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JANE LANIER (Director) is so happy to be back at Drury Lane! She last Directed and Choreographed A CHORUS LINE, and previously choreographed CHICAGO (Jeff Award Nomination) and MAMMA MIA. Other recent credits include- Choreography: SPRING AWAKENING: Elon University, THE CHER SHOW: Ogunquit Playhouse and The Gateway Playhouse, EMMA and KING’S SPEECH: CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE. Director/Choreographer: PAJAMA GAME, A CHORUS LINE, ANYTHING GOES, CABARET, ELEGIES: FOR ANGELS, PUNKS, AND RAGING QUEENS, and HAIR: CCPA. Choreography: GUYS AND DOLLS: Broadway (Associate Choreographer), KISS OF THE SPIDERWOMAN: Musical Theatre Guild, LITTLE FISH: The Blank Theatre Co, WILD PARTY: The Blank Theatre Co (LA Weekly and Beverly Garland Awards, Ovation and NAACP Award Nominations), RING OF FIRE: La Mirada, Fullerton, AR Rep, and Denver Center, JOHNNY GUITAR: both Off-Broadway at The Century Theatre & at La Mirada, SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ and PIPPIN (Associate Choreographer): Fifth Ave Theatre Seattle, KISS ME KATE: Musical Theatre West, NIGHTINGALE: Vineyard Theatre NYC, the workshop of BIG ROSEMARY written and directed by Blake Edwards, and the short films NOT YOUR TIME starring Jason Alexander and SPELLS starring John Glover. Directing credits include, BAD DOG: by Jennifer Hoppe-House, starring Valerie Harper, Anne Ramsay, and Jennie Garth, THE CONEX: by Dan Fruedenburger, JUKEBOX, SOPHISTICATED BROADWAY, and SPIDERMAN TURN OFF THE DARK: Young Playwrights Festival – The Blank Theatre Co., SMELL OF THE KILL: Interact Theatre Co, OUT OF MY MIND: by Steven Kane, staged readings of HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, THE
SWAN, YESTERDAY QUICKSAND: Interact Theatre Co. and the independent short film TOUCH.
GERRY McINTYRE (Choreographer) recently directed and choreographed Young Frankenstein for Berkshire Theatre Group, Bay Street Theater and Geva Theatre. He won widespread acclaim for choreographing the Berkshire Theatre Group’s production of Godspell. OFF BROARDWAY; Hallelujah Baby.,Anything Can Happen In The Theatre, Forbidden Broadway,Goodbye Girl,Lucky Stiff. And the international hit Spamilton. REGIONAL THEATER;Nina Simone: Four Women, Songs for a New World, A Chorus Line, White Christmas, Side by Side, Tommy, My Fair Lady (Berkshire Theatre Group), Laura Comstocks’ Bag Punching Dog (LA Weekly nomination Best Choreography), Color Purple, Cinderella, Ragtime, The Wiz ,Sunset Boulevard and Jersey Boys. Broadway Music Circus. Priscilla,9to5 and Cher show Ogunqit Playhouse. Once On This Island ,Ain’t Misbehavin, Puttin It Together and Bonnie And Clyde. Pioneer Theater. He is in the documentary After the Storm. gerrymcintyre.net
E. FAYE BUTLER (Director) Excited to return to Drury Lane last seen in Chicago! as Mama Morton for which she received the Jeff Award. Supporting Actress Musical. Her career spans over 40 years performing and directing both musicals and plays nationally, internationally. After years of standing in front of the footlights she now enjoys passing forward all the pearls of wisdom given to her during her fruitful acting career. Directing credits include: One Mo’ Time Anacostia Playhouse, Marie and Rosetta Northlight Theatre which will transfer to Milwaukee Rep. (Fall 24’), The Wiz Fulton Theatre, The Color Purple Maine State Music Theatre, (Best Direction) BroadwayWorld, and Vickie Award, Goods Artemisia Theatre (nomination Best Direction Stream) BroadwayWorld, Ain’t Misbehavin Portland Stage, Beyond The Door Tender Touch productions (Fall24’), Ain’t Misbehavin Michigan Ensemble Theatre, Five Guys Named Moe Beverly Arts Center. E. Faye cultivates new works and directs solo performances, cabarets, staged readings. Recipient of nine Jeff, two Helen Hayes, Barrymore, After Dark, three Black Theatre Alliance, Ovation, R.A.M.I., Sarah Siddons, Excellence in Arts, Kathy, Rosetta LeNoire, Guy Atkins, Heller & Hover, two Black Excellence, E.P.I.C. awards. Accommodations Lunt-Fontanne Fellow, inducted into Women in The Arts Museum in Washington D.C., RPS Fine Arts Hall of Fine, Chicagoan of the Year, NewCity Stage Player. For upcoming projects www.e-fayebutler.com
