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JOE BALANZA (George/Harold Swing, he/him) Nice Work If You Can Get It, 42nd Street, Music Man, Oklahoma, Rag Time, Shenandoah, and much more. Imdb.me/joebalanza

JASIANA CARABALLO (Flippy/Li'l Petey Swing, she/her) Chicago-native, Jasiana Caraballo, is so excited to swing her way into the Dog Man fam! Her artistic journey has included: Cindy & the Disco Ball (Garry Marshall Theatre); Joseph… Dreamcoat (La Mirada); and Red, Burlesque, Tonight, Tonight, (Rockwell) She wants to thank KMR, Scot, & all of her loved ones for their endless support.

L.R. DAVIDSON (Li'l Petey & Others, she/her) OFF-BROADWAY: DOG MAN:The Musical (New World / Lortel Theatre), An Unbalanced Mind (AMT Theater), Cat Kid Comic Club (Lortel Theatre), Death For 5 Voices (Prospect Theater Co), National Pastime (Playwrights Horizons) SELECT REGIONAL: FOLLIES (Chicago Shakespeare), Ordinary Yearning... (Steppenwolf), 25th...Spelling Bee (Northern Stage), PaperMoon (Goodspeed/Walnut Street). Graduate of Juilliard & MSM. She's Li’l Petey on the OCR of DOGMAN. thelrd.com @theLRdavidson

REGGIE DE LEON (Petey/Dog Man Swing, he/him) OL.A. native thrilled to be making his debut at the Kirk Douglas Theatre! Theatre: Iago in Aladdin (Broadway and 1st national tour), Pain in Hercules at the Paper Mill Playhouse. TV/Film: Paul in MOM and Shep in Air Bud's Pup Star films. Love to Mom, Katie, and Max! reggiedeleon.com

CHADAÉ NICHOL (Flippy & Others, she/they) is an L.A. based Performing and Teaching Artist. She is a Ball State Theatre and Dance Alumni. Nichol also serves as Artistic Director for Academy of the Arts in the suburbs of Chicago. Credits: Bway/1st National: Motown, Showboat. Regional: Ragtime, Beautiful, and The Wiz.

BRIAN OWEN (Dog Man & Others, he/him) is supa grateful to work with material that inspires children to read when the most radical thing they can do is pick up a book. Selected credits: Dog Man: The Musical and Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical, Sesame Street, Sweeney Todd, and The 39 Steps. His favorite roles are husband to Nicole and bellyscratcher of Ms. Starbara Stanwyck. Proud member, Team BWA. IG: @difficultlemondesigns

MARCUS PHILLIPS (George & Others, he/they) Absolutely loved these books growing up and thrilled to bring them to life! Recent credits include Spring Awakening (East West Players), The Prom (1st National Tour), Once on This Island (El Portal), and Tonight Tonight (Rockwell). Thank you to all the people who continue to pour into their life. @who.is.marcus

BRYAN DANIEL PORTER (Petey & Others, he/him) Bryan most recently starred in Hulu’s Merry Kiss Cam, Brassroots District at La Jolla Playhouse, and The Hookup with Blumhouse. Select Credits: Dear White People, Paw Patrol, Blaze and the Monster Machines, many voices in videogames for Nintendo/Xbox/PlayStation/iOS, and theatrical productions with Geffen Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Guthrie Theater, and his one-man show for Broadway on Demand. BryanDanielPorter.com. IG: @BryanDanielPorter.

MAX TORREZ (Harold & Others, he/him) Max is a proud Texan who resides in NYC. He's thrilled to join Dog Man on his adventures! Regional: Assassins, Mamma Mia! (East West Players); Grease (McCoy Rigby; Musical Theatre West). TV: The Chosen. Mil gracias to Fam Bam, Grace and the big guy upstairs. For Decky and EJ! Galatians 6:9.

KEVIN DEL AGUILA (Book & Lyrics, he/him) is a multi-Emmy-winning writer and Tony-nominated performer whose other musical adaptations include Cat Kid Comic Club, Diary Of A Wimpy Kid, and DreamWorks’ Madagascar. He’s the book-writer of the Off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz (Outer Critics Award), and lyricist of Click Clack Moo (Lortel and Drama Desk Award noms), and songs featured in the Disney movie Strange World.

