ADAM IMMERWAHR (Director) Drury Lane debut! Adam is the Artistic Director of Village Theatre, in Washington. He previously served as Artistic Director of Theater J, Associate Artistic Director of McCarter Theatre, and Resident Director of Passage Theatre. He has produced new works by Edward Albee, Christopher Durang, Danai Gurira, Fiasco Theater, Will Power, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Ken Ludwig, and many others. Adam’s direction has been from Aspen to Zimbabwe, including at: The Public and Theater Row (both for Summer Play Festival), Walnut Street Theatre, Wolly Mammoth, McCarter, Cleveland Play House, Lyric Theater of Oklahoma, and many others.
PAIGE HATHAWAY (Scenic Design) is making her Drury Lane debut! Her regional credits include: Deceived (Old Globe), The Mirror Crack’d (Alley), Little Shop of Horrors, Sister Act (Ford’s Theatre), Rent, Assassins (Arden), Sojourners, The Mountaintop (Round House), Frozen (Olney), Hair, Penelope, No Place to Go, Rent (Signature), Primary Trust, And Then There Were None (Everyman), Dial M for Murder (Village), A New Brain (Barrington), Juan Garcia…, Miss Molly (Amphibian), A Distinct Society (Writer’s), Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Matilda, Cinderella (Muny), The High Ground (Arena). MFA: University of Maryland, College Park. BFA: University of Oklahoma. Website: paigehathawaydesign.com Instagram:@paigehathawaydesign
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
NICOLE BOYLAN (Costume Design)
EMMA DEANE (Lighting Design)
JOSHUA SCHMIDT (Sound Design & Composer) returns to Drury Lane after previously designing THE DA VINCI CODE. Film Credits include THE END (2024, Joshua Oppenheimer – director). Theatrical credits as Composer/Co-Author include ADDING MACHINE (Minetta Lane, NYC; Next Theatre, Evanston; Finborough, London); A MINISTER’S WIFE (Lincoln Center, NYC; Writers Theatre, Glencoe), WHIDA PERU (59E59, NYC); MIDWESTERN GOTHIC (Signature, VA); GIFT OF THE MAGI (American Players Theatre, WI); KILLING THE CAT (Riverside Studios, London). Incidental music credits include WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING (Lincoln Center, NYC) FIFTY WORDS (MCC Theater, NYC). Theatrical credits as Composer/Sound Designer on Broadway include THERESE RAQUIN (Roundabout/Studio 54), HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES (Walter Kerr), BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS (Nederlander). Off Broadway projects include ABOUT ALICE (TFANA), DINNER WITH FRIENDS (Roundabout) MODEL APARTMENT (Primary Stages), 3 KINDS OF EXILE (Atlantic), WATER BY THE SPOONFUL (Second Stage), CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (59E59), many others. REGIONAL: Over 300 productions at venues across the country. COMMISSIONS: Metropolitan Opera. TEACHING: University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, University of Illinois – Chicago; University of Nevada – Las Vegas; Lectures at Harvard, Suffolk, Mississippi-Oxford, Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, Lawrence University, Wisconsin-Madison. MEMBER: ASCAP. AWARDS/RECOGNITION: Lortel, Outer Critics, Jeff, ASCAP, NEA/TCG, Prague Quadrennial 2007, Sundance Theatre Lab UCross 2012, many others.
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 Always Patsy Cline, The Da Vinci Code, Beautiful, 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.
BRIDGET RZYMSKI (Wig & Hair Designer) is excited to return to Drury Lane as the wig designer for this production. Her work was last seen on the Drury stage for Always…Patsy Cline. As the current head of Wigs and Makeup at the Joffrey Ballet, she loves the chance to return to her roots in straight plays. Current wig artist vacation swing for the Some Like It Hot North American Tour, an IATSE 476 member, and a Broadway in Chicago local wig artist. Many thanks to her parents and Brian for their unending love and support.
