ABOUT US
Ladybug Productions is our brainchild and second act, launched with the resources, experience and relationships gained after many years as lawyers, executives 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 and law. 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 overcoming obstacles to the stage energized us and gave us our start. We quickly realized that we wanted to foster other theatrical projects. Soon, our friend, mentor and Tony award winning producer Ken Davenport, offered us our first opportunity to co-produce his Broadway play, GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER, and we leapt.
Thus, "Ladybug Productions" was born - the name bespeaks a female owned and inspired business and is reminiscent of influential women in our lives whose ongoing memories inspire us to strive to be our best selves: Sally's mom and Jill's first cousin.
We are excited to develop new works and join with others to foster 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 so grateful that we are now business partners as well as dear friends. We are excited to share with others 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 is Deputy General Counsel and a 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