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Production Staff

Tom Kitt Composer
Tom Kitt is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, and musician. For his score for the musical Next to Normal, he shared the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Brian Yorkey. He has also won two Tony Awards and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Next to Normal, as well as Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations for If/Then and SpongeBob SquarePants. He has been nominated for eight Drama Desk Awards, winning one, and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for Jagged Little Pill in 2021. ... read more
Brian Yorkey Lyricist
Bookwriter
Michael Aarons Music Arranger
(Additional Guitar Arrangements)
Broadway: Anastasia, Dear Evan Hansen, School of Rock, Hamilton. Upcoming Broadway: Prince of Broadway, The SpongeBob Musical, Frozen, Half Time. Current tours: Kinky Boots, Hamilton (Chicago), Hamilton (national tour). ... read more
Kevin Adams Lighting Designer
Four-time Tony winner Kevin Adams has designed SpongeBob SquarePants (Tony nom.), Head Over Heels, Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Tony and Outer Critics Award), American Idiot (Tony Award), Spring Awakening (Tony Award; Olivier nom for the West End production), Next To Normal (Tony nom), The 39 Steps (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Hair (Tony nom), Man And Boy, Everyday Rapture, Passing Strange, Take Me Out, A Class Act, Hedda Gabler with Kate Burton, solo shows by Eve Ensler and John Leguizamo. Off-Broadway he has worked on the original production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The Scottsboro Boys, Rent, Carrie, new ... read more
Charlie Alterman Musical Director
Conductor
Damien Bassman Drums/Percussion
Music Arranger
(Additional Percussion Arrangements)
Marc Borsak Company Manager
Patrick Catullo Producer
Patrick Catullo is currently represented on Broadway by Kimberly Akimbo; Here Lies Love; Merrily We Roll Along; Gutenberg! The Musical and the upcoming revival of An Enemy of the People.Previous credits include Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool; David Byrne’s American Utopia (for which he received a Special Tony Award as well an Emmy nomination); Girl From the North Country; Fleabag; Network; The Boys in the Band; 1984; Nick Kroll & John Mulaney’s Oh, Hello on Broadway; Fully Committed; Gypsy (West End revival); The Elephant Man; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; If/Then; Next to Normal and The 25th ... read more Broadway/Tours: Elf, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Spiderman Turn Off The Dark, A Life in the Theatre, Million Dollar Quartet, The Addams Family, Memphis, Next to Normal, Rock of Ages, In the Heights, Wicked, 9 to 5, South Pacific, Peepshow in Vegas. Off-Broadway: Atlantic, MCC, Signature. Film: Margin Call, Howl, Sex and the City 1 & 2, Jonah Hex, Main Street, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, I Love You Phillip Morris, Rachel Getting Married, Dan in Real Life, Then She Found Me, Across the Universe, Ira & Abby, Rent, Pieces of April, Camp, The Grey Zone, Finding ... read more
Eric Cornell Company Manager
Eric Davis Guitars
Martha Donaldson Stage Manager
Mat Eisenstein Assistant Musical Director
Shannon Ford Drums/Percussion
Michael Greif Director
Greif attended Northwestern University and graduated from the University of California, San Diego graduate directing program. He was the Artistic Director of the La Jolla Playhouse, LaJolla, California from 1994 to 1999. He was an Artistic Associate at the New York Theatre Workshop where he directed, among others, Bright Lights, Big City (1998–99) and the original production of Rent for which he received the Obie Award for direction of a musical and which he later directed on Broadway. Greif has directed several original Broadway musicals and been nominated for the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical four times. In addition ... read more
Alisa Horn Cello
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Ben Kalb Cello
Yuiko Kamakari Violin/Keyboard
Michael Keller Musical Coordinator
Music Coordination for Broadway: The Book of Mormon, American Idiot, The Addams Family, Million Dollar Quartet, Memphis, Billy Elliot, Wicked, Mamma Mia, The Lion King; National Tour coordination: Les Misérables, Next To Normal, 9 to 5, Billy Elliot, In The Heights, Shrek, The Lion King, West Side Story, Wicked. Barbra Streisand Concerts (1994-2007). ... read more
Dontee Kiehn Associate Choreographer
Tom Kitt Orchestrator
Tom Kitt is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, and musician. For his score for the musical Next to Normal, he shared the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama with Brian Yorkey. He has also won two Tony Awards and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Next to Normal, as well as Tony and Outer Critics Circle nominations for If/Then and SpongeBob SquarePants. He has been nominated for eight Drama Desk Awards, winning one, and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for Jagged Little Pill in 2021. ... read more
Jeff Mahshie Costume Designer
321 Theatrical Management General Manager
Nina Essman, Nancy Nagel Gibbs and Marcia Goldberg’s Broadway, Off-Broadway and national tour management credits include Sister Act; Wicked; Next to Normal; Traces; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Man of La Mancha; The Graduate; Striking 12; The Vagina Monologues; Bat Boy; and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. ... read more
Joan Marcus Production Photographer
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AnnMarie Milazzo Vocal Music Arranger
A.R.T.: Finding Neverland, Prometheus Bound. Broadway (Vocal Designer): A Beautiful Noise, Almost Famous, 1776, Once On This Island, Spring Awakening, Next to Normal, If/Then, Finding Neverland. Off-Broadway: Carrie, Bright Lights Big City, Superhero; (Orchestrator, with Michael Starobin): Once on this Island (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations). Regional: Dangerous Beauty, Some Lovers, Dave, A Walk on the Moon, Almost Famous. Other credits include The Radio City Rockettes’ Summer Spectacular 2016 (co-arranger/lyricist, co-composer); Cirque du Soleil’s Le Rêve and La Perle. Film: Pretty Dead Girl (Composer and Lyricist; Special Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival). Milazzo is the Grammy-nominated female vocalist ... read more
Larry Morley Technical Supervisor
James L. Nederlander is President of the Nederlander Organization and son of James M. Nederlander (Chairman). He is the third generation of a family known for owning and operating theatres around the world as well as theatrical productions, cultural presentations and popular music attractions. Current productions include West Side Story, The Addams Family, Next to Normal and Race. Upcoming productions include a live show with magician David Blaine. ... read more
Rachel Nemec Assistant Scenic Designer
Shawn Pennington Assistant Stage Manager
Jessica Phillips Dance Captain
Jessica Phillips appeared most recently in the smash Broadway hit Priscilla Queen of the Desert, where she originated the role of Marion. Other original Broadway casts include Next to Normal, Jesus Christ Superstar (25th anniversary revival), and The Scarlet Pimpernel (versions 1, 2 & 3). Jessica shared the stage with Raúl Esparza once before in The Ladies Who Sing Sondheim, a concert under the direction of John Doyle. Pre-Broadway projects include the world premiere play Gods of Autumn (Mary/Bernadette) opposite Jarrod Emick and the world premiere of John Bucchino's song cycle It's Only Life (Jessica). Away from the Broadway stage, ... read more
Laura Pietropinto Assistant Director
Laura is a seasoned theatre director/producer, acting teacher, and talent manager. Most recently, she was the Associate Director on a reading of Wonder, a new musical based on the novel by RJ Palacio. Laura directed a reading of a new musical for Disney Theatricals written by Pasek and Paul. She served as the Associate Director on the play Make Believe by Bess Wohl directed by Michael Greif at Second Stage (NYTimes Critics’ Pick). Laura spent many years working as the Assistant Director on the Pulitzer and TONY winning musical Next to Normal regionally, Off-Broadway, on Broadway and on tour. She ... read more
Lisa Koch Rao Company Manager
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Brian Ronan Sound Designer
Over 40 Broadway designs including The Prom, Tootsie, Mean Girls, Margaritaville, Springsteen on Broadway, War Paint, The Last Ship, Beautiful, If/Then, Anything Goes, American Idiot, Next to Normal, Spring Awakening, Grey Gardens. On the West End: Spring Awakening, Book of Mormon and Beautiful. Off Broadway designs include Bowie’s Lazarus, Giant, Rent, Everyday Rapture, Saved, 10 Million Miles, and Bug. He is the recipient of Obie, Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Olivier and Tony awards. ... read more
Judith Schoenfeld Production Stage Manager
Judith Schoenfeld has been a part of Dear Evan Hansen at Arena Stage in DC and here in New York at Second Stage. Broadway: IF/THEN, Next to Normal, Grey Gardens. Off-Broadway: Productions at Second Stage Theatre, The Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, Theatre for a New Audience, Mabou Mines, and Classic Stage Company. Additional work Williamstown Theater Festival, Lincoln Center Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Goodspeed Opera House, Arena Stage, Dallas Theatre Center and Great Lakes Theatre Festival. She is a graduate the University of North Carolina School of the Arts ... read more
