Production Staff
Ben Katchor
Librettist
Mark Mulcahy
Music
Douglas Aibel
Artistic Director
David Arnold
Sound Designer
Henry Russell Bergstein
Casting
John Carrafa
Choreographer
Two Time Tony Nominated Choreographer of URINETOWN and INTO THE WOODS.
John Carrafa is a two-time Tony Nominated, Lortel Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle and Obie Award winning Broadway director/choreographer. He's also a Media Choreography Award and World Dance Feature Film Award winning television and film choreographer.
Broadway credits include: URINETOWN THE MUSICAL (Tony Nomination), James Lapine's DIRTY BLONDE, Terrance MacNally's LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! DANCE OF DEATH with Ian Mckellan and Helen Mirren, DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES and GOOD VIBRATIONS, which he also directed. He received a TONY NOMINATION for his work collaborating with Stephen Sondheim on ... read more
Russell H. Champa
Lighting Designer
Stew Cutler
Guitar
Jay Duckworth
Prop Designer
Jay Duckworth is the founder of the Prop Summit a yearly meeting of Broadway, off - Broadway, LORT theaters and Academic prop professionals and student . He has been the Keynote Speaker for The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival as a guest of United States Institute of Theater Technology 2011 & 2015. Headed Master classes in Properties at numerous Universities. The roll call of shows he has create original work for starts in remastered Classic Greek Theater, re-imagined Shakespeare plays and musicals including Hamilton and stark Brechtian shows and continues with contemporary and ink wet works at his ... read more
Ryan C. Durham
Assistant Stage Manager
Randall Eng
Musical Supervisor
Jim Findlay
Scenic Designer
Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell
Executive Director
Erik James
Piano
Musical Director
Brett Jarvis
Sound Designer
Gerrard Kelly
Hair Designer
Graham Kindred
Assistant Lighting Designer
Becky Lasky
Assistant Costume Designer
Denny McDermott
Drums
Bob McGrath
Director
Sam Rudy Media
Press Representative
Ben Morris
Production Manager
Laura Mroczkowski
Assistant Scenic Designer
Paul Ossola
Acoustic Guitar
Reed Ridgley
General Manager
Megan Jeannette Smith
Production Stage Manager
MEGAN JEANNETTE SMITH is an actor, director and producer formerly in NY, now living in Los Angeles. Her latest acting credits include: SEVERED HEADS by Justin McDermott (Online Monologue Series), DUTCHMAN by Amiri Baraka (Secret Theatre), IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS (Under St. Marks), a documentary theatre piece about women who served in Vietnam and LET’S GET WEIRD! (The PIT) an all-female comedy show she produces and performs in. Her producing and directing credits include JOCASTA (Gallery MC) by Sandra Perlman, an all-female retelling of the Oedipus Rex story from Jocasta’s perspective and SUBURBANITES, a John Waters homage and short film about ... read more
Sarah Stern
Associate Artistic Director
Jeff Sugg
Scenic Designer
Mr. Sugg is an award-winning designer and theater maker with over 20 years experience in the performing arts. Mr. Sugg has designed for a wide range of productions from Broadway to regional theater to international concert halls. Mr. Sugg has been a collaborator with music/theater artists including The Wooster Group, Julia Wolfe, Cynthia Hopkins, Jim Findlay, and Mikel Rouse. Select theater credits include: Broadway: Tina the Musical (fall 2019), All My Sons, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (broadway, Tour, Australia), Sweat, Bring It On, 33 Variations. West End: Tina the Musical. His off-broadway and regional credits include Second Stage, The ... read more
Vineyard Theatre
Producer
Mattie Ullrich
Costume Designer
Mattie has designed costumes for opera, theater, film, musicals, dance, and print. Recent opera productions include the world premiere of David T. Little and Royce Vavrek's new work JFK at Fort Worth Opera and Opera de Montreal, LA CLEMENZA DI TITO at LA Opera , SATYAGRAHA at the Ekaterinburg State Opera and Ballet (Russia), DON GIOVANNI at the Norwegian Opera & Ballet (Oslo, Norway), I DUE FOSCARI for Theater an der Wien (Vienna, Austria), Palau des Artes (Valencia, Spain) and LA Opera, THE ORESTEIA for Bard Summerscape Festival, Eliogabalo for Gotham Opera (performed at the elusive NYC ... read more
Daniel Zippi
Dramaturg
Awards and Nominations
2008 Drama Desk Awards
: Jim Findlay was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Ben Katchor was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Director of a Musical: Bob McGrath was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lyrics: Ben Katchor was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Music: Mark Mulcahy was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Musical: The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Projection and Video Design: Jeff Sugg was nominated but did not win.
2008 Obie Awards
Design Set & Projection: John Findlay won.
Drawings Design: Ben Katchor won.
Set & Projection Design: Jeff Sugg won.
2008 The Hewes Awards
Notable Effects - Projections: Jim Findlay won.
Notable Effects - Projections: Jeff Sugg won.
2008 The Lortels
Outstanding Director: Bob McGrath was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Musical: Vineyard Theatre was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Scenic Design: Jim Findlay won.
Outstanding Scenic Design: Jeff Sugg won.
Videos