ABOUT US
Ladybug Productions is our passion and second act, launched with the experience, relationships and resources gained after many years as lawyers, executives, theater lovers and connectors.
Early in our long friendship, we discovered our shared passion for the performing arts. We nurtured our creative selves, even as we pursued rigorous careers in advocacy, law, and communications. Our opportunity to work together crystallized in creating a musical based on Sally's 2006 middle grade novel, INVINCIBLE.
Bringing INVINCIBLE's story of strong females to the stage energized us and inspired us to foster and produce other theatrical projects.
Thus, "Ladybug Productions" was born. Our name bespeaks a female-owned business and is reminiscent of the many influential women in our lives whose passion and commitment to justice inspires us to bring paradigm shifting stories to life. In the few years since we began, we have co-produced and invested in shows on Broadway, on tour and on their way.
We are excited to develop new works and join with others to shepherd projects already underway. We especially are drawn to stories of defying odds, self-realization, and change agents. We are also particularly interested in stories where women are central to the tale. Still, we are open to and looking for inspiration everywhere.
We are grateful to be business partners as well as dear friends and excited to share stories that inspire and engage through the power of live theatre.
OUR TEAM
Sally is the author of the middle grade novel, Invincible (Imagination Stage Press 2006), upon which Invincible the musical is based. She is completing a sequel to the novel. Sally and Jill Lesser are the principals in Ladybug Productions LLC, a theatrical production company, which made its Broadway producing debut in 2018 as a co-producer of Gettin' The Band Back Together.
Sally recently retired from her role as Deputy General Counsel and Partner at McDermott Will & Emery LLP. She serves as Co-Chair of the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Leadership Council, serves on the Board of KID Museum, an interactive STEM learning environment for school age children, and is President Emeritus of Imagination Stage, a non-profit children's performing arts center. Sally has a JD from Harvard Law School, cum laude (1986) and a BA from Yale University, summa cum laude (1983).
Sally Rosenberg
Co Founder & Producer
Jill is a business executive, non-profit leader and passionate theater enthusiast. Jill and Sally Rosenberg are the principals in Ladybug Productions LLC, a theatrical production company, which made its Broadway producing debut in 2018 as a co-producer of Gettin' The Band Back Together.
Jill has spent many years as a policy expert, advocate and strategist for corporate and non-profit concerns, beginning her advocacy career at the First Amendment organization People For the American Way. She is currently President of WomenAgainstAlzheimer's. Jill holds a BA, with honors, from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!) and graduated cum laude from Boston University School of Law.
Jill Lesser
Co Founder & Producer