ABOUT US

Stephen Lindsay

Co-founder and President

Stephen is enjoying almost two decades of distributing, producing and presenting touring productions throughout North America. Co-founder of The Road Company in 1997 along with his business partner, Brett Sirota, he is thrilled to have realized The Road Company's 10th anniversary year – and looks forward to the next ten years. Originally from New York City, he is a proud alumnus of Syracuse University where he graduated with a degree in Music Performance.

Brett Sirota

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

Brett is the operations and systems engine of The Road Company. He is also an attorney admitted to practice in New York State. Before founding The Road Company, he spent three years with The Booking Group. Other experience includes company and general management in New York City as well as a position with the University of Pennsylvania. Brett hails from Baltimore, MD and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

Magaly Barone

Vice President of Sales

Magaly graduated cum laude from Drew University with a major in Theatre and minor in Business. After graduation, she worked with Richard Frankel Productions in their booking department and as a Second Assistant to Mr. Frankel. She then moved into the not-for-profit sector as Manager of Programs and Services at the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, where she produced Family Week at the Theatre, a weeklong, statewide event offering more than 120 productions and workshops. Prior to that, she spent three years as assistant to Bonnie J. Monte, the acclaimed Artistic Director of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.

Shawn Z. Willett

Vice President of Operations

Shawn facilitates the negotiation and execution of the booking contracts managed by The Road Company. Previous New York experience includes two years managing the grant programs of a private foundation supporting not for profit theatre. In addition, Shawn was an assistant at a commercial general management firm and company managed two Off-Broadway productions. Originally from Florida, Shawn graduated from Florida State University and moved to New York in 1996.


Tracey Stroock McFarland

Vice President of Special Projects

Tracey graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hamilton College with a degree in Theatre. After a year in UCLA’s MFA Actor Training Program and a stint as an almost working actor, in 1997 Tracey began a 15 year association with The Booking Group. She was eventually named Vice President of Sales during which time she managed the organization’s split and one-night touring division. After the birth of her third child, Tracey stepped down from that position in order to spend more time with her family, but continued working as an independent agent. She is thrilled to be joining The Road Company.

Justin Allen Pifer

Operations Associate

Justin comes to The Road Company by way of The Pennsylvania State University, where he earned his bachelors degree in Integrative Arts with an emphasis in Entertainment Logistics. At Penn State Justin worked as the Contracts and Logistics Assistant at the Center for the Performing Arts and was the Coordinator of Special Events for The Florence International Theatre Company while studying abroad. He is currently an Assistant House Manager at NYU's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, has company managed Off-Broadway and worked at The Producing Office, the creative entity behind RENT, Avenue Q, and In the Heights. Justin produced and general managed The Boys Upstairs for the 2009 New York International Fringe Festival and Fringe Encore Series, which went on to be the most attended and highest grossing show at their festival venue, The Soho Playhouse.

Jenny Kirlin

Booking Associate

Jenny is a graduate of Fordham University with a degree in Communication and Media Studies. Before joining The Road Company, she interned with Warner Brothers Casting, Third Watch and spent 7 years working on the general management staff at the Hilton Theatre (where 42nd Street, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Young Frankenstein played). Jenny is also Company Manager and Resident Actor for The CRY HAVOC Company (www.cryhavoccompany.org). She has acted in and stage managed scores of productions in New York and was most recently seen in two films that premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Justine Spingler

Administrative Assistant/Reception

Justine is a recent graduate of Emerson College where she earned her BA in Theatre Studies with emphases in Arts Management, Directing, and Playwriting. While in Boston, she managed several productions including the workshop premiere of a new musical based on recent findings revolving Leonardo da Vinci's mother. Justine was the assistant to the director and dramaturge on the East Coast premiere of Not Enough Air, which she aided in taking to New York for a reading in February 2010. She is the 2010 recipient of the Penelope Hirsch Directing Award and competed in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for dramaturgy. Justine has held various positions in front of house management while at the Cutler Majestic Theatre and Paramount Center at Emerson College and continues to work in box office management at Theatre Row here in New York.