Lynda Schneider

Gaslight Cafe, The John Mitchell Story (2023 - 2025)
Theater by Fingersnap Flix Executive Producer Gaslight Café: John Mitchell founded the iconic Gaslight Café. Watch as it comes to life on stage for two performances only. Join us at The Cutting Room in April 2024 for a historical immersive experience featuring music, poetry, and storytelling. Featuring a talented cast of young singers and musicians, this story showcases the creative minds that emerged from the Gaslight Café during a tumultuous era of social change. With Grammy winner Jimmy Hoyson at the musical helm, witness the legacy that this old coal cellar left on the Beat generation. The introduction to the performance will be given by author of “My Greenwich Village: Dave, Bob, and Me, Terri Thal. Terri was also the wife of Dave Van Ronk, and Bob Dylan’s first manager. Don't miss this one-of-a-kind theatrical experience at The Cutting Room NYC on April 27, 2024. Tickets are available now at www.thecuttingroomnyc.com. Contact Lynda B Schneider at (412) 720-4645 for more information.

Gaslight Cafe, The John Mitchell Story (2018 - 2019)
Film (Drama) Executive Producer The true, inside, personal story of how a Greenwich Village coal-cellar turned coffee shop, "The Gaslight," and its owner--flamboyant con-man and womanizer, John Mitchell--nurtured and inspired unknown Folk musicians and Beat writers including Bob Dylan, Noel Paul Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary, Tom Paxton, Dave VanRonk, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac. Mitchell protected them-- in Court and in a pool of his own blood--from the police, the Mafia and City Hall, who wanted to stop them from becoming counter-cultural icons. An elderly local priest accepts The Gaslight's message and confronts his own religion, his homosexuality, and the fear gripping the country over the Civil Rights Movement, the Red Scare and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Relentless (2018)
Film (Thriller) Miscellaneous Crew An American mother searches for her daughter who was kidnapped by human traffickers in Central America.

Gaslight Cafe: The John Mitchell Story Budget: $5M - $10M | Music ⋄ Drama Gaslight Café: The John Mitchell Story, Trace the footsteps of visionary entrepreneur John Mitchell's on his remarkable journey as he changes from a ladies' man and used-car-salesman to a suave patron of the arts. Cheer for John as he triumphs over monumental challenges to birth the legendary Gaslight Café, where rebellious spirits and creative flames burned bright to spark a cultural revolution.  Take a musical journey back to the beatnik era of the 1960s where musical icons like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Woody Guthrie, Noel Paul Stookey, Dave Van Ronk, got their start while John Mitchell battled city hall, the mafia, to keep The Gaslight Cafe afloat. With 6-time Grammy winner Jimmy Hoyson leading the music, this musical drama celebrates the iconic Gaslight Café and its impact on legends like Dylan. Based on a true story.