DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE (Book, Lyrics, Original Play) is a playwright, screenwriter, lyricist and librettist. He received Tony Awards® for Best Score and Best Book of a Musical for his work on Kimberly Akimbo. Other Broadway credits include Rabbit Hole (MTC, Pulitzer Prize); Good People (MTC, NY Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, Horton Foote Prize); Shrek with Jeanine Tesori (Kleban Award for Lyrics); High Fidelity with Tom Kitt and Amanda Green. Off-Broadway: at ATC, Kimberly Akimbo (Lortel, NYDCC, OCC and Drama Desk awards for Best Musical); at MTC, Ripcord, Kimberly Akimbo (the play), Wonder of the World, Fuddy Meers; at Soho Rep, A Devil Inside. Film: The Family Fang, Rise of the Guardians, Rabbit Hole, Oz the Great and Powerful, Poltergeist, Inkheart, Robots. Member: Dramatists Guild, WGA, ASCAP. David is also, along with Tanya Barfield, co-director of the playwriting program at The Juilliard School.
JEANINE TESORI (Music) is a composer of musical theatre, opera and film. She is a two-time Tony Award® winner for Best Score, for Kimberly Akimbo with David Lindsay-Abaire and for Fun Home with Lisa Kron. Her other musicals include Caroline, or Change (with Tony Kushner); Shrek (David Lindsay-Abaire); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Dick Scanlan); Violet (Brian Crawley);and Soft Power (David Henry Hwang), which was her second work after Fun Home to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Her operas include A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck (Tony Kushner); The Lion, The Unicorn and Me (J.D. McClatchy);and Blue (Tazewell Thompson). Her latest opera, Grounded (George Brant),marks Tesori as one of the first women, along with Missy Mazzoli, to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and opened the 2024-2025 season. In addition to her work as a composer, Tesori is the founding artistic director of New York City Center's Encores! Off-Centerseries, the supervising vocal producer of Steven Spielberg's West Side Story and a lecturer in music at Yale University. Proud member of the Dramatists Guild.
JESSICA STONE (Director) worked as an actress on and off Broadway, in television and film before transitioning to directing. Her directing career began in earnest with her all-male 2010 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She has since been nominated for two Tony Awards® for her work on Broadway in Kimberly Akimbo (2023) and Water for Elephants (2024). In addition, both productions garnered nominations for Best Musical, with Kimberly Akimbo taking home the prize. She has directed all over the country at such theatres as The Old Globe, A.C.T., Shakespeare Theatre Company, Huntington Theatre Company, Two River Theater and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Productions include As You Like It, Kate Hamill's Vanity Fair, Barefoot in the Park, Dancing at Lughnasa, Bad Dates, Ken Ludwig's Robin Hood! (world premiere), Ripcord, Bad Jews, Arms and the Man, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Charlotte's Web, June Moon, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Absurd Person Singular. As a performer her Broadway credits include Anything Goes, Butley, The Odd Couple, The Smell of the Kill, Design for Living, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Grease.
DANNY MEFFORD (Choreographer) choreographed three Tony Award® winners for Best Musical: Kimberly Akimbo, Dear Evan Hansen (also Olivier, Best Musical) and Fun Home. Direction: a national tour of Shrek and three upcoming projects: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Kennedy Center, The Gorgeous Nothings and The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul. Choreography highlights: Titanic, Love's Labour's Lost, February House, Miss You Like Hell, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Sound of Music and Good Person of Szechwan. TV: theatrical sequences for "Rise" on NBC, "Dickinson" on AppleTV+, and "Fleishman is in Trouble" FX. MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep.
DAVID ZINN (Scenic Design). Broadway: scenic design for Stereophonic, The Notebook, Jaja's African Hair Braiding, Funny Girl, The Minutes, Diana, Torch Song, The Humans; scenic/costume design for Choir Boy, The Boys in the Band, SpongeBob SquarePants, Amélie, Fun Home, The Last Ship; costume design for Enemy of the People, Almost Famous; A Doll's House, Part 2; Airline Highway; ...the vibrator play; Xanadu. Also: Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic Theater, The Public Theater, NYTW; National Theatre and Young Vic (U.K.); Theater Basel; and the Berlin Staatsoper. Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, Hewes awards.
SARAH LAUX (Costume Design). Broadway: Prayer for the French Republic, The Band's Visit, Fully Committed, The Humans. Selected Off-Broadway: Dead Outlaw (Audible); Wish You Were Here (Playwrights Horizons); The Wanderer (Paper Mill Playhouse); Prayer for the French Republic (MTC); Kimberly Akimbo, This Ain't No Disco, The Band's Visit (Atlantic Theater Company); Jerry Springer: The Opera (New Group, Obie Award); A Play Is a Poem (Taper Theatre); Before the Meeting (WTF).Film: Not Okay, The Sixth Reel, Freakshow.Television: "High Fidelity," "Godfather of Harlem" S2-4
JEANETTE OI-SUK YEW (Lighting Design). Award-winning designer for theatre, dance, opera, musicals, music performances and large-scale immersive installation. The NY Times described her designs as "clever" and "inventive." Credits include: The Thanksgiving Play (Broadway), The Connector (MCC), King Lear (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Manahatta (The Public), Gloria: A Life (Daryl Roth Theatre), Cullud Wattah (The Public), Golden Shield (MTC), The Nosebleed (LCT3), American (Tele)visions (NYTW), Oratorio for Living Things (Ars Nova), Snow in Midsummer (CSC), Suicide Forest (Ma-Yi), KPOP (Ars Nova), WILD: A Musical Becoming (A.R.T.), Walden (Theaterworks), Blue (Detroit Opera), Theatre of the Mind (with David Byrne). www.jeanetteyew.com
KAI HARADA (Sound Design). Broadway: Once Upon a Mattress; The Days of Wine and Roses; Merrily We Roll Along (Tony® nomination); Spamalot (co-design); New York, New York (Tony® nomination); Kimberly Akimbo; The Old Man and the Pool; Mister Saturday Night; Head Over Heels; The Band's Visit (Tony Award®, Drama Desk Award); Amélie; Sunday in the Park With George; Allegiance; Gigi; Fun Home; On the Town; First Date; Follies (Tony®, Drama Desk Nominations); and Million Dollar Quartet. West End: Crazy For You; Million Dollar Quartet. Many other musicals worldwide.
J. JARED JANAS (Wig, Hair, and Makeup Design). Broadway: Our Town, Once Upon a Mattress, Mary Jane, Prayer for the French Republic, Purlie Victorious, Good Night, Oscar, Sweeney Todd..., Ohio State Murders, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog/Underdog, How I Learned to Drive, American Buffalo, Jagged Little Pill, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Gettin' the Band Back Together, Bandstand, Indecent, Sunset Boulevard, The Visit, The Real Thing, Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill, Motown, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess.
LUCY MACKINNON (Video Design) is a projection designer and video artist who lives in Brooklyn. She is a two-time Tony Award® nominee whose Broadway design credits include The Notebook, Kimberly Akimbo, A Christmas Carol, How I Learned to Drive, Jagged Little Pill, The Rose Tattoo, Lifespan of a Fact, Six Degrees of Separation, and Deaf West's revival of Spring Awakening.
THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting). With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability, and advocacy. Please visit thetelseyoffice.com for our credits.
JOHN CLANCY (Orchestrations). Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo (Tony® nom.), Mean Girls (Tony® nom.), 1776 (2022 revival), Fun Home (Tony®/Drama Desk noms.), Diana, The Prom, Tuck Everlasting, Shrek (Tony®/Drama Desk noms.), Cats 2016(dance arr.). Off-Broadway/regional: The Karate Kid, The Notebook, The Secret Life of Bees, Gun & Powder, Becoming Nancy, Soft Power (dance arr.), The Fortress of Solitude, Jasper in Deadland, Just So.
MACY SCHMIDT (Additional Orchest-rations) is an honoree of the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for her work as founder/CEO of The Broadway Sinfonietta, an all-women and majority women-of-color orchestra. Broadway: Tina. U.K./international: RIDE, Monsoon Wedding, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical. macyschmidtmusic.com | CAA
CHRIS FENWICK (Music Supervisor). Music director: Soft Power (Pulitzer finalist), Sunday in the Park With George (2017 Broadway revival), Fun Home (Tony Award®, Best Musical; Pulitzer finalist), the original productions of Michael John LaChiusa's Giant, Los Otros, Queen of the Mist and See What I Wanna See. Music supervisor: Once on This Island (Tony Award®, Best Revival); Good Night, Oscar (Goodman Theatre). Founding music director, City Center Encores! Off-Center. Music director for Patti LuPone at Carnegie Hall and more.
ANTOINE SILVERMAN (Music Coordinator). Thrilled to be involved in his eighth production with Jeanine Tesori including Fun Home and Caroline, or Change. Other shows include The Secret Life of Bees, Spider-Man, Tuck Everlasting, Paradise Square, Assassins (CSC) and many more.
