The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - West End Creative Team
Production Staff
Rebecca Feldman
Conceiver
William Finn
Composer
Lyricist
William Finn is a celebrated American composer and lyricist, best known for his heartfelt, character-driven musicals and his groundbreaking contributions to contemporary musical theatre. Born on February 28, 1952, in Natick, Massachusetts, Finn studied at Williams College, where he began developing his distinctive voice as a songwriter. He is most widely recognized for creating the semi-autobiographical Marvin Trilogy, which includes In Trousers (1979), March of the Falsettos (1981), and Falsettoland (1990). These shows were later combined and revised into Falsettos (1992), which won Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Book.
Finn’s work often explores themes of identity, family, illness, and ... read more
Jay Reiss
Additional Material
Rachel Sheinkin
Bookwriter
Neil Austin
Lighting Designer
NEIL AUSTIN was the recipient of the 2019 Tony Award for Ink (Friedman); the 2018 Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Lyric); and the 2010 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Red (Golden). He was also awarded the 2017 and 2011 Olivier Awards for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Palace, West End) and The White Guard (National, London). His Broadway credits include Ink, Travesties, Hughie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Evita, Red, Hamlet, The Seafarer and Frost/Nixon. Other work in the U.S. includes Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ... read more
Terry Jardine
Sound Designer
Nick Lidster
Sound Designer
Jamie Lloyd
Director
Jamie Lloyd is a British theatre director who studied at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. He made his first main house directing debut with Harold Pinter's The Caretaker at Sheffield Theatres before directing Pinter's The Lover and The Collection in the West End (2008). He served as Associate Director of the Donmar Warehouse from 2008 to 2011, where he directed Piaf (2008), which transferred to the West End and Buenos Aires, and Passion (2010), which won the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical. As an Associate Artist with Headlong, he directed Salome, and he also directed The Pride ... read more
Christopher Oram
Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Recipient of Tony, Oliver, Evening Standard, Critics Circle, Garland and Ovation Awards for his work both here in the U.S. and in the U.K. His most recent work on Broadway includes the scenic and costume designs for the Donmar Warehouse productions of Red, Hamlet with Jude Law and Frost/Nixon. Also, King Lear with Derek Jacobi (BAM) and Parade (Taper, LA).
The Donmar Warehouse
Producer
Ann Yee
Choreographer