My Joy is Heavy - Off-Broadway Creative Team

Abigail and Shaun Bengson are a married composing and performing duo raising two children in NYC and Vermont. They believe grief and joy are the same thing. They are interested in anything that gets us all free. The Bengsons' theater work includes The Keep Going Songs (LCT3), Sovereignty Hymns (La Jolla Playhouse), Oh Courage (The Joyce, international tour), The Keep Going Song (Actors Theatre of Louisville), My Joy Is Heavy (Arena Stage), Hundred Days (La Jolla Playhouse, New York Theatre Workshop, US Tour), The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova), Where The Mountain Meets The Sea (ATL’s Humana Festival; Manhattan Theatre Club), ... read more Chavkin is a director, writer and artistic director of the TEAM. Hadestown (NYTW, National Theatre, London) has been one of her greatest joys. Tony and Lortel nominations and Drama Desk Award for Dave Malloy's Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway, Ars Nova, A.R.T.). London: Mission Drift (National Theatre), American Clock (Old Vic). Select New York and regional: Marco Ramirez’s The Royale (LCT; Obie Award, Drama Desk and Lortel noms.), Malloy’s Preludes (LCT3), Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds (Ars Nova and national tour) and Continuity (MTC), Carson Kreitzer’s and Matt Gould’s Lempicka (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Royal Family ... read more Or Matias is an Obie award-winning composer, lyricist, music director, and orchestrator based in NYC. This season, Or was the music supervisor and arranger for the Broadway show Grey House, dir. by Joe Mantello. Or was the music supervisor and co-orchestrator of Love Around the Block, the immersive theatrical extravaganza commissioned by Hermès to celebrate the launch of their new Madison Avenue flagship store. Or has worked extensively with Josh Groban, The Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Ingrid Michaelson, Phillipa Soo, Dave Malloy, Rachel Chavkin, and countless others. Or was the music director and conductor for the hit Broadway musical Natasha, Pierre, and ... read more