From writing for Seinfeld, Cheers, Will and Grace, to working with such comedic legends as Jonathan Winters, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Martin Short, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Burnett, Billy Crystal, Chevy Chase, Leopold has been at the epicenter of comedy for nearly 50 years.

Formerly Artistic Director, William Inge Center for the Arts and the Inge Festival; Associate Artistic Director, the Old Globe; Faculty, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. Original Director of Nora Ephron's Love Loss & What I Wore.

Mark Krantz is the creator of The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize, and served as it’s executive producer for 20 years. He created, with The Library of Congress, The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. Other credits include several televised concerts for PBS’s In Performance at The White House. His theatrical credits include George Wolf’s Harlem Song and serving as associate producer of a Tony Award winner Elaine Stritch At Liberty. 

Peter has produced and presented long running hits such as Celebrity Autobiography, Forbidden Broadway, Forever Plaid & Spamilton which all originated at his theater the Triad in NYC.

Artistic Director Madison Theater at Molloy College.

​Michael Lavine has worked as a musical director, pianist, vocal coach and singer all over the world and is a valuable member of the Kip and Sylvia creative team.

Director, Editor, Writer, Musician, Producer | projects spanning music, comedy, series, short films, docs and specials for networks including ABC, A&E, AMC, Bravo, CBS, Disney, Disney+, Fuse, HBO, MTV, Paramount+, and TNT. EP, Co-Creator of “The State on MTV” and CBS | EP, Paramount+ docuseries, “Born In Synanon” | Film Producer, Editor, Creative Consultant, The Rock + Roll Hall of Fame Inductions | Director and Supervising Producer MTV News & Specials: Rockumentary series and Documentary Specials.