MEET THE PARTY

David Carpenter

Executive Producer / Technology Designer

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David is one of the Co-Creators of Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern and the Founder and CEO of Gamiotics, Inc which is bringing gamification to the live entertainment experience. The platform allows for the next generation of live experience story-telling by putting agency into the audiences hands. A Tony-nominated Broadway producer, he has spent nearly 25 years working on and off-Broadway and is excited to bring a whole new way of interactive stories to the stage. He was the lead producer of the 2019 Broadway run of critically acclaimed Slava’s Snowshow and the Off-Broadway hit comedy: Puffs, which ran in NYC for three years and is now the #2 most produced play in the country. Additional credits include: Executive Producer of Puffs: Filmed Live Off-Broadway, released nationally through Fathom Events. He produced Puffs in Australia for two years in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane and is the publisher of all four editions of the Puffs script.

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Showpath Entertainment

Producer

As the Live Stage Production arm of The Path Entertainment Group, Showpath pushes the boundaries of exceptional theater in order to reach a global audience. With a sharp focus on an innovative range of large scale live stage productions which span international markets including North America, Australia, Asia and Europe. Showpath works with both existing titles and IP, such as The SpongeBob Musical, to develop, nourish and push the boundaries of world class live stage Productions.

Michael Fell

Resident Director

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Michael is a director, improviser, actor and voiceover artist based in Brooklyn. His work has been seen on CBS and in cities such as New York, London, Minneapolis, Louisville, Little Rock, and more. He received a BFA from the Guthrie BFA Actor Training Program.


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Benjamin Doherty

Composer

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Benjamin Doherty is a composer for film, TV and theatre based in Reading, England. Whilst freelancing as a composer, he also graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a First Class Honors in Creative Music Production. His work has been selected at BAFTA and Academy Award qualifying festivals including: Aesthetica, deadCenter, Norwich Film festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival and Bolton Film Festival. Recent work includes: BAFTA and Academny qualifying shorts Nosepicker and Bleep, Fields a short in association with Sky Arts and the Sundance Institute supported short film, The Original Shareholder Experience. Benjamin is excited to help bring the world of the TST alive through music.

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K.C. McGeorge

Scenic and Costume Design

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K.C. is a production designer based in NYC and LA, working in theatre, film & television, and immersive experiences. They’ve worked with Sleep No More, The Public Theater, Theater For A New Audience, and live events such as Tom Ford for NYFW and The Brooklyn Artists Ball. They’ve filled a number of art department roles on projects with Netflix, WarnerMedia, White Castle, and Mattel. K.C. specializes in design for TTRPG media and has served as art director on several seasons of Dimension 20, including A Starstruck Oddessey, Neverafter, and Burrow’s End. They also design custom battle maps and character sculpts for home DM’s on a commission basis.

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Noah Ruff

Character Artist

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Noah is a concept artist and character designer for animation, games, and comics. Recently, he has designed for Marvel’s Hit-Monkey, Final Space: The Final Chapter, and Beavis and Butthead. He is grateful for the role he gets to play in bringing the characters and curiosities of TST to life, and to spend every day of his working life drawing pictures in his pajamas. Love to Kyra and his family. Proud member, The Animation Guild 839

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Mike Wood

Lighting Designer

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An accomplished designer, educator, and technician, Mike’s work has been seen on countless stages, screens, and in classrooms throughout the United States. He was the theatrical lighting designer for Rogers The Musical on Disney+/Marvel’s Hawkeye TV series, and has been working with Dungeons & Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern since 2022. In addition to his design work, Mike has served on the design and technology faculties of Marymount Manhattan College, The Collegiate School NYC, Hillsborough Community College, and Howard W. Blake School of the Arts. He currently serves as the Director of Production & Resident Lighting Designer for City Springs Theatre Company. MFA: University of Memphis; BA: University of South Florida. Proud member, United Scenic Artists Local USA829.

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Derek Christiansen & Ruby OBrien

Projection Designers

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Derek and Ruby are dpurpurea studio, a theatrical and interactive entertainment design partnership based in Los Angeles. They utilize their theatrical experience in projections, lighting and scenic design to enhance audience interaction with the narrative of theater and live performance, filmed and broadcast media, and interactive experiences. They are the projection designers for Dropout’s Dimension 20, where Derek has also worked as the director of photography. They are avid TTRPG players who are always ready to tell a story and roll some dice! Derek is a proud member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829.

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M. Glenn Schuster

Sound Designer

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Glenn is a sound designer originally hailing from San Francisco who exclusively plays Fighters and Barbarians. Recent productions include: A Raisin in the Sun (South Coast Repertory), This is Not a True Story (Artists at Play), Desert Stories for Lost Girls (Native Voices), American Fast (Constellation Stage and Screen), A New Brain (Celebration Theatre), Haunted Little Tokyo (Rogue Artists Ensemble/East West Players) and A Little Night Music (Greenway Court). Their work can also be heard in the games Rock ’em Sock ’em Robots and Foodimals (Sony), and in the Cottage Living and Dream Home Decorator expansions packs for The Sims 4 (EA). They obtained their BFA in Sound Design from the USC School of Dramatic Arts. Glenn also sits on the board of The Quinan Street Project, a theater education program that provides classes and camps to underfunded communities in The Contra Costa County of California, and has taught classes in Sound Design and Audio Engineering at Cal Poly Pomona. When not in the theater, Glenn can be found tending to their passion fruit plants or LARPing in the desert.

