Partners

TEDDY BERGMAN is a Drama Desk–nominated director, producer, and actor renowned for his visionary storytelling in immersive theater and large-scale live events. 

His recent work includes acclaimed productions like Birthright by Jonathan Spector at MCC (NYTimes Critics Pick), Mother Russia by Lauren Yee at Signature Theatre (NYTimes Critics Pick, Lortel Nomination) and the first major revival of Urinetown for City Center Encores! (NYTimes Critics Pick, Drama League Nomination). He also led the hit immersive production Life and Trust, staged inside a decommissioned bank building in Lower Manhattan, where audiences roamed six floors of rich, transportive design—hailed as “a mammoth site-specific show” and “a marvel of spectacle”.

As Artistic Director of Woodshed Collective, he co-conceived and directed the critically acclaimed Empire Travel Agency (New York Times Critic’s Pick, Time Out New York Critic’s Pick, The Guardian Ten Best of the Year) and the award-winning Broadway musical KPOP (Lucille Lortel Award, Richard Rodgers Award).

Bergman has collaborated with many of the field’s leading institutions, including The Public Theater, Roundabout, Williamstown Theatre Festival, New York Stage and Film, New York Theatre Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Club, Ars Nova, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Portland Center Stage, Primary Stages, Clubbed Thumb, and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater. His work also extends into music-driven performance and experiential events, including a biographical tour for Tegan and Sara and Sara Bareilles’ upcoming fall tour.

As Co-Founder of Ad Hoc Live Entertainment, he continues to push the boundaries of how live performance is conceived and experienced, bringing a director’s eye and an immersive sensibility to bold, original projects across disciplines.

Jeremy Blocker is a Tony, Lortel, and Outer Critics Circle Award winning producer who has spent more than two decades empowering artists to create inspiring work that connects with audiences in New York, across the country, and around the world. He has a fifteen-year track record of building companies that allow artists to pursue outside-the-box ideas, taking the kinds of risks that lead to culture-changing work. He has produced more than 40 productions including Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Anaïs Mitchell’s Tony Award-Winning Hadestown, David Bowie & Enda Walsh’s Lazarus, Sam Gold’s Othello, Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me, Jeremy O. Harris’ Slave Play, four plays from Mfoniso Udofia’s Ufot Family Cycle, Pulitzer Finalist Kristina Wong: Sweatshop Overlord along with new works from playwrights like Aleshea Harris, Lucas Hnath, Amy Herzog, Martyna Majok, Celine Song and collaborations with directors like Rachel Chavkin, Anne Kauffman, Lileana Blain-Cruz, Ivo van Hove, and Whitney White.

In over fifteen years in leadership, he has strengthened and expanded vital theatre companies, both not-for-profit and for-profit, leaving them capable of more than they had previously imagined possible. As Ars Nova’s first Managing Director, he diversified revenue streams to wean the organization off of founder-funding while expanding the resources available to artists by 50%. At New York Theatre Workshop, which he co-led for over a decade, he helped to more than double the size of the company while delivering award-winning theatrical work and deepening the company’s commitment to its mission to center the artist in the urgent conversations of our day. As the Executive Producer for Audible theatre, he brought world-class artists from Samantha Bee to Shawn Mendes to the Minetta Lane Theatre alongside new plays and musicals that smashed box office records. 

As a partner in Ad Hoc, he brings decades of experience creating the conditions for artists to make their most exciting work and connecting that work with audiences hungry for something new. 

JASON EAGAN is a Tony-nominated producer, acclaimed director, and widely respected tastemaker known for identifying and launching boundary-breaking talent. As the Founding Artistic Director of Ars Nova, he spent two decades transforming the New York theater landscape by discovering and developing many of today’s most influential voices across stage and screen. His work has introduced audiences to artists such as Bess Wohl (Small Mouth Sounds, Liberation), Dave Malloy (The Great Comet, Octet), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, Encanto), Billy Eichner (Billy on the Street, Bros), Bridget Everett (Somebody Somewhere), Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live), and Alex Timbers (John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch).

Eagan’s producing credits include some of the most genre-defying theatrical premieres in recent memory, including Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Underground Railroad Game, KPOP, Freestyle Love Supreme, and Oratorio for Living Things. Renowned for his artist-first approach and creative instincts, he has earned numerous honors, including the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Body of Work, the OBIE Award for Sustained Excellence, and the Drama Critics’ Circle Award for long-term contributions to new play development.

As a director, Eagan’s projects span immersive experiences, world premieres, and commercial revivals. He has enjoyed creative affiliations with a wide range of institutions, including Disney Theatrical Group, Lincoln Center, New York Theatre Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Club, Los Angeles Opera, and San Francisco Opera. With a deep background in shaping story, structure, and design, he is particularly skilled at shepherding original ideas and theatrical IP into new formats and platforms, a strength that continues to define his evolving creative practice.

In 2025, Eagan transitioned into an advisory role at Ars Nova and now focuses on his creative work as a partner of Ad Hoc Live Entertainment, the boutique production company he leads alongside partners Teddy Bergman and Jeremy Blocker, where he continues to develop ambitious new projects that live at the intersection of live performance, theatrical innovation, and imaginative world-building. Read more here.