The Encounter - Broadway Creative Team

Paul Anderson is an English actor. He came to prominence for portraying Arthur Shelby Jr. in Peaky Blinders, Anderson in The Revenant, and Sebastian Moran in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. ... read more Ian Bentley’s career is as diverse as they come. While ascending as a successful Internet and marketing entrepreneur, he has showcased his creative talents as a Music Producer, performer and songwriter. As a graduate of the University of Florida’s prestigious theatre program, Ian returns to his roots, making his Broadway Producing debut with The Encounter, one of the world’s most cutting-edge theater pieces to date. Ian is also involved in the upcoming critically acclaimed Broadway show Dear Evan Hansen, and is currently co-producing a rock/hip hop musical about the life and times of famed artist Jean-Michele Basquiat, and ... read more DAN D'ANGELO (Producer) began as a Broadway investor with the 2005 staging of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd. Additional Broadway, Off-Broadway and London productions include Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein national tour, the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, The Norman Conquests, A Little Night Music, Flashdance the Musical (London), Flashdance national tour, Penn & Teller on Broadway, Murder Ballad (Off-Broadway), On the Town, The Encounter, The Parisian Woman, The Band's Visit, Smokey Joe's Cafe, 54 Below (Broadway's supper club), Back to the Future the Musical, Adelphi Theatre, London West End, Back to the Future the Musical, Winter Garden Theatre, Broadway ... read more add please Producers (2001) Producer Hairspray (2002) Producer ... read more Olivier Award-winning Gareth Fry's recent theatre credits include Road at the Royal Court, Cat on a Hit Tin Roof at the Apollo, Barbershop Chronicles at the National Theatre, Woyzeck at the Old Vic, The Encounter for Complicite. Other productions include John for DV8, Waves at the National Theatre, David Bowie Is for the V&A and Black Watch for the National Theatre of Scotland. Gareth designed the sound effects for the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games. ... read more Jim Kierstead is a Grammy-nominated Emmy, Olivier, and six-time Tony Award-winning producer of the Broadway, touring, Toronto, and London productions of Kinky Boots, the revival of Pippin, Hadestown, The Inheritance, The Lehman Trilogy, and The Inheritance. He is currently represented on Broadway as a co-producer of Sweeney Todd and Hadestown.. In addition, he has been a co-producer of 25 Broadway productions including The Visit, You Can’t Take It With You, Indecent, The Great Comet (all Tony nominated), Be More Chill, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Pretty Woman, Side Show, It Shoulda Been You, M. Butterfly, Rocky, ... read more Simon McBurney is a British actor, writer, and director who has made a name for himself on both stage and screen. Born in Cambridge in 1957, McBurney attended the University of Cambridge before going on to study at the Jacques Lecoq School in Paris. He co-founded the theatre company Complicite in 1983, which has since become known for its innovative and visually stunning productions. McBurney's stage work includes a number of notable productions, both with Complicite and as a solo performer. In 1997, he wrote and performed in "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" at the National Theatre, which won him an Olivier ... read more