RYAN EDWARD WISE (Music Director). Previous Tours: Something Rotten!, RENT, Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease das Musical (Germany/Austria/Switzerland). Regional: An American in Paris, Happy Days, Show Boat, West Side Story, Camelot (Westchester Broadway Theatre); Joseph, Nunsense (Theatre by the Sea); A Christmas Story, Buddy Holly (Circa '21); It Shoulda Been You (Gretna Theatre).
STRANGE CRANIUM (Electronic Music Design). Billy Jay Stein, CEO and founder. Hiro Iida, lead designer. Credits: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Grammy Award); The Radio City Rockettes NY Spectacular; MJ; Kimberly Akimbo; 1776; Paradise Square; Caroline, or Change; Diana; Tootsie; Mean Girls; The Band's Visit; Fun Home; Spider-Man; Hairspray; Amélie; Tuck Everlasting; The Rocky Horror Show; Jekyll & Hyde. www.strangecranium.com
RYAN EMMONS (Associate Director). Broadway: Water for Elephants, Kimberly Akimbo, Groundhog Day, Matilda, Ghost. National Tours: Matilda and Miss Saigon. Ryan is co-artistic director of the indie theatre ensemble No.11 Productions and teaches at IAMT. Gratitude to Jane, Brandon and Beckett! www.ryanemmonsdirects.com
BRITTNEY GRIFFIN (Associate Choreographer). Credits include Kimberly Akimbo on Broadway, Dreamgirls International Tour (Associate Choreographer/Director). Film: Bolden, A Jazzmans Blues (Netflix). Special thanks to Mom, Dad, Danny, and Lucille. Love you Darius.
ARABELLA POWELL (Production Supervisor). Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, The Lion King; What the Constitution Means to Me; The Rose Tattoo; John Leguizamo's Latin History..., Ghetto Klown and Sexaholix; Eve Ensler's The Good Body; Kat and the Kings. Select Off-Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, Richard II. WNYC/Public; Théâtre de Complicité's Mnemonic; Trumbo; Tap Dogs West End & international tour. Program member, Open Stage Project.
SHAWN PENNINGTON (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Wicked, Next to Normal, Sondheim on Sondheim. First National Tours: MJ, Come From Away, Bright Star, Fun Home, If/Then, Peter and the Starcatcher, Rock of Ages. Regional: Gypsy (The Muny), Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse). Love to Mom & Mark.
ABBY L. POWERS (Stage Manager, she/her). Touring: Hamilton, Summer, School of Rock, Cinderella, Joseph...Dreamcoat, Cats, West Side Story, Annie, Fiddler on the Roof and more. "Unending love to my family and my suitcases!"
OLIVIA GORDON (Assistant Stage Manager). National Tours: Annie. Regional: Anastasia, Tootsie, Titanic, 9 to 5, Something Rotten! (Maine State Music Theatre), Frozen (Fulton Theatre). Training: Michael Jackson ONE by Cirque du Soleil, Shenandoah University. Sending love and thanks to her family, friends, and mentors.
JUSTIN T. SCHOLL (Company Manager). Tour: MJ the Musical, Beetlejuice, The Band's Visit, Miss Saigon. International: Shrek, Beauty & the Beast. Broadway: Lady Day.... Board Certified member of ATPAM. Love to Mom, Dad, Sydney, Hops Alexis and Cookie.
JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS (Production Management) formed in 1998, JSP has managed more than 100 Broadway, Off-Broadway and National Tours. Currently: & Juliet, Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, Good Night, and Good Luck, Harry Potter, Hell's Kitchen, John Proctor is the Villain, MJ: The Musical, Moulin Rouge, Picture of Dorian Gray, Romeo & Juliet, Shucked, Some Like It Hot, Stereophonic, The Great Gatsby, The Outsiders. www.juniperstreet.com.
321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT (General Management). Credits include Wicked (worldwide); Purpose (Tony Award® for Best Play); Death Becomes Her; The Outsiders (Tony Award® for Best Musical); Kimberly Akimbo (Tony Award® for Best Musical); Gutenberg! The Musical!; Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/ Underdog (Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Play); A Strange Loop (Tony Award® for Best Musical); Is This a Room; Dana H.; What the Constitution Means to Me; The SpongeBob Musical; War Paint; Oh, Hello on Broadway; Fully Committed (Broadway revival and original Off-Broadway); Fun Home (Tony Award® for Best Musical); If/ Then; Peter and the Starcatcher; Bring It On: The Musical; Sister Act; Traces; Next to Normal; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; The Vagina Monologues; Man of La Mancha; The Graduate; I Love You, You're Perfect; and Bat Boy.
