The Actress

Beth Leavel was most recently seen on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends. She was nominated for a 2019 Tony®, Drama Desk, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle award for her performance in the critically acclaimed Broadway show The Prom. She received Tony®, Drama Desk, NY Outer Critics Circle and L.A. Drama Critics Awards for her performance as the title character in The Drowsy Chaperone. Beth also received Tony®, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations for her role as Florence Greenberg in Baby It’s You. Other Broadway roles include The Baroness in Lempicka, Mrs. June Adams in Bandstand, Emily in Elf, Donna in Mamma Mia!, Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein, Dorothy Brock in the revival of 42nd Street, Tess in the original company of Crazy For You, Mrs. Bixby in The Civil War, Ellie in Hal Prince’s Showboat, and Anytime Annie (her Broadway debut) in 42nd Street. She has appeared in numerous Off-Broadway productions, most recently Pen Pals at DR2 Theatre, as well as regional theatre, commercials, and television, including the final episode of ER and The Walking Dead.

The Playwright

Matt Doyle won the 2022 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as Jamie in Broadway’s revival of Company. Most recently, he starred as the iconic Jay Gatsby in South Korea's production of The Great Gatsby. Broadway credits include Tony-winning musicals The Book of Mormon and Spring Awakening; Tony Award-winning Best Play War Horse; and the revival of Bye Bye Birdie. Matt made his UK stage debut as Frank Sinatra in Sinatra The Musical. Off-Broadway credits include Conversations With Mother, Little Shop of Horrors, Sweeney Todd, and Brooklynite. On television, he played Jonathan on the CW’s Gossip Girl. He has performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops, at symphonies across the country, and continues to headline a sold-out solo show throughout New York City and beyond. 

The Director

Kevin Chamberlin is a three-time Tony Award-nominated actor and one of the few actors nominated across three of the four acting categories at the ceremony. Kevin is best known for his work on stage in DIRTY BLONDE, SEUSSICAL and THE ADDAMS FAMILY, as well as on-camera in Disney Channel’s JESSIE. Following his time on JESSIE, Kevin quickly rose to online prominence, accumulating an audience of 12 million engaged fans across social media platforms.

The Stage Manager

Marissa Jaret Winokur originated the role of Tracy Turnblad in Broadway’s Hairspray, winning the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award. She won Celebrity Big Brother and was a Final Four finalist on Dancing with the Stars. Her television and film credits include over 200 appearances, including Charmaine on What We Do in the Shadows. She recently starred in Alex Timbers’ Bat Boy at New York City Center and just completed filming Netflix’s A Dog’s Perfect Christmas, with Dennis Quaid and Mary Steenburgen. She is currently touring in the Drama Desk–nominated Mama, I’m a Big Girl Now with Laura Bell Bundy and Kerry Butler.

The Producer

Broadway: Some Like it Hot; It Shoulda Been You; Elf; Caroline, or Change; Baby It’s You; Victor/Victoria; Les Miserables. Off-Broadway: Popcorn Falls; Peer Gynt; Endgame; Make Me a Song; The Immigrant; Merrily We Roll Along. Regional: Come From Away; Chicago (St Louis Theater Circle Award) The Muny; The Flamingo Kid; Falsettos (Hartford Stage); Fiddler (Goodspeed, Connecticut Critics Circle Award). FILM/TV: EX HUSBANDS; WE CRASHED; FBI; THE GOOD FIGHT; LAW & ORDER; THE AMERICANS; THE SOPRANOS.

The Prompter

Most recently seen in AND JUST LIKE THAT… (HBO Max), FANTASMAS (HBO Max), QUEENS OF THE DEAD (IFC) and Searchlight Pictures’ FIRE ISLAND, Tomás Matos (they/she/he) is a New York-based actor, dancer, rapper, and model. A Gotham Award-honored performer, Tomás originated roles in DIANA THE MUSICAL & made history as the first non-binary actor to play a ‘Fate’ in HADESTOWN. A graduate of LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. @tomatos_

Understudy - The Playwright

DANIEL NEALE was last seen in Boston in the Original National Touring Company of Harper Lee’s TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Select regional credits: world premiere of ROPE (Hartford Stage), BALLOON ANIMALS (City Theatre), MARAT/SADE (NIDA). Thanks to Christopher, the team at CGF, and Scott Swiontek. @daniel.neale

