Who We Are

Susan Charlotte
Susan Charlotte is the Founding Artistic Director  of Cause Célèbre Productions and Food For Thought Productions. An award-winning playwright and screenwriter, Susan has written over 60 plays, including The Shoemaker (starring Danny Aiello), Sublet, Twenty Litres of Petrol, She's of a Certain Age, and Love Divided By - which was adapted into a film with an original score by Philip Glass and reopened MoMA's Titus II Theatre.
 

Her film work includes A Broken Sole, Come On (Hamptons Film Festival), and Something Like That. She has written for CBS (Comedy Zone, Guiding Light) and Lifetime. She has collaborated with Emmy-winning composer Billy Goldenberg and co-written with Peter Stone. Her articles have appeared in Playbill and New York Magazine. She is the author of Creativity and Creativity in Film.
 

She has taught at Columbia University and NYU, served as a judge for the Cable ACE Awards and the Albee Festival and continues to develop new theatrical and film projects. 

 

John Donnelly, Esq.
John Donnelly is an attorney with decades of experience in corporate, nonprofit, and commercial law. Former General Counsel of the Carey Energy Group, he now advises clients in private practice and serves as director, secretary, and counsel to: Cause Célèbre Productions, The Mabel Mercer Foundation,  The Coffee House,  The Dutch Treat Club.

 

Nancy Jackman
Nancy Jackman was a business executive for over three decades. Her love of theatre and her commitment to a number of causes, including MS and mental health, made her a perfect fit for Cause Célèbre Productions, where she became a producer on many of our shows.

 

Louise Lasser
Louise Lasser is a celebrated comedic and dramatic actress whose work spans stage, film, and television. She began in New York theater before appearing in Woody Allen's Bananas, Take the Money and Run, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, and Stardust Memories. Her breakthrough came as the title character in the landmark series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, which earned her an Emmy nomination and cemented her as a cultural icon. 

Her stage and screen credits include Wallace Shawn's Marie and Bruce, A Couple of White Chicks Sitting Around Talking, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and films such as Happiness, Requiem for a Dream, and Fast Food, Fast Women.

Since 2004, she has also been a vital part of Cause Célèbre Productions and of Food For Thought Productions, appearing in The Hairdresser and Did You Know My Husband?, both directed by Antony Marsellis.

 

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Antony Marsellis

Antony Marsellis is the Resident Director and advisor at Cause Célèbre Productions. He is an accomplished director for film, theatre, and television with over 50 theatrical productions to his credit. He has directed works by Harold Pinter, such as Ashes to Ashes and Night School, along with Samuel Beckett's Happy Days and Krapp's Last Tape. Also he has staged two works by Arthur Miller: A Memory of Two Mondays and The Last Yankee, as well as Athol Fugard's Statements After an Arrest. He has also directed three plays by Tennessee Williams: In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel, Something Unspoken, and The Pretty Trap. 




 

• Andrew Brozman, Esq., Clifford Chance, Retired

• Martin Garbus, Esq.  Leading First Amendment attorney, Offit Kurman

• Mary Goetter,  International Education Services, LLC

• Tom Goetter,  TAG Partners, LLC

• Irene Goldstoff,  The Goldstoff Group,  Retired 

• Susan Herman, Esq.  ACLU President Emeritus,   Ruth Bader Ginsburg Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School

• Ken Johnson

• Wallis Johnson,  Educator and Department Chair, Connecticut Department of Higher Education,  Retired

• Phil Kasofsky M.D.,  ER Physician, Continuum Capital Management

• Antony Marsellis, Theater and Film Director,  Resident Director of Cause Célèbre Productions

• Sherri Michelstein,  M Booth Health, Retired

• Michael Osgood, Former Deputy Chief, NYPD Special Victims Unit, Consultant for Law and Order: SVU

• Sylvia Steiner,  Independent Theater Producer

In memory of April Wells who believed in never giving up
 

Cause Célèbre Productions wishes to thank the following individuals for their generous support: