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Caroline, or Change - Broadway Creative Team


Production Staff

Tony Kushner Bookwriter
Lyricist
Bookwriter
Lyricist
Tony Kushner's other plays include A Bright Room Called Day; Angels In America, Parts One and Two; Slavs!; Homebody/Kabul and Caroline, or Change. His adaptations include Corneille's The Illusion, S.Y. Ansky's The Dybbuk, and Brecht's The Good Person of Sezuan and Mother Courage and Her Children (Public Theater). Kushner’s films include Angels In America, directed by Mike Nichols and Munich, directed by Steven Spielberg. His books include Brundibar, illustrations by Maurice Sendak; The Art of Maurice Sendak, 1980 to the Present; and Wrestling With Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict (co-edited with Alisa Solomon). Kushner has received the ... read more
Jeanine Tesori Composer
Composer
Producer
Steven Alper Music Copyist
Rick Bassett Orchestrator
Jane Bergere Producer
Roger Berlind Producer
Berlind was a New York City theatrical producer and board member of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc. He was one of the founders of Carter, Berlind, Potoma & Weill in 1960, a company that would later through Sandy Weill become Shearson Loeb Rhoades, which was eventually sold to American Express in 1981 for approximately $930 million in stock. Recent productions include The Book of Mormon, Copenhagen; Kiss Me, Kate; Proof; Medea; Anna in the Tropics; Caroline, or Change; Wonderful Town; Doubt; The History Boys; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Faith Healer; Deuce; The Year of Magical Thinking; Curtains; ... read more
Kevin Bertolacci Assistant Stage Manager
Boneau / Bryan-Brown General Press Representative
Lisa Dawn Cave Stage Manager
Dance Captain
Lisa Dawn Cave is a stage manager who has worked on The Lion King, Frozen, Fun Home, Aladdin, West Side Story, and more. ... read more
Hope Clarke Choreographer
Joan Cullman Producer
Michal Daniel Production Photographer
Born in Prague, then Czechoslovakia. Left for the US in 1969. Served in the USAF and became photographer after seeing my first 4×5 negative come up in the developer, under a green safelite—military boot stepping on a flower. Corny, I know, but hey, instant love, to this day. Got my US citizenship and ran my own custom b&w photo lab in Minneapolis for two decades after that, while teaching fine b&w printing. Meanwhile, didn't get rich inventing or marketing the original M-Grip for M Leica cameras, nor being the first and then exclusive US importer of FOMA film and paper ... read more
Scott Davis Assistant Lighting Designer
Scott has been designing lights for the entertainment industry since 1986. Theatre shows include Cabaret, Pippin, Grease, Gigi, Naughty Marietta, The Full Monty, Waiting for Godot, Hamlet, The Grapes of Wrath, Pantomime, Fences, A Raisin in the Sun, A Kwanza Song, Celebrations, The Importance of Being Earnest, Twelfth Night, Do Black Patten Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up, and the World Premiere of A Piece of my Heart. Scott toured for years doing jobs all the way from Vari Lite Tech to Production Designer. The concerts and touring shows either designed for or toured with include Marillion, Lou Rawls, Jeffry Osbourne, ... read more
Bess Eckstein Associate Company Manager
Peggy Eisenhauer Lighting Designer
Ms. Eisenhauer and collaborator Jules Fisherhave collectively been awarded Broadway’s Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical seven times, including Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins (2004, Revival), Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk (1996), Jelly’s Last Jam (1992), The Will Rogers Follies (1991), Grand Hotel (1990), Bob Fosse’s Dancin’ (1978), and Pippin (1973), and once for Best Lighting Design of a Play for Ulysses in Nighttown (1974). For motion pictures, Fisher and Eisenhauer designed theatrical lighting for Rob Marshall's Chicago, Mel Brooks' The Producers, Richard Linklater's School of Rock and Bill Condon's Dreamgirls, and Disney's live-action remake of ... read more
Jules Fisher Lighting Designer
In a celebrated career spanning almost 40 years, Jules Fisher has lit over 200 Broadway and off-Broadway shows, as well as film, ballet, opera, television, and rock-and-roll concert tours. He has received 18 Tony nominations and won 8 Tony awards for Lighting Design, a record in this category. His most recent project, "Assassins", (2004 Tony award) also won him the Drama Desk and Outer Critic's Circle awards. His previous Tony awards were for "Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk," 1996; "Jelly's Last Jam," 1992; "The Will Rogers Follies," 1991; "Grand Hotel," 1990; "Dancin'," 1978; "Ulysses in Nighttown," 1973; ... read more
Jeffrey Frank Hair Designer
Heidi Griffiths Casting
Kimberly Grigsby Musical Supervisor
Broadway: Spider-Man, Turn off the Dark; Spring Awakening; The Light in the Piazza; Caroline, or Change; The Full Monty; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Twelfth Night (Jeanine Tesori). Off-Broadway: Coraline (Stephin Merritt), Mother Courage and Her Children, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Songs From an Unmade Bed, The Immigrant (Steven Alper), Radiant Baby (Debra Barsha), Twelfth Night (Duncan Sheik), Love’s Fire (Adam Guettel). Education: Southern Methodist University and Manhattan School of Music. ... read more
