CREATIVES

Matt Lenz (Director) is an award-winning, New York based theatre director with a career that has spanned the globe. Literally. Matt has directed plays and musicals all over North America, in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Germany, Singapore and India – and is the director of current Broadway tours in the US and Asia. He has worked with some of the brightest stars and most celebrated creators on the world stage. BROADWAY: Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Velocity of Autumn (Associate Director on original productions), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Resident Director). OFF-BROADWAY: Pageant: The Musical (Drama Desk nomination), The Irish Curse, Idaho! The Comedy Musical, The Great Daisy Theory, Fingers and Toes, and Alan Ball’s Tense Guy. US NATIONAL TOURS include: Hairspray (1st, 2nd & 3rd National), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Sound of Music, A Christmas Story: The Musical, Cheers: Live Onstage, Catch Me If You Can, and The Who’s Tommy. INTERNATIONAL: The Sound of Music Global Tour, Hairspray Australian Tour, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Australian and Global Tours. in Australia, and productions of Hairspray in South Africa, the UK, Toronto, and Germany. REGIONAL: Recently – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, the World Premiere of Grumpy Old Men: The Musical and Buyer and Cellar (Broadway World Award) – plus many plays and musicals at Paper Mill Playhouse, the Ahmanson LA, the MUNY, Ogunquit Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, Cape Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theater, La Mirada, Zach Theatre, Gulfshore Playhouse, Casa Manana, Gateway Playhouse, Short North Stage, and the Forestburgh Playhouse. Matt is a member of the SDC, a long-time teaching artist for the Broadway Dreams Foundation and the Founding Artistic Director of the annual In The Works ~ In The Woods Festival of new plays and musicals in upstate New York. MATTLENZDIRECTOR.COM

Joshua Bergasse (Choreographer) – Josh won an Emmy award for choreographing the NBC series “Smash” which is now a new Broadway musical. Other Broadway: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; On the Town (TONY, Drama Desk, OCC noms; Astaire Award); and Gigi. Off-B’way: Sweet Charity (Chita Rivera Award, Lortel nom); Cagney (Drama Desk, OCC, Astaire Noms; Callaway Finalist); Bomb-itty of Errors; and Captain Louie. He also directed and choreographed the re-imagined Smokey Joes Cafe at Stage 42. Josh has done nearly a dozen productions of West Side Story (recreating the original Jerome Robbins choreography). Encores!: I married an Angel; Little Me; …It’s Superman!; Annie Get Your Gun; and The Golden Apple. For Television: Multiple Episodes of “So You Think You Can Dance”; “A Capitol Fourth”; “Jessica Jones”; “Sinatra – A Voice for a Century”; “Hawkeye”; “Monsterland” and the “Kennedy Center 50 year celebration” (director, producer and co-choreographer). Film: Your Monster, Grown Ups 2.

Ann Beyersdorfer (Set Designer) is a New York City based set designer. Broadway Associate Design: Company, Tammy Faye, How to Dance in Ohio, Ink, Jitney, The Children, and Anastasia (national tour and international productions). Select Regional Design: Goodspeed (A Chorus Line, The Mystery of Edwin Drood), The Muny (Bring it On, The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, Beauty and the Beast, West Side Story, and Camelot), Stages St. Louis (Murder for Two, Newsies), Southwark Playhouse in London (Afterglow), Maltz Jupiter Theatre (Beautiful), Syracuse Stage (Primary Trust,Yoga Play, What the Constitution Means to Me), Lincoln Center (Carmen), The Alliance Theatre (Knead). TV Design: Saturday Night Live (art director on the Film Unit, NBC), Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas (production designer, Showtime), Vir Das: Landing (production designer, Netflix). Ann is a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award Winner, and is a Live Design/LDI 30 Under 30 recipient (2018). www.annbeyersdorfer.com

