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MONTEGO GLOVER (Witch) is a Tony Award nominee, two-time Drama Desk Award winner, Outer Critics’ Circle Award winner and honoree, and Drama League Award nominee. Her Broadway credits include Memphis (Tony nominee, Drama Desk & OCC winner), Les Misérables, It Shoulda Been You, The Color Purple, Hamilton (Chicago company). Off Broadway: The Royale (Lincoln Center Theater, Drama Desk Award), All The Natalie Portmans (MCC, OCC Honor). Television/Film: The Blacklist, Inventing Anna, Bull, Black Box, The Following, Hostages, Smash, The Good Wife, White Collar, Golden Boy, Law & Order, Made In Jersey, Alone (indie). As a voiceover artist, Ms. Glover enjoys numerous campaigns and scripted projects in animation, gaming, television, and narration. Most recently, voicing characters on the animated feature Entergalactic for Netflix. In June 2023, The Montego Glover Exhibition celebrates its one year anniversary at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center & African American Museum in Montego’s hometown of Chattanooga, Tenn. @MontegoGlover. MontegoGlover.com.

STEPHANIE J. BLOCK (Baker’s Wife) is fulfilling a decades long dream of performing this role alongside her husband, Sebastian Arcelus. Block has established herself as one of the most relevant and versatile voices in contemporary musical theatre. Broadway: Into the Woods, The Cher Show (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award winner), Falsettos (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Tony, Drama Desk nominations), Anything Goes, 9 to 5: The Musical (Drama Desk nomination), The Pirate Queen, The Boy From Oz, Wicked. Off-Broadway: Brigadoon (Encores!); Little Miss Sunshine (Drama Desk nomination); By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Drama Desk nomination). Film and Television: iMordecai, Bluff City Law, Rise, Madam Secretary, Orange Is the New Black, Homeland, It Could Be Worse, Stephanie J. Block Live From Lincoln Center for Great Performances on PBS. She currently co-hosts and co-produces Stages Podcast with Marylee Fairbanks and can be accessed wherever you get your podcasts. Twitter and Instagram: @stephaniejblock.

SEBASTIAN ARCELUS (Baker) feels so fortunate to return to the Woods, direct from the recent Broadway production and alongside his real-life wife Stephanie J. Block. On screen, he most recently portrayed Jay Whitman on the long-running CBS hit series Madam Secretary. He is also known for his memorable turn as Lucas Goodwin on the critically acclaimed Netflix original series House of Cards. Broadway: Into the Woods, A Time to Kill, Elf, Jersey Boys, Wicked, Rent, and Good Vibrations. Off-Broadway: Happiness (Lincoln Center Theater), The Blue Flower (Second Stage), and Where’s Charley? (Encores! at City Center). Television: The Deuce, The Leftovers, FBI, Bull and Person of Interest. Film: Split, Ted 2, The Best of Me, and The Last Day of August.

GAVIN CREEL (Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf). Upcoming: Walk on Through: Confessions of a Museum Novice (book, music and lyrics, originally commissioned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art). Broadway: Into the Woods; Hello, Dolly! (Tony Award); Hair (Tony nomination); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony nomination); Waitress; The Book of Mormon; She Loves Me; La Cage aux Folles. West End: The Book of Mormon (Olivier Award), Hair, Waitress, Mary Poppins. Television: PBS Stars on Stage, American Horror Stories, Eloise at the Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime. Original recordings: GOODTIMENATION, Quiet, Get Out. Graduate: University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance. Gavin is a Hermitage Artist Writing Fellow, and Walk on Through was selected for development at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s 2022 National Musical Theater Conference.

COLE THOMPSON (Jack). Broadway: Into the Woods. Readings/workshops: Bliss (dir. Sheryl Kaller). Regional: Weston Playhouse, Connecticut Repertory Theatre. Cole is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan’s Musical Theatre program. Huge thank you to the Nicolosi and Co. team! Much love to my family and friends for their constant support! @_cole__thompson.

KATY GERAGHTY (Little Red Ridinghood) is honored to be donning the red cape again! Broadway: Groundhog Day (original Broadway cast). Favorite theatre credits: & Juliet (pre-Broadway Toronto run), Bliss (world premiere at 5th Ave), Hairspray, Shrek the Musical and Into the Woods. Huge thank you to Eddie and Take 3. This one is for Marty and Derek.

