Because of Winn Dixie - East Haddam, CT (Regional) Creative Team

Production Staff

Nell Benjamin Bookwriter
Lyricist
Nell Benjamin is a lyricist, writer, and composer noted for her work in musical theatre. With her husband and frequent collaborator Laurence O'Keefe, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for writing Legally Blonde in 2011. And in 2007, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score for Legally Blonde, and then again in 2018 for her lyrics for Mean Girls. ... read more
Duncan Sheik Composer
Chris Bailey Choreographer
Theatre credits include: Gettin’ The Band Back Together (Belasco Theatre, Broadway); Jerry Springer the Opera (New Group, 2018 Chita Rivera Award nomination); The New Yorkers and 1776 (New York City Center Encores!); The Entertainer with Kenneth Branagh (Garrick Theatre, West End); Assassins (Menier Chocolate Factory, West End); Because of Winn Dixie (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); 2013 Tony Awards opening number ‘Bigger’ (CBS); MUNY; Jerome Robbins Broadway (production supervisor); Newsies (St. Louis Theatre Circle Award); The Music Man; Into the Woods; My Fair Lady; Tarzan; West Side Story and Thoroughly Modern Millie. Chris also worked on the Academy Awards from 2013-2015 as Assistant ... read more
Nell Benjamin Bookwriter
Lyricist
Nell Benjamin is a lyricist, writer, and composer noted for her work in musical theatre. With her husband and frequent collaborator Laurence O'Keefe, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for writing Legally Blonde in 2011. And in 2007, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Original Score for Legally Blonde, and then again in 2018 for her lyrics for Mean Girls. ... read more
William Berloni Animal Director
Jeff Croiter Lighting Designer
Broadway: Peter and The Starcatcher; Newsies; The Pee-wee Herman Show; Next Fall; Kiki and Herb Alive on Broadway. Other NYC credits include: Silence The Musical; Love, Loss, and What I Wore; Meet Vera Stark; Side Effects; A Lie of the Mind; Ordinary Days; Knickerbocker; Family Guys Sings; Jerry Springer The Opera; The Voysey Inheritance; The Internationalist; Almost, Maine; Streamers; Rufus Wainwright's Judy Concert at Carnegie Hall; and Jennifer Muller The Works. Jeff is a producer of Submissions Only. ... read more
Jason Hart Music Supervisor
Orchestrator
Jay Hilton Sound Designer
Mark Adam Rampmeyer Wig/Hair Designer
John Rando Director
Broadway theatre credits include: Gettin’ the Band Back Together (Belasco Theatre); On The Town (Lyric Theatre - Tony Nomination); Penn & Teller on Broadway (Marquis Theatre); A Christmas Story (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre); The Wedding Singer; Urinetown (Tony and Outer Critics Circle Awards); A Thousand Clowns and Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party. Off-Broadway theatre credits include: Jerry Springer – The Opera (New Group); Lives of the Saints (Primary Stages); The Heir Apparent (SDCF Calloway Award – Classic Stage Company); All in the Timing (Primary Stages – Obie Award); Carousel (New York Philharmonic) and The Toxic Avenger, among many others. Regional theatre credits include: Because ... read more
Emily Rebholz Costume Designer
Broadway: Oh, Hello; If/Then; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Recent Off-Broadway: Indecent (Vineyard Theatre), Dear Evan Hansen, The Way We Get By (Second Stage), The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout Theatre), The Tempest, Into The Woods (Shakespeare in the Park), Pretty Filthy (The Civilians), Our Lady of Kibeho (Signature), and Yardbird (Apollo Theater). Recent Regional Theater and Opera: Don Giovanni (Santa Fe Opera), La Boheme (Opera Theater of Saint Louis), Another Word For Beauty (The Goodman Theater), and Othello (Shakespeare DC). In New York her additional designs have been seen at Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Lincoln ... read more
Olivia Sebesky Projection Designer
Kaitlin Shaw Casting Director
Duncan Sheik Composer
Duncan Sheik is perhaps best known as the Tony and Grammy winning composer behind SPRING AWAKENING. As mentioned, he also wrote the music and lyrics for AMERICAN PSYCHO. ... read more
Adam Souza Music Director
Adam Souza joined Boston Conservatory at Berklee in 2020 as a repertoire coach and an associate professor of musical theater. Souza has worked on Broadway, various North American tours, and internationally as a conductor, music director, musician, arranger, vocal coach, and music supervisor. Broadway and touring productions include Les Misérables (national tour), Spamalot (national tour), and Kinky Boots (Broadway and national tour). Souza was the original music director and conductor for the second national tour of Wicked, later acting as associate music supervisor for the North American tours. He also acted as associate music supervisor for the mounting of the Spanish ... read more
Donyale Werle Scenic Designer
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