CAST
WHO’S WHO
MARIKA AUBREY (Beverley and Others) (She/Her/Hers). Marika’s career spans stage and screen, from Australia to the USA. Musicals include I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change; Songs for a New World; The Last Five Years; Lincoln Center’s South Pacific; Aldonza in Man of La Mancha; and Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda (RSC). Her EP, cast recordings, and more on marikaaubrey.com. Thanks WAM fam, Mama, my BFG. It’s all for you J, no matter what. @MarikaAubrey.
KEVIN CAROLAN (Claude and Others). Broadway: Disney’s Newsies (Gov. Roosevelt—original cast, national tour, and feature film). Tours: Chicago (North America, Japan, Dubai). Regional: Goodman/Huntington (The Jungle Book, Baloo, dir. Mary Zimmerman). Movies: Bear with Us, Can You Ever Forgive Me. TV: Billions and Boardwalk Empire, The Middle, The Good Wife, Curb Your Enthusiasm. kevincarolan.com.
HARTER CLINGMAN (Oz and Others) is an adventurer at heart. He is eternally grateful for the opportunities that touring provides to see wondrous places and to engage with people from all walks of life. A perfect day to Harter would include great coffee, a hike with his wife Ashley and their dog Charley, and a performance of a play. Favorite projects: Peter and the Starcatcher (first national), The Tempest (Chicago Shakespeare), The Full Monty (Peninsula Players—Wis.), The Addams Family (Mercury—Chicago), Our Town (Barnstormers—N.H.).
NICK DUCKART (Kevin J./Ali and Others) is thrilled to return to his Come From Away family! Favorite theatre credits include Camelot, Evita, In the Heights (Carbonell Award), Godspell, Zorba!, A View from the Bridge, and more. TV: The Blacklist, The Arrangement, Burn Notice. Love to Mariand, Lucy, and his family. “Dedicated to my late father.” nickduckart.com.
CHAMBLEE FERGUSON (Nick and Others) is thrilled to be back together with the CFA family! Regional: The Alley, Trinity Rep, and 23 seasons at Dallas Theater Center. TV/Film: American Crime, Friday Night Lights, Prison Break, A Scanner Darkly, Parkland, and PBS’s Wishbone. He’s a 2011 Lunt/Fontanne Fellow and received his M.F.A. from SMU. Thanks to HCKR. Love to Lynnie, Liam, Makki, and Xander!
CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON (Diane and Others) is an Obie, Rosetta LeNoire, JACL award-winning actor, playwright, director, and advocate for inclusion. Highlights include Broadway/Off-Broadway/National Tours: The Music Man, Merrily We Roll Along, Pacific Overtures, Cats, Flower Drum Song. Over 100 featured appearances on TV/film. Treasurer, Dramatists Guild. Details: christinetoyjohnson.com. Twitter & Instagram: @CToyJ. Grateful.
JULIE JOHNSON (Beulah and Others) Broadway: Candide. Off-Broadway: Das Barbecu (Drama Desk nominee, Theater World Award), Roadside. Tour: Memphis The Musical. Regional: Chasing the Song; Ragtime; Les Misérables; Mame; Hello, Dolly!; Cabaret; Rocky Horror Show; Sense and Sensibility; The Best Little Whorehouse…; Paper Moon; Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops; voice of Baby Bop on Barney and Friends.
JAMES EARL JONES II (Bob and Others) National Tour: Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess. Regional: Porchlight Music, Goodman, Marriott, Court, Chicago Shakespeare, Writers, Lookingglass, Lyric Opera Chicago, SF Opera, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia. TV/film credits: Pokerhouse, Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Sherman’s Showcase, The 4400, and South Side. Thanks to friends, family, Stewart Talent, Telsey, and the CFA Team. “For my daughter, Semaje.”
JULIA KNITEL (Janice and Others) Carole King in the first national touring company of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Broadway: Beautiful, Bye Bye Birdie. Off-Broadway: A Letter to Harvey Milk (Lortel nom). Select regional: Gypsy (The Muny, St. Louis Theater Circle nom), The Constant Wife (Denver Center), The Producers (Casa Mañana). TV/film: The Other Two, Miles. Many thanks to BRS/Gage and the CFA team. Love to PJ.