DIANE PHELAN (Cinderella). Most recently starred as Cinderella in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods. Broadway: School of Rock, The King and I. Select credits: Here Lies Love (The Public), Sound of Music (Maria, La Mirada), West Side Story (Maria, Paris Châtelet), Carousel (Julie Jordan, NAAP), Pirates of Penzance (Mabel, CT Rep). Co-founder #racismisavirus. Film: Sherri in Marry Harry on Amazon Prime. For my family. IG @dianicaphelan.

NANCY OPEL (Cinderella’s Stepmother). Broadway: Into the Woods, A Christmas Carol Broadway (SF co.), Wicked, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Honeymoon in Vegas, Cinderella, Memphis, Gypsy, Fiddler on the Roof, Urinetown, Triumph of Love, Anything Goes, Sunday in the Park with George, Evita, and others. Off-Broadway: Curvy Widow, Toxic Avenger, My Deah, Polish Joke, Mere Mortals, All in the Timing. National tour: The Drowsy Chaperone. Television: The Big C, multiple Law & Order. Juilliard School, drama division. nancyopel.com.

JASON FORBACH (Rapunzel’s Prince, u/s Baker) is thrilled to return to Woods after garnering national attention, stepping in last minute to play the Baker in this production’s opening night on Broadway. Other Broadway: The Phantom of the Opera (Raoul), Les Misérables (Enjolras). Special engagement/national tour: Into the Woods, The Secret Garden, Phantom: Las Vegas!, Les Misérables. Off-Broadway: The Music Teacher. Love to Joe and Jasper.

Aymee Garcia (Jack’s Mother) is beyond thrilled to be able to join this beautiful and brilliant cast of ITW. Broadway: Shrek the Musical (Mama Bear), Les Misérables (Madame Thénardier) and Avenue Q (u/s). National tour: Cinderella the Musical (Charlotte). Television/Film: Fraggle Rock, Back to the Rock (Marjory the Trash Heap/Ma Gorg), Sesame Street (Rosa, Abuela). Love to friends, family, therapy and her agent Penny Luedtke for all the love and support. Instagram: @aymeegarcia1234.

DAVID PATRICK KELLY (Narrator/Mysterious Man). Broadway: Into the Woods, Thérèse Raquin, Uncle Vanya, Once, Twelfth Night, The Government Inspector, Working. Select Off-Broadway: Miss You Like Hell, Everybody, When I Come to Die, Ghosts, Kit Marlowe, Lobster Alice. Television: Ray Donovan, Twin Peaks, Succession, Feed the Beast, The Blacklist, Gossip Girl, and others. Film: Fugitive Dreams, John Wick, Flags of Our Fathers, ChiRaq, The Longest Yard, Last Man Standing, Flirting with Disaster, The Crow, Malcolm X and The Warriors. Obie Award for Sustained Excellence.

Josh Breckenridge (Cinderella’s Father/Puppeteer 6/27 – 7/16). Broadway: Come From Away, The Scottsboro Boys, The Ritz. Off-Broadway: The Scottsboro Boys, Saved. Tour: The Book of Mormon. Regional: Christmas in Connecticut, Dave, The Whipping Man, Tales of the City. Film: Spirited, Finding Me: Truth. TV: American Rust, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, FBI. BFA: CCM. Debut album: Monotony. j-breckenridge.com. @j.breckenridge.music.

Felicia Curry (Cinderella’s Mother/Granny/Giant, u/s Witch, u/s Jack’s Mother). Broadway: Into the Woods. Off-Broadway: Queens Girl in the World. Regional: The Skin of Our Teeth, Nina Simone: Four Women; Matilda; The Color Purple; Ragtime; Caroline, or Change; Les Misérables; Aida. Thanks and love to Dougie, my parents, family, friends, Geoff, SAKS&. @thefeliciacurry.

Erica Durham (Florinda 7/5 – 7/30; u/s Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella, Lucinda, Florinda, Rapunzel). Tour: The Color Purple. Regional: The Muny, Broadway at SAC Music Circus, North Shore Music Theatre and Arkansas Rep. Thanks to the Collective Talent, The Telsey Office, and the incredible team. My love to my family and Kevin. Instagram: @_ericadurham.

Ellie Fishman (u/s Baker’s Wife, Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella, Lucinda, Rapunzel). Tours: Miss Saigon (Ellen), Finding Neverland. Off-Broadway: The Hello Girls (Grace Banker). Regional theater: The Music Man (Marian/Goodspeed), Les Misérables (Fantine/Witchita), Rags (Goodspeed), The Sound of Music (Maria/City Springs). BFA University of Michigan. IG: @ellie_fishman.

TA’NIKA GIBSON (Lucinda). Recently recurring as Debbie Allen in HBO’s Winning Time. Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud (Diana Ross), Oklahoma! (Laurey), Dreamgirls (Lorell), The Wiz (Dorothy), Aida (Aida). Television: Bull (CBS), Iron Fist (Netflix). Thank you God, Lakey, Thomas, Mitch (CAA), Mom, Dad, Telsey, Patty Forbes and Aaron. @tanika_renee_gibson.

Marya Grandy (u/s Cinderella’s Stepmother, Jack’s Mother, Cinderella’s Mother/Granny/Giant, Milky White). World premiere: The Devil Wears Prada. Broadway: Les Misérables. Off-Broadway: Closer Than Ever, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Damn Yankees, and Bells Are Ringing (Encores!). Countless regional productions. TV: Law & Order, Conviction, Chicago P.D., Chicago Fire. BA: Yale University. For Peter.

ALBERT GUERZON (Cinderella’s Father/Puppeteer
7/18 – 7/30) is grateful to return to the woods! Broadway credits: Mamma Mia!, Ghost, Honeymoon In Vegas, Escape to Margaritaville, Into The Woods. Off-Bway and Tours: Into The Woods (NYCC), The Life (NYCC), The Visitor (Public), Oliver (NYCC). Other Favs: The Wiz, Twyla Tharp’s The Times They Are a-Changin’.

BROOKE ISHIBASHI (Florinda 6/27 – 7/2, she/her/hers). Recent: Into the Woods (City Center Encores, Broadway), originated/developed Cambodian Rock Band (South Coast Repertory, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse). Former Actors’ Equity Association national councilor; Fair Wage Onstage core member; NYCLU ambassador; Be An #ArtsHero/Arts Workers United cofounder. Arts and culture contributes $919 billion+ to the U.S. economy, employing 5.2 million+ arts workers. BeAnArtsHero.com.

KENNEDY KANAGAWA (Milky White, u/s Jack). Broadway: Into the Woods (original cast, Drama Desk nomination). Other recent credits: Gold Mountain (Utah Shakespeare Festival); Adventurephile (Keen Company); Saturday Night (Second Stage); The Good Swimmer (BAM); Lolita, My Love (York Theatre Company); Dinner with Georgette (NYTW Next Door); Last Ship to Proxima Centauri (Portland Stage); Eastbound (Village Theater). Love to David.
kennedykanagawa.com.

Paul Kreppel (Standby for Narrator/Mysterious Man, u/s Steward). 50-plus year multi award-winning career in theatre, television, and film. From Boston improv to NYC—LaMama to Lincoln Center—N.Y. to L.A. Tony Award: co-directing/creating/producing through WetRock Entertainment (Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!) Thrilled to be part of this amazing production. Thanks Murphy, Will and Molly. For Ade and Irv. paulkreppel.com.

Eddie Lopez (u/s Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf, Rapunzel’s Prince, Cinderella’s Father, Milky White, Steward, Dance Captain). The Inheritance (Geffen Playhouse); Throne of Blood (BAM); The Unfortunates (ACT); Vanya Sonia Masha Spike (Denver Center); Henry V, Mary Poppins (USF); Hedwig and The Angry Inch (OSF). Nine seasons with Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Film/TV: Redwood Highway, Madam Secretary. CalArts. @eleddielo.

Ximone Rose (u/s Witch, Baker’s Wife, Cinderella’s Stepmother, Cinderella’s Mother/Granny/Giant, Florinda). New Orleans native. University of Michigan Musical Theatre Program. Broadway: Once on This Island. Off-Broadway: Only Gold, We’re Gonna Die. Tour: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Regional: Lempicka (La Jolla Playhouse). CGF Talent. Stream my music on all platforms! @SimoneWithAnX.

