who we are

Playwright Michael Bettencourt and director Elfin Vogel have joined forces to form Block & Tackle Productions. B&T looks to collaborate with other creative individuals to explore different ways to tell dramatic narratives, such as live-streaming theatrical productions, recording radio-play podcasts, and creating short films for presentation and distribution.

Elfin Frederick Vogel (Producer/Director) – Elfin has directed over thirty productions in New York City and regional theatres, from classical plays (among others, Othello, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Measure for Measure, All's Well That Ends Well, Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard) to 20th-century plays (Six Characters in Search of an Author, The Real Thing, Exit the King) and new plays, among them Only the Dead Know Brooklyn, Excerpts from the Lost Letters of Hester Prynne, No Great Loss, Four Plays (all by Michael Bettencourt), and Moral and Political Lessons on "Wyoming" and Reckless Abandon (by Vincent Sessa).

Michael Bettencourt (Producer/Writer) – Michael is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. All his work can be seen on this site.