Santo Loquasto (Original Broadway and Tour Costume Designer) is an international designer for theatre, film, dance, and opera. He has received four Tony Awards and has been nominated 24 times. In film, he has received three Academy Award nominations and has won a BAFTA for his work with Woody Allen with whom he has collaborated on more than 30 films. Other films include Desperately Seeking Susan and Penny Marshal’s Big. Among his 80 Broadway productions designing sets and/or costumes, most notable are: The Cherry Orchard at Lincoln Center, American Buffalo, Cafe Crown, Grand Hotel, Lost in Yonkers, Movin’ Out, Ragtime, Fences, The Assembled Parties, Hello, Dolly! with Bette Midler, The Iceman Cometh, The Music Man with Hugh Jackman, as well as eight Shakespearean plays at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, and numerous Off-Broadway productions at Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater, Classic Stage Company and the New York Public Theater. He is currently represented on Broadway with sets for the George C. Wolfe production of Gypsy, with Audra McDonald. For the Metropolitan Opera he has designed both sets and costumes for Luisa Miller, Faust, Salome and A View From the Bridge. Most recently The Marriage of Figaro at The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, and Gianni Schicchi at La Scala. He has worked with most major international dance companies and has collaborated with Mark Morris, Jerome Robbins, Agnes de Mille, Glen Tetley, John Cranko, Helgi Tomasson, Kenneth MacMillan, James Kudelka, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Twyla Tharp, and Paul Taylor. Santo received the Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration in 2002, was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2004, received the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for the Arts in 2006, the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007, The Gaudium Award in 2013, and USITT Distinguished Achievement Award in Scenic Design and Technology in 2017.

Ken Billington (Lighting Designer) over 100 Broadway and 90 off Broadway shows to his credit, including New York, New York the original Sweeney Todd, as well as his Tony-Award winning lighting for Chicago which has been seen worldwide for the past 28 years. Other Projects: 45 NY City Center Encores, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and architectural lighting for NYC’s Majestic Theatre, 54 Below and Tavern on the Green. Ken is a member of the Theatre Hall of Fame. KenBillington.com

Lisa Renkel (Video & Projection Designer) Lisa, an Emmy Award-winning producer and multi-departmental designer based in New York City, who thrives on collaborative design. Her diverse portfolio spans from Broadway productions to music world tours and architectural installations, showcasing her passion for innovative storytelling through visuals. Her theatrical designs include: New York: N/A – A New Play (Lincoln Center), AfterRite (Met Opera), Emojiland The Musical (The Duke) (Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Outer Critics Awards), Soundcake (Lincoln Center), Queens Girl in the World (Theatre Row), The Revolving Cycles… (The Duke), She Persisted (Sheen Center), Broadway Bares (BC/EFA). Regional: Frozen and Beautiful (Maltz Jupiter) Espejos: Clean (Hartford Stage), Dom Juan (Bard Summerscape), Justice (Arizona Theatre Company), Eureka Day and Yoga Play (Syracuse Stage), Reefer Madness (New 42), Indecent and Merrily We… (Cape Rep). In addition, Lisa has served as an associate on Broadway productions such as Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Here Lies Love, and Junk. Her creative and producer credits include: Music: The Eagles (Las Vegas Sphere), Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday 2 (World Tour), Lady Gaga – Chromatica (World Tour) and Enigma Residency (Park MGM), Esports World Cup ft. Post Malone (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), League of Legends Worlds Opening Ceremony ft. Lil Nas X (Emmy-award), Ariana Grande – Sweetener (World Tour & Coachella Headline) and Don’t Look Up (Film), Childish Gambino (Coachella Headline), Louis The Game Mobile Game (Louis Vuitton). A graduate of UNC School of the Arts and an active member of USA829, Lisa’s dedication to her craft shines through in her ability to blend compelling narratives with advanced technology. Explore more of her work at voidprisma.com.

Walter Trarbach (Sound Designer) Broadway: Water For Elephants (Drama Desk Award), Spongebob Squarepants (Tony Nomination), The Farnsworth Invention, Cymbeline. Co-Sound Designs: Ain’t Too Proud (Tony Nomination), The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Doctor Zhivago. Other Credits: Take The Lead, The Harder They Come, The Elf on the Shelf, Queen of the Mist, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Madagascar Live!, Nickelodeon Storytime Live! He is married to photographer Kimberly Witham.

Roxanne De Luna (Wig & Makeup Designer) Ogunquit Playhouse: Wig Designer 2018 to present, Papermill Playhouse: Beautiful, The Carole King Musical (2024). Cleveland Playhouse: Amadeus, Light It UP! (World Premiere). Two River Theater The Scarlet Letter (World Premiere). Big League Productions: The Cher Show 1 st National Tour, Tuacahn & North Carolina Theater: Beautiful, The Carole King Musical (2023) Kinky Boots (2020). Playmakers Repertory Company LORT-D: My Fair Lady, Intimate Apparel (2017). She was born and raised in El Paso, TX. Graduate with her Master of Arts from University of Cincinnati- Conservatory of Music in Wig & Makeup Design, 2015.

