David Yazbek (Music & Lyrics) A varied career as a recording artist, Emmy-winning TV and film writer, music producer and pianist has somehow led Yazbek to a career on Broadway. His four shows, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Women on The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, and The Band's Visit were all Tony nominated for Best Score. Yazbek took home the Tony for Best Score for The Band's Visit. The Full Monty won him the Drama Desk Award for Best Music. As a recording artist, Yazbek is responsible for five albums: The Laughing Man (winner NAIRD award, Best Pop Album of the Year), Tock, Damascus, Tape Recorder and Evil Monkey Man. He also produced the original cast albums of The Band's Visit, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Women on The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, the first three of which were nominated for Grammy Awards. Yazbek scored the final season of HBO's “Boardwalk Empire,” scored and performed the music for Larry David's giant Broadway hit Fish in the Dark, and built an Ikea storage shelf. Yazbek teamed up with 13 librettist Robert Horn to collaborate on the musical Tootsie, which won the Tony for Best Book of a Musical and was nominated for a total of 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
Robert Horn (Book) Two-time Tony Nominee, Two-time Drama desk nominee, Two-time Outer Critics nominee, Winner of the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards. Broadway Theater credits: Shucked, Tootsie, Disney’s Hercules, 13 the musical, Moonshine, The Musical, Lone Star Love, Dame Edna: Back With A Vengeance. He’s written, created, and/or produced such iconic series as Designing Women, Living Single, High Society, Football Book Club, The Jenni Rivera Show, and Partners. He’s had overall production deals at Warner Brothers, Sony and ABC Studios, written and produced over a dozen network pilots, and such events as “Bette Midler’s Divine Intervention Tour” and “The BBC RuPaul Christmas Special.” Film credits include the Netflix hit 13 The Musical, the juggernaut Teen Beach Movie, Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure, Disney’s Wildlife; and the seen by no one ever Good Advice. Richard J. Hinds (Director/Choreographer) has directed and choreographed numerous productions including Escape to Margaritaville (BroadwayWorld “Best Direction of a Musical”), Catch Me If You Can, Buddy, Holiday Inn, Newsies!, Guys and Dolls, How to Succeed in Business…, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Evita, Fame, Mamma Mia!, Saturday Night Fever, Little Shop of Horrors, Cabaret, Chicago, Hairspray, The Sound of Music and All Shook Up, as well as many others. Richard’s Broadway and West End credits include Elf, Company starring Patti LuPone, Come From Away, Disney’s Newsies, Jekyll & Hyde and Il Divo: A Musical Affair. He also worked on the Off-Broadway and London productions of Here Lies Love and the National/International Tours of 9 to 5 and Disney’s High School Musical. Richard’s television credits include Encore! (Disney+), Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, America’s Got Talent, The Bethenny Show, Bring It, Good Afternoon America (featuring Liza Minnelli) and several commercials for Macy’s. Instagram: @richardjhinds Sam Groisser (Music Direction) is excited to be making his North Shore debut! Sam is a music director, pianist, conductor, arranger, and copyist newly based out of NYC. Broadway national tours: Tootsie, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Fulton Theatre, Marriott Theatre, Paramount Theatre, Maine State Music Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Alumnus of Northwestern University. IG: @groissedout Shoko Kambara (Scenic Design) is a New York-based scenic and production Designer. She earned a BA from Dartmouth and an MFA in Scenic Design from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Most recently, Shoko has served as scenic designer for Little Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical’s Off-Broadway productions. Select Credits Include: Macbeth, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Man and Boy, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Million Dollar Quartet, The Miracle Worker, Ragtime, 33 Variations, Beautiful, Follies, Grease, Lestat, The Threepenny Opera, The Pajama Game, Little Women, I Am My Own Wife, The Look of Love (Broadway), Guys & Dolls (Fingerlakes Musical Theatre), Animals Out of Paper (Hudson Stage Company), The Prince of Players (Houston Grand Opera - World Premiere), The Little Mermaid (Arkansas Rep), The Barber of Seville (Atlanta Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Opera Omaha, Opera Theatre St. Louis - St Louis Theater Circle Award for “Outstanding Set Design”), Nice Work If You Can Get It (National Tour, Worklight Productions), Don Pasquale (Juilliard), 7th Monarch (Acorn Theater - Off-Broadway), The Turn of the Screw, The Bombitty of Errors (Syracuse Stage), 1-888 Dial India (Mumbai), Shining City (Nevada Conservatory Theatre), “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” (Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute - Lamb Design). Film & TV Credits Include: The Trial of the Chicago 7, The Good Nurse, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Eileen, Severance, Dear Edward (Apple TV), The Endgame (NBC - Pilot), Kenui Road (HBO - Pilot). Dana Pinkston (Costume Design) has designed costumes for theatres across the country, including North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre By The Sea, Wayside Theatre and Virginia Shakespeare Festival, Pennsylvania Centre Stage, Struthers Library Theatre and Snowmass/Aspen Rep. In 1994 Dana won the prestigious ACTF/ Kennedy Center National Award for Excellence in Costume Design for her designs for Our Country's Good, as well as Penn State University's Arts and Architecture Creative Achievement Award. As an Associate Professor of Design at Kansas State University, Dana has been privileged to work with many emerging playwrights and directors, both on campus and in New York City. Dana is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. Jack Mehler (Lighting Design). Previous work with NSMT includes Scenery & Lighting for 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 Fiddler On The Roof, A Christmas Carol ('02-'19, ’21-‘23; 2012 IRNE nomination), Annie, Buddy, Camelot (IRNE nomination), Children of Eden, Elvis: A Musical Revolution, 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, West Side Story (2016), Wizard of Oz, 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, Joffrey Ballet, Lar Lubovitch, San Francisco Ballet, Donald Byrd/Spectrum Dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Buglisi Dance Theatre, BalletMet, Ballet Memphis, Richmond 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 ACT of Connecticut. Alex Berg (Sound Design) is excited to return to North Shore Music Theatre! Alex is a freelance sound designer and mix engineer in the greater Boston area. Credits include shows at The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, ACT of Connecticut, Theatre by the Sea, Prescott Park Arts Festival, Barrington Stage Company, Kavinoky Theatre, and Shakespeare in Delaware Park. Thank you to the team at NSMT, and to my family, friends, and Lyn for all their love and support. Rachel Padula-Shuflet (Wig & Hair Designer). Previous work at North Shore Music Theatre include Disney’s Frozen, Fiddler On The Roof, Elvis: A Musical Revolution, The Full Monty, Escape To Margaritaville, The Sound Of Music, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Little Shop of Horrors, Buddy, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, The Bodyguard, Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys, Freaky Friday, and Oklahoma! Broadway credits include: Glass Menagerie, Waitress. Regional: American Repertory Theatre: Macbeth in Stride, Moby Dick (Elliot Norton Award winner- Best Design), Black Clown, Waitress, Fingersmith (Elliot Norton Award winner- Best Design), Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (Elliot Norton award winner- Best Design), Marie Antoinette, and Crossing. Huntington Theatre Company: The Colored Museum. Rachel is the hair and makeup supervisor for Boston Ballet. Elyn Collier (Associate Director/Choreographer) is an NYC based director, choreographer, and teaching artist. She has had the privilege of collaborating with renowned theatrical companies including, but not limited to, Pittsburgh CLO, Barrington Stage, and Berkshire Theatre Group. Select Credits: Something Rotten! (2022 BroadwayWorld “Best Dance Production”), Spamalot (2023 BroadwayWorld “Best Dance Production”), The Hiding Place, Newsies (with Richard J. Hinds), Sister Act, Mary Poppins, White Christmas, In the Heights, Million Dollar Quartet, and Brooklyn The Musical: 15th Anniversary Concert (with Eden Espinosa and Tony Award Winner, Karen Olivo). She has served as guest faculty at various universities and is currently Musical Theatre Faculty at Broadway Dance Center. A HUGE thanks to Ricky for bringing me on this journey. Upcoming: Little Shop of Horrors and A Christmas Carol. Galatians 5:1. IG: @elyncollier Elizabeth Yvette Ramirez - they/them - (Production Stage Manager) is delighted to return to North Shore Music Theatre after PSMing Frozen earlier this season. Elizabeth is very active throughout New England and has worked with The