DAVID STONE (Producer) is currently represented around the world (on stage and screen) by Wicked. He has also produced Purpose, Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog/Underdog, The Boys in the Band, War Paint, If/Then, Next to Normal, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Three Days of Rain, Man of La Mancha, The Vagina Monologues, Fully Committed, Lifegame, The Diary of Anne Frank, Full Gallop, The Santaland Diaries and Family Secrets. David serves on the boards of The Broadway League and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. He also serves on the advisory boards of The Broadway Green Alliance and Second Stage Theater. David has lectured on theatre at Yale, Princeton, Columbia and his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania.
ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY (Producer). Neil Pepe, artistic director; Jeffory Lawson, managing director. Our aim is singular: to empower simple and honest storytelling that fosters greater understanding of our shared world. Founded as an ensemble of impassioned students in 1985, we have grown into a Tony Award® and Pulitzer Prize winning Off-Broadway company and world-renowned Acting School. As a producer of compelling new works from emerging and established artists, we are committed to uncovering and celebrating all storytellers. www.atlantictheater.org.
JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Producer). Credits: Purpose; Tammy Faye; The Outsiders; Kimberly Akimbo; An Enemy of the People; Some Like It Hot; Titanique; MJ; Mr. Saturday Night starring Billy Crystal; Tina: The Tina Turner Musical; The Lehman Trilogy; My Fair Lady; The Band's Visit; On Your Feet!; The Elephant Man; I'll Eat You Last; Next to Normal; The Color Purple; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Movin' Out and many others.
LACHANZE (Producer) is thrilled to continue to serve on the producing team for Kimberly Akimbo. LaChanze has also served as producer on the lauded Purpose (Tony Award®), Topdog/Underdog (Tony Award), Here Lies Love, and Jaja's African Hair Braiding (Tony® nomination) and is currently a producer on The Outsiders (Tony Award®). As an actor, LaChanze has starred in The Color Purple (Tony Award®), Once on This Island (Tony® nomination), Trouble in Mind (Tony® nomination), Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Tony® nomination), If/Then, A Christmas Carol and many others. With over 38 years of experience on Broadway, LaChanze is committed to producing theatre that transforms, transcends and inspires. She is the proud president of Black Theatre United, an advocacy organization dedicated to protecting Black bodies, Black talent, and Black lives on and off our stages.
JOHN GORE (Producer) has won 25 Tonys, an Olivier, and two Emmy Awards. He is a British producer who is Chairman, C.E.O., and sole owner of the John Gore Organization family of companies, including Broadway Across America, Broadway.com, The Broadway Channel,
BroadwayBox.com, Broadway Brands, and Group Sales Box Office. The company has produced and invested in shows on Broadway, in London's West End, Japan, China and presents in over 45 cities across North America. Presentations include The Phantom of the Opera, Disney's The Lion King, Wicked, The Book of Mormon and Hamilton. Recent Broadway credits include The Outsiders, Purpose, Buena Vista Social Club, MJ, and Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
PATRICK CATULLO (Producer) is a multiple Tony® and Olivier Award-winning producer. Recent credits include; Sunset Blvd.; Merrily We Roll Along; An Enemy of the People; Here Lies Love; Illinoise; Gutenberg! The Musical; Kimberly Akimbo; Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool; David Byrne's American Utopia (Special Tony Award® and Emmy nomination); Girl From the North Country; Fleabag; Network; The Boys in the Band; 1984; Oh, Hello on Broadway; Fully Committed; Gypsy (West End); The Elephant Man; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; If/Then; Next to Normal; and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Upcoming: Oedipus; Dog Day Afternoon starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach and West End premiere of Sam Hunter's Clarkston starring Joe Locke.
AARON GLICK (Producer) is a Tony® and Olivier Award-winning producer. Broadway, Touring and West End Credits include: Spelling Bee (Off Broadway), Purpose (Tony Award®), A Wrinkle in Time (Arena Stage), Next to Normal (West End), Hello, Dolly! (West End), Sweeney Todd (Tony® nomination), Kimberly Akimbo (Tony Award®), What the Constitution Means to Me (Tony® nomination), & Juliet (West End only), The Boys in the Band (Tony Award®), Fully Committed, Gypsy (Olivier Award), and The Old Man and the Old Moon. Aaron is also a producer with David Stone and has worked on such shows as: Three Days of Rain, Wicked, Next to Normal, If/Then, War Paint, and the Tony-Winning Topdog/Underdog. Aaron is a Full Member of the Broadway League, a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, and the recipient of Hal Prince's T Fellowship.