SAbRINA SANTANA (u/s Florinda, Lucinda, Rapunzel) is honored to be making her National Tour debut in the Into The Woods tour! Readings/Workshops: Take the Lead (Dir. Christopher Gattelli). Pace MT ‘22. Thanks to CESD, The Telsey office, & her friends and family for their unwavering support. @sabrina.santana

Sam Simahk (u/s Baker, Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf, Jack, Rapunzel’s Prince, Cinderella’s Father). Broadway: Into the Woods, Carousel. National Tours: My Fair Lady, The King and I. Select regional: Lyric Opera Chicago (King and I, West Side Story), Theatre Under The Stars (Oklahoma!), Huntington Theatre Co. (A Little Night Music). Thanks to BRS/Gage, The Telsey Office, and my family. @soapboxsam.

JIM STANEK (Steward, u/s Baker, u/s Narrator/Mysterious Man). Broadway: Into the Woods, Fun Home, A Gentleman’s Guide…, The Story of My Life, Lestat, Little Women, The Rivals, *A Funny Thing Happened…, Indiscretions. Off-Broadway includes *Goldstein, Freud’s Last Session, *Frankenstein. Recordings: 3hree Musketeers and asterisks. TV: Blue Bloods, Mr. Robot, The Good Wife. Film: Bella, Borough Of Kings. Education: CMU. Teacher: AMDA-NY. Inspiration: Beth. Our 3 boys. @staneknyc

ALYSIA VELEZ (Rapunzel) is excited to let her hair down in her Broadway debut as Rapunzel! So much love to her mom, family, support system and BRS/Gage. She previously starred in TikTok’s musical, For You, Paige and had her opera debut with Magic City Opera (Sand Man and Dew Fairy) in Hansel and Gretel. Alysia earned her BM from Manhattan School of Music. She would like to give a special thank you to Judith Clurman. Beyond grateful! IG: @alysiavelez.

STEPHEN SONDHEIM (Music & Lyrics) wrote music and lyrics for Saturday Night, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone Can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, The Frogs, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Assassins, Passion and Road Show. He wrote the lyrics for West Side Story, Gypsy and Do I Hear a Waltz? and additional lyrics for Candide. He composed music for Evening Primrose (television) and the films Stavisky, Reds and Dick Tracy. His collected lyrics with attendant essays have been published in two volumes: Finishing the Hat and Look, I Made a Hat. In 2010, Broadway’s Henry Miller’s Theatre was renamed in his honor.

JAMES LAPINE (Book) also worked with Stephen Sondheim on Sunday in the Park with George and Passion. He conceived and directed the musical review Sondheim on Sondheim. With William Finn he created Falsettos, Little Miss Sunshine, and directed Finn’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Other Broadway credits include his play based on Moss Hart’s memoir Act One and Flying Over Sunset. He has written the plays Table Settings, Twelve Dreams, The Moment When, Fran’s Bed, and Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing. Lapine has been the recipient of three Tony Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, SDC’s Mr. Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. His book Putting it Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created Sunday in the Park with George made the New York Times bestseller list.

JONATHAN TUNICK (Orchestrations) was Stephen Sondheim’s orchestrator of choice, orchestrating nearly all of his musicals, including Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, Passion and Road Show plus A Chorus Line, Nine, A Gentleman’s Guide… and the recent Carousel, West Side Story, and The Music Man. In 1997 he received the first Tony given for orchestration, elevating him to “EGOT” status with all four major entertainment awards. In 2009 he was inducted into Broadway’s Theater Hall of Fame.

LEAR deBESSONET (Director) most recently directed Into the Woods for Encores!, Annie Live! for NBC and Hercules (Disney Theatricals/Public Works). She is the artistic director of Encores! at New York City Center, and previously founded the acclaimed Public Works program at The Public Theater. She served as resident director at The Public for eight seasons. Her directing work has received an Obie Award, Lortel Award, Lilly Award and multiple Drama Desk nominations.