SHARONE SAYEGH (Bonnie and Others) is thrilled to return to CFA after having a baby during the shutdown! On Broadway, she originated the role of Anna in The Band’s Visit and made her debut in Mamma Mia!. Off-Broadway: Road Show (City Center Encores), The Band’s Visit (Atlantic, World premiere), The Wildness (Ars Nova, World premiere). Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Muny, Florida Rep, San Jose Rep. TV: Instinct (CBS), Limitless (CBS). Love and gratitude to the CFA fam, DGRW, her mishpacha, Joe and Zev. @sharonesayegh.
DANIELLE K. THOMAS (Hannah & Others) Broadway/Off-Broadway: Avenue Q. Tour/ Regional: Avenue Q; Hair; Cinderella; Little Shop of Horrors; Jesus Christ Superstar; Mary Poppins; Crowns; Caroline, or Change; Seussical; Big River. Film/TV: Crooklyn, Rescue Me, Smash, The Michael J. Fox Show, The Affair, Deadbeat, Benders, Jessica Jones, The Last OG. BIV Soprano. Wife of SB & Mommy to CB! For Mommy & Daddy (R.I.P).
JEREMY WOODARD (Kevin T./Garth and Others) is ecstatic to be a part of the CFA family and back in the theatre. Done some Broadway, Tours, TV, blah blah blah (Google it). Much love to the Fam, friends, CGF boys, my Lauren, and all who make these opportunities come to life. Go (ECU) pirates! This one is for mom. I know you are watching. @jwoodhi5.
JENNY ASHMAN (Standby) is thrilled to join the CFA family! She was most recently seen as Marguerite in Ever After (Alliance Theatre). Regional: Dave (Arena Stage), Evita (KC Rep), Side by Side (KC Rep), The Little Mermaid (Hollywood Bowl), Sweeney Todd (Ovation Award nomination). Thanks to ATB. Love you, AZ. jennyashman.com. Instagram: @alaskanjz.
JANE BUNTING (Dance Captain, Standby) Broadway: Come From Away. Select Regional: Come From Away (Ford’s); Lost in the Stars (Kennedy Center); Oliver! (Arena Stage); Les Misérables, Evita (Flat Rock Playhouse); The Secret Garden (APAC). B.M. music theater, Oklahoma City University. Love and gratitude to the CFA team & CTA. For HHR, always. IG: @janerbunting.
AMELIA CORMACK (Standby) Theatre: Kinky Boots (first national tour), Les Misérables (U.S. tour), Beau (ATF), Razorhurst (Hayes Theatre Co), Rock of Ages, The Full Monty, Jesus Christ Superstar (ATP). Film & TV: Gone (working title), All Saints (Channel 7) and The Last OG (TBS). ameliacormack.com. “Thanks and love to my family, CTG & WAM.”
AARON MICHAEL RAY (Standby).Off-Broadway: The Low Road (The Public Theater) and Spamilton. B.M. from Berklee College of Music and an M.F.A. from The Boston Conservatory. Host of Conversations From Away podcast. IG: @aaronraystagram. Twitter: @AaronMRay. Love to Mom, Dad, David, and AJ and thank you to HAA. BLM.
KILTY REIDY (Standby) Broadway: The Drowsy Chaperone and In My Life. Other: Come From Away (Australian company), Billy Elliot (national tour), White Christmas (original cast), The Last Ship (Pioneer Theatre), Crazy For You (PBS), Alfie in A Man of No Importance. kiltyreidy.com.Twitter/Insta: @kiltyreidy. “In honor of my amazing mother, Mary Butterfield Reidy.”
BRANDON SPRINGMAN (Standby) is thrilled to be in Gander! Favorite credits include Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid (Chicago Shakespeare); Curly in Oklahoma!, Darling Grenadine (Marriott Theatre); Pat Denning in 42nd Street (Drury Lane); Ernst in Cabaret (Paramount); Charlie in Brigadoon (Sacramento Music Circus). B.F.A., Roosevelt University. Thanks to Stewart Talent. Love to friends and family! @brandon_springman.
SHAWN PENNINGTON (Production Stage Manager) Broadway: Wicked, Next to Normal, Sondheim on Sondheim. National Tours: Bright Star, Fun Home, If/Then, Peter and the Starcatcher, Rock of Ages. Regional: Gypsy (The Muny), Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse). Special shout out to all the Newfoundlanders whose spirit of kindness and generosity inspired this incredible story. Love to Mom and Mark. “For my Dad.”
GEOFF MAUS (Stage Manager) First National Tours: Bright Star, Fun Home, Matilda The Musical. Broadway: Matilda The Musical. Off-Broadway: The Woodsman, Austin, Bare. Regional: Bright Star (Center Theatre Group). Others: Argyle Theatre Company, The Juilliard School. Training: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, The Juilliard School (Professional Internship Program). Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
MACKENZIE BLADE (Assistant Stage Manager) Broadway Tours: If/Then, Fun Home. New York Workshops: Jagged Little Pill. Off-Broadway: Sleep No More, Changers: A Dance Story by Spike Jonze.
IRENE SANKOFF & DAVID HEIN (Book, Music & Lyrics) are a Canadian married writing team. They won the 2019 Olivier Award and were nominated for the 2018 Grammy Award and the 2017 Tony Award for their book and score for Come From Away, with the show itself winning the 2019 Olivier Award for Best Musical, three 2017 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, four Helen Hayes Awards, five Outer Critics Circle Awards, and three Drama Desk Awards, including Best Musical. David and Irene were also the recipients of the 2017 Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk awards for Best Book. Their first show, My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding (based on David’s mother’s true story) was produced by Mirvish Productions in Toronto and played and won best musical awards across North America, with Sankoff and Hein performing in most productions. They are currently working on projects with Disney, Warner Bros., and Netflix. Irene and David are the recipients of the Good Neighbour Award from the Four Freedoms Park Conservancy and the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada. They are proud members of the Dramatists Guild, Writer’s Guild East and ASCAP. “Immeasurable thanks to everyone who helped us on this journey and to our extraordinary friends from Away and in Newfoundland for inspiring and trusting us to tell your story.” @sankoffandhein.
CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY (Director). Artistic Director, La Jolla Playhouse. Director of the Apple TV+ film of Come From Away and the Netflix release of Diana: The Musical. Recipient of 2017 Tony, Outer Critics Circle, Craig Noel, and Helen Hayes awards; Drama Desk and Dora Award nominations for Come From Away. Other Broadway credits include Diana: The Musical, Escape to Margaritaville, Memphis (Tony Award nomination), Xanadu, Leap of Faith, All Shook Up, The Rocky Horror Show (Tony Award nomination). West End: Come From Away (Olivier Award nomination), Memphis. New York: Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla, Regrets Only, Wonder of the World, Communicating Doors, Bunny Bunny, The Night Hank Williams Died, Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award). Kennedy Center: Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, The Lisbon Traviata. La Jolla Playhouse selected credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Darrell Hammond Project, Hollywood, His Girl Friday, Glengarry Glen Ross, Restoration. TV/film: Lucky Stiff, Jeffrey; American Playhouse, PBS: Blown Sideways through Life.
KELLY DEVINE (Choreographer) Broadway: Diana, Come From Away (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nominations), Rocky (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Rock of Ages, Dr. Zhivago, Escape to Margaritaville. Off-Broadway: Rock of Ages, Fat Camp, Toxic Avenger. International: Come From Away (London, 2019 Olivier Award: Best Choreography), Rocky (Germany), Dr. Zhivago (Australia and Korea), Rock of Ages (London, U.K., Toronto, and Australia), Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet (Stratford Shakespeare Festival). Opera: Faust (Metropolitan Opera and London ENO), Wozzeck (SD Opera). Regional: Diana, Peter and the Starcatcher, Come From Away (La Jolla Playhouse). TV: Pretty Little Liars, Katy Keene, Modern Love, Mozart in the Jungle, Wormwood. Film: Detroit, The Upside, Happy Texas. Kelly is the director/choreographer of Enter the Dragon, with music by Danny Elfman and a World premiere slated for Las Vegas. Kelly is developing several projects, including a new musical with David Foster.
BEOWULF BORITT (Set Designer) Broadway: Act One (Tony Award), The Scottsboro Boys (Tony nomination), Therese Raquin (Tony nomination), Come From Away, Freestyle Love Supreme, Be More Chill, The New One, Bernhardt/Hamlet, Meteor Shower, A Bronx Tale, Prince of Broadway, Hand to God, Sondheim on Sondheim, …Spelling Bee, LoveMusik, Rock of Ages, Chaplin, Harry Connick, Jr: A Celebration of Cole Porter, Bronx Bombers, Grace, The Two and Only. Broadway Revivals: On the Town, Sunday in the Park…. Off-Broadway: 100 shows, including The Last Five Years, Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish, Sleepwalk With Me, and Miss Julie. He has designed for The NYC Ballet and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and around the world in England, Russia, China, Australia, and Japan. 2007 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.
TONI-LESLIE JAMES (Costume Design) Broadway: Jitney; Amazing Grace; Lucky Guy; The Scottsboro Boys; Finian’s Rainbow; Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; King Hedley II; One Mo’ Time; The Wild Party; Marie Christine; Footloose; The Tempest; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Angels in America; Chronicle of a Death Foretold; and Jelly’s Last Jam. Ms. James is the Head of Design at the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Theatre.
HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design) Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Come From Away (2017 Tony nom.), A Bronx Tale, Hamilton (2016 Tony winner/2018 Olivier Award winner), After Midnight (2014 Tony nom.), How to Succeed… (2011 Tony nom.), West Side Story (2009 Tony nom.), In the Heights (2008 Tony nom.), Jersey Boys (2006 Tony winner), Avenue Q, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony nom./Olivier and Dora award winner). Co-Founder/Resident Lighting Designer, Parsons Dance. 2006 and 2016 Henry Hewes Design Awards for Jersey Boys and Hamilton.
GARETH OWEN (Sound Design) Olivier Awards for Come From Away, Memphis, and Merrily We Roll Along; nominations for Bat Out of Hell, Top Hat, and End of the Rainbow. Tony nominations for A Little Night Music and End of the Rainbow. Outer Critics Circle Award for Come From Away. Pro Sound Award for Sound Engineer of the Year. Currently: Come From Away on Broadway; Joseph & Juliet, Come From Away, and Mamma Mia! The Party in London’s West End; Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Summer, A Bronx Tale, and Bat Out of Hell worldwide. More than 280 other commercial musicals around the world.
DAVID BRIAN BROWN (Hair Design) Broadway Highlights: Moulin Rouge, Travesties, Frozen, Dear Evan Hansen, War Paint (Drama Desk Award), She Loves Me (Drama Desk nomination), The Curious Incident…, Gigi, The Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, Follies, Sister Act, Shrek, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Tarzan, Nine, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, Aida, The Iceman Cometh, Chicago, Sideshow, Steel Pier. Film/TV credits: Peter Pan Live (NBC), The Sound of Music Live (NBC), It’s Complicated, Angels in America (Emmy-nominated), Too Wong Foo….
AUGUST ERIKSMOEN (Orchestrations) Broadway Orchestrations: Bright Star (Tony nomination), Gigi, First Date, Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway (additional orchestrations), The Addams Family (dance arrangements, additional orchestrations), Memphis (dance arrangements), Million Dollar Quartet (associate music supervisor), Ring of Fire (associate MD), All Shook Up (MD), Rent (associate conductor). Off-Broadway: Bare, Romantic Poetry, Walmartopia, Imperfect Chemistry. Other: Disney’s Descendants (Andrew Lippa’s “Evil Like Me”), 2011 Billboard Music Awards, I Am Harvey Milk, I Am Anne Hutchinson, James and the Giant Peach.
IAN EISENDRATH (Music Supervisor) is the Olivier Award-winning, Grammy-nominated music supervisor and arranger for the Broadway, Toronto, North American, Australian, and U.K. companies of Come From Away, and the new Broadway musical, Diana. Additional credits include A Christmas Story (Broadway), Fox TV’s A Christmas Story Live, and upcoming films Spirited (Apple); Lyle, Lyle Crocodile (Sony); Diana (Netflix); and Come From Away (Apple TV+). Other credits include: Producer of the albums of Come From Away, A Christmas Story Live, and Diana; Music Supervisor and Director of New Work at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre (2003 to 2016); and multiple productions at La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Symphony, ACT, TUTS, Ordway, Casa Mañana, and the Banff Centre for the Arts. University of Michigan graduate.
JOEL GOLDES (Dialect Coach).Come From Away (worldwide, live capture). Film/TV: Jingle Jangle, The Woman King, The First Lady, The Shrink Next Door, Honey Boy, After Earth, Hatfields & McCoys, 24, The Hangover. TheDialectCoach. com. Joel has removed over 130,000 invasive crayfish from a local SoCal creek.
DANIEL GOLDSTEIN (Associate Director) Broadway: Godspell. Off-Broadway: Tamar of the River, Lower Ninth, Indoor/Outdoor. Regional: Huntington, Williamstown, Goodspeed, O’Neill, among others. Japan: A New Brain, Gekido, Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Universal Studios Japan). Writing: Unknown Soldier (original cast album available on Ghostlight Records), Row, Orange Crush. 2016 Kleban Prize for Most Promising Librettist. Children: Gracie and Ezra. danielgoldsteincreative.com.
RICHARD J. HINDS (Associate Choreographer) Broadway: Company, Come From Away, Newsies, Jekyll & Hyde, Il Divo: A Musical Affair. Off- Broadway: Here Lies Love. National/U.K. tour: 9 to 5, High School Musical. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, The REV, Gateway Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Flat Rock Playhouse. TV: Encore! (Disney+), Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, America’s Got Talent, The Bethenny Show, and Good Afternoon America. @richardjhinds.
THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting) With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theatre, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability, and advocacy.
ERIK BIRKELAND (Associate Company Manager) Recipient of the 2014 Broadway League’s George MacPherson Road Award. Tours: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, Finding Neverland, The Sound of Music, Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury, The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess, Memphis, Chicago, Jelly’s Last Jam, and live stage tours of Rugrats, Blue’s Clues, Scooby-Doo, and Dora the Explorer.
JEFF MENSCH (Associate Company Manager) (he/him) has circled the world twice with the USO and happily joins you tonight on this memorable trip to Gander. Other favorite journeys of the imagination: London for My Fair Lady, The Bronx for A Bronx Tale, Siam for The King and I, and 1956 for Million Dollar Quartet. Go everywhere you can!
CAMERON MONCUR (Music Director) Previous Broadway/National Tours: Finding Neverland, Jersey Boys. Regional: Frozen (DCL), Carrie, In the Heights (SpeakEasy Stage), Amelia (Great Canadian Theatre/Thousand Island Playhouse). His arrangements and orchestrations can be heard on numerous recordings, including Jessica Vosk: Wild and Free, Wish, Broadway for Orlando, and Carols for a Cure (Come From Away).
MYRNA CONN (Associate Music Director) is a music director and composer based in New York City. Broadway: Pretty Woman (Key 1/Conductor and Key 2 sub). New York: Fountain (New Victory LabWorks), Bagels from Benny (92nd Street Y), Story Pirates. Composing: Finding Nemo JR/KIDS for Disney. Graduate of Northwestern University and Toronto native!
DAVID LAI (Music Coordinator). Broadway Music Coordinator: Sunset Boulevard, Cats, The King and I, Fiddler on the Roof, Evita, Mary Poppins, South Pacific, Jesus Christ Superstar, Riverdance. Music Director/Conductor: The Phantom of the Opera. Grammy winner (sixtime Grammy nominee) and Emmy Award. Recordings: Joshua Bell; Itzhak Perlman; Lang Lang; Placido Domingo; Renée Fleming; Eldar; West Side Story; Fiddler on the Roof; The King and I; Promises, Promises; South Pacific; Elf.
MICHAEL RUBINOFF (Creative Consultant). An Olivier Award-winning and Tony-nominated Toronto-based producer who conceived this compelling story as a musical. In 2011, he established the Canadian Music Theatre Project, an international incubator for the development of new musicals, where he produced and developed the first workshops of Come From Away and 29 other musicals. In 2018, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross by the Governor General of Canada for his role in creating Come From Away. A proud graduate of Western Law. Visit newfoundlandlabrador.com. @mrubinoff.
JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS (Production Manager) is Hillary Blanken, Guy Kwan, Ana Rose Greene, Joseph DeLuise, Victoria Bullard, Ross Leonard, Sadie Alisa, and Christopher Batstone. Over the last 20 years, JSP has helped create over 60 Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, over 20 national tours, and numerous Las Vegas productions. Current productions: King Kong, The Prom, The Band’s Visit, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Once on This Island, Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, Waitress, Beautiful, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory tour.
ALCHEMY PRODUCTION GROUP (General Management). Current/Prior Broadway: Come From Away, The Music Man, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Illusionists (2014–2019), Celebrity Autobiography, Rocktopia, In Transit, Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science, Doctor Zhivago, First Date, Memphis (Broadway, West End, and national tour), and others. Come From Away in Toronto, U.K., Australia, and on tour. Upcoming: Little Dancer, A Sign of the Times, Other World. alchemyproductiongroup.com.
ON THE RIALTO (Marketing Strategy & Direction) is a marketing strategy company for Broadway, live entertainment, and the arts.
JUNKYARD DOG PRODUCTIONS (Executive Producer) is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning company dedicated to developing and producing original musicals. Broadway, Toronto, North American tour, U.K., and Melbourne productions of Come From Away. Broadway, national tour, and West End productions of 2010 Tony Award Best Musical Memphis, and Broadway production of First Date. Founding Partners: Randy Adams, Marleen, and Kenny Alhadeff, Sue Frost.
LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE (Producer). The Tony Award-winning La Jolla Playhouse (Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director; Debby Buchholz, Managing Director) is internationally renowned for creating some of the most exciting and adventurous work in American theatre through its new play development programs, Without Walls (WOW) series, artist residencies and commissions.
SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE (Producer) is a Tony Award-winning regional not-for-profit theatre founded in 1963. Today, Seattle Rep produces a season of plays along with educational programs, new play workshops and special presentations.
FORD’S THEATRE produces nationally acclaimed classic and world premiere plays and musicals exploring the American experience and celebrating Lincoln’s legacy. Recipient of the National Medal of Arts. More at fords.org.
CENTER THEATRE GROUP
MEGHAN PRESSMAN (Managing Director/CEO) joined Center Theatre Group in 2019. Previously, she served as Managing Director of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (D.C.), Director of Development for Signature Theatre (N.Y.), and Associate Managing Director of Berkeley Rep. She is a graduate of Yale School of Drama/Yale School of Management, and serves as a mentor in the Theater Management program. Meghan has served as the Vice-Chair for the Theatre Communications Group Board of Directors, and is a member of the Broadway League.
DOUGLAS C. BAKER (Producing Director) joined Center Theatre Group in 1990. Doug is an active member of the Broadway League, the Independent Presenters Network (IPN), and is a proud member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers (ATPAM). In 2013, Doug received the Broadway League’s prestigious Outstanding Achievement in Presenter Management Award.
GORDON DAVIDSON (Founding Artistic Director) led the Taper throughout its first 38 seasons, guiding over 300 productions to its stage and winning countless awards for himself and the theatre—including the Tony Award for theatrical excellence, Margo Jones Award, The Governor’s Award for the Arts, and a Guggenheim fellowship. The Kentucky Cycle and Angels in America (Part One) won the Pulitzer in consecutive years and, in 1994, three of the four plays nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play were from the Taper (Angels in America won). In 1989, Gordon took over the Ahmanson and, in 2004, he produced the inaugural season in the Kirk Douglas Theatre.
