Greg Schaffert Productions LLC
About
GOAL
To collaborate with partners to tell great stories that enlighten, entertain and inspire audiences.
JOB DESCRIPTION
With a hands-on approach, I oversee every step of production: choosing material, advising story development, assembling the creative team, casting, over-seeing production and marketing, thus, guiding the entire production from inception to successful completion.
VISION
To take well calculated risks that match art with commercial success to create products that appeal to a wide audience and deliver positive results.
SKILLS
Expert at choosing quality material, matching it with the right creative team and guiding them to develop a property to its full potential.
EXPERIENCE
Working with the most creative talent in the industry to produce ground-breaking, successful theatre.
Bio
Greg is a Tony Award-winning producer with 30 plus years of experience working in every facet of the theatre.
His expertise as a creative producer developing new works in New York City, Chicago and regionally has led him to work with the top talent in the business. Greg has long-term relationships with a wide range of Industry Professionals. Integrity, drive and loyalty are Greg's watchwords. His ultimate goal: ensuring every production reaches its full potential.
Greg’s reputation as an unstoppable force that makes things happen is respected throughout the Industry.
Greg led the production of Rick Elice’s PETER AND THE STAR CATCHER, based on the Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson best-selling novel, with writer Rick Elice and co-directors Roger Rees and Alex Timbers. The play received nine Tony Award nominations, the most ever for an American play. It won five Tony Awards, making it the only play ever to win Tony Awards for the complete design team.
He was an original producer of the Broadway productions ALL SHOOK UP and BURN THE FLOOR and the National Tour of THE LIGHTNING THIEF. He also supported the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical NEXT TO NORMAL.
He was on the producing teams of the off-Broadway, award-winning musicals, BAT BOY and STRIKING 12 and the longest-running American play in history SHEAR MADNESS.
Greg has developed over 50 musicals and plays, and has Executive and Line Produced a number of developing musicals and plays in Festivals and Regional Theatres around the country.
In Chicago, Greg was the lead producer of the ground-breaking immersive play SOUTHERN GOTHIC and the original musical SOMETHING IN THE GAME.
He has written two TV pilots, five screenplays, and one 6-part mini-series.
Greg’s works have teamed him with: David Henry Hwang, Rick Elice, Roger Rees, Alex Timbers, Clint Black, Jason Moore, Chris Gattelli, Kristin Hanggi, David H Bell, Kent Nicholson, Andrew Lippa, Larry O’Keefe, Michael Mahler, Matthew Lee Robinson, Ken Cerniglia, Charles Grodin, Craig Carnelia, Mark St Germain, and many others.
In his former life, besides continuing to have his hand in producing, Greg was a successful actor in the commercial and voiceover market in NYC.
Greg has recently returned to acting and has been featured on several TV series, feature films and commercials.
Theatrical Consulting
As an Executive Producer and Consultant, Greg guides writers, composers, and first-time producers through the entire process of developing new projects including dramaturgy, hiring production creatives, legal and general management, introductions to Regional Theatres, co-producers and investors, and marketing, all the way to the completion of a full commercial production.
Greg is a former member of the Broadway League and the National Association of Musical Theatre Producers, having served on the Festival Selection and New Members Committees.
Live Streaming
SOMETHING IN THE GAME
A vibrant new musical about the universal story of Knute Rockne's journey to discover what's important in the "game of life." March with us across the goal line to find there's truly "something in the game."
Now available for rent or purchase on Broadway On Demand:
broadwayondemand.com/series/CcFIpgxWgkm0-something-in-the-game-an-all-american-musical/
For more information about theatrical consulting, upcoming productions, co-producing or investing, contact me at: