Parenthetically Speaking Productions (PSP) is one of New York’s newest and most dynamic theatre companies. PSP is dedicated to developing innovative, original work that challenges both audience expectation and dramatic convention. Sometimes subtle, other times abrasive, PSP seeks to create a theatrical experience that is both entertaining and provocative.

PSP has an ongoing relationship with the New York International Fringe Festival. Its inaugural production, Meaningless Sex, opened at FringeNYC in 2003 and won the Theatermania Audience Choice Award. This year’s production continues the successful partnership of Fringe veterans Seth Bisen-Hersh as composer, and Andrew Henkes as director. Adding the writing talents of Daniel Scribner to the artistic team, PSP seeks to reach new heights with The Spickner Spin.

SETH BISEN-HERSH (Composer/ Lyricist) Seth is a prolific composer, musical director and performer in NYC theatre. Seth has composed four musicals, Trivial Pursuits (self-produced and directed at MIT), Pandora's Children, Meaningless Sex (co-produced, musically directed and orchestrated at FringeNYC2003) and The Spickner Spin (gearing up for FringeNYC2004). Seth has also performed cabaret acts at Don't Tell Mama and Danny's Skylight Room including co-starring in Two Singular Sensations, writing and starring in And Then She Dumped Me, and finally writing and starring in The Gayest Straight Man Alive (to premiere 6/04). In his spare time, Seth volunteers for Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, is a Volunteer Coordinator for FringeNYC, assists Seth Rudetsky at his Broadway Chatterbox (also for BCEFA) and reviews many off and off-off-Broadway musicals for oobr.com, theatrescene.net, trekortreat.com and cast recordings for nytheatre.com. Seth earned two Bachelors degrees (Computer Science and Music) from MIT, and his Masters in Music Technology at NYU. For more information about Seth, click here.

ANDREW HENKES (Director) - While completing his BA in Drama at UC Irvine, Andrew directed "Reduced to This: Life in a Fishbowl" (1998) and Think No Evil (2000) at the Nixon Theater. He directed Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost for the 1999 Glasgow West End Festival. Since moving to New York in 2001, he worked as an assistant director for the Halloween Ball (2001) at Theater for the New City, and for Cressida among the Greeks (Drama Desk Award Nominee 2002) at the Ohio Theater. His NYC directing credits include Kaddish in East Jerusalem at TNC (2003) and Meaningless Sex for FringeNYC 2003. He is a founder of Parenthetically Speaking Productions, and the International Ambassador for FringeNYC.

DAVID LUNG (Producer) - David produced Parenthetically Speaking Production’s first show, Meaningless Sex, which had its world premiere at the 2003 New York International Fringe Festival and won the Theatermania FringeNYC 2003 Audience Favorite Award. His stage credits include Merrily We Roll Along and Carousel with the Westfield Young Actors Cooperative Theatre, Inc. and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center; Fiddler on the Roof, Me & My Girl, and the musical revue Simply Sondheim. Scenic design credits include Meaningless Sex, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Mr. Bisen-Hersh and Mr. Scribner’s first musical, Trivial Pursuits. Mr. Lung devoted his time to being a box office volunteer at the International FringeNYC Festival 2002. He is a graduate of Northeastern University with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with a minor concentration in Business Administration. Through his involvement with Northeastern’s Resident Student Association, David has gained experience in organizing campus-wide events, conferences and banquets as well as drafting contracts for services, studying constitutional law, engaging in parliamentary procedure, and balancing a half a million dollar budget. He is currently employed with the engineering firm Vollmer Associates LLP as a transportation engineer.

DANIEL SCRIBNER (Bookwriter)- is the author of numerous plays and short stories. He studied political science at Brandeis University and earned his Bachelor’s in Creative Writing at Rutgers University. His work has been published in Mosaic, The Anthologist, Pens, and The Ohio Review. Spickner Spin is his second musical written in collaboration with Mr. Bisen-Hersh. The first, Trivial Pursuits was produced with the Theater Arts department at MIT in 2001. His collection of one acts, Chairs, was produced at the Cabaret Theater in 2003. Daniel also co-authored the screenplay The Good Life with Daniel Lurman, and they are currently working on their second collaboration.

CHERYL SWIFT (Choreographer) - Cheryl has more than 40 revues to her credit worldwide. Working with Twyla Tharp in her premiere NYC workshop for choreography has kept her fresh, sharp and creative. Musicals include Crazy for You, State Fair, The Music Man, By Jupiter, The Taffetas, Bye Bye Birdie, No, No, Nanette, Working, Carousel, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls, The King and I, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Peter Pan. Video: for the Cabbage Patch Kids Company, Every Kid is One of a Kind by recording artist Jamie Lee combines hip hop, traditional musical theatre, dance and computer animation. As a performer, some highlights include On Broadway: Dance Captain/ Fight Captain/ Swing of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. In Germany: Grizabella in the Cats Hamburg production.