Michael is a New York City based director, producer, and theatre educator. Michael is founder and Artistic Director of Little Red Light Theatre an Off Broadway theatre company specializing in Jewish/Queer musicals and plays. He produced/directed Hello Again, Thrill Me: the Leopold &Loeb Story, An infinite Ache, Harry Reems Goes to Hollywood and Fixing Frankie a new musical with Little Red Light Theatre.

As a Director, Michael has worked in Bergen, Norway where he directed a new Norwegian translation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. He directed/choreographed All Kinds of People for Inside Broadway which is a program to bring Broadway shows to NYC Public schools. Other directing credits include Fiddler on the Roof, Escape to Margaritaville at Woodstock Playhouse. Hello Dolly, Always Patsy Cline, Legally Blonde at Priscilla Beach Theatre. Titanic (Carmel Symphony Orchestra) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Big Bang for Actors Theatre of Indiana and a world premiere devised play entitled Finding Home at Northern Michigan University.

Michael is currently an adjunct Professor at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC. MFA, Actors Studio Drama School, BFA Tish, NYU. AEA SAG/AFTRA SDC

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Rochele co-produced the new Off Broadway musical Fixing Frankie with Little Red Light Theatre, directed by Michael Blatt and Joe Langworth. She was the Producing Artistic Director of Stage 74 at the SYJCC from 2013 – 2024 creating and producing their now annual Broadway Ball fundraiser. She is a director and choreographer as well as a voice and performance coach and has created several innovative programs including Cabaret Kids, Moms Who Sing and The Butler Theater Company designed for inclusion.
In 2019 she was nominated for the Carnegie Mellon University Excellence in Theater Education TONY Award.
She was a talent agent at J. Michael Bloom and Innovative Artists and then became a casting director for commercials, voice overs, film and tv. She was the in-house casting director for The Roundtable Ensemble, which provided free theater to inner city school
kids, from 1998 – 2001.
She has done Broadway National and International tours, including the 25th anniversary Broadway National Tour of Hair directed by James Rado. Rochele was a proud member of the La Mama 2000 Theater Company helmed by legendary director and friend Tom O’Horgan.

Marie Grace LaFerrara is an executive leader, arts administrator, educator, and former performer with a career that spans nonprofit leadership, producing, arts education and storytelling. She currently serves as Executive Director of Little Red Light Theatre, where she oversees operations, fundraising, partnerships and strategy and as a Producing Consultant in NYC and abroad.

Previously, Marie served as Executive Director of The York, one of New York’s leading Off-Broadway nonprofit theaters dedicated exclusively to musical theater. During her time there, she helped expand fundraising efforts, strengthen donor relationships and community partnerships – and guide the organization through an important period of growth and transition.

Marie began her career as a performer in the New York theater scene, appearing as The Acid Queen in The Who’s Tommy(National), performing in Off-Broadway’s Schoolhouse Rock Live!, and working in commercials and industrials. She is also a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is a proud union member (AEA, Sag/Aftra)

In addition to her leadership work, Marie spent 9 years as a theater educator at Usdan Center for the Performing Arts, where she taught and mentored students ages 9-18 and directed 18 musical theater productions. Her background as both an educator and performer continues to shape her collaborative and people-focused approach to leadership.

Known for her energy, strong organizational instincts, and ability to connect with both artists and audiences, Marie has built a career around bringing people together, growing organizations, and creating spaces where creativity can thrive.