Prestigious Producer Cody Lassen

Cody Lassen Courtesy of Walter McBride

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Cody is a Tony Award-winning and Grammy-nominated producer, most recently represented on Broadway by Paula Vogel’s HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, INDECENT, which transferred from Off-Broadway to Broadway in just 11 months, and the Deaf West Theatre revival of SPRING AWAKENING, which transferred from a 99 seat production in Los Angeles to Broadway in just 366 days. His most recent Off-Broadway production was the first new musical to open in New York since the pandemic began, A COMMERCIAL JINGLE FOR REGINA COMET. Coming soon: the Queer horror-comedy feature film SUMMONING SYLVIA. Select co-producing credits include: THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN, WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, THE BAND'S VISIT, and SIGNIFICANT OTHER.

What are you best known for?

Cody is a Tony Award-winning and Grammy-nominated producer best known for the Deaf West Theatre revival of SPRING AWAKENING, which opened on Broadway in 2015. Re-imagined and performed simultaneously in English and American Sign Language, SPRING AWAKENING depicts a dozen young people making their way through the thrilling, complicated and mysterious time of sexual awakening. The musical is based on Frank Wedekind's 1891 play of the same name. Written by Steven Sater and composed by Duncan Sheik.

What is the first thing you worked on professionally?

As a PA on the movie musical, BLUES BROTHERS 2000, which was the sequel to the BLUES BROTHERS and featured a fun and sassy performance by Aretha Franklin.

What are you working on that no one knows about yet?

SUMMONING SYLVIA, an LGBTQ thriller-comedy that tells the story of a gay bachelor party takes a spooky turn when sinister spirits are suddenly summoned. The warm and whimsical Larry has been kidnapped by his three best friends for a bachelor weekend getaway at a haunted house. As they sashay through the Victorian corridors, the comrades recount the house’s legend from a hundred years ago: A murderous woman named Sylvia slaughtered her son and buried him beneath the floorboards. All seems fine and spooky until Larry's ultra-straight brother-in-law crashes the proceedings. A hilarious thrill ride, SUMMONING SYLVIA grabs hold and doesn't let go.