DAVID BLIXT (Intimacy/Violence Choregrapher) is delighted to return to Drury Lane, collaborating with artists who make danger look this good. Previous Drury Lane credits include Murder on the Orient Express and The Da Vinci Code. Chicago violence credits include: Athena (Equity Jeff Award, Fight Direction) at Writers Theatre; The Brother/Sister Plays at Steppenwolf; Catch Me If You Can at The Marriott; Dry Land and Grizzly Mama at Rivendell; Macbeth, Witch, and Malapert Love at The Artistic Home. Regional credits include: Romeo & Juliet at Hope Summer Rep; King Lear at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC; and over 40 productions at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival, where he is an Artistic Associate and resident Fight Director. Film credits include Yellow Eyes and Nobody Fucking Leaves. David is the resident Stage Combat Instructor at the Chicago High School for the Arts, as well as an award-winning novelist. Much love to Jan, Dash, and Evelyn.
JULIE FOH (Dialect Coach) is thrilled to be making her Drury Lane debut! Recent coaching credits include: Hurricane Diane, Romeo & Juliet, All My Sons, The Winter’s Tale (Hartford Stage); A Christmas Carol, Sense and Sensibility, As You Like It, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ); The Woman in Black (Weston Theater Company); falcon girls, Escaped Alone, the ripple, the wave that carried me home (Yale Rep); A View from the Bridge (Long Wharf Theatre); Ride the Cyclone: The Musical, Sleuth (McCarter Theatre Center); Belfast Girls (Irish Rep). Julie is on faculty at Yale.
BEN DOW (Assistant Director) is thrilled to be returning to Drury Lane, this time in a different role, and to be making his assistant directing debut! He was last seen on-stage at Drury Lane in Elf: The Musical (Buddy, Jeff Nomination) & Grease (Doody). Chicago performing credits include Dames at Sea (Peninsula Players); Shakesfest: Chicago Shakespeare in the Park (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); Sons of Hollywood (Windy City Playhouse). Other credits include Jersey Boys, Legally Blonde (Village Theatre). Special thank you to Adam for such a special opportunity and the cast and crew of this incredible show. Love to Maya, Family, and Stewart Talent – Chicago.
IAN C. WEBER (Associate Sound Designer) is so happy to be here on his first production at Drury Lane! Previous design and/or engineering credits include: Hymn (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Iraq, But Funny (Lookingglass Theatre), A Raisin In The Sun, East Texas Hotlinks, Antigone, The Gospel at Colonus (Court Theatre). Ian is also a composer, having penned and workshopped two musicals with Tammy Mader. Listen to those anywhere music is streamed. Ian earned his B.F.A. in musical theatre, with a concentration in dance, from Roosevelt University in 2021. Endless love and appreciation to Marissa, for her support and kindness. Sorry I’m never home on Friday nights! www.iancweber.com
LARRY BAKER (Production Stage Manager) This show I dedicate to the memory of the best in the business, stage manager, theatre manager and actor, Tom Joyce. Working with Tom was a master class in all things theatre. I first met and worked with Tom at Drury Lane South Theatre during Al Anthony’s Salute To The Superstars, where my job included dressing the drag queen hostess and wrangling the trained dove act. Tom was my role model, advisor, advocate, father figure, voice of reason and friend. I’m thrilled and honored to follow in Tom’s footsteps here at Drury Lane.
CARLI SHAPIRO (Assistant Stage Manager) is so excited to be making their Drury Lane debut! Originally from Long Island, NY, Carli got their BA in Theatrical Design and Technology from Elon University, and moved straight to Chicago to pursue stage management. Select Chicago credits include Fun Home (Porchlight Music Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (Music Theatre Works), Stabbed in the Heart (Factory Theater) and Tambo and Bones (Refracted Theatre Company). Big love to Dakota for the unconditional support. Instagram: carlixtheatr
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