BRAD ALEXANDER (Music, he/him) Theatre: See Rock City & Other Destinations (Drama Desk winner), Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical, Click Clack Moo (Drama Desk, Lortel noms), We The People: America Rocks! (Lortel nom). TV: Clifford The Big Red Dog, Peg + Cat, VH1. Member: BMI, DGA, NAMT, SAG-AFTRA. bradalexander.com

DAV PILKEY (Author) When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. He was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hallway everyday. He spent his time in the hallway creating his own original comic books—the very first adventures of Dog Man and Captain Underpants. His Dog Man series, launched in 2016, has more than 60 million copies in print and translated in 45 languages. A movie adaptation of Dog Man is in the works from DreamWorks Animation. The publication of Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder in March 2024 will mark 37 years of Dav writing and illustrating acclaimed and bestselling books for children. Dav's stories are semi-autobiographical and explore universal themes that celebrate friendship, empathy, and the triumph of the good-hearted.

JEN WINEMAN (Director/Choreographer, she/her) Selected NYC: Dog Man: The Musical (New World Stages/Lucille Lortel Theatre); Retraction (TheatreRow); Less Than 50% (59E59); My Heart is in the East (La Mama); Fable (NYMF); F#%king Up Everything (Elektra Theater). Regional: American Shakespeare Center, Merrimack Rep, Pittsburgh CLO, Tantrum Theater, Dorset Theatre Festival, Asolo Rep, Miami New Drama, Triad Stage. MFA Yale School of Drama. jenwineman.com @winemanjen

TIMOTHY R. MACKABEE (Scenic Designer) Set Design: Tim Mackabee. Broadway: The Elephant Man (starring Bradley Cooper), Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (dir. Spike Lee). West End: The Elephant Man. Off-Broadway: Heathers, The Last Match (Roundabout), Vietgone (MTC), Guards at the Taj (Lortel Award), Describe The Night, Our New Girl (Atlantic), Luce (LCT), Gigantic (Vineyard). TV: Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo (HBO), Gotham, Smash, The Today Show. Education: North Carolina School of the Arts, Yale School of Drama. @timmackabeedesign. Timothymackabeedesign.com

HEIDI LEIGH HANSON (Costume Designer, she/her) Besides catching up on the current Dog Man Books, Heidi designs costumes for a variety of projects and teaches Costume Design and Technology at Southern Connecticut State University and Housatonic Community College. Heidi holds an MFA in costume and set design from the Yale School of Drama, and a BA in theatre from California State University Long Beach. For more information visit: heidileigh.com

DAVID LANDER (Lighting Designer) is very excited to illuminate Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man and present it to audiences all over the USA and Australia. Other shows David has illuminated for TheaterWorksUSA are Dav Pilkey’s Cat Kid Comic Club, The Lightning Thief—The Percy Jackson Musical, The Pout Pout Fish, Pete The Cat, and The Civil War.

EMMA WILK (Sound Design) is a New York-based sound designer and collaborator. Her designs have been heard at New York theaters including The Public, DR2, Theater Row, The Lortel, The New Vic, New World Stages, La MaMa, 59E59, Rattlestick, and HERE. Broadway Associate/Assistant Designer credits include Take Me Out; How I Learned to Drive; Caroline, or Change; Burn This; Long Day’s Journey Into Night; Heisenberg; and The Lyons. Member USA 829. Emmamwilk.com.

GREGORY NABOURS (Music Direction, he/him) is an Ovation, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, and NAACP Award recipient, as well as the co-creator of the Unauthorized Musical Parody series, which has produced over 15 original jukebox musicals. His original musical, Mozart: Her Story recently debuted to 2 sold out houses at Carnegie Hall.

LLOYD KIKOLER (Orchestrations, he/him) is a New York City based orchestrator, producer and multi-instrumentalist. His work in theatre includes, Macbeth In Stride (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Earth Rise (Kennedy Center), Dot Dot Dot: A New Musical (TheaterWorksUSA), Eighty-Sixed (Diversionary Theatre).

MICHAEL DONOVAN CASTING Michael and Richie have 12 CSA Artios Awards (presented for Outstanding Achievement in Casting) between them. They have cast over 1,000 shows at such places as the Ahmanson, Mark Taper, Hollywood Bowl, Kirk Douglas, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Pasadena Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, ICT, 5 Star and much more.

JIHEE JENNY PARK (Production Stage Manager, she/her) Jihee Jenny Park is a Korean American Stage Manager based in Los Angeles and very excited to go on adventures with Dog Man: The Musical! Select stage management credits: Independent Shakespeare Company’s Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (CTG); How It’s Gon’ Be (Echo); Anita Berber is Dead! and Letters from Home (ISC); King Lear (Wallis); Revenge Porn and The Giant Void in My Soul (Ammo).

