Production Staff
Mike Brun
Orchestrations
Isabella Byrd
Lighting Designer
Isabella is a New York based Lighting Designer. ... read more
Myung Hee Cho
Scenic Designer
Kristen Gibbs
Production Stage Manager
Billy Griffin
Choreography Restaging, Additional Choreography
BFA NYU’s CAP 21. National Tours of Mary Poppins, Young Frankenstein, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, and A Few Good Men Dancin’. TV: The Electric Company and SMASH. ... read more
Andrea Grody
Music Director
Broadway debut. Recent projects include the world premieres of The Band's Visit (Atlantic Theater Company), Cake Off (Signature Theatre/Bucks County Playhouse), The Fortress of Solitude (Public Theater/Dallas Theater Center), Unknown Soldier (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Love’s Labour's Lost (Public Theater/Shakespeare in the Park), and the Public Works production of As You Like It; and the regional premieres of The Great Immensity and Venice (Public Theater). Other favorites include Assassins (Yale Rep) and Robin Hood as Composer/Music Director (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Writing credits include the full-length musical Strange Faces and several songs for The Civilians' Let Me Ascertain You series. Andrea is ... read more
Sun Hee Kil
Sound Designer
Lisa Kopitsky
Fight Director
Leah J. Loukas
Hair, Wig, and Makeup Designer
Broadway: Time and the Conways; Marvin’s Room; Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812; Sweat; Oh, Hello!; The Heidi Chronicles, On the Town, A Night with Janis Joplin; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; American Idiot; Irena’s Vow. The Public Theater: Sweat, Plenty, Barbecue, Fortress of Solitude. Shakespeare in the Park series: Julius Caeser, Taming of the Shrew, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Into the Woods. Ms. Loukas has designed various productions at many regional theaters including: La Jolla Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Dallas Theater Center and The Muny. ... read more
James Ortiz
Puppet Designer
Based in New York City, James Ortiz is a director, actor, writer, designer, and puppeteer. He was the recipient of the 2016 OBIE Award for Puppet Design for his critically acclaimed Off-Broadway show, The Woodsman.
Ortiz is co-artistic director of Strangemen & Company, which was founded in 2010 by graduates of the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Purchase.
Through spectacular life-size puppetry and original music by violinist Edward W. Hardy, the ensemble of Strangemen & Co. presented an inventive take on one of America’s original fairy tales. The Woodsman (which featured nine Purchase alums) debuted in 2012 at Standard ToyKraft in Brooklyn, ... read more
Dean Sharenow
Music Coordinator
Dean is a Grammy-nominated recording engineer and producer who also supervises theatrical music departments and orchestras. His Broadway credits include Sting's The Last Ship and David Yazbek's Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown, as well as Amelie and Lysistrata Jones. Off-Broadway, Dean has contracted Twelfth Night, The Total Bent, Fortress Of Solitude, and A Midsummer Night's Dream (all Public Theater). He also serves as contractor-in-residence at the Public. Dean's engineering and producer credits include The Great Comet, Old Hats, Preludes, Fortress Of Solitude, Women On The Verge..., and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, as well as solo albums for ... read more
Emilio Sosa
Costume Designer
EMILIO SOSA hails from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and has been working as a costume designer for years. He realized his passion for design when he was merely 14 years old, continuing to work towards that goal until he achieved it. A fan of Charles James, he’s had plenty of experience in the world of fashion and has even won several awards. Emilio Sosa has received TDF/Irene Sharaff Young Master Award in 2006 and was named Design Virtuoso by American Theater Magazine in 2003. He admits that he’s been inspired by historical events, which he incorporates into his design aesthetic. ... read more
Sonya Tayeh
Original Choreographer
Sonya Tayeh is a New York City based Tony Award winning choreographer and director. Since paving her professional career her work has been characterized as a blend of powerful versatility and theatrical range. Upcoming: Gatsby (A.R.T/Dir. Rachel Chavkin). Selected credits include: Moulin Rouge! The Musical! (Broadway, World Wide/Dir. Alex Timbers), The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window (Broadway/Dir. Anne Kauffman), Is It Thursday Yet? (La Jolla Playhouse and Perelman Arts Center/Directed, Conceived and Co Choreographed), Sing Street (Huntington Theatre, Boston/Dir. Rebecca Taichman), Martha Graham Dance Company (Joyce Theatre/Tour), American Ballet Theatre/What Becomes of Love Dance Film, Unveiling with Moses Sumney and ... read more
Laurie Woolery
Director
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