Guards at the Taj - Off-Broadway Creative Team
Production Staff
Rajiv Joseph
Author
Michael Bodeen
Original Music & Sound Designer
Broadway credits include music composition and sound for No Man's Land & Waiting for Godot, Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Miracle Worker and sound for Larry David's Fish in the Dark, Of Mice and Men, This Is Our Youth, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Superior Donuts and The Grapes of Wrath.
J. David Brimmer
Fight Director
David has choreographed some stuff (New York premieres of Ages of the Moon, Blasted, Spring Awakening, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Bug, Killer Joe), has played at some wonderful venues (NY Public Theater, Metropolitan Opera, MTC, TFANA), taught a few places (NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, RADA guest instructor, Strasberg Institute, Yale) and has worked with some great folks (Stella Adler, Joe Chaikin, Ken Russell, JoAnne Akalaitis, Franco Zeffirelli). Fight Master, SAFD. "Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone."—G. Fox
Jeremy Chernick
Special Effects Designer
Recent Broadway: Aladdin, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, American Psycho, You Can't Take It With You. West End: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Let the Right One In. Television: "The Wiz Live!" and "Peter Pan Live!" In 2014 his work was featured at the Museum of Art & Design in New York. Chernick is head designer for J&M Special Effects in Brooklyn www.jmfx.net
Timothy R. Mackabee
Scenic Designer
Sarah Marshall
Assistant Stage Manager
Rob Milburn
Original Music & Sound Designer
Broadway music composition and sound credits include: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Speed of Darkness, My Thing of Love, Superior Donuts, A Year with Frog and Toad, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Hollywood Arms, King Hedley II, Buried Child, The Song of Jacob Zulu and The Grapes of Wrath. Off Broadway music and sound credits include: Inked Baby, After Ashley, Boy Gets Girl, Red, Space, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Marvin's Room, Eyes for Consuela and Ruined. Recent original music and sound credits include: The Bluest Eye (Hartford Stage, Long Wharf Theatre); The Crucible, Good Boys and True ... read more
Amy Morton
Director
Amy Morton has been a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's core ensemble since 1997 and has built much of her career on the Chicago stage. Her theater credits include Clybourne Park, American Buffalo, Dublin Carol, The Pillowman, Love-Lies-Bleeding, and Awake and Sing.
Morton made her Broadway debut as Nurse Ratched opposite Gary Sinise in the 2001 Tony Award-winning revival of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. She originated the role of Barbara in the Chicago and Broadway productions of Tracy Letts' August: Osage County, earning Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations, and reprised the role in the National Theatre's ... read more
Cambra Overend
Production Stage Manager
LCT: Oslo, Dada Woof Papa Hot, Domesticated. Broadway includes This Is Our Youth, Of Mice and Men, Lucky Guy, That Championship Season, August: Osage County (also national tour). Off-Broadway includes Smart People, Guards at the Taj, My Name Is Asher Lev, Rated P for Parenthood, Make Me a Song, Opus, Crazy Mary, A Spanish Play, Satellites. Regional includes Steppenwolf, Center Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Bobby Tilley
Costume Designer
David Weiner
Lighting Designer
Awards and Nominations
2016 The Lortels
Outstanding Director: Amy Morton was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lighting Design: David Weiner won.
Outstanding Scenic Design: Timothy R. Mackabee won.
Outstanding Sound Design: Rob Milburn won.
Outstanding Sound Design: Michael Bodeen won.