CAROLYN BRADY (Music Director) operates a multi-genre Chicago & national voice studio. Clients have performed with Almost Famous & Book of Mormon (Broadway), Mean Girls, The Prom & School of Rock (National Tours), NBC’s The Voice, Walt Disney World, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Goodman, Paramount, Chicago Shakes, Drury Lane, Marriott, Mercury, Porchlight, Music Theatre Works, BOHO, Theo Ubique, American Blues, House, Metropolis, Citadel, Southwest Indiana Symphony, Chicago Opera Theatre. Music Direction credits: Cinderella, A Chorus Line (Jeff Nom. Music Direction), Christmas Carol & TYA Shrek @ Drury Lane, The Secret Garden & Sondheim Tribute Review @ Theo Cabaret Theatre, New Faces Sing Broadway NOW @ Porchlight, Elephant & Piggie @ Marriott, Bullets Over Broadway (Jeff Nom.) @ Night Blue, Wedding Singer, The Who’s Tommy (Jeff Nom.) & Meet Me in St. Louis @ Circle Theatre. Carolyn is a proud member of Chicago Federation of Musicians. This show is dedicated to the memory of her ever supportive Dad. www.carolynjeanbrady.com.
MISHA KACHMAN (Scenic Design) is honored to make his Drury Lane debut. Misha’s past credits include: NEW YORK — Lincoln Center, Theatre for a New Audience, 59E59 Theatres, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre; REGIONAL — Arena Stage, Arizona Theatre Company, Baltimore Center Stage, Berkeley Rep, Children’s Theatre Company, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Court Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Imagination Stage, Kennedy Center, Mosaic Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Olney Theatre Center, Round House Theatre, Seattle Rep, Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Theater J, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Village Theatre, Wilma Theater; OPERA — Seattle Opera, Opera Lafayette, Opera Royal Versailles. Mr. Kachman is a two-time Helen Hayes Award recipient and a Company Member at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington. Misha is a graduate of the Academy of Theatre Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia and he serves as Professor and Head of MFA in Design at University of Maryland.
NICOLE BOYLAN (Costume Design) is thrilled to be part of this production of Beautiful. A dedicated theatrical collaborator, Nicole has been a member of the Drury Lane team for nearly 10 years, specializing in costume management and technology. Nicole most recently designed for the Drury Lane stage with Mamma Mia! and has contributed her creative expertise to numerous regional productions.
JULIE MACK (Lighting Design) is pleased to return to Drury Lane, where previous lighting designs include “A Chorus Line”, “Singin’ in the Rain”, “…Spelling Bee”, “A Christmas Carol”, and “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”. Julie has designed the lighting for productions at Victory Gardens Theater, Mercury Theater Chicago, Oak Park Festival Theatre, TimeLine Theatre, the Clarence Brown Theatre, Skyline Opera Theatre, Minetta Lane Theatre (Off-Broadway), the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, and nine seasons with the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. Julie is a co-founder of the Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre in Fairbanks,Alaska.
STEPHANIE FARINA (Co-Sound Design) is a Chicago based sound designer and musical mixer. Past Drury Lane credits include Sound Design for Ain’t Misbehavin’, Associate Sound Design for Forever Plaid, Mama Mia, and 42nd St. Regional Sound Design credits include Falsetto’s (Court Theatre), Dreamgirls (McCarter Theatre), Naicrema Society, New Stages 2022, 2023, and 2024 (Goodman Theatre), and 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Fannie (Indiana Rep). Associate Sounds Design credits include Life After, Music Man (Goodman Theatre), Once on this Island (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Fannie (Seattle Rep, Goodman Theatre), and Fun Home (Kansas City Rep). Stephanie’s mixing credits include, Blue, Twilight: Gods (Michigan Opera Theatre), Proximity, Factotum, Fiddler on the Roof, Twilight: Gods, West Side Story, Light in the Piazza, Jesus Christ Superstar (Lyric Opera of Chicago), and 10 years at the Goodman Theatre. Stephanie is the Interim Head of Sound Design at The Theatre School at DePaul University, as well as a Journeymen in the IATSE Local 2 of Chicago.