Understudy - The Prompter

Diva LaMarr (they/she) strongly believes the world would be a better place if we all did a little more yoga. May all beings everywhere be happy and free. Love to Darnell, ATB and WAM. @divalamarr

Understudy - The Actress and The Stage Manager

Catherine was most recently seen as Isabella Blow in HOUSE OF MCQUEEN Off-Broadway. Selected theater credits: Indecent (Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination), 42nd Street, Lend Me A Tenor, Chicago, Dirty Blonde, Boeing Boeing, Gypsy, Zorba, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, As You Like It, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. TV/Film: "FBI: Most Wanted", "Elsbeth", "Law & Order", "Only Murders In The Building" "GIRLS", "Orange Is The New Black", "The Blacklist", "HAPPY!", "Odd Mom Out", She Said, and A Rainy Day in New York. Catherine is a proud graduate of Northwestern University and The School at Steppenwolf. 

Understudy - The Director and The Producer

Kevin Pariseau was a New England-based actor in the 90s and worked in Boston area theaters for many years, performing at the Wheelock Family Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Chiswick Park Theater (sadly gone, but where he met his wife!), and as Tony Whitcomb in Shear Madness for hundreds of performances at the Charles Playhouse. Having added Broadway, off-Broadway, and many other regions to his resume, he is happy to be back.

Playwright

Broadway: Looped starring Valerie Harper as Tallulah Bankhead in a Tony nominated performance at the Lyceum Theatre, and High with Kathleen Turner at the Booth Theatre. Off Broadway: Conversations with Mother, Who’s Holiday! (Lucille Lortel Nomination for Outstanding Solo Show); Tea at Five (IRNE Award winner for Best Solo Play); Mother and Child and Guilty Innocence. Regional: Hartford Stage, American Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Seattle Rep and others. Upcoming: House of Atreus.  www.matthew-lombardo.com

Director

Noah Himmelstein is an award winning director of new plays and musicals. New York: Conversations with Mother;The Lucky Star; Los Otros; The Costume; I Am Harvey Milk (Lincoln Center, also San Francisco, LA, Denver, Princeton). Regional: Rooted (Cincinnati Playhouse); Everything is Wonderful (Philadelphia Theatre Co); I Am Anne Hutchinson (Strathmore); The Forgotten Woman (Bay Street); The Skin of Our Teeth and his age-blind A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Everyman Theatre). New York Philharmonic: Young People’s Concerts. Upcoming: Harveyland, a new musical by Andrew Lippa. Emerson grad. noahhimmelstein.com

Set Design

BROADWAY: I Need That; Anastasia (Outer Critics Nomination); A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder  (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Nominations); Present Laughter (Tony Nomination); Old Acquaintance; Butley; Hedda Gabler. OFF BROADWAY: Archduke, Messy White Gays, Prosperous Fools,  Russian Troll Farm, The Whisper House, Observe the Sons of Ulster… (Lortel Winner). REGIONAL: Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame: La Jolla, Paper Mill Playhouses, Japan, Germany, Austria. LONDON WEST END: Harry Clarke, All New People. OPERA: Samson et Dalila: Metropolitan Opera.MFA: Yale. @alexanderdodgedesign

Costume Design

Broadway/NYC (selected): Titanique (Lucille Lortel Award, London, Paris, Australia & Canada), Smash, Allegiance (Drama Desk nom.), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (West End Olivier nom., Japan, Australia, U.S. tour), Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn. Works for Roundabout Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theatre, Second Stage, Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, New Group, and more. Also, Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame (Japan, Germany & Austria), West Side Story World Tour. 2010 TDF/Irene Sharaff Young Master Award. @alejo_vietti_costume_design

Lighting Design

Broadway: Uncle Vanya (Lincoln Center, with Lap Chi Chu). Off-Broadway: Between Two Knees (The Perelman Center for the Performing Arts); Conversations with Mother (Theatre 555). Regional: Indecent; Rattlesnake Kate (Denver Center for the Performing Arts); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Mysterious Circumstances (The Geffen Playhouse); Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Blues for an Alabama Sky (The Mark Taper Forum). Associate professor of lighting design at the University of Southern California.

Sound Design

Broadway Associate: All My Sons, Present Laughter, Birthday Candles. Off-Broadway and Regional: Alliance, Roundabout, Manhattan Theatre Club, Signature, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Gulfshore Playhouse, Barrington Stage, Long Wharf, Bay Street, Yale Rep. His television music has been heard on The Vampire Diaries, Riverdale, Southern Charm, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Pawn Stars, Million Dollar Listing, and many other sordid reality shows. He has a cheerful wife and three fluffy dogs.

Sound Design and Original Music

40+ Broadway productions including Fallen Angels, Birthday Candles, All My Sons, Torch Song, The Elephant Man, Trip to Bountiful (Tony nomination), The Best Man (Drama Desk Award), Clybourne Park, Rabbit Hole, Proof, Twelve Angry Men, A Few Good Men. Off-Bway : Conversations With Mother, Low Country, Brooklyn Laundry, A Sherlock Carol, Orphans’ Home Cycle (Drama Desk Award, Henry Hewes Award), Shipwrecked! (Lortel Award), The Skriker (Drama Desk Award), Machinal (OBIE). Regional: hundreds at major regional theatres. Film and TV: Chazz Palminteri’s A Bronx Tale, and the Trip to Bountiful with Cicely Tyson. johngromada.net

Illusions Design

Off-Broadway: Blood/Love. As associate: Paranormal Activity (US Tour), A WhyNot Christmas Carol (A.C.T.), Cats: The Jellicle Ball (PAC NYC). Magic consultant: Ragtime (Encores!). Lighting designer: Adrift, Barococo and Juxtapose (Happenstance Theater, 59E59). Love to his whole family!

Associate Lighting Design

Edward S. Hansenis a New York-Based Lighting Designer, Associate, and Consultant for theatre, performance, and installation. Select associate credits include: Cyrando de Bergerac (Pasadena Playhouse), Rutka: A New Musical (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Conversations with Mother (Off-Bway), Between Two Knees (PAC NYC), The Inheritance (Geffen Playhouse). B.F.A. University of Southern California. www.edwardshansen.com

Associate Director

(she/her) A Columbia University graduate, she recently received her MFA in Stage Management. Thrilled to be working with this team again. Broadway: Left on Tenth, Off-Broadway: The Reservoir, Conversations with Mother, 44: The Musical, Sesame Street: The Musical and more. Love to all the friends and family who got her here.

Production Manager

Broadway: A Beautiful Noise, Back to the Future. Off-Broadway: Drag!, Archduke, Music City, Monte Cristo, Gotta Dance! Multiple first national tours. Previous experience: Disney on Ice, Mythbusters Live, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, How to Train Your Dragon, and Walking with Dinosaurs.

Casting

TV: FBI, Chicago PD, City on a Hill, Homeland. Select Off-Broadway: Jeremy O. Harris’ Daddy starring Alan Cumming (Artios Award winner), Sharr White’s The True starring Edie Falco (Artios nominee), Donja R. Love’s one in two (NYT Critic’s Pick), Jesse Eisenberg’s Happy Talk starring Susan Sarandon, Matthew Lombardo’s Conversations with Mother starring Caroline Aaron. Film: Mapplethorpe starring Matt Smith (Tribeca). Emerson College alumnus. Based in NYC. Love to my family and my Matt.

General Management

BPM Theatrical was founded to support the development of diverse, innovative, and inspiring theatre for all. Their mission is rooted in the creation of accessible theatre through partnering with likeminded individuals who wish to make a contribution to the arts, BPM Theatrical wants to bring meaningful and relevant theatre to audiences whose stories have yet to be told on stage. With ties to productions on both Broadway and the West End, BPM is committed to supporting the creation of new work, as well as bringing classic pieces back to life for new generations to enjoy.

Production Stage Manager

Las Vegas: KA by Cirque du Soleil. Broadway: The Music Man w/Hugh Jackman, The Cottage, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Chicken & Biscuits. Off-Broadway: BEAU, Roundabout Theatre Company, Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre. Tours: Aladdin, Beetlejuice, Dear Evan Hansen. Cat dad to Vision. Endless thanks to Roe and Caroline, the entire company—and Hanako, for her love from afar.

Assistant Stage Manager

Broadway: The Cottage. Off-Broadway: Ceremonies in Dark Old Men- starring Norm Lewis, Dog Man: The Musical! (TWUSA), Playwrights Realm, New York Classical Theatre. National Tour: Dog Man: The Musical! (2021-2025) Regional Highlights: Premiere Stages, La Mirada Theater, Theater Raleigh, Fiasco Theater, Actors Theater of Louisville. Endless love to Mom & Dad for their consistent support, and to Brant for always bringing her along for the ride. @roemanzo roemanzo.com 

Production Assistant

Caroline is a New York based Stage Manager, thrilled to be working with some of her favorite people again! Recent credits include: Broadway: Jeff Ross, Take a Banana for the Ride (PA), National Tour: Hell's Kitchen (Sub. ASM / PA), Off Broadway: The Pansy Craze Ep 1-6 (ASM), Conversations with Mother (Sub ASM/PA), Twist of Fate (ASM), InunDATEd (ASM), The Count of Monte Cristo (ASM). Many thanks to the wonderful team!

Producer

Bryan McCaffrey is a Two-Time Tony Nominated Producer currently represented on and off Broadway with Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Operation Mincemeat, and KenRex. Other credits include - Broadway: John Proctor is the Villain, The Notebook, Suffs, Death Of A Salesman, Off-Broadway: Beau and Conversations With Mother, London & UK Touring: Here & Now, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, and Jamie Lloyd’s Evita.

Producer

Is a Webby Award-winning producer and co-founder of the Broadway Podcast Network. Recent Broadway credits include The Wiz and the acclaimed plays Is This A Room and Dana H. A co-producer of the Museum of Broadway, Alan previously served as the first Global Lead for Talks at Google. He currently hosts The Theatre Podcast, blending his technical expertise with a passion for capturing the industry’s greatest voices. evensealproductions.com

Producer

Laura Z. Barket is an Emmy® Award winning, 2x Tony® and Grammy® Award nominated producer. Select credits: After Forever the Series, Tea At Five, Thoughts Of A Colored Man, A Sherlock Carol, A Doll's House, Harmony A New Musical, The Wiz, Suffs, Conversations with Mother, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.

Producer

Raymond is the founder of The Oaks Media Group and an Emmy-nominated producer. His work includes The Bill Murray Stories, I Love You, You Hate Me, Butterfly in the Sky, and Broadway’s How to Dance in Ohio, which he co-produced with his wife, Samantha. Additional projects include The House From and upcoming documentary Just Five Minutes. He lives in Connecticut with Samantha and their four children, who are, without question, the best part of everything.

Producer

Founded by Tony Award-winning Producers Kira, Shaina and Jason Turchin. Select Broadway/OB: Hadestown, The Outsiders, Sunset Blvd., Just In Time, Operation Mincemeat, CATS, Heathers, JPITV, Othello, Suffs, Merrily We Roll Along, Sweeney Todd. Select West End: Evita, Fiddler on the Roof, The Secret Garden. Select Tours: The Outsiders, Stereophonic, The Notebook, The Wiz, Suffs.  @investingbroadway InvestingBroadway.com

Producer

Willette Klausner is a Tony award winning producer with an impressive body of work. Her Broadway productions include Beaches, Buena Vista, Cats, Chess, Dog Day Afternoon, Giant, Hadestown, Happy Ending, Joe Turner, Just In Time, Lost Boys, Mincemeat, MJ, Ragtime, Two Strangers and Titanique. Off Broadway includes Beau, Conversations with Mother, Data, Heathers and Mexodus.  In London, she has produced Avenue Q, The Devil Wears Prada, Dracula, High Noon, Hunger Games, Interview, Kinky Boots, Shadowlands and Sinatra.

Producer

Partners Joanna Drowos and Abby Green are thrilled to be a part of Playwrights. Credits include: Sunset Blvd., Stereophonic, Glengarry Glen Ross, Parade, Funny Girl, Heathers (Off-B’way), Call Me Izzy, and The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window. 

BPM Theatrical
Bryan McCaffrey

Regular People
Matt Krauss and Jacob Stuckelman

Boneau, Bryant and Brown
Chris Boneau, Faith Maciolek and Melody Perla Cohen

Regular People
Andrew Patino, Kyle Rogers, Ashley Dinges and Mae Archacki

Scenic - Clayton Dombach
Costumes - Joseph Shrove
Lighting - Edward Hansen
Lighting Programmer - Will Elphingstone
Hair & Wigs - Sebastian Weber

Production Assistant - Caroline Inches