Elias EL-Hage (Nibras Managing Director) is the General Manager of the Drama Desk Awards and Director of Finance and Administration at the World Music Institute. He has produced and/or managed over 20 world premier plays written by Arab-American playwrights, including: Sajjil (Record), Live! With Pascale & Chantal, Browntown, Layla’s Sahra, the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival. Credits include: The Producers, the Swing! National Tour, Classic Stage Company. He is also a management consultant for C & R Printing. Elias is an alumnus of Semester at Sea, Pepperdine University, and received his Master of Fine Arts in Theatre Management and Producing from Columbia University