CrazyHeadSpace Team
Elisabeth Davis - Creator, Composer, Lyricist
Elisabeth “Liz” Davis fell in love with performance and songwriting the first time her fingers found a toy piano. Since the early ’90s, she has written, performed, and directed bold, satirical, and irreverent theatre that shines a light on the stories we’re taught to hide—mental health, institutionalization, political inequity, and the isolation so many people quietly carry.
In 1995, Liz created Crazy Head Space as a celebratory, defiant musical tribute to those who are labeled, othered, and stigmatized for living with mental illness. A woman with bipolar disorder herself, she brings both lived experience and deep compassion to the work—using humor, honesty, and music to build a bridge between “us” and “them,” and to remind audiences that mental health exists on a shared, wobbly spectrum of being human.
Since 2005, Liz has worked as a creative arts therapist in psychiatric hospitals, prisons, medical facilities, and specialized schools. She holds a doctorate in Chinese medicine and currently practices in New York City.
Michelangelo Sosnowitz - Composer, Music Producer
Chances are you’ve already heard Michelangelo Sosnowitz’s music—whether as a film score, commercial jingle, teaser, network logo, or pop song.
His television credits include music for HBO’s Generation Kill and the opening theme for History Channel’s Battles BC. Michelangelo has written music for programs on ABC, CBS, PBS, Style Network, USA Network, Lifetime, YES Network, VH1, Univision, and ION Television, as well as films on Amazon Prime and most major streaming platforms. He composed the music for the award-winning comedy series Cop Show (YouTube), written by and starring Colin Quinn and produced by Jerry Seinfeld.
Feature film scoring credits include Dan Fogler’s directorial debut Hysterical Psycho; Deborah Kampmeier’s films SPLiT and Tape; Allie Dvorin’s A Novel Romance; Julia Verdin’s The Lost Girls and Maya; The Deborah Twiss Trilogy (Sapio, Taboo, Crave); Steve Feder’s A Brooklyn Love Story; and the upcoming Evan Crooke film Butcher’s Mountain.
In advertising, Michelangelo has written commercial music for Animal Planet, Chiller Network, Garnier Fructis, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, SK Energy Drink, Mercedes-Benz, Acuvue, and Coke Energy, among many others. His work also spans short films, plays, musicals, ballet, documentaries, video games, podcasts, industrial films, elevator muzak (seriously), and even the Madison Square Garden jumbotron.
Michelangelo has received awards for original music in both film and theatre, including Best Score at the First Run Film Festival and the Midtown International Theater Festival. He is also a prolific recording artist, writing and producing albums and songs across multiple genres, with tracks charting on CMJ and receiving play on satellite, domestic, and internet radio.
Hilary Braunfeld - Executive Producer
As a producer, Hilary Braunfeld combines deep personal investment with serious business horsepower. She is an experienced retail executive with 14+ years as a Vice President (including Senior Vice President at Ashley Stewart) and a track record of operating at scale—having led forecasting and managed budgets up to $5B for major brands including Macy’s Inc., Anne Taylor, Ross, Saks Off Fifth, and Ashley Stewart. Known for disciplined planning, sharp forecasting, and calm execution under pressure, she brings a high-accountability, results-driven lens to producing.
Hilary’s path to the arts is lifelong. Raised around dance and theatre in New York City—her mother was a professional ballerina—she developed an early love for live performance and storytelling. That passion became personal when she connected with Crazy Head Space not only as a piece of theatre, but as a mission: her mother lived with mental illness, and Hilary immediately recognized the show’s power to replace stigma with empathy and community.
Since first encountering the work, Hilary has played a key role in bringing Crazy Head Space back to audiences, including helping drive its 2009 Off-Broadway debut in NYC. She also served as Executive Producer on the feature film SPLiT (dir. Deborah Kampmeier, 2016). As a producer, Hilary combines business rigor with deep personal investment in CHS’s impact—helping ensure the project is built to last, reach wider audiences, and truly move the needle on mental health conversation.
Jeorjie Ornstein - Executive Producer
Jeorjie Ornstein is a live-events producer with a career spanning high-profile experiences for global clientele, including movie premieres, store and hotel openings, and large-scale social gatherings. Known for calm, detail-forward execution, she’s skilled at evaluating projects quickly, recommending smart creative enhancements, and maximizing budgets to meet—and exceed—client expectations while increasing visibility and opportunity.
Raised in and around the entertainment industry as the daughter of an actor and model, Jeorjie learned early how powerful storytelling can be when it’s done with intention. Her connection to Crazy Head Space is also deeply personal: her biological mother—an artist—spent much of her life navigating a “fantastical reality,” living with mental illness from a young age.
In 2009, Jeorjie attended a performance of her cousin Michelangelo’s musical, Crazy Head Space, and the story hit close to home. She knew immediately she wanted to help bring CHS to a wider audience—expanding its reach and impact, and helping carry its message from the stage to the screen.