Juliana Hannett Press Associate
Ruth Hendel Producer
Ruth's Broadway credits include: In The Heights; Passing Strange; Legally Blonde; Kiki & Herb Alive on Broadway; High Fidelity; The Lieutenant of Inishmore; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Caroline, Or Change; A Raisin in the Sun; Golda's Balcony; Frozen; ‘Night Mother; Steel Magnolias; Barefoot in the Park; Metamorphoses. Off-Broadway: Altar Boyz; Our Lady of 121st Street; The Exonerated; Red Light Winter; tick tick…Boom!. Los Angeles: As Much As You Can. Ruth is on the boards of the LAByrith Theater, The Play Company and the Yale School of Drama Leadership Committee; She is vice-chair, and Stephen is Treasurer of the ... read more
Riccardo Hernandez Scenic Designer
Vineyard, La Jolla Playhouse and Yale Rep productions of Indecent. Broadway: The Gin Game; The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess; The People in the Picture; Caroline, or Change (also Royal National Theater, London); Elaine Stritch: At Liberty (also National Tour, Old Vic London); Topdog/Underdog (Royal Court); Bells Are Ringing; Parade (directed by Hal Prince; Tony and Drama Desk nominations); Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk (also National Tour, Japan) and The Tempest. Recent: Grounded directed by Julie Taymor, The Library directed by Steven Soderbergh (The Public); La Mouette (Cour d'Honneur, Palais des Papes, Avignon Festival); Abigail's Party (Oslo National ... read more
Greg Holland Producer
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Amy Jacobs Press Associate
Joseph Joubert Orchestrator
Vivien Leone Associate Lighting Designer
Margo Lion Producer
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
Freddy De Mann Producer
Chad McArver Assistant Scenic Designer
John Miller Musical Coordinator
Recent Broadway: Lennon, Sweeney Todd, The Producers, Beauty & the Beast, Hairspray, Movin’ Out, Sweet Charity, Good Vibrations, Dracula, Caroline or Change, Little Shop…, Thoroughly Modern Millie, 42nd St, Urinetown, Nine, La Boheme, Big River, Boys From Syracuse, Look of Love, Urban Cowboy, Never Gonna Dance, Thou Shalt Not, By Jeeves, Follies, Oklahoma!, Jekyll and Hyde, Rocky Horror Show, Seussical, The Music Man, Fosse, Swing!, Parade, Footloose, Kat and the Kings, Civil War, Triumph of Love. Studio Musician (bass): Michael Jackson, Madonna, Portishead, Eric Clapton, BB King, Sinatra, Carly Simon, Celine Dion, Smashing Pumpkins, Pete Seeger, NY Philharmonic. ... read more
Elisabeth Morten Producer
Gene O'Donovan Production Manager
Stuart Thompson Productions General Manager
Valerie Marcus Ramshur Assistant Costume Designer
Buryl Red Orchestrator
Please add a photo to Buryl Red's page. https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Buryl-Red/ Thank you! ... read more
Daryl Roth Producer
Daryl Roth is a Tony Award-winning Broadway producer who has been a driving force in the theater industry for over 30 years. She is known for her innovative productions, which often tackle challenging and thought-provoking subject matter. Born in 1945 in Lakewood, New Jersey, Roth grew up in a family that was deeply involved in the arts. Her father was a musician and her mother was a painter, and they encouraged their daughter to pursue her own creative interests. Roth attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied history and literature. After college, Roth moved to New York City and began ... read more
Scott Rudin Producer
Films include Ladybird, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo; Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close; Moneyball; Moonrise Kingdom; Margaret; The Social Network; True Grit; Greenberg; It’s Complicated; Fantastic Mr. Fox; Julie & Julia; Doubt; No Country for Old Men; There Will Be Blood; Reprise; The Queen; Margot at the Wedding; Notes on a Scandal; Venus; Closer; Team America: World Police; I Heart Huckabees; School of Rock; The Hours; Iris; The Royal Tenenbaums; Zoolander; Sleepy Hollow; Wonder Boys; Bringing Out the Dead; South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut; The Truman Show; In & Out; Ransom; The First Wives Club; Clueless; Nobody’s Fool; ... read more
Jenny Sawyers Assistant Scenic Designer
Jeffrey Sine Producer
Matthew Sklar Associate Conductor
Tony, Emmy and Drama Desk Award-nominated composer of the Broadway musicals Elf and The Wedding Singer (Tony nomination for Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Music). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction for the critically acclaimed NBC stop-motion animated TV special "Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas." Additional TV/film credits include "Sesame Street," "Wonder Pets!" and PBS's "American Masters." Awards include the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, the Gilman/Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Award and the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation. ... read more
Niegel Smith Assistant to the Director
