The Small Pond Team

Michael Roderick (Artistic Director) started Small Pond Entertainment in 2002 after finding out it was virtually impossible for an artist to be at their best when they also had to produce.  He developed a system for a producing organization to be the umbrella for shows that lacked producers.  Over the years Small Pond has become a major name in the NYC Theatre Community, having presented shows in numerous venues and with hundreds of different artists.  As Artistic Director, Michael has produced over 50 shows since his arrival in NYC in September 2002. Michael is also a serial entrepreneur having founded Small Pond Enterprises LLC, The Independent Producers Alliance of NY, and PLAE - Program For Launching Arts Entrepreneurs. Michael was an associate producer of ROOMS: A Rock Romance Off-Broadway and a producer with R2D2 Productions on the Broadway production of The Scottsboro Boys.  He holds a BA in Secondary Ed English and Theatre Performance from Rhode Island College as well as an MA from NYU in Educational Theatre Colleges and Communities.

Michael also taught English and Drama for eight years at LaSalle Academy on New York City's Lower East Side.  He has been published three times in Best American Short Plays from Applause Books and is currently at work on a book exploring the intersection of art and business in relation to finance.  Michael has served on the board of Theater Resources Unlimited and currently sits on the board of Boomerang Theatre Company.   He blogs daily at www.oneproducerinthecity. typepad.com and is available to speak or run a workshop by emailing smallpondenterprises@gmail.com

Norah Turnham (General Manager) has been working with Small Pond since 2008.  As a theatre artist, Norah has a great passion for independent theatre and has been lucky enough to have worked with a number of NYC's own movers and shakers.  She has credits with the Planet Connections Festivity, Theatre of the Expendable, Cross Eyed Bear Productions, EstroGenius at the Manhattan Theatre Source, the Handcart Ensemble, the Midtown International Theatre Festival, the Looking Glass Theatre, the Impact Theatre, Kings County Shakespeare, and the True North Ensemble.  Outside of NYC, Norah has worked with Pendragon Theatre in Saranac Lake, NY and the Daydream Theatre Company in Rhode Island.

Norah is a also progressive educator who uses theatre and dramatic activities to teach across the curriculum.  She has a New York State teaching certificate (theatre K-12) and an MA in Educational Theatre from New York University.  Currently, Norah is teaching at M.S. 80 in the Bronx where she teaches 10 different classes of 6th and 8th grade students ranging from honors level students to English language learners to students with special needs.  She is also collaboratively directing/music directing the school's production of Disney's Alice in Wonderland, Jr.  Norah has previously had the honor to teach and learn in such NYC schools as the Little Red Schoolhouse, The Earth School, the Village Community School, and LaSalle Academy.  Norah also has experience as a teaching artist at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts and Tupper Lake High School.

Small Pond Casting Associates:

Samantha Cooper

Joshua Feder

Jeremy Karafin

Daniel Ophalen

Brenden Rogers