Meet our artistic staff

Tom Beck has been co- designing costumes for the Port Summer Show since 2010.  In the Pelham School District, where Mr. Beck teaches high school English and co-chairs the high school and middle school drama programs. He has co-designed the costumes for such musicals as Les Miserables, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Bye Bye Birdie, Seussical, and Shrek, and non-musicals such as Silent Laughter, Crimes of the Heart and Lost in Yonkers, among others. In addition to his design work for schools,his costumes have also been seen in local productions at Pleasantville Music Theatre, Yorktown Stage, Scene Stealers and Harlequin Players. He is the recipient of several National Youth Arts Awards for his work.

Neil Schleifer has been designing costumes for the Port Summer Show since 2010.  He has co-designed the costumes for the musicals Mamma Mia, Hello Dolly, Anything Goes, The Phantom of the Opera, and non-musicals including Brighton Beach Memoirs, Our Town and The Miracle Worker. He has also designed costumes for productions at Columbia University, Iona Prep, Iona College, The Herbert Mark Neman Theatre and Center Stage Community Playhouse. Mr. Schleifer also in teaches high school English in the Pelham school district. He is the recipient of several National Youth Arts Awards for his work.