LORIN LATARRO (Choreographer). Broadway’s Waitress, Mrs. Doubtfire, Les Liaisons Dangereuses with Janet McTeer/Liev Schreiber, Waiting for Godot with Ian McKellen/Patrick Stuart, Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout), La Traviata (Met Opera), Chess (Kennedy Center), 21 Chump Street (BAM), Twelfth Night (The Public). Immersive: Queen of the Night. Lorin directed Candace Bushnell’s Is There Still Sex in the City (Daryl Roth Theatre, NY Times Critic’s Pick), #DateMe (Westside Theatre), David Foster and Kat McPhee show. For Encores!: Assassins; God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; Fanny. BFA from The Juilliard School, directing MA from NYU.

ROB BERMAN (Music Supervisor). In 15 years as music director of Encores! at New York City Center, Rob conducted over 35 shows culminating with this production of Into the Woods. Broadway music supervision and conducting includes Bright Star; Dames at Sea; Finian’s Rainbow; White Christmas; The Pajama Game; The Apple Tree; Wonderful Town; and Promises, Promises. Winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction and six-time nominee for The Kennedy Center Honors on CBS.

DAVID ROCKWELL (Scenic Designer). Broadway: Take Me Out; Kiss Me, Kate; Lobby Hero; She Loves Me (Tony, Drama Desk and OCC awards); On the Twentieth Century (Tony nom.); You Can’t Take It With You (Tony nom.); Kinky Boots (Tony nom.); Lucky Guy (Tony nom.); Hairspray (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC noms.); and the upcoming production of A Beautiful Noise. Off-Broadway: Into the Woods, Seven Deadly Sins and Shakespeare in the Park. Founder and president of the architecture and design firm Rockwell Group.

ANDREA HOOD (Costume Designer). Off-Broadway: Hercules, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet (The Public Theater/Shakespeare in the Park), Love and Information (New York Theatre Workshop, Lortel nomination), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, The Comedy of Errors (Classic Stage Company). Regional: The Who’s Tommy (Kennedy Center), Williamstown Theatre Festival, Glimmerglass Festival, Huntington Theatre Company, Two River Theater. International: National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, China; Berlin State Opera House, Germany. Obie Award. andreahooddesign.com.

TYLER MICOLEAU (Lighting Designer). Originally from Maine, lighting designer Tyler Micoleau lives in Brooklyn. He has designed on Broadway, Off-Broadway, as well as regionally and internationally. He is the recipient of a Tony Award (for The Band’s Visit), two Lucille Lortel Awards, two Henry Hewes Design Awards and two OBIE awards. Recent designs include: American Buffalo (Circle in the Square), A Case for the Existence of God (Signature Theatre NYC), and the national tour of The Band’s Visit.

SCOTT LEHRER (Co-Sound Designer) has designed over 200 plays and musicals on and Off-Broadway, at regional theatres and internationally, from the original Playwrights Horizons production of Sunday in the Park with George, to the long-running revival of Chicago, to The Music Man. He received the first sound design Tony for the 2008 revival of South Pacific. Recording projects include the Broadway cast recording of
An American in Paris (Grammy nom.), Loudon Wainwright III’s High Wide & Handsome (Grammy), and Meredith Monk’s mercy.

ALEX NEUMANN (Co-Sound Designer). Tours: Fiddler on the Roof (first national), The King and I (second national). Regional: Sense and Sensibility (American Repertory Theater, Portland Center Stage), Bus Stop, The Atheist (Huntington Theatre Company), Ether Dome (Alley Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre Company), 39 Steps (Olney Theatre Center). Events/Other: Drama Desk Awards (2017–2019), A Tribute to the Presidential Scholars (Kennedy Center, 2016–2019). Footloose (Norwegian Cruise Lines 2019). Broadway: Over 20 productions as associate sound designer. soundsneu.com.

JAMES ORTIZ (Puppet Designer). Most recently: dino design for Lincoln Center’s production of The Skin of Our Teeth. Soon: Disney’s Hercules, Kiss My Aztec! at Hartford Stage. Previous credits include The Public Theater, Carnegie Mellon University, Dallas Theater Center, Shakespeare Theatre of DC, Opera Saratoga, Ars Nova and 59E59. 2016 Obie for puppetry design for The Woodsman. 2021 Drama Desk for The Skin of Our Teeth puppet design. American Theatre magazine Six Theatre Workers you Should Know in 2020. Jamesortiz.co.

