About Us
Founded in New York City in 2023 by artist and entrepreneur Cassidy Haley, CHP is built on a conviction that runs through everything it delivers – entertainment should tell a story.
The company operates on three pillars:
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A national roster of premier specialty talent – stilt walkers, aerialists, jugglers, showgirls, fire artists, and immersive characters anchored in circus, festival and nightlife communities.
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A robust production and build team including our in-house costume studio capable of quick turn arounds for complex custom packages.
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A world of original stories and characters - from our enchanted garden story to our chess-themed world of dual kingdoms - deployed as ready-to-stage, turnkey productions adaptable to most event formats.
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In three and a half years, CHP has delighted thousands of attendees across hundreds of events nationwide for civic institutions, foundations, festivals, and companies – among them Riverside Park Conservancy, Brookfield Properties, the City of Trenton, the CJS Foundation, Pace University, and the private members club Zerobond – with repeat clients returning season after season. The work has ranged from holiday activations and gala entertainment to full-scale theatrical productions staged in landmark settings, including Cipriani in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters.
In 2023, CHP was featured in an MTV VMAs promo for Shakira's Video Vanguard award. In 2026, the company debuted Quarrel – an original 22-performer rock opera staged on a life-size chess board – at Electric Forest, the first flagship production in a growing portfolio of original story worlds designed to live across stage, packages, music, and publishing.
About the Founder
Founder and Creative Director Cassidy Haley is a multidisciplinary artist, producer, and entrepreneur with over 20 years of leadership in events and entertainment. He is recognized for uniting ambitious creative vision with rigorously executed, market-ready experiences.
At 21, he wrote and produced his first circus rock opera in San Francisco's warehouse arts scene with Mystic Family Circus, launching a career that has spanned performance, fashion, and production. After moving to Los Angeles at 23, he pivoted to fashion, launching multiple successful brands serving high-end alternative markets, developing expertise in team leadership, artisanal manufacturing, and design.
In 2018, he relocated to New York City, where he became deeply embedded in the theater and nightlife communities, cultivating a network of premier specialty performers, from aerialists and jugglers to fire artists and stilt walkers. Now entering its fourth year, Cassidy Haley Productions has delivered hundreds of events and delighted thousands of guests nationwide with elaborately costumed, high-concept immersive event entertainment.
NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS
Produced Freedom Song (San Francisco 2001) – a rock opera staged with San Francisco's Mystic Family Circus. Performed to a packed house. First production credit – and the first circus-stilt rock opera, twenty-five years before Quarrel.
Co-founded fashion brands Ernte Fashion Systems and Skin.Graft - Featured in ultra-exclusive boutique Maxfield LA, designed custom clothing for Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and tour costumes for PINK. Skingraft co-founder Jonny Cota went on to win Making the Cut season 1. Presented at LA Fashion Week - pieces worn by Adam Lambert (on American Idol season 8 and the American Idols LIVE! 2009 tour and featured in ABC's 20/20) Fergie, Margaret Cho, Kat Von D.
Co-produced Lucent Dossier Experience for their Do Lab stage at Coachella and Lightning in a Bottle.
Self-Produced Debut EP hit #3 on the iTunes Electronic albums chart one week after release, with no label, management, or PR. Written up in the Houston Chronicle. Went on to play the Henry Fonda Theater and the Viper Room.
Featured in a 2023 MTV VMAs promo for Shakira's Video Vanguard award.
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