Production Staff
The Civilians
Creator
Steven Cosson
Author
Michael Friedman
Lyricist
Music
Jim Lewis
Author
Douglas Aibel
Artistic Director
Sarah Bierenbaum
Production Stage Manager
Chris Biesterfeldt
Musician
Benjamin Campbell
Musician
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
Steven Cosson
Director
Benjamin Furiga
Assistant Sound Designer
Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell
Executive Director
Alix Hester
Costume Designer
Richard Huntley
Musician
Erik James
Musical Director
Gregory T. Livoti
Assistant Stage Manager
Sam Rudy Media
Press Representative
Ben Morris
Production Manager
Neil Patel
Scenic Designer
Recent Designs include Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3) (Royal Court London), Mughal-e-Azam (NCPA Mumbai), Born for This (The Broad Stage, L.A.), The Crucible (Glimmerglass Festival), Indian Ink (Roundabout), Mr Burns, a post-electric play and Stage Kiss (Playwrights Horizons) and Norma (L.A. Opera). TV/film production design for "The Path" (Hulu), "In Treatment" (HBO), "Little Boxes" (Netflix), Some Velvet Morning (Tribeca Films). Exhibition designs for Space, Force, Construction; VAC Foundation, Venice.
Lauren Philips
Assistant Lighting Designer
Francenca Pili
Assistant Scenic Designer
Jessica Provenzale
Prop Master
Reed Ridgley
General Manager
Emily Rosenberg
Assistant Costume Designer
Sarah Stern
Associate Artistic Director
Vineyard Theatre
Producer
Jason H. Thompson
Projection Designer
Designs lighting and projections for opera, dance, theater, theme parks, commercial, architecture and corporate events. Recent credits: Lost Highway (Frankfurt Opera), A Trip to the Moon (L.A. Philharmonic, KOI award nomination), Die Walküre (Karlsruhe, Germany), Tri Sestri (Vienna State Opera), Hopscotch (The Industry), Cunning Little Vixen and Pelléas et Mélisande (Cleveland Orchestra/Vienna), Young Caesar (L.A. Philharmonic), Grey Gardens (Center Theatre Group), Tarzan: Call of the Wild and Frozen A Sing-Along (Disney Shanghai Resort), Cage Songbooks (Carnegie Hall, San Francisco Symphony and New World Symphony), Vietgone (East West Players, LADCC award), Tales from Hollywood (Guthrie Theater), The Steward of Christendom (Mark ... read more
Ken Travis
Sound Designer
KEN TRAVIS (Sound Designer) Broadway: In Transit, Aladdin (MX,UK, DE, JP, AU, US), Jekyll and Hyde, A Christmas Story the Musical, Scandalous, Newsies, Memphis, The ThreePenny Opera, Barefoot in the Park and Steel Magnolias. Regional and Off Broadway: The Public Theater, The New Group, The Civilians, Atlantic Theater Company, Soho Rep, Classic Theater Company, Playwrights Horizons, Signature Theater, Mabou Mines, Old Globe, Alliance Theater, ACT Seattle, 5th Avenue Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theater, LA CTG, The Guthrie Theater, McCarter Theater, Papermill Playhouse
Donya Washington
Assistant Director
David Weiner
Lighting Designer
Awards and Nominations
2009 Drama Desk Awards
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Steven Cosson was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Book of a Musical : Jim Lewis was nominated but did not win.
2009 The Lortels
Outstanding Musical: Vineyard Theatre was nominated but did not win.
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