COOKIE JORDAN (Hair, Wigs & Makeup Designer). Broadway: The Skin of Our Teeth, Skeleton Crew, Clyde’s, Trouble in Mind, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, A Strange Loop, Slave Play, Once on This Island, Sunday in the Park with George, In Transit, Eclipsed, Side Show, After. Television: Emmy nomination for makeup design of NBC’s The Wiz Live! Recipient of 2019 and 2020 Obie Awards, Ruth Morley Design Award.

KIMBERLEE WERTZ (Music Coordinator). Television: The Tony Awards, The Kennedy Center Honors, The Academy Awards, A Capitol Fourth, We Are One: Obama Inaugural, Mozart in the Jungle. Broadway: A Year With Frog and Toad; with Red Press: Hello, Dolly!; Carousel; King Lear; West Side Story; Funny Girl; The Lehman Trilogy; The Music Man; City Center Encores!

CODY RENARD RICHARD (Production Supervisor) is thrilled to be back in the woods! As a stage manager, Cody has worked on 14 Broadway shows, most recently serving as the PSM and associate director for Freestyle Love Supreme. Other favorites: Cirque du Soleil, Metropolitan Opera, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Tony Awards, VMAs and four Live! musicals for NBC. Cody is adjunct faculty at Columbia University. He was named a 2020 OUT100 honoree and to the Kennedy Center Next 50 list. CRR Scholarship founder. codyrenard.com.

SCOTT ROWEN (Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Hamilton (original company), On the Town, Annie, The Velocity of Autumn, Nice Work…, Billy Elliot, Legally Blonde, The Wedding Singer, Lestat. Los Angeles: Hamilton. Chicago: Hamilton, Gotta Dance. Regional: How to Dance in Ohio. Off-Broadway: The Public Theater, Atlantic Theater Company. Scott is a graduate of Harvard University.

MARCEDÉS L. CLANTON (Stage Manager). Selected Credits: Hamilton (Eliza and Peggy tours); Matilda The Musical; The Madwoman of Chaillot; Ah, Wilderness!; The Maids; Sons of the Prophet; The Temperamentals; Bootycandy; Fruit Fly (Leslie Jordan); Wolves; The Color Purple the Musical; Take Me Out; Tambo & Bones; Luis Alfaro
The Greek Trilogy; Rotterdam; Mutt House; Die, Mommie Die!

AARON A. WATSON (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be heading Into the Woods! Select credits: Mystic Pizza, A Christmas Carol, Titanic The Musical, A Chorus Line, Mamma Mia!, MacGyver The Musical, Cruel Intentions The Musical. Sending love and thanks to all my family and friends who have given support over the years.

JOHN BELL (Music Director). Broadway: Into the Woods, My Fair Lady (also national tour), Fiddler on the Roof, On the Town, An American in Paris. City Center Encores: Brigadoon, Me and My Girl, The New Yorkers, Lady Be Good, and more. Irish Repertory Theatre: Finian’s Rainbow, On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Meet Me in St. Louis. Other NY Credits: Sondheim’s Marry Me a Little (new cast recording), Adam Gwon’s Ordinary Days, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. BFA in musical theater from Ithaca College.
Masters in Music from CUNY. MBA candidate at Boston University.

EVAN REES (Associate Music Director) is a long time denizen of the Woods. Selected credits: Broadway: Into the Woods (2022), The Visit. Off-Broadway: Stardust Road, A Bed and a Chair. Regional: Grand Hotel, Fun Home. Faculty, NYU Steinhardt. Thanks to RB, JB, friends and family! IG: @evanreesmusic.

Martavius Parrish (Associate Director) is a New York City-based Broadway director, performer, teaching artist (Lincoln Center) and creative entrepreneur. Broadway: Into the Woods. Upcoming: Oliver! (NYCC). Other select highlights: Disney’s Hercules (workshop) and directing with the New York Shakespeare Exchange and One Minute Play Festival. Website: MartaviusParrish.com Instagram: @martaviusparrish.

