JON KIMBELL (Adapter) is producer in residence for SenovvA, Inc., a design & management group for Broadway, regional theater, film, television, architectural/construction, special event and media industries. As Artistic Director for 25 years at North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA, he developed over 60 new musicals, including Memphis, winner of four Tony Awards including Best Musical. Kimbell received the Elliot Norton Award twice and the New England Theatre Conference Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Theatre, in addition to several awards for his work promoting tolerance and diversity. He holds a BA in both Art & Theater from the University of South Dakota and a master’s degree in classical acting through a Fulbright Award offered by the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts.
KEVIN P. HILL (Director & Choreographer, Producing Artistic Director) began his theatrical career as dancer and actor, having appeared in the National Touring companies of Hello, Dolly! with Carol Channing, Leslie Uggams and Michele Lee, Anything Goes and the International Touring Company of A Chorus Line. Kevin has directed and choreographed more than 200 productions across America, including The Cher Show, Grease, Waitress, Titanic The Musical (Elliot Norton Award for Best Director), Disney’s Frozen, Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys (‘19 & ‘24), The Sound of Music, A Christmas Carol, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, Sister Act, Mamma Mia!, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and others. He has had the privilege of working with such stars as Tony Award-winner Alice Ripley, Marin Mazzie, Jeannette Bayardelle, Joanne Worley, Kathleen Turner, Josh Groban, Tony Award-winner Jonathan Groff and Tony Award-winner Cady Huffman. In New York, he was the assistant to the director of On the Twentieth Century at the New Amsterdam Theatre and assistant to the choreographer on the revival of Guys and Dolls. Kevin has been nominated as Best Director/Choreographer for his work on Sunset Boulevard, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Rent, The Full Monty, Chicago, and Edwin Drood, and was awarded the NH Theatre Award for Best Choreography for West Side Story at the Papermill Theatre. Kevin has also been awarded Six Broadway World awards and two Motif awards for his productions of Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins and Young Frankenstein. As a Professor of Dance, Kevin has been on faculty at Pennsylvania State University, Kansas State University and most recently The Boston Conservatory of Music. Kevin and his husband Matthew have created their own production company called, Chappell Hill Productions. Their first venture is co-producing the new Broadway musical Wanted (previously Gun & Powder). Chappell Hill Productions is also the lead producer of a new medium of theatre called, Dance Night. Kevin is a proud member of SDC, AEA and a past member of Dance Masters of New England, Chapter 5. For eleven years, he has held the role of Producing Artistic Director at North Shore Music Theatre and twelve years at Theatre By The Sea. MILTON GRANGER (Music Direction). 2025's A Christmas Carol marks his 37th production at North Shore Music Theatre. In addition, he has worked on six Broadway shows, six Off-Broadway shows, four National Tours, two international productions of West Side Story, and over one hundred regional productions at Theatre By The Sea, Baltimore Center Stage, Mill Mountain Theatre, and others. Work as composer/lyricist: Two First Prizes in National Opera Association new chamber opera competition; nine chamber operas, performed throughout U.S. and Canada; several produced musical plays, including Castle Walk (NYMF Next Link Selection), and Peter Rabbit and the Garden of Doom (winner, Actors Playhouse competition). www.miltongranger.com HOWARD C. JONES (Original Scenic Design). Past NSMT design credits include Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde, My Fair Lady, Bye, Bye Birdie, Contact, Forever Plaid, Hairspray, Singin' in the Rain ‘05, ‘92, Fame, Swing!, Cats, Chicago, Footloose ‘02, Carousel, Sweet Charity, Student Prince, Victor/Victoria, Annie, Carnival, Crazy For You, Will Rogers Follies, Phantom, Showboat, South Pacific, Brigadoon, City of Angels, Guys and Dolls, Nunsense 2, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Camelot ‘91 and the annual production of A Christmas Carol. Mr. Jones is Director of Scene Painting at the N.C. School of the Arts. Before that he was the founder and owner of Cobalt Studios, an apprentice painting studio, in upstate New York. Other credits include Goodspeed Opera, Starlight Theatre, Missouri Repertory Theatre, CLO in Pittsburgh, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Weston Playhouse, Virginia Opera and the American Heartland Theatre. Mr. Jones was proud to be included in the World Stage Design Expo 2005. He received the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Designer in June 2000 and several times has been awarded Best Design by KC Drama Desk. REBECCA GLICK (Costume Coordinator) is thrilled to be designing for North Shore Music Theatre! A stitcher/dresser with NSMT for a few years, Rebecca is now the Costume Shop Manager for the theatre. She has designed for many theatres and educational programs around Boston. Her recent designs include Rent, Waitress, and The Shark is Broken (NSMT), Laughs in Spanish (Speakeasy Stage Company), and The Outsiders (Framingham High School). She is the recipient of the Thomas Derrah Emerging Artist Award for her Costume Design of POTUS and was nominated for an Elliot Norton Award for her design of Sweeney Todd (Moonbox Productions). Rebecca's educational designs can be seen throughout the year on the stages of Framingham High School, Weston Drama Workshop, Greater Boston Stage Company, and NSMT. She is also the designer for Refine Dance Studio's annual production of The Nutty Suite. JACK MEHLER (Lighting Design & Additional Scenic Design). Previous work with NSMT includes Scenery & Lighting for The Cher Show, Grease, Waitress, Titanic The Musical, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Jekyll & Hyde (IRNE nomination), Singin’ in the Rain (2016), Billy Elliot The Musical, Miss Saigon (2013), Scenery for West Side Story (2003), and Lighting for A Christmas Carol ('02-'19, ’21-‘24; 2012 IRNE nomination), Annie, Buddy, Camelot (IRNE nomination), Children of Eden, Elvis: A Musical Revolution, Fiddler On The Roof (2024), 42nd Street, Funny Girl, Gypsy, Hairspray, High School Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, The King and I, A Little Night Music, Little Shop of Horrors, My Fair Lady, Nine (IRNE nomination), Oklahoma! (2019), The Producers, Ragtime, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Tootsie, West Side Story (2016), The Wizard of Oz (‘13 & ‘25), and Young Frankenstein. He received the 2012 (Elisabeth) and 2013 (Rebecca) Korean Musical Theatre Awards (Korean Tony) for Lighting Design of the Year. Other Theatre design credits include Walnut Street Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Manhattan Theatre Club, Riverside Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Seattle Rep, Syracuse Stage, Weston Playhouse, The Working Theatre and WPA among many others. Dance: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Atlanta Ballet, Ballet Met, Buglisi Dance Theatre, Donald Byrd/Spectrum Dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Joffrey Ballet, Lar Lubovitch, San Francisco Ballet, The Washington Ballet and many others. Jack also provides owner's design representation for organizations building or renovating performance and rehearsal spaces and is a founding Board Member of A.C.T. of Connecticut. www.jackmehlerdesign.com LEON ROTHENBERG (Sound Design). NSMT: A Christmas Carol since 2012, as well as All Shook Up, The Wizard Of Oz, Les Misérables, Saturday Night Fever, and Singin’ in the Rain. Select Broadway: Hillary and Clinton, Waverly Gallery, Mike Birbiglia’s The New One, The Boys in the Band, A Doll’s House Part 2, Violet, The Realistic Joneses, The Nance (Tony Award), The Heiress, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Tony Nom). Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Huntington, A.C.T., Portland Center Stage, Arena Stage, Seattle Rep, Folger Shakespeare Library, Long Wharf, McCarter, Williamstown Theater Festival, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Merrimack Repertory, Delaware Theater Company, New York Stage and Film, Two River Theater, Theatre By The Sea. Select New York/Off-Broadway: Second Stage, New York City Center, Manhattan Theatre Club, Public Theater, Culture Project, Tectonic. International: Cirque du Soleil. www.klaxson.net GERARD KELLEY (Original Hair & Wig Design). Gerard has designed for Hair on Broadway and on London's West End. His New York credits include the Public Theater, Mint Theater Company, Playwrights Horizons, the Pearl Theater, and the Classic Stage Company. Regional Theatre credits include Theatre Under the Stars, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Paper Mill Playhouse, Maine State Music Theatre, Carousel Dinner Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Sierra Repertory Theatre. San Francisco TheatreWorks, Cape Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Westport Country Playhouse, Peterborough Players, Actors, Playhouse, and George Street Playhouse. Gerard has designed for Shakespeare festivals in New York, Lake Tahoe, New Jersey, Idaho, and San Francisco. Film credits include “The Conjuring”, “Transamerica”, “Girls Will Be Girls. Notorious”, “The Ten, The Savages”, and “The Other Women.” Gerard has worked extensively with the B-52s. PAMELA HERSCH (Projection Design) is a Mexican-born visual artist specializing in projection design. Her collaborative projects span diverse fields, including partnerships with producers, artists, non-profits, art galleries, museums, and commercial entities. Her portfolio showcases work in projection mapping installations, photography, music videos, and live show visuals. Her recent credits include The Wizard Of Oz, Waitress, Titanic The Musical, Disney’s Frozen, and A Christmas Carol at NSMT. Pamela holds a B.M. in Electronic Production and Design and an M.A. in Creative Media and Technology from Berklee. SIMON BYRNE (Dialect Coach). As a British transplant to the North Shore, Simon has been sprinkling authentic dialect glitter over A Christmas Carol for NSMT since 2021. He also works extensively across our education programs, accompanying auditions and masterclasses, teaching workshops and classes, and has music directed our NSMT productions of Annie Kids Edition (2020), Frozen Jr (2022), The Wizard of Oz Youth Edition (2023), Matilda Jr (2023), Disney’s Descendants The Musical (2024), Beauty & The Beast Jr (2024), Beetlejuice Jr (2025), and Finding Nemo Jr (2025). He will be music directing our upcoming spring production of Chicago: Teen Edition. Simon is also pianist/music director for our Out at the North Shore evenings. RYAN MARSH (Associate Sound Design) is a New York City based sound and lighting designer who thrives in the collaboration process. He is a big believer in using call and response in his work, as his design choices are often informed through collaboration with other design disciplines, the music, or what is taking place on stage, while at other time his work is the factor that informs everything else. Ryan strives to immerse the audience in the story to deliver a unique and moving experience. Ryan’s designs have been featured both domestically and abroad. With experience designing a wide variety of productions, he is equipped to tackle any challenge that may come up. Ryan graduated from the UCLA Department of Theater with a BA in Design and Production has his MFA in Lighting Design from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. ryanmarshdesign.com ANNA CORINNE LEE (Wig Coordinator) is thrilled to be the wig coordinator for NSMT’s A Christmas Carol. Anna Corinne is a trained Wig, Special Effects and Beauty Makeup Artist. She has studied at Savannah College of Art and Design, as well as the Academy of Make Up Arts. Previous work at NSMT include, The Cher Show, Rent, The Wizard of Oz, Waitress, Grease, Tootsie, Frozen, Jersey Boys, Elvis A Musical Revolution and The Full Monty. Other notable productions include Beanie Bubble the film, and special episodes of Reconnecting Roots on PBS. She sends lots of thanks to her parents for the support they’ve given her while starting her niche career and whatever big city she decides to move to next. Plus an extra special thanks to her princess Audrey Pupburn, the chihuahua. BRIAN M. ROBILLARD (Production Stage Manager) returns to North Shore Music Theatre after previously working on The Cher Show, Rent, Grease, The Wizard Of Oz, Waitress & Jersey Boys (2024). National Tour: Menopause The Musical! Regional credits include Crazy for You, The Cher Show, Young Frankenstein, Jersey Boys, and Smokey Joe’s Café (Ogunquit Playhouse) What You Are Now, A Christmas Carol, How High the Moon: The Music of Ella Fitzgerald, The 39 Steps (Merrimack Repertory Theatre) An American in Paris, Pippin, West Side Story (Reagle Music Theatre) Macbeth, Cymbeline, Romeo & Juliet (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company) A Man of No Importance (Speakeasy Stage), and many other regional credits in the Greater Boston Area. Brian received his BFA in Stage Management from Boston University and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association. ROBERT L. RUCINSKI (Assistant Music Director) is excited to be returning for his 19th production of A Christmas Carol at NSMT. Past NSMT Music Director credits include Rent, Curious George: The Golden Meatball (’23 & ’25), Madagascar, Elvis: A Musical Revolution, Escape To Margaritaville, A Christmas Carol (‘19), A Year with Frog & Toad, School House Rock Live Jr. Past Assistant Music Director credits include The Cher Show, Grease, The Wizard Of Oz, Waitress, A Christmas Carol (‘04 – ‘07, ‘10 – ‘18, ‘21- ‘24), Titanic The Musical, Tootsie, Disney’s Frozen, Fiddler On The Roof, Jersey Boys (‘19 & ‘24), The Full Monty, The Sound of Music, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Kinky Boots, Little Shop of Horrors, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (‘05-’06, ‘22), Smokey Joe’s Cafe, , Sunset Boulevard, Freaky Friday, Oklahoma!, Hairspray, Jekyll & Hyde, Peter Pan, 42nd Street, West Side Story, Singin’ in the Rain (‘06 & ‘16), Les Misérables, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, The King and I, Forever Plaid, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Crazy for You, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Damn Yankees, Camelot, Fame. Robert has been music director at many theaters throughout New England and teaches at several high school and university theater programs in the local area. Originally from Jersey City, NJ, he came to Massachusetts where he studied chemical engineering and music at MIT before making his decision to embark on a professional career in musical theater. Much thanks to his mother, Doris, and his husband, Bryan, for their unending support. More info at www.rucinskimusic.com DAKOTAH WILEY HORAN (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back having worked as the Assistant Stage Manager on the 2016 productions of Singin’ In The Rain, West Side Story, & Spamalot and the full 2017-2019, 2021-2025 Musical Seasons as well as working as the Production Assistant in 2016 for Funny Girl & Mary Poppins. Some of her previous Stage Management