E. FAYE BUTLER (Director) E. Faye’s career spans over 40 years performing and directing both musicals and plays nationally and internationally. Drury Lane credits Sister Act, Ain’t Misbehavin (Jeff Award) Mama Morton Chicago (Jeff Award), Asolo Rep. Marie and Rosetta, Milwaukee Rep. Ain’t Misbehavin, Marie and Rosetta Northlight Theatre Marie and Rosetta. MSMT Footloose,The Color Purple (BroadwayWorld), LTGTR w/Fe & Faye at the Biograph, Portland Stage, Michigan Ensemble Theatre Ain’t Misbehavin, BAC Beyond the Door, Five Guys Named Moe, Anacostia Playhouse One Mo’ Time, Fulton Theatre The Wiz, Artemisia Theatre GOODS (BroadwayWorld), Ten Chimneys Regions of Total Unlikeness, Recipient of eleven Jeff, two Helen Hayes, Sarah Siddons, three Black Theatre Alliance, Excellence in Arts, Barrymore, Kathy, Rosetta LeNoire, Guy Adkin, R.A.M.I. Heller&Hover, After Dark, Ovation, E.P.I.C. Irma P. Hall, two Black Excellence, League of Chicago Leagues Lifetime Achievement awards. Lunt-Fontanne Fellow, Chicagoan of the Year, Inducted into RPS Fine Arts Hall of Fame, Women in the Arts Museum, 2025 NewCity Stages Players 50 www.e-fayebutler.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
KENNY INGRAM (Choreographer) is grateful to be back collaborating with the fabulous E. Faye Butler at Drury Lane Theatre with “Nunsense” after they both worked together here with “Sister Act.” Kenny recently Choreographed “Ain’t Misbehavin” at Milwaukee Rep which was also Directed by Ms. Butler. Kenny just finished Directed and Choreographed “Hairspray” at The Fulton Theatre which he is about to remount at Maine State Music Theatre. Other Credits Include: “Purlie”, Audelco Award for Best Director of a Musical American Theatre Group, “Blues in The Night” Porchlight Music Theatre Joseph Jefferson Award Best Revue. Off Broadway “Emojiland” Duke on 42nd St. New York Times Critic Pick. – “Turtle On a Fence Post” – Theatre 555 – “Anastasia”, “9 to 5, The Musical”, “Funny Girl”, “Cinderella”, and “The Wiz.”
JULIE SCHADE (Music Director) spent three decades as an accompanist, piano and music theory teacher, and music director in Rockford,IL. She earned her BA in music from Rockford University, and spent several years as a church music director. She made her Broadway debut in 2020 as the Music Director/conductor/keyboard player for Six the Musical, after a successful extended run at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. This is her first show at Drury Lane, and she’s thrilled to be here. Julia has appeared on The Tonight Show, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, The Today Show, and is a current member of the AFM, MAESTRA, the Recording Academy, and a Grammy nominee.
IG: @juliaschadepiano
LAUREN NICHOLS (Scenic Design)
RACHEL SYPNIEWSKI (Costume Coordinator)
LEE FISKNESS (Lighting Design) returns to Drury Lane for his 18th show: recently Always Patsy Cline, DaVinci Code, Ain’t Misbehavin, Guy and Dolls. Chicago: Steppenwolf, The Goodman, Chicago Shakespeare, Victory Gardens, The Marriott Theatre, The Court Theatre, Writers Theatre, Lookingglass Theatre, Lightscape (Chicago Botanical Garden). Regionally: The Old Globe, Alliance Theatre, Kennedy Center, Manhattan Theatre Club, Mark Taper Forum, Cincinnati Playhouse, Milwaukee Repertory, Emerson Colonial Theatre, Merrimack Theatre, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Two River Theatre. Opera: Chicago Lyric, San Jose, Dallas, Portland, Kentucky, Colorado, Florentine. International: Jurassic World Exhibition (China), Marriage of Figaro (Japan), Movement Stories (Abu Dhabi). He has worked on the lighting teams for TV shows including: The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rosie Show, The Steve Harvey Show, Fox Sports, Chicago Bears Network. Lee was the Lighting Director at The Santa Fe Opera where he worked for 18 seasons. www.leefiskness.com.
STEPHANIE FARINA (Co-Sound Design) is a Chicago based sound designer, musical mixer and educator. Past Drury Lane credits include Sister Act, Beautiful, and Ain’t Misbehavin’’. Other regional credits include Safronia (Lyric Opera); Highways and Valley (Michigan Opera Theatre); Annie (Musical Theatre Works); Titanque (Porchlight Music Theatre); Falsetto’s (Court Theatre); Dreamgirls (McCarter Theatre); Revolution(s), The Color Purple, Naicrema Society, New Stages ’22-‘24 (Goodman Theatre); 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Fannie (Indiana 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 Head of Sound Design at The Theatre School at DePaul University, as well as a Journeymen in the IATSE Local 2 of Chicago.
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 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.
CASIE MORELL (Production Stage Manager)
IMANI M. ROSS (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be returning to Drury Lane Theatre with Nunsense. Based in Chicago, she has many years of experience in stage management, production, and education. Select theatrical credits include: A Chorus Line, Mary Poppins, Elf the Musical (Drury Lane Theatre), Twisted Melodies (Congo Square Theatre), Noises Off (Steppenwolf Theatre), Hot Wing King (Writers Theatre), The Comedy of Errors, Two Trains Running (The Acting Company), Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha (Harris Theatre),The Color Purple, Revolution(s), Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (The Goodman Theatre).
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