American Repertory Theatre, City Ballet of Boston, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Hanover Theater Rep, SpeakEasy Stage, Lyric Stage, Reagle Music Theater, Front Porch Arts Collective, Central Square Theater, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Greater Boston Stage Company, New Repertory Theatre. When not in the booth they also stage manage ballet, dance, corporate events and they advise student stage managers at Wellesley College. Proud elected councilor for Actors' Equity. Robert L. Rucinski (Assistant Music Director) is thrilled to be returning to NSMT. Past NSMT Music Director credits include Madagascar, Elvis: A Musical Revolution, Escape To Margaritaville, Curious George: The Golden Meatball, A Christmas Carol (‘19), A Year with Frog & Toad, School House Rock Live Jr. Past Assistant Music Director credits include 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, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, A Christmas Carol (‘04 – ‘07, ‘10 – ‘18, ‘21- ‘23), Sunset Boulevard, Freaky Friday, Oklahoma!, Hairspray, Jekyll & Hyde, Peter Pan, 42nd Street, West Side Story, Singin’ in the Rain (‘06 & ‘16), Les Misérables, The Little Mermaid, The King and I, Forever Plaid, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Crazy for You, Cinderella (‘05-’06), 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. A native of Jersey City, NJ, he now lives in Danvers, MA. More info at rucinskimusic.com Dakotah Wiley Horan (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back having worked as the Assistant Stage Manager on Disney’s Frozen, Fiddler On The Roof, Jersey Boys (‘19 & ‘24), A Christmas Carol (‘16 – ‘19, ‘21 – ‘23), Elvis: A Musical Revolution, The Full Monty, Escape To Margaritaville, The Sound of Music, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Kinky Boots, Little Shop of Horrors, Buddy, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Mamma Mia! (‘18, ‘21), The Bodyguard, Sunset Boulevard, Freaky Friday, Oklahoma!, Hairspray, Jekyll & Hyde, Peter Pan, Mame, 42nd Street, Evita, Young Frankenstein, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Music Man, West Side Story, Spamalot and Singin’ In The Rain, and as the Production Assistant for Mary Poppins and Funny Girl. 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 and Twelve Angry Men. She would like to thank her parents for instilling and encouraging her love of theatre, and to her friends and her North Shore family for always supporting her. Maria Papadopoulos (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be joining the NSMT team this summer after previously working on Disney’s Frozen, Fiddler On The Roof. Off-Broadway credits: Do Re Mi (ASM - J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre Company), Lucky Stiff (ASM - J2 Spot Musical Theatre Company), The Goodbye Girl (ASM - J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre Company), Sugar (ASM - J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre Company), and Women Of The Year (ASM - J2 Spotlight Musical Theatre Company). 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. 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, 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). Kevin P. Hill (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 Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys, The Sound of Music, A Christmas Carol, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, Sister Act, Mamma Mia!, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Grease and others. He has had the privilege of working with such stars as Alice Ripley, Marin Mazzie, Jeannette Bayardelle, Joanne Worley, Kathleen Turner, Josh Groban, 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 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 a decade, he has held the role of Producing Artistic Director at North Shore Music Theatre and eleven years at Theatre By The Sea Matthew Chappell (Associate Producer & Casting Director) is in his 6th 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. actorsequity.org Music Theatre International (MTI) (Licensing) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser, and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form. MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 70,000 professional, community and school theatres in the US and in over 60 countries worldwide. MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior ® shows are 30 and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students. MTI maintains its global headquarters in New York City with additional offices in London (MTI Europe) and Melbourne (MTI Australasia). 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. |