100 Drury Lane
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
Box Office: +1 (630) 530-0111
SCOTT WEINSTEIN (Director) is a Multi-Jeff award-winning Director and Writer based in New York City. He’s thrilled to return to Drury Lane Theatre where he previously directed Rock of Ages, Ring of Fire, and James and The Giant Peach. Favorite credits include Something Rotten (Marriott Theatre), Titanic and Ragtime (Griffin Theatre – Jeff Award); Into The Woods (Pittsburgh CLO), Rent (Theo Ubique – Jeff Award), South Pacific (The Rev Theatre), The North American Premiere of David Greig’s Solaris (Griffin Theatre), World Premieres of Kooman and Dimond’s The Break (Constellation Stage) and The Enlightenment of Percival Von Schmaltz (Adirondack Theatre Festival). Scott was the Associate and Resident Director for the Broadway National Tour, Las Vegas and Chicago productions of the hit musical Million Dollar Quartet. He developed and directed the world premiere national tour of Million Dollar Quartet Christmas, which toured for three years, produced by Gigi Pritzker’s Madison Wells Media. Graduate of Northwestern University and proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. He is represented by William Morris Endeavor. Upcoming: World Premiere of We Ain’t Ever Gonna Break Up (Phoenix Theatre Company) www.Scottgweinstein.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
KASEY ALFONSO (Choreographer)
ELLIE KAHN (Music Director)
TIJANA BJELAJAC (Scenic Design) is thrilled to make her DruryLane debut with Disney’s The Little Mermaid! Selected set design credits include: Fiddler on the Roof at The MUNY, Cabaret at The Old Globe and Asolo Rep, Dracula A Comedy of Terrors at New World Stages, off Broadway NYC and The Old Globe, The Threepenny Opera, Marvell Rep, off Broadway, NYC, Trafficked at 45.Bleecker st. NYC, Beauty and The Beast at Teatro Colsubsidio, Misi Productions, Colombia, Othello Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Living in the Exile at La Mama, NYC,The Producers at MTH Kansas City… Associate designer: The Magic Flute at Opera Australia, The Egyptian Helen at Teatro alla Scala, Curse of the starving class, Signature theater NYC, Little Shop of Horrors, Westside Theater, NYC…Upcoming production _ Disney’s Frozen at Maltz Jupiter Theater, FL.
Tijana is the recipient of the prestigious Khan Award for extraordinary talents and several nominations and awards for outstanding set designs. website_ teeyana.com, instagram_ @tijanabjelajac
RYAN PARK (Co-Costume Design) Drury Lane: Beauty and the Beast (Jeff nom) Evita (Jeff nom) Paramount: Kinky Boots (Jeff Award) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Jeff nom) Children of Eden (MCP, Lincoln Center) Alien/Nation (Williamstown) LatinXoxo (The Public) Dial M for Murder (Old Globe) English with an Accent (Lincoln Center) Operas at The Chicago Lyric, Cincinnati Opera, Juilliard, Curtis Institute, Houston Grand Opera, & Pacific Symphony. Carnegie Mellon Drama Alumnus. USA829 RyanParkDesign.com
ZHANG YU (Co-Costume Design) is a costume designer with extensive experience in theater, opera, musicals, dance, and traditional Chinese opera. In his diverse practice, he blends intercultural elements and interdisciplinary techniques, pushing the boundaries in both art and theater. His accolades include the OPERA America Robert L. B. Tobin Director-Designer Prize for his design of Strauss’ Salome and the 2022 USITT Zelma H. Weisfeld Costume Design & Technology Award. Zhang Yu holds an MFA in Costume Design from Carnegie Mellon University.
RYAN O’GARA (Lighting Design)
TONY CHURCHILL (Projection Design)
LINDSAY JONES (Sound Design)
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 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. Designs in the Midwest include: productions for Marriott Lincolnshire, Theatre Wit, Theatre at the Center, Music Theater Works, Theo Ubique, Griffin, BoHo, Stage Left, Porchlight, Northwestern Opera, Piccolo, Sideshow, Black Ensemble, and Mammals. 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.
TOMMY KURZMAN (Wig & Hair Designer)
RITA VREELAND (Production Stage Manager) is delighted to return to Drury Lane where she previously stage managed A Christmas Carol. Other favorite recent projects include Ernest Shackleton Loves Me at Porchlight Music Theatre, The Luckiest and Prodigal Daughter at the Raven Theatre, three years of The Polar Express Train Ride, and productions at Mercury Theatre, Victory Gardens, Route 66 Theatre Company, Theatre at the Center, Northlight Theatre in Skokie, and The Galway International Arts festival in Galway, Ireland. She is the proud wife of actor Tom Hickey and mom to eleven-year-old Charlie, and this year she celebrated her 23rd anniversary as a member of Actors’ Equity Association. Thank you for supporting live theatre!
CASIE MORREL (Assistant Stage Manager)