"Janet Bentley and Andy Evan Cohen rise to the occasion, adding sound that supports the action in unexpected ways, including a song at the end that underscores the whole experience."
-- for THE LIGHTS ARE ON by Owen Panettieri - Theatrescene.net
-- for THE LIGHTS ARE ON by Owen Panettieri - Theatrescene.net
Roly Poly Productions (Janet Bentley & Andy Evan Cohen) was formed in 2016 by a collaborative performance team called The Roly Polys: Janet Bentley and Andy Evan Cohen. RPP is a New York-based theatrical production company that offers a multitude of creative, technical, and theatrical management services designed for each show’s specific needs. Live Theatre Projects include: The Lights Are On by Owen Panettieri, directed by Sarah Norris (sound design), According to the Chorus by Arlene Hutton, directed by Chris Goutman (sound and original music), (a) loft modulation by Jaymes Jorsling directed by Christopher McElroen at The Mezzanine Theatre with the american vicarious (sound design), Horse by Janet Bentley at The Flamboyan (producing, directing, design), Basement by Michael Hagins at The Gene Frankel Theatre (producing, directing, design – nominated for two NYIT Awards), Mr. Chekhov and Mr. Porter at Medicine Show Theatre (development, arranging, directing/music directing), Round Went The Wheel by Frank Ceruzzi (directing, sound, composition, & video design), ray gun say0nara by Steven Tenney at The New Ohio Theatre with NFTC (sound, video, directing, & dramaturgy), Experimenting With Katz by David Adam Gill with New Ambassador’s Theatre Co (co-producing, sound), Fault Lines and California by David Adam Gill (producing, directing), Providence by David Adam Gill (producing, directing), HeartBroke Festival with NATC (sound and directing), FearFest Festival with NATC (sound), Blurring Boundaries Festival with NATC (writing & sound), To Damascus II by August Strindberg at The Gene Frankel Theatre (co-composition, co-sound and video design), Comes a Faery by James McClindon at The New Ohio Theatre with Nylon Fusion Theatre Company-NFTC (composition, sound design), The Big Funk by John Patrick Shanley at La Tea with NFTC (composition and live performance), live musical performance at Planet Connections Theatre Festivity 2013, The Brick's evening of songs from Beck's "Song Reader", and The Golem of Garbage: A Future Fable (development). Up next: Sweeney Todd directed by Anna Hogan at The Wallace Theatre, Levelland, TX (sound design), The End Of Hester by Anthony Doyle with NLTP at Theatre Row (sound design). Online Digital Projects include: Settlements by Seth Rozin for The Jewish Plays Project (editing), Refuge * Malja by Beth Welden for JPP (editing/original score), Something's Coming by Ezra Brain & J. Andrew Norris for JPP (editing), Calendar Girl by Owen Panettieri for New Light Theatre Project (podcast direction and sound), The Hannah Arendt Series podcast for Bard College (sound editing and voiceover). Film/TV: Stage Left - Digital Series created by Ashley Marinaccio (original score, directing, editing, DP work, and sound mixing), This Is Important by Janet Bentley (directing, editing, scoring, mixing), and Less Than Or Equal To by Justin Michael Carter (film editing, sound design/mixing, original music, animation, and graphic design). Film Upcoming: Delicacy by Bruce Jones (directing & development, editing, scoring, DP work, audio recording, sound mixing).