Niegel Smith is a director, writer, and performance artist known for his innovative and socially conscious work. He was born in the Bronx and raised in Maryland, and he holds a B.A. in directing from Howard University and an M.F.A. in playwriting from the Yale School of Drama. Smith has directed a wide range of productions, from classic plays to experimental works. He is perhaps best known for his work with the theater company The Flea, where he served as artistic director from 2012-2017. During his tenure, he oversaw the development of numerous new plays and helped to establish The Flea ... read more
Rick Steiger Production Stage Manager
Rick Steiger is a Broadway stage manager. ... read more
Jason Strangfeld Associate Sound Designer
Paul Tazewell Costume Designer
Having designed costumes for Broadway, regional theaters, film, and television for over three decades, PAUL TAZEWELL is one of the industry’s most revered designers. From his Academy Award®-nominated work in West Side Story to creating costumes for the Tony Award®-winning Broadway production of Hamilton, his creations have captivated audiences across the globe. Paul recently received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Costume Design for a Musical for his work in the Broadway production of Suffs as well as a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Costume Design of a Musical. He is also a 2024 NAACP Theatre Award nominee for Best ... read more
Jordan Thaler Casting
Fox Theatricals Producer
Linda Twine Conductor
Musical Director
Paul Weimer Associate Scenic Designer
Jon Weston Sound Designer
Paris and West End: An American in Paris. West End: Thoroughly Modern Millie; Rent; The Who’s Tommy. Broadway design credits include: Prince of Broadway; She Loves Me; Amazing Grace; An American in Paris; On the 20th Century; You Can’t Take It With You; The Bridges of Madison County; How to Succeed in Business…; The Color Purple; Caroline, or Change; Nine; The Green Bird; Thoroughly Modern Millie. Off-Broadway and Regional: Paradise Square (Berkeley Rep); Unmasked: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Papermill Playhouse); Footloose (Kennedy Center); Scotland, PA (Roundabout); Evita (Bay Street); Grey Gardens (Bay Street); The Last Five Years (Second ... read more
George C. Wolfe Director
Theatre directing credits include The Iceman Cometh, Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed (NY Drama Critics' Circle Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Musical); Lucky Guy; The Normal Heart (Drama Desk); Jelly's Last Jam (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Tony Award and Drama Desk) and Perestroika (Drama Desk); Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk (Tony and Drama League Award); Topdog/Underdog (Obie Award); Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Drama Desk); Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Tony for Special Theatrical Event); The Tempest; Caroline, or ... read more
Frederick Zollo Producer

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Awards and Nominations

2004 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Tony Kushner won.
Outstanding Director - Musical: George C. Wolfe won.
Outstanding Music: Jeanine Tesori won.
Outstanding Musical: Caroline, or Change won.

2004 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding Broadway Musical: 0 was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Director of a Musical: George C. Wolfe was nominated but did not win.

2004 Theatre World Awards
Performance: Anika Noni Rose won.

2004 Tony Awards
Best Book of a Musical: Tony Kushner was nominated but did not win.
Best Direction of a Musical: George C. Wolfe was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Joan Cullman was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Carole Shorenstein Hays was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: The Public Theater was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Zollo/Sine was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Daryl Roth was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Margo Lion was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Scott Nederlander was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Greg Holland was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: HBO Films was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Clear Channel Entertainment was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Roger Berlind was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Jane Bergere was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Jennifer Manocherian was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Fox Theatricals was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Elisabeth Morten was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Hendel/Wiesenfeld was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Scott Rudin was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Freddy DeMann was nominated but did not win.
Best Musical: Jujamcyn Theaters was nominated but did not win.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Jeanine Tesori was nominated but did not win.
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Tony Kushner was nominated but did not win.

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