InProximity Theatre Company
A New York City-based theater production company, InProximity was founded in 2008 by Jolie Curtsinger and Laurie Schaefer. We develop and produce new works, New York City premieres and contemporary classics. We are dedicated to honest, intimate story-telling and empowering female artists. We develop provocative, modern plays that explore the pinnacles and darkest depths of the human experience. We are committed to bringing together teams of distinctly talented actors, writers, directors, and designers and to creating a home for compelling and unique contemporary theater in New York City.
Jolie Curtsinger
Artistic Director
Originally from Los Angeles, Jolie loves creating theater both as an actor and a producer. Jolie founded InProximity Theatre Company in 2008 and PROJECT W Theatre Festival in 2017 with Co-Artistic Director and friend Laurie Schaefer Fenton. Most recently, Jolie will be seen
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Other NY stage credits include AFTER at Penguin Rep and ACROSS THE PARK, an ARACA Project production. She also acted in, produced and developed the InProximity World Premiere production of Michelle Elliott’s PROMISING, directed by Terry Berliner at Theatre Row. Jolie also produced and was seen on stage in InProximity’s productions of THE FALL TO EARTH, written by Joel Drake Johnson and directed by Joe Brancato at 59E59, NAVY PIER, THE MAIDEN’S PRAYER, and ORANGE FLOWER WATER. Other New York stage credits include ALMOST, MAINE and Amy Fox’s ONE THING I LIKE TO SAY IS (Cockeyed Optimists) and The DARE Project (taxductible). LA Theater: Adam Boch’s SWIMMING IN THE SHALLOWS, Joe Orton’s LOOT, the World Premiere of CHEYENNE, and the US Premiere of Emma Frost’s AIRSICK. Film and television credits include The Kindling Effect, Bastion, Rubberneck, The Perfect Fit (Craft Award for Leading Actress), Grim, Divorce Video Therapy, and The Escape. Jolie is also a proud member of the Board of Directors of St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.
Laurie Schaefer
Artistic Director
Laurie Schaefer has loved the theatre for as long as she can remember. Hailing from Missouri, she graduated from the University of Missouri with degrees in Theatre Education and Theatre Performance. She has worked in various television, film and stage projects on both the east and west coasts.
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She has been seen in the InProximity productions of Orange Flower Water by Craig Wright (Beth), The Maiden’s Prayer by Nicky Silver (Cynthia), Sight Unseen by Donald Margulies (Patricia) and Navy Pier by John Corwin (Liz). Laurie is so proud of all the amazing people who work with InProximity and awe-inspired by those that have helped us make this dream happen.
Lisa Dozier King
General Manager
Lisa Dozier King is the president of LDK Productions, a theatrical general management and production firm founded in 2004. Lisa has been on staff at the New 42nd Street, Manhattan Theatre Club, Symphony Space, American Repertory Theatre and New York Stafe & Film.
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Lisa served as the BFA Theatre Management program director at the University of Miami from