Victoria Davidjohn (Associate Director) is thrilled to continue journeying into the woods. Previously: Into the Woods at New York City Center Encores! and Broadway (associate director). Inaugural director of Trenton Youth Theater, a co-curricular theater program for high school students. Proud Lilly Award recipient. All my love to Mom, Dad, Tita and Nathan. @victoriadavidjohn.

MATTHEW STEFFENS (Associate Cho­reographer). Broadway: Doctor Zhivago; Promises, Promises; Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Off-Broadway: Queen of the Night, The Visitor, Superhero, Bountiful. Favorite regional credits: Joseph…, Violet, A Chorus Line, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Princess Butterfly (Wanda Theme Park in China). Metropolitan Opera: danced, fought, and flown through 22 operas. Huge thanks to Lorin Latarro for inspiring collaboration.

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.

ALLIED GLOBAL MARKETING (Tour Marketing & Press) is an integrated marketing agency working with the world’s largest entertainment, sports, consumer and lifestyle brands, including 80+ Broadway shows over 25 years. Current tours: Ain’t Too Proud, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Hadestown, Into the Woods, Mean Girls, Pretty Woman, Tootsie. Upcoming tours: Back to the Future, Funny Girl, The Hip Hop Nutcracker, The Kite Runner, Mamma Mia!, Mrs. Doubtfire.

SHOWTOWN THEATRICALS (General Manager). Broadway/Tour: Into the Woods, Parade, A Christmas Carol, In Residence on Broadway, The Jimmy Awards, Notre Dame de Paris (Lincoln Center). Regional: American Prophet, Anne of Green Gables, Grace: The Musical, Mystery Science Theatre 3000. OB: A Sherlock Carol. Upcoming: How to Dance in Ohio, The Illinois Project, Romy & Michele, Russian Troll Farm, Syncing Ink, and When Playwrights Kill. showtown.nyc.

AURORA PRODUCTIONS (Production Management). A Beautiful Noise, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon, Company, Frozen (Australia, Germany, London, Japan, North American tour), Hadestown (tour), Macbeth, Mean Girls (tour), Plaza Suite, The Kite Runner, The Music Man, …what the end will be. Aurora has been providing technical supervision and production management to the entertainment industry since 1989.

Michael Sanfilippo (Company Manager). Broadway and national tours include Jagged Little Pill, A Christmas Carol, Ain’t Too Proud (pre-Broadway), Summer, Something Rotten!, Dreamgirls, The Color Purple, The Lion King (LA), Aida (Broadway), Beauty and the Beast (LA), The Phantom of the Opera (LA and SF) and Les Misérables (LA and SF), to name a few. Delighted to be working with ShowTown again!

JORDAN ROTH (Producer) is a seven-time Tony Award-winning producer and president of Jujamcyn Theaters. Jordan produced the 2018 Tony Award-winning revival of Angels in America and the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning Best Play Clybourne Park. A multi-faceted creator, tastemaker and thought-leader across the worlds of theater and fashion, Jordan was recently named to the International Best-Dressed List and serves on the board of trustees of Broadway Cares, The Broadway League, The Times Square Alliance and the Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation. JordanRoth.com. @Jordan_Roth.

JUJAMCYN THEATERS (Producer) is recognized as a theatrical innovator championing shows that push the boundaries of Broadway and creating uniquely welcoming experiences for audiences and artists. We are thrilled to welcome you to the St. James, one of our five Broadway theatres. Current productions include the Tony Award-winning Best Musicals Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Hadestown, and
The Book of Mormon, as well as the revival of
Funny Girl and the upcoming New York, New York: A New Musical.

NEW YORK CITY CENTER (Michael S. Rosenberg, President & CEO) is Manhattan’s first performing arts center, founded in 1943. Through the Tony-honored Encores! series—celebrating American musical theater for nearly 30 years—City Center produces acclaimed revivals that include Chicago (soon to be the longest running show on Broadway) and Parade, which moves to Broadway this winter. City Center’s signature dance programs include the Fall for Dance Festival, Artists at the Center, Studio 5 and the annual season by Principal Dance Company Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Guest artists and companies include Kyle Abraham, Matthew Bourne, Ayodele Casel, Nederlands Dans Theater and Twyla Tharp. NYCityCenter.org @NYCityCenter.