Robin L. McGee (Costume Coordinator) is thrilled to be a part of this production! An award-winning costume designer, Robin’s work has been seen on Broadway (As Long As We Both Shall Laugh) and at renowned regional theaters, including The MUNY, Goodspeed, The Maltz Jupiter Theatre, The Fulton Theatre, Musical Theatre West, Gulfshore Playhouse, Palm Beach Dramaworks, and Ogunquit Playhouse, among others. Her diverse portfolio spans opera, plays, dance, film, parades, and even circus clowns! Robin is passionate about her craft and looks forward to continuing her design journey while pursuing her goal of visiting all 50 states and all seven continents. Proud member of USA 829. rlmcgeedesign.com

Kristin Stowell (Music Supervisor) is a music director, pianist, composer, arranger, copyist, and educator based in Washington, D.C. She has previously worked for Big League Productions as the music supervisor for the national tour of The Cher Show and is thrilled to be part of The Music Man team! Other recent credits include serving as music director for Mystic Pizza (Paper Mill Playhouse, Riverside Theatre, La Mirada Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse (world premiere)). Her original award-winning musical Endometriosis: The Musical premiered in 2025, and she has been a music supervisor for Norwegian Cruise Lines for the past decade. Kristin currently serves on the faculty of American University, where she teaches courses in theatre and music.

Thomas Fosnocht (Music Director/Orchestrator) Thrilled to be back with Big League for The Music Man! Recently music supervisor/conductor for the 2025 national tour of THE ADDAMS FAMILY and 2024 national tour of LITTLE WOMEN. He cocreated a new musical LITTLE THINGS with David Smith Playhouse 46 in NYC and an upcoming production at the Philadelphia Theatre Company. Favorite shows include: COMPANY (Justin Guarini) MAME (Andrea McCardle) and CLUE (Sally Struthers) at Bucks County Playhouse, ANNIE (Wanda Sykes) at Media Theatre, and THE STORY OF MY LIFE (Rob McClure) at Delaware Theatre Company. Tom has served as Vocal Director for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, highlights include: The Effectors. Instagram : @_tom_ashton_

ARC (Casting) 150+ productions across the globe & 13 Artios Awards for Casting. Broadway/NY Past & credits include: Othello, Real Women Have Curves, A Wonderful World, Life of Pi, Chicago the Musical, Disney’s The Lion King & Beauty and the Beast, Hadestown, Lost in Yonkers, Great Comet of 1812, Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, 39 Steps, Pippin, La Cage aux Folles. TV/Film: Netflix, 20th Century Fox, NBC, Lionsgate, Disney Channel. West End/U.K.: Hadestown, Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory. Tours: 1776, Hairspray, Waitress, Urinetown, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Finding Neverland, Into the Woods, We Will Rock You. Regional: A.R.T., Paper Mill Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Bay Street, Berkeley Rep, Alley, Goodspeed, Hollywood Bowl, McCarter, Signature. ARC, Part of RWS Global. www.castingbyarc.com IG: castingbyarc

Dan Sher/Big League Productions, Inc (Producer) is celebrating its 35th season of producing and general managing Broadway tours of shows and attractions throughout the world. Early highlights were collaborations with Disney on Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (US Tours, Taiwan, and China) and with Cameron Mackintosh on a new production of Miss Saigon. Also, the Tony®-Award-winning Broadway revival of 42nd Street and Susan Stroman’s Broadway production of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. Others: Footloose (Las Vegas, US Tour), Titanic, 1776, Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Rip Taylor, Blast!, The Who’s Tommy (US Tour, South America, Europe, and Japan), Ain’t Misbehavin’ with Ruben Studdard, and the First National Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – flying car and all. More shows: The Producers (Susan Stroman’s original work), Hello, Dolly! with Sally Struthers, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady (US Tour and China premiere), original hip-hop dance show Groovaloo (Off-Broadway), Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (10 US Tours, Grand Ole Opry, and Madison Square Garden), Dreamgirls (US Tour, China premiere, Japan), Hair (US Tour and Japan), Bring it On (US Tour and Japan), and Legally Blonde (US Tours, China premiere, Singapore). More recently, A Chorus Line toured the US, Japan, and was seen in China for the first time. Post-pandemic included An American in Paris, a new production of South Pacific, Little Women, a brand new production of The Cher Show (1st and 2nd National Tours), and The Addams Family. Current work includes our continued touring flagship production, A Christmas Story The Musical, and a new production of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. Future seasons include Bright Star and Legally Blonde.