Directories not being cloned/created on deployment

I am getting this error in my log file.

The problem is stemmed from the framework/ and app/ directories not getting created in the storage/ on the server during the deployment. The folders are not git ignored. The app deploys perfectly in staging using the same deployment script but a different environment variable ie 'staging' instead of production. The app is using laravel 5.1 also.

production.ERROR: ErrorException: file_put_contents(/opt/rh/httpd24/root/var/www/sites/staff.library.ohio.edu/apps/app-ezproxy-config/releases/20171013121016/storage/framework/sessions/a8024f8258f00e97fcecefec26d1cdb29b9761f3): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /opt/rh/httpd24/root/var/www/sites/staff.library.ohio.edu/apps/app-ezproxy-config/releases/20171013121016/bootstrap/cache/compiled.php:6699