been seen in over 125 productions in New York and elsewhere. As a director, he specializes in the development of new work, and he has overseen the development of more than 100 new plays with the CRY HAVOC Workshop. Also a teacher of acting, directing, and playwriting, his students have appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in major films and television programs. Kitt serves as a consultant to a number of emerging New York theater companies, providing counsel on the development and execution of a long-term artistic and administrative philosophy. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Fordham University and a Master of Fine Arts in Directing from The Actors Studio Drama School. Kitt is a member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society.
Peter J. Crosby brings more than 15 years of experience in marketing and branding to CRY HAVOC. He also serves as a branding and messaging consultant to organizations across a wide array of industries, and was most recently a co-founder and Director of Marketing for Ounce Labs, a security software company. He is especially focused on using varied methods of outreach to advance CRY HAVOC 's mission to involve audiences in every stage of the Company's development process. Peter is also an actor with a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the National Theatre Conservatory and extensive experience in New York and regional theatres, and most proudly with The CRY HAVOC Company.
Jennifer Curfman is an actress and producer who has worked with The CRY HAVOC Company, The Century Center, American Globe Theatre, Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, Boomerang Theatre, New York City Opera, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, the Carolinian Shakespeare Festival, Luna Stage, the Colonial Theatre, and The Cleveland Opera, among many others. She holds a BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Jennifer is Associate Artistic Director and a Resident Artist with CRY HAVOC.
Timothy Davis,
Associate Artistic Director		 Sarah Curtis, Literary Manager Jenny Kirlin, Company Manager
Sarah Curtis began working with The CRY HAVOC Company in 2006 as an actor. In 2008 she became the company's Literary Manager. She is thrilled to work in new ways to support the company's brave and excellent playwrights. Sarah graduated from Harvard College where she concentrated in English and Comparative Religion. Jenny Kirlin has worked on scores of productions in and around New York City, both as an actor and as a stage manager. In addition to her work wth CRY HAVOC, she also works with The Road Company touring Broadway musicals across the United States, and prior to that spent seven years as a member of the General Management staff of Broadway's Hilton Theatre, the home of 42nd Street, Chitty, Chitty Bang, Bang, and Young Frankenstein: the Musical.<
Timothy Davis is an actor, writer, and producer. He is Associate Artistic Director of The CRY HAVOC Company, founder and president of Groundswell Productions, and a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. In addition to his work with CRY HAVOC, Tim has had the pleasure to perform in productions associated with the Berkshire Theatre Festival, Ensemble Studio Theatre, AboutFace Theatre and Diversecity Theatre, amongst others, in over 40 plays and 10 independent films. He earned his Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the New School for Social Research, and his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre and Media Studies at Iowa State University.
Jennifer Reichert,
Artistic Programs Coordinator		 Chris Comfort,
Multimedia Producer
Jennifer Reichert is a playwright, designer, stage manager, and producer. She is also a research geneticist investigating the genetics of autism at the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She is an Associate Member of the Playwrights Guild of Canada, has produced the new play festivals …a new way to say it, Road Test, and *gratuity not included for CRY HAVOC, produces the bi-weekly CRY HAVOC Podcast, and is a Resident Artist and Artistic Associate of The CRY HAVOC Company.
Chris has an extensive background in all manner of music and video production. Musically, he has written, recorded and produced with and for Thebe, Autumn & Comfort, Clare Walsh, and Stephanie Lynn (a song that’s been slated for an upcoming Farrah Fawcett documentary). He has done sound design work for Velvet Moon Chronicles, The Return (a sci-fi short), and Dear Dad, Confessions of GoGo. Chris was tasked with all video and audio editing, special fx, post, and mastering for the web series The Practice of Artemesia.