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Chet Miller

Show Control Designer

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Chet is a new media engineer based in Chicago. They are specialized in media server workflows, problem solving, and training. As a programmer, Chet has worked on and off broadway, international concert touring, opera, large scale corporate shows, broadcast, themed entertainment, and fixed installs. What they are proudest of is education, teaching hundreds of people various media server platforms. Chet works full time as a project technology specialist for 4Wall providing pre-production guidance, on-site programming, and media server education and training.

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DAGL

Story Developer

DAGL has spent the past five years professionally running tabletop role-playing games for first time adults, veteran players, and adventurers as young as six years old. Exciting writing credits: Attack! of the Killer Man from the Sun!, a sci-fi b-movie comedy for the stage; Saving Wonderland, an award-winning interactive comedy produced by Seize the Show. Fun acting credits: over 400 performances as Macbeth in the off-Broadway hit Drunk Shakespeare.

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Sarah Davis Reynolds

Game Designer

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Sarah is a multidisciplinary artist, manager, and facilitator who mains sorcerers on her days off and whose professional work has been seen on Broadway (Slava’s Snowshow, Oklahoma!), off-Broadway (Puffs, Rock of Ages, Get On Your Knees), Internationally (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Toronto Next Stage Festival), and on Tour (Cruel Intentions, The Stand In). She has been designing gameplay experiences in performance spaces for over a decade, providing extensive development and game design integration on over 25 productions, brand activations, and client experiences. She holds a graduate degree from NYU Steinhardt. Discord: sdreynolds

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Wizards of the Coast

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Wizards of the Coast, a division of Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS), develops legendary games that inspire creativity, spark passions, forge friendships and foster communities around a lifetime love of games. Wizards delivers compelling experiences for gamers across tabletop and digital gaming through its best-known franchises MAGIC: THE GATHERING and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS and Hasbro’s unparalleled portfolio of approximately 1,500 brands.

With headquarters in Renton, Washington and studios in Austin, Montreal, Raleigh and Renton; Wizards is dedicated to fostering world-class talent to create unforgettable play experiences on all platforms. To learn more about Wizards, please visit our company website and social channels

HASBRO

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Hasbro is a leading toy and game company whose mission is to entertain and connect generations of fans through the wonder of storytelling and exhilaration of play. Hasbro delivers engaging brand experiences for global audiences through toys, consumer products, gaming and entertainment, with a portfolio of iconic brands including MAGIC: THE GATHERING, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, Hasbro Gaming, NERF, TRANSFORMERS, PLAY-DOH and PEPPA PIG, as well as premier partner brands.

Hasbro is guided by our Purpose to create joy and community for all people around the world, one game, one toy, one story at a time. For more than a decade, Hasbro has been consistently recognized for its corporate citizenship, including being named one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens by 3BL Media, one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute and one of the 50 Most Community-Minded Companies in theU.S.by the Civic 50.

Susan Kidd

Co-Producer

Susan Kidd is an award-winning technology executive and CEO. A supporter of the creative pursuits of artists, she founded an entertainment development company, NADO925, with a mission to tell stories that remind people of the good around them. The company’s vision is to become an enduring platform for artists to create modern content and deliver meaningful stories to young adults and the young at heart.

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Hunter Arnold

Co-Producer

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Select Broadway: Hadestown (Tony); Moulin Rouge! (Tony); The Inheritance (Tony); The Heart of Rock and Roll; Cabaret; The Notebook; A Beautiful Noise; Back to the Future; Purlie Victorious; Dear Evan Hansen (Tony); Company (Tony); A Strange Loop (Tony); Kinky Boots (Tony); Once on This Island (Tony). Select Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors. Select West End: Cabaret (Olivier); Hadestown; Plaza Suite; Dear Evan Hansen; Back to the Future (Olivier); The Inheritance (Olivier); Kinky Boots ( Olivier); Mrs. Doubtfire. Upcoming: Maybe Happy Ending.

Jack Holmes

Co-Producer

Multidisciplinary patron and creative. Previously with the Future Proof immersive theatre company, where they co-wrote the independent comedy feature film The Most Dangerous Man as part of a multi-year transmedia experience. Most recently co-founder of The Good Story Guild, an independent multimedia outfit currently focused on audio fiction including “Josie’s Lonely Hearts Club” (nominated for four awards at the Audio Fiction World Cup, incl. Outstanding Comedy). Just happy to be here, honestly.

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John Paterakis

Co-Producer

Producing credits include Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (Tony nominee), Water for Elephants, Chicken & Biscuits, Ohio State Murders, KPOP and Puffs. A proud Player. Glory to God for all things.

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Tom Hiotis

Co-Producer

Film, television, stage producer. Movies include Swing Away, Holly Star, Puffs: Filmed Live Off- Broadway and The Road to Sparta. Currently working on several film and television projects. Stage credits include Puffs (producer) and other shows with David Carpenter.

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James L. Nederlander

Co-Producer

President of Nederlander Organization. Credits: Kimberly Akimbo, MJ, Titanique, Some Like It Hot, Mr. Saturday Night starring Billy Crystal, Tina— The Tina Turner Musical, The Lehman Trilogy, My Fair Lady, The Band’s Visit, On Your Feet!, Meteor Shower, The Elephant Man, I’ll Eat You Last, Next to Normal, The Color Purple, Movin’ Out plus many more. Upcoming: Tammy Faye. Mr. Nederlander has also promoted hundreds of concerts, from Adele to Robin Williams, Pink Floyd, U2, The Rolling Stones and Billy Joel.