Paul Ellis
PEP Productions
Paul Ellis has worked in show business for over 35 years. Trained as a theatre director with Lee Strassberg, Jullian Beck, Jean Claude Van Ittalie he has directed more than seventy plays. As a producer he is responsible for producing festivals, concerts and major events and is a long time advocate for community based arts.
As the Director of Art and Cultural Development for the Township of Montclair he originated Monday Night Music at the public library, presented Moonlight Nights at the High School Amphitheater, and began ArtsWork the summer arts employment program. Mr. Ellis was the Executive Director of First Night Montclair for 15 years and produced the Montclair Jazz Festival reviving a long standing tradition in Montclair.
Last year he wrote & produced a series of plays with an acting troupe called The Air Pirates Radio Theater, and Paul is the co-host of The Culture Connection with John Moultrie on WTBQ AM.
PEP productions is a full service production company specializing in live theater, festivals and concerts. Owner/producer, Paul Ellis has worked in what he refers to as “the show business” for 38 years. Trained as a theatre director with Lee Strassberg, Jullian Beck, Jean Claude Van Ittalie he has directed more than seventy plays. As a producer he is responsible for producing festivals, concerts and major events and is a long time advocate for community based arts. PEP has developed a sponsorship program to reflect a philosophy of partnership. We regard sponsors as business partners, whose goals and objectives are as important as our own. That’s why we seek those businesses whose history, practices and philosophy are compatible with our own: artistic excellence, community, determination, inclusion, and fairness.
Recent productions Include:
- Air Pirates Radio Theater, named Best Theatre Troupe in the Hudson Valley 2007
- America For Sale, One Act Play Festival
- Culture Connection- WTBQ Radio
Past Festivals and Concerts Include:
- Sixteen First Night Celebrations of the Arts
- Monday Night Music, an eight part Jazz Series; Montclair, NJ
- Moonlight Nights Concerts, summer performance series of twenty-one concerts; Montclair NJ
- ArtsWork, a youth employment program in the arts,
- Eight Reggae Roots Music Festivals
- Art at Noon series, Bergen County Cultural Affairs
- The New Jersey State Dance Festival , Bergen County Cultural Affairs
- Planned and executed detailed marketing of the arts in Montclair including the Montclair Arts Guide, Visit Montclair Map, and Millennium Celebration
- Mayfirst Montclair Tourism Package
PEP Clients Have Included:
- City of Newburgh, NY City Arts Council
- Orange County Department of Tourism
- Orange County Citizens Foundation
- YMCA of Middletown, NY
- Township of Montclair, NJ
- William Carlos Williams Center for the Arts
- N.A.R.C. New Actors’ Repertory Company
- Fast Talk Productions
- Theater Works, Inc.
- The Garden State Chamber Orchestra
- Bergen County office of Cultural and Historic Affairs