Sally Sibson Assistant Stage Manager
Joel Silver Associate Lighting Designer
Aaron Sporer Assistant Lighting Designer
Michael Starobin Orchestrator
Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing, Freaky Friday, Falsettos, First Daughter Suite, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Kid Victory, If/Then, Annie, Dogfight, Leap of Faith, Queen of the Mist, People in the Picture, Sondheim on Sondheim, Next to Normal (Tony Award), Glorious Ones, Grinch, Adrift in Macao, Bernarda Alba, Spelling Bee, Assassins (Tony Award), Tom Sawyer, A New Brain, A Christmas Carol, Hello Again, Guys & Dolls (1992), My Favorite Year, In Trousers, Sunday in the Park with George, Once on This Island, Closer Than Ever, Legs Diamond, Romance Romance, Carrie, Birds of Paradise, Rags, Three Guys Naked, Von Richtofen. ... read more
David Stollings Associate Sound Designer
David Stone Producer
David Stone is currently represented on Broadway by Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog/Underdog and Wicked. He has also produced The Boys in the Band, War Paint, If/Then, Next to Normal, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Three Days of Rain, Man of La Mancha, The Vagina Monologues, Fully Committed, Lifegame, The Diary of Anne Frank, Full Gallop, The Santaland Diaries and Family Secrets. David serves on the boards of The Broadway League and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. He also serves on the advisory boards of V-Day and Second Stage Theater. David has lectured on theatre at Yale, Princeton, Columbia and his ... read more
Bradley Thompson Associate Technical Supervisor
Paul Tobin Assistant Lighting Designer
Sergio Trujillo Choreographer
(Musical Staging)
Trujillo's Broadway credits include On Your Feet (Tony Award nominee, Outer Critics Circle/Astaire Awards), Memphis (Olivier/OCC Award, Drama Desk/Astaire Award nominations), Jersey Boys (Drama Desk/OCC/Greenroom/Dora nominations), Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Chita Rivera Award), A Bronx Tale (Chita Award nomination), The Addams Family, Next to Normal, Hands on a Hardbody (Drama Desk nomination), Leap of Faith (Drama Desk nomination), Guys and Dolls (Astaire Award nomination), and All Shook Up. As a director and choreographer, his credits include Arrabal (American Repertory Theater Elliot Norton Award), Gloria Estefan on Broadway (Minskoff Theatre), Flashdance: The Musical (national tour), and White Noise (Royal George Theatre). Other ... read more
Mark Wendland Scenic Designer
Broadway: If/Then, Merchant of Venice (Tony nom.), Next to Normal (Tony nom.), Talk Radio, An Almost Holy Picture, Death of a Salesman. Recent New York: Distracted (Roundabout), Punk Rock (MCC), I'm Gonna Pray For You So Hard (Atlantic), Murder Ballad (MTC), A Month in the Country, A Midsummer Night's Dream (CSC), Lonely I'm Not (Second Stage), RENT (New World Stages), The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide... (Public Theater). ... read more
Barbara Whitman Producer

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Awards and Nominations

2010 The Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Tom Kitt won.

2009 Tony Awards
Best Book of a Musical: Brian Yorkey was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: Michael Greif was nominated but did not win.
Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Kevin Adams was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: David Stone was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: James L. Nederlander was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Barbara Whitman was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Patrick Catullo was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Second Stage Theatre was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Carole Rothman was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Ellen Richard was nominated but did not win.
Best Orchestrations: Tom Kitt won.
Best Orchestrations: Michael Starobin won.
Best Orchestrations: Tom Kitt was nominated but did not win.
Best Orchestrations: Michael Starobin was nominated but did not win.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Brian Yorkey won.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Tom Kitt won.
Best Scenic Design of a Musical: Mark Wendland was nominated but did not win.
Best Sound Design of a Musical: Brian Ronan was nominated but did not win.

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