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About Weird Noises

We make what we’d want to see, and build our own everything to keep it that way.

That takes people who refuse to do just one thing.

Here we are.

Portrait of Husani S. Oakley
Co-Founder + Co-CEO (Creative, Tech)

Husani S. Oakley

Husani S. Oakley is a writer, technologist, and global creative leader whose work lives at the intersection of art and science.

Husani co-wrote the book and lyrics for the satirical musical Stable Geniuses at the End of the World and the musical Welcome to Sandy Peaches. Other writing/co-writing credits include Divide Theory (television), Unleashed (television), and Desert Rose (film). He produced the critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway musical Camp Morning Wood and modern dance show Static REM.

As Global Director of Creative Practices at Netflix, he led strategies for original and licensed content, shaping how technology helps audiences connect with stories—a perspective he was also invited to share at the White House by the Obama Administration.

Husani co-founded Flavorpill, a pioneering digital platform for arts and culture, and GoldBean, an investment platform designed to empower women and people of color.

As Director of Creative Technology at Wieden+Kennedy, he developed award-winning work for global brands like Jordan Brand, Heineken, and ESPN, including the innovative “Human Twitter” project for the X Games; as Chief Technology Officer at Deutsch New York, he guided the digital vision for clients like AB InBev, PNC Bank, and AT&T.

Husani was named to Adweek’s Creative 100 as one of the “most fascinating creative professionals” and honored by Campaign US’s 40 Over 40. He is an executive member of IADAS (The Webby Awards) and has served as a juror for the creative industry’s highest honors, including Cannes Lions, the One Show, and Clio Music.

Portrait of Marc Erdahi
Co-Founder + Co-CEO (Strategy, Projects)

Marc Erdahi

Marc Erdahi is a critically-acclaimed writer, director, and producer whose superpower is developing new stories from concept to production.

He conceived and wrote/co-wrote the original musicals Stable Geniuses at the End of the World, Welcome to Sandy Peaches, Moonshot (music by Corey Everly), Vlad and the Impalers (music by Ben Shooter), Son of Captain Blood (music by Nick Messitte), and Jezebels. His original plays include Fluorescent, Kill Granny, and Pretty Vacant. His work also extends to television with the sitcom pilot Unleashed.

Marc was honored with a NYMF Award for Best Reading for his original stage adaptation of the best-selling novel Fat Kid Rules the World. His musical Camp Morning Wood (concept, director) was a NYTimes favorite in 2021. Most recently, his musical Moonshot was an Official Selection of the 2024 Lavender Fest Atlanta.

Additional directorial credits include Hedwig and the Angry Inch (as Producing Artistic Director of the 3S Theatre Collective) and regional/festival productions Hair, South Pacific, All Shook Up, and Nine. His festival-winning work includes Women and Guns (Winner, Best New Play), That’s Showbiz! (Winner, Best New Musical), and Fringe Encores official selections Standby and Sex, Lies and Earl Grey.

He has served as Production Stage Manager on both Off-Broadway and national tours of shows like The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show and Seussical.

Marc holds a Master of Science in Communications from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies from The New School University.

Collaborators

Portrait of Jashiro Dean

Jashiro Dean

Choreography

Jashiro Dean is a choreographer and dance educator born in Panama and raised in New York City. Trained at LaGuardia High School and on scholarship at Dance Theatre of Harlem, he performed with Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company before founding The Jashiro Dean Dance Company.

Portrait of Feathers Wise

Feathers Wise

Music

Feathers Wise is a Brooklyn-based musician, producer, and actor. She has released the records Let the Chaos Feed My Evolution and I Am Not Afraid, composed the musical Paradise Lost in Space, and appeared in the feature film A Dim Valley.

Portrait of Shane Santiago

Shane Santiago

Experience

Shane Santiago is president and chief experience officer of Bravely, the creative consultancy he co-leads with Husani Oakley. A two-time agency founder with 25 years in digital, he has built work for Marriott, Disney, the NBA, and the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Portrait of Jordan Wolfe

Jordan Wolfe

Music

Jordan Wolfe is a New York–based composer, writer, and performer. He wrote the book, music, and lyrics for the Off-Broadway hit Night of the Living Dead! The Musical!, and works as an arranger, orchestrator, and jazz vocalist across theatre, film, and TV.

Portrait of RJ Magee

RJ Magee

Casting

RJ Magee is a casting director and talent manager. Founder of RJ Magee Casting, he has spent over a decade casting theatre, film, and television, alongside talent management at NYC’s Baker Management and teaching theatre at the university level.

Portrait of Sonya D. Williams

Sonya D. Williams

Writer

Sonya Deulina Williams is a speculative-fiction novelist, poet, and screenwriter — author of the Divide Theory duology and the poetry collection Sublimate It. She is also a licensed clinical social worker specializing in trauma, a practice that runs straight through her writing.

Portrait of Ben Shooter

Ben Shooter

Music

Ben Shooter is a New Jersey guitarist, bassist, and songwriter, trained at Tulane. A member of Brooklyn alt-pop band Her Dark Heaven and psych-rock band Sir Synthesis, he also releases his own goth country rock as a one-man band.

Portrait of Corey S. Everly

Corey S. Everly

Music

Corey Everly is a conductor, vocal coach, and pianist on the voice faculty of Boston Conservatory at Berklee. He has conducted more than thirty musical theatre and opera productions and accompanied the Grammy-nominated Westminster Williamson Voices.

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We make musicals. We make software. We've been told those are different businesses. We disagree.

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    The world sees a windmill. He sees your giant.