The Crucible - Broadway Creative Team

Debbie Bisno is the Resident Producer at McCarter Theatre Center. Her producing experience spans Broadway, Off-Broadway, West End and nonprofit/regional theater. Broadway highlights include the recent revival of Terrence McNally’s Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune starring Audra McDonald & Michael Shannon; Grace, Mothers and Sons, War Horse, HAIR, Merchant of Venice. Off-B’way & London: Through a Glass Darkly with Carey Mulligan, Passion Play, Merrily We Roll Along. Debbie was Co-Founder/Producing Director of Chicago’s Roadworks Productions producing over 20 Midwest & World Premieres. She’s an Advisory Member of The Playwrights Realm and a Board Member of FASPE (Fellowships ... read more Adam Epstein was a celebrated Broadway producer with his theatrical productions receiving 46 Tony nominations and 12 Tony Awards. Epstein's Broadway credits include Hairspray, A View From a Bridge, The Crucible, Amadeus, Godspell, The Wedding Singer and Cry-Baby. He developed Cry-Baby from its inception, obtaining the rights to the film and assembling the creative team. Likewise, he was an original producer on the musical version of Ever After. He was attached to a planned fall 2008 revival of Godspell starring Gavin Creel, Diana DeGarmo, Uzo Aduba, Joshua Henry and more, but the production was canceled. Cry-Baby, which opened on Broadway ... read more Richard Eyre was director of the Royal National Theatre (1988-1997). He has directed many classics and new plays by David Hare, Christopher Hampton, Tom Stoppard, Alan Bennett, Trevor Griffiths, Tony Harrison and Nicholas Wright. He directed Arthur Miller’s The Crucible on Broadway in 2001 and Hedda Gabler in the West End in 2006. He has won five Olivier Awards, four Evening Standard Awards, three Critics Circle Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild. He has directed many award-winning films for TV and four feature films: The Ploughman’s Lunch, the Oscar®-nominated Iris (which he co-wrote), Stage Beauty and ... read more Credits include Evita, The Book of Mormon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Seminar. Recent productions: House of Blue Leaves, West Side Story, La Bete, Come Fly Away, Ragtime, Gypsy, The Color Purple, Spamalot. Co-founded the investment firm Furman Selz, currently vice chairman Jeffries & Company. Vice chairman of Lincoln Center, Chairman emeritus of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, vice president NY City Opera. ... read more Allan S. Gordon is a prominent Broadway producer and theatre owner, known for his contributions to the theatre industry. Born in Canada, Gordon began his career in the entertainment industry as a stage manager, before transitioning to producing. Gordon's Broadway producing credits include the Tony Award-winning productions of "The Elephant Man" (1979), "Barnum" (1980), and "Master Harold...and the Boys" (1982). He also produced the popular musical "Me and My Girl" (1986), which ran for over 1,400 performances. In addition to his work as a producer, Gordon is also a theatre owner. He is the co-owner of the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, which has ... read more Tim has designed extensively for the National Theatre, West End and Broadway. Recent credits include: Dreamgirls (Savoy Theatre); Travesties (Menier Chocolate Factory, West End, Broadway); Ghosts (Almeida, West End, BAM); Little Eyolf (Almeida); Temple (Donmar); Enemy of the People, Pyjama Game (Chichester Festival Theatre); Mr. Foote’s Other Leg (Hampstead, West End); The Bodyguard (West End, UK Tour, US Tour, Cologne, Korea); Shrek (West End, Broadway, UK Tour, US Tour); Spamalot (West End, Broadway, US Tour, Las Vegas); Singin’ in the Rain, My Fair Lady (Chatelet Paris) and Carmen (Royal Ballet). Film credits include: Closer, Notes on a Scandal and Stage Beauty. Tim is ... read more London-born Paul Huntley has worked hundreds of Broadway shows, most memorably the original productions of Amadeus, Cats, Evita, Sweeney Todd, The Producers and Hairspray. A recipient of the Drama Desk and Tony awards, he has also worked with the some of the most legendary leading ladies of the cinema, ranging from Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh to Jane Fonda and Faye Dunaway. Current shows include Anything Goes, War Horse, Other Desert Cities and Leap of Faith. ... read more Robert Kaplowitz is a Tony Award-winning sound designer with an impressive career in theater, film, and television. Born in New York City, Kaplowitz attended NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he received a BFA in Film and Television Production. Kaplowitz began his career in sound design working on off-Broadway productions before making his Broadway debut in 1998 with the play "The Beauty Queen of Leenane." Since then, he has worked on numerous Broadway productions, including the Tony Award-winning shows "Fela!," "The Deaf West revival of Spring Awakening," and "The Band's Visit." In addition to his work on Broadway, Kaplowitz has also ... read more Lion is best known for her role in producing Hairspray. Originally, Lion worked in politics, but after spending three years at the University of Iowa's Playwrights Workshop where her former husband, Ted Nemeth, was a graduate student, Lion's focus turned from education to her earlier interest in theater. Lion's cousin, MacArthur Award recipient and director/choreographer Martha Clarke, introduced Lion to Lyn Austin from whom she learned the ropes with Austin's not-for-profit company, Music-Theater Group/Lenox Arts Center. The first musical Lion produced on Broadway was Jelly's Last Jam, based on Jelly Roll Morton and the origins of jazz. Other notable Broadway credits include Angels in ... read more Broadway shows include Once, That Championship Season, A Steady Rain, A Raisin in the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Crucible, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Price, Death of a Salesman, Freak, An Ideal Husband, Having Our Say, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, A Streetcar Named Desire, Lend Me a Tenor and Fences. Graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and admitted to practice law in New York. ... read more TOBY SIMKIN is a prolific theatrical impresario worldwide – The Female of the Species (West End); Tony® Award winning I Am My Own Wife (West End, Broadway and USA tour); Tony® Award winning Death of a Salesman (West End and Broadway); Vanessa Redgrave and Brian Dennehy in Tony® Award winning Long Day’s Journey into Night (Broadway); Liam Neeson and Laura Linney in Tony® Award nominated The Crucible (Broadway) and Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria (Broadway). In Asia, his credits include the national tours of 42nd Street (China); Elton John & Tim Rice's AIDA (China), LUMA (China), FAME (China), ... read more Recent Off-Broadway: Regrets, Maple and Vine, A Small Fire, Keep Your Pantheon and School, Home, Jerry Springer: The Opera, Vigil, Almost an Evening, The Piano Teacher, Fever Chart, Scarcity, Celebration and The Room. Recent regional: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Guthrie,) The Crucible (Hartford Stage,) and Three Sisters and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Yale Rep.) Suddenly Last Summer (Westport.) Associate Designer for Spamalot, Art and Closer. Faculty: Yale School of Drama. ... read more