DARYL ROTH (Producer). Singular distinction of producing seven Pulitzer Prize-winning plays: Anna in the Tropics, August: Osage County, Clybourne Park, How I Learned to Drive, Proof, Three Tall Women, and Wit. Thirteen Tony Awards; 120 productions, including Kinky Boots, The Normal Heart, Indecent, Company, Funny Girl, and Life of Pi. Trustee, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Inducted into the 2017 Theater Hall of Fame. DarylRothProductions.com.

HUNTER ARNOLD (Producer). Select Broadway and West End: Hadestown (Tony), The Inheritance (Tony, Olivier), A Christmas Carol, Some Like It Hot, A Beautiful Noise, Leopoldstadt, Into the Woods, Funny Girl, Cabaret (Olivier Award), Back to the Future (Olivier Award), A Strange Loop (Tony), Company (Tony), Moulin Rouge! (Tony), Dear Evan Hansen (Tony, Olivier), Kinky Boots (Tony). Select Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors. @huntercarnold.

CONCORD THEATRICALS (Producer) is the world’s most significant theatrical agency, comprising R&H, Tams-Witmark, Samuel French, the ALW Collection and more. We provide comprehensive services to creators and producers: licensing, publishing, recording and first-class producing. Five- time Grammy nominee. Recent: Hadestown (Tony), Company (Tony), Six, Almost Famous, Death of a Salesman, Some Like It Hot.

NICOLE EISENBERG (Producer). Broadway: Into the Woods, Indecent. She is a board of director for GLAAD and MCC Theater. Nicole dedicates this to her belief in the voice of theater to open hearts and minds toward equality, education and social justice. And to her own fans: Stephen, Noah, and Evan.

JESSICA R. JENEN (Producer). Broadway: Company (Tony winner), Venus in Fur (Tony nomination), An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin. Upcoming 2023 Broadway productions: Parade, New York New York, Life of Pi. With producer Jon B. Platt: I’ll Eat You Last, The Heiress, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Death of a Salesman, Clybourne Park, Nice Work if You Can Get It. London: Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical. Special thanks to Luigi & Rose Caiola and Roy Cockrum.

MICHAEL CASSEL GROUP (Producer) is an international producer based in Sydney, Australia, and New York. Australian productions include Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Mary Poppins, & Juliet, and the recently concluded international tour of Disney’s The Lion King. Broadway: co-producer of MJ and previously, co-lead producer of Almost Famous.

KEVIN RYAN (Producer) co-founded with Stephanie J. Block and Capathia Jenkins one of Broadway’s largest charity fundraisers, the Stage & Screen Sleep Out, to support Covenant House’s work with children and youth overcoming homelessness and human trafficking. This season on Broadway he produced Into the Woods, and with Lisa Alexander-Taylor produced Ohio State Murders. He co-produced the Broadway revivals of Parade and August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson with Diane Scott Carter, and the pair are currently supporting the Broadway production of Kimberly Akimbo.

SHOWTOWN PRODUCTIONS (Pro­ducer). Nathan Gehan and Jamison Scott are lead producers of the Tony-winning Broadway/tour production of A Christmas Carol. Upcoming: When Playwrights Kill, Romy & Michele, American Prophet, and Syncing Ink. Nathan is the Founder and CEO of ShowTown Theatricals where Jamison serves as Creative Producer/ Partner. Love to Anna, Stella and Howie. BMOG.

ARMSTRONG, GOLD & ROSS (Pro­ducer). Liz Armstrong, Rebecca Gold and Spencer Ross are thrilled to be part of this fantastic Sondheim production. Shared Broadway credits include The Minutes, The Sound Inside, and Angels in America (2018).

NICOLE KASTRINOS (Executive Producer) is vice president of creative operations at Jujamcyn Theaters. Recent Jujamcyn productions include Tony Award-winning Best Musicals Moulin Rouge! The Musical and Hadestown, and Pass Over. Select executive producer credits include Angels in America, Present Laughter, Manilow on Broadway, Clybourne Park, Lombardi, Finian’s Rainbow, A Bronx Tale, August Wilson’s Radio Golf and the national tour of Falsettos.

CENTER THEATRE GROUP

MEGHAN PRESSMAN (Managing Director/CEO, she/her) 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, he/him) 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.