SARAH RAMOS (Co-Sound Design) Previous designs and associate designs with Drury Lane: Ain’t Misbehavin, Cinderella, Shrek, A Chorus Line, Steel Magnolias, King and I, James and the Giant Peach, Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Chicago: Over forty productions at Court Theatre as the Sound and Video Supervisor. Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Writers Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, American Blues Theatre, Griffin Theatre, About Face Theatre, Gift Theatre, Congo Square Theatre, Bailiwick Chicago, Teatro Luna, Prop Thtr, Livewire Chicago. Regional credits: Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (WI), First Stage (WI), Renaissance Theatreworks (WI), Indiana Repertory Theatre (IN). She is an alumnus of the North Carolina School of the Arts.
ANTHONY CHURCHILL (Projection Design) is very excited to be back at Drury Lane Theatre! In addition to several shows at Drury, he has worked with Timeline Theatre, Death Becomes Her, Paramount Theatre, FeverUp Productions, Phoenix Theatre Company, Next Act Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Chicago Opera Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, the U.S. State Department, Rivendell Theatre, The Cher Show, Q Brothers, and the Museum of Broadcast Communications. He is a proud member of USA 829. Tony has been nominated for nine Jeff Awards for Projections, and awarded two. When not working on media, he enjoys sculpting tiny astronauts in peril, and exploring with his beautiful wife Sara, son Arlo, and rescue pitbull Douglass. artlabmedia.com
CASSY SCHILLO (Properties Designer) is thrilled to be with the Drury Lane family and honored to be a recipient of the 2019 Jeff award in Artistic Specialization for Properties design. Drury Lane credits include The Little Mermaid, The Audience, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Guys and Dolls, Fiddler on the Roof, Cinderella, Ring of Fire, The 39 Steps, Grease, A Chorus Line, Elf the Musical, Murder on the Orient Express, Steel Magnolias, R&H The King and I, Evita, Holiday Inn, Forever Plaid, An American in Paris, Mary Poppins, The Color Purple, And Then There Were None, Matilda, Mamma Mia!, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, South Pacific, Joseph…, 42nd Street, Rock of Ages, The Gin Game, Chicago, Saturday Night Fever, Crazy for You, & Smokey Joe’s Cafe. Jeff Nominated for DL’s Deathtrap as well as First Folio’s Salvage and All Childish Things. BFA from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and training at Tisch School of the Arts. Founding member of To the Point, a theatrical combat troupe that specializes in sword fighting & storytelling. Gratitude and love to Rodion and my family for their eternal support.
KEVIN S. FOSTER II (Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) is elated to be back at Drury Lane! Previous Drury Lane credit: Ain’t Misbehavin’. Regional credits include: The Fulton Theatre, The Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Maine State Music Theatre, The Peterborough Players, Tuacahn Center for the Arts, Virginia Repertory Theatre, and Virginia Stage Company. Kevin is a NYC based Wig Designer and he holds a B.A. in Theatre from Virginia Tech. Representation: Summit Entertainment. www.kevinsfosterii.com. Instagram and Tiktok: @wigsbykevin
ASHTON NORRIS (Assistant Director/Choreographer) is beyond excited to be making her Chicago creative team debut as assistant director/choreographer. She is extremely grateful to Jane, Gerry, and the entire team at Drury Lane for bringing her on to be a part of this beautiful show. She is also an actor here in Chicago! Some of her credits include: My Fair Lady (2nd National Tour), A Chorus Line (Drury Lane Theatre), Call Me Madam (Porchlight Music Theatre), Cinderella, Jersey Boys, Desperate Measures, Beehive (Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre). Ashton is represented by Gray Talent Group. @ashtonmarienorris
LARRY BAKER (Production Stage Manager) “You’ve Got A Friend”: How wonderful to be reunited with Jane Lanier (A Chorus Line, Mamma Mia!) & Gerry MacIntyre (Chicago). “Oh! Carol’s favorite credits include: From The Top with Carol Burnett, Commitment To Life with Carol Channing and The Peoples Choice Awards with Carroll O’Connor. “Take Good Care Of My Baby” dedicated to Ronald & Jasper.
CASIE MORREL (Assistant Stage Manager)