credits include: Capital Repertory Theatre: Betrayal, Marvelous Wonderettes, Cactus Flower, 33 Variations, Leslie Uggams in Uptown Downtown, Man of La Mancha, and Single Girls Guide. Pendragon Theatre: Clean House & Twelve Angry Men. She would like to thank her parents for instilling and encouraging her love of theatre, and her beautiful friends for always believing in and supporting her. MARIA PAPADOPOULOS (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to return to NSMT after previously working on The Cher Show, Rent, Grease, The Wizard Of Oz, Waitress, A Christmas Carol (2024), Tootsie, Disney’s Frozen, and Fiddler on the Roof. She is the Resident Assistant Stage Manager of The J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre Company with her favorite credits from there being Lucky Stiff and Goodbye Girl. Select other credits include: Indecent (PSM - Weston Drama Workshops), Merrily We Roll Along (ASM - Weston Drama Workshops), POTUS (Sound Board Op - SpeakEasy Stage), A Case For The Existence of God (Sound Board Op - SpeakEasy Stage). BFA from Penn State. ZFX FLYING ILLUSIONS (Flying Effects). Broadway: Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby; The Green Bird; Kiss Me, Kate; Dance of the Vampires; Wicked, Saturday Night Fever; Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me; Fiddler on the Roof and Frozen. National tours: Seussical the Musical, Blues Clues Live, Spiderman Live and Dora the Explorer. Television: A&E's "Peter Pan," CNN, the Tony Awards and "The Rosie O'Donnell Show." www.zfxflying.com BILL HANNEY (Owner/Producer) is honored and proud to have been responsible for the re-opening of the nationally renowned North Shore Music Theatre in 2010. Aside from his work operating North Shore Music Theatre, one of Bill's crowning achievements was the 2007 purchase and re-opening of Theatre By The Sea, a landmark 500 seat professional summer theatre and restaurant, which is entering its seventeenth successful year of operation in Matunuck, RI (theatrebythesea.com). Bill was a co-producer on the recent Broadway production of The Shark is Broken, and recently co-produced a New York City workshop of The SeaView Nursing Home for the Newly Deceased. Bill was an investor in the recent Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Pippin, as well as the First National Tour. Bill is currently expanding his group of live theatres. He began his career in show business at age 19, leasing and developing movie theaters, including his first multiplex in Quincy, Massachusetts. Before long, he was booking rock shows (Jefferson Starship, Rush) and other types of live entertainment, which eventually led to the presenting and producing of Broadway productions. One such show was an appearance by the legendary mime artist, Marcel Marceau. As president of Broadway Productions, Bill presented national tours such as Annie, Amadeus, Dancin', Peter Pan, The Rocky Horror Show and Mark Twain starring Hal Holbrook, throughout New England including Worcester, Springfield, Portland, Maine and Boston. Throughout his career, Bill has stayed focused on his movie theatre chain having bought, built, owned, operated, and sold more than 30 cinemas. His company, Entertainment Cinemas, currently operates six movie complexes in three states. Bill is currently Chairman of the Board of the Theatre Owners of New England. Bill has been named to the North Shore Top 100 by the North Shore Chamber of Commerce. He received the Leslie S. Ray Hall of Fame Award (2015) and Businessperson of the Year Award (2012) from the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce, as well as Businessperson of the Year from the Salem Chamber of Commerce (2011). MATTHEW CHAPPELL (Associate Producer/Casting Director) is in his 7th season as resident Casting Director and Associate Producer for Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre and resident Casting Director for Theatre By The Sea. He is a former talent agent, casting associate, and photographer for Heyman Talent Agency, specializing in TV/film, commercials, runway, print and voiceovers and, for many years, worked as Associate Producer for Encore International, casting and producing shows for theme parks, cruise ships, and corporate events. Prior to making the leap to Casting and Producing, Matthew enjoyed a 20+ year career as a professional Actor/Singer/Dancer. ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE (NSMT) Since 1955, NSMT has become one of the most attended theatres in New England, with approximately 250,000 patrons annually. With a national and regional reputation for artistic achievement, NSMT has received numerous industry awards including Elliot Norton Awards, IRNE Awards, the Rosetta Le Noire Award from Actors’ Equity, and the Moss Hart Award. NSMT produced the World Premiere of Memphis in 2003, the show went on to win four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical. Under the new ownership of Bill Hanney in 2010, NSMT continues to annually produce a musical subscription series and an annual production of A Christmas Carol along with celebrity concerts, children’s programming, and year-round education programs for all ages. |
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