MICHAEL HEITZMAN (Director) is delighted to return to Drury Lane where his critically acclaimed production of 42nd Street garnered him a Jeff Award nomination for Best Director. Other credits: Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starring David Archuleta, Newsies, Big River, Legally Blonde, SHREK, The Little Mermaid (IRNE Award nominee, Best Director), VICES (Jeff Award nominee, Best Director). He resides in NYC, where he serves as the Artistic Director of New Musical Development at the Lortel Theatre. Next up: Beauty and the Beast São Paulo, Brazil. Member of SDC. Michaelheitzman.com
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
LAUREN NICHOLS (Scenic Design) is a designer and model-maker native to Chicago. Credits include Dhaba on Devon and Hot Wing King (Writers); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, True West (Paramount); and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Milwaukee Rep). Other credits include designs for Olney Theatre, Court, Steppenwolf, Kentucky Opera, Village Theatre, Marriott, Remy Bumppo, Rivendell, Lifeline, Steep, Jackalope, Harper College, Shattered Globe, Renaissance Theaterworks, The Gift, Firebrand, Raven, and BoHo. In 2025 she received a Jeff award for her work with Teatro Vista. She is currently in her 5th year as an adjunct professor at The Theatre School-DePaul. MFA Northwestern. Member USA829. laurenangeldesigns.com
EMILY REBHOLZ (Costume Design)
DALTON HAMILTON (Lighting Design) works around the country designing lighting for a wide range of mediums from theater, opera, and dance to corporate events and theme park entertainment. Credits include: Bay Street Theater, Gulfshore Playhouse, Tuacahn Center for the Arts, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Nashville Repertory Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, FreeFall Theatre, American Stage, Norwegian Cruise Line, City Springs Theatre Company, Straz Center for the Performing Arts, and Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Proud member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829. daltonhamiltonlightingdesign.com | @dhlightingdesign
CURTIS MOORE (Composer)
SARAH RAMOS (Sound Design) Previously with Drury Lane: On Your Feet, Sister Act, Beautiful, 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, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Griffin Theatre, Gift Theatre, and more. Regional credits: Milwaukee Chamber Theatre (WI), First Stage (WI), Renaissance Theatreworks (WI), Indiana Repertory Theatre (IN). She is an instructor of Theatre Sound at DePaul University and an alumnus of the North Carolina School of the Arts.
CASSY SCHILLO (Properties Design) 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 On Your Feet!, Sister Act, Dial M for Murder, 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.
ERIN KENNEDY LUNSFORD (Wig, Hair & Makeup Design) is the founder and head wig designer for HERO HAIR: The REEL Wig Experience™, and a Journeyman Member of IATSE Local 798. She has been designing wigs, hair, makeup and sfx for a theater, opera, motion pictures, television, commercials and streaming services in NYC and regionally for over 25 years and is excited to be designing for Drury Lane again. Erin moved to Chicago in 2022, after 20 years in New York City to head the new BFA Wig and Makeup Design & Technology program at The Theatre School at DePaul University, now in its 6th year. She has worked with Academy Award® winners/ nominees, and Emmy® award winners/nominees like Angela Lansbury, America Ferrera, Richard E. Grant, Adam Driver, Michael J. Fox, Michael Stuhlbarg, Robert Redford, Jane Krakowski and Malcolm McDowell.
CASIE MORELL (Production Stage Manager)
RACHEL CAMPBELL (Assistant Stage Manager) is so excited to be making her Drury Lane debut working on Father of the Bride! Rachel is an AEA Stage Manager based in Chicago. Recent Chicago credits include:White Christmas, The Full Monty, Frozen (Paramount Theatre), Jersey Boys, Young Frankenstein, Rock of Ages, Big River, Clue, Winnie the Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation (Mercury Theater Chicago), Bachelor: The Unauthorized Parody Musical, Love Actually? The Unauthorized Musical Parody (Apollo Theater Chicago), American Origami, #HereToo (Columbia College Chicago). @rachelalisse
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