GUADALUPE GARCIA (Assistant Stage Manager) is ecstatic to return to the Kirk Douglas Theatre after being a part of the SM team for Fetch Clay, Make Man. She would love to thank her family and close friends for all the constant support they give her to pursue her dreams. IG @guadalupengarcia

NEUROTOUR PHYSICAL THERAPY, INC.Carolyn Lawson PT, founder and CEO of NEURO TOUR & Neurosport (Physical Therapy), Global leaders in live entertainment and performing arts medicine. We are honored to be part of this amazing touring company of Dog Man: The Musical. NEURO TOUR, Keeping performers happy, healthy & on stage.

THEATERWORKSUSA(BARBARA PASTERNACK, Artistic Director; MICHAEL HARRINGTON, Executive Director) has led the Theatre for Young and Family Audiences movement in New York City and across North America for over half a century. At TWUSA, we believe that access to art—and theatre, in particular—is vital for our youth. Since 1961, the 501(c)3 not-for-profit has captured the imaginations of 100 million new and veteran theatregoers with an award-winning repertoire of over 140 original plays and musicals. Acclaimed alumni include Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Disney’s Frozen), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent), Jerry Zaks (The Music Man), Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dear Evan Hansen), Miguel Cervantes (Hamilton), Kathleen Chalfant (Angels in America), and Chuck Cooper (Tony award-winning actor, The Life). TWUSA.ORG

ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION,founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. actorsequity.org.

THE STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY (SDC), founded in 1959, is the theatrical labor union that unites, empowers, and protects professional stage Directors and Choreographers throughout the United States. SDC’s mission is to foster a national community of professional stage Directors and Choreographers by protecting the rights, health, and livelihoods of all its Members. SDC seeks to facilitate the exchange of ideas, information, and opportunities while educating current and future generations about the role of Directors and Choreographers and providing effective administration, negotiations, and contractual support for over 2,000 Full Members and over 1,000 Associate Members.

SNEHAL DESAI (Artistic Director, he/him) was appointed Center Theatre Group’s third artistic director in 2023. As an artistic leader, Snehal has sought to raise awareness on social issues that affect Angelenos through impactful and empowering storytelling. Previously, he was the Producing Artistic Director of East West Players. A Soros Fellow and the recipient of a Tanne Award, Snehal was the Inaugural Recipient of the Drama League’s Classical Directing Fellowship. He has served on the boards of the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists (Caata), Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and currently serves on the board of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT). Snehal was on the faculty of USC’s graduate program in Arts Leadership and is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

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.

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.

NAUSICA STERGIOU(General Manager) has worked supporting artists in theatres of all shapes, sizes, and locales including Center Theatre Group as General Manager and, previously, as Audience Development Director. She oversees productions at the Taper and Douglas, as well as new play commissions and developmental productions. Nausica has taught Marketing and Management at USC’s School of Dramatic Arts and works with local nonprofits including Hollywood Orchard. BA, Cornell University. MFA, Yale School of Drama.

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.

CENTER THEATRE GROUP one of the nation’s preeminent arts and cultural organizations, is Los Angeles’ leading not-for-profit theatre company, which, under the leadership of Artistic Director Snehal Desai, Managing Director / CEO Meghan Pressman, and Producing Director Douglas C. Baker, programs seasons at the 736-seat Mark Taper Forum and 1,600 to 2,100-seat Ahmanson Theatre at The Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles, and the 317-seat Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. In addition to presenting and producing the broadest range of theatrical entertainment in the country, Center Theatre Group is one of the country’s leading producers of ambitious new works through commissions and world premiere productions and a leader in interactive community engagement and education programs that reach across generations, demographics, and circumstances to serve Los Angeles. Founded in 1967, Center Theatre Group was led by Founding Artistic Director Gordon Davidson until 2005 when Michael Ritchie became artistic director until his retirement in 2021; Snehal Desai was appointed the organization’s next artistic director in 2023. Center Theatre Group has produced more than 700 productions across its three stages, including such iconic shows as Zoot Suit; Angels in America; The Kentucky Cycle; Biloxi Blues; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Children of a Lesser God; Curtains; The Drowsy Chaperone; 9 to 5: The Musical; and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. CenterTheatreGroup.org