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February 2 - 24, 2019 , Allen Theatre

Ken Ludwig's Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood

By Ken Ludwig
Directed by Adam Immerwahr

Run time: 2 hours, including a 15 minute intermission
Advisory: Haze and swordfighting

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Hyster-Yale Materials Handling Group, Inc.

Cleveland favorite Ken Ludwig (Baskerville, A Comedy of Tenors) is back with a rollicking new take on a beloved legend. A greedy prince has taken control of England, and it is up to dashing outlaw Robin Hood to save the day. Join up and take aim with Robin and his band of Merry Men—and women!—as they champion the underdog and fight for justice. Laughs, romance, and plenty of arrows fly in this all-out comic adventure.

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Background: Zack Powell (Robin Hood), Foreground: Amy Blackman (Maid Marian). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

From left to right: Zack Powell (Robin Hood), Josh Innerst (Sir Guy of Gisbourne/Music Director). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

Josh Innerst as Sir Guy of Gisbourne/Music Director. Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

From left to right: Zack Powell (Robin Hood) and Andrea Goss (Deorwynn). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

Foreground: Jonah D. Winston (Little John), Background: Zack Powell (Robin Hood). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

From left to right: Andrea Goss (Deorwynn), Jonah D. Winston (Little John), Amy Blackman (Maid Marian), Zack Powell (Robin Hood). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

From left to right: Steven Rattazzi (The Sheriff of Nottingham) and Josh Innerst (Sir Guy of Gisbourne/Music Director). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

From left to right: Josh Innerst (Sir Guy of Gisbourne/Music Director), Price Waldman (Prince John), Amy Blackman (Maid Marian), Zack Powell (Robin Hood). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

Foreground: Doug Hara (Friar Tuck). Background: Jonah D. Winston (Little John). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni.

From left to right: Josh Innerst (Sir Guy of Gisbourne/Music Director), Price Waldman (Prince John), Amy Blackman (Maid Marian). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

Zack Powell as Robin Hood. Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

From left to right: Josh Innerst (Sir Guy of Gisbourne/Music Director), Price Waldman (Prince John), Andrea Goss (Deorwynn), Steven Rattazzi (The Sheriff of Nottingham). Photo Credit: Roger Mastroianni

Artists

Amy Blackman

Amy Blackman

(Maid Marian) is very excited to be making her Cleveland Play House debut. Her most recent credits include last year’s Tony Winner for Best Revival of a Play, Angels in America on Broadway. She has appeared regionally in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Cincinnati more(Maid Marian) is very excited to be making her Cleveland Play House debut. Her most recent credits include last year’s Tony Winner for Best Revival of a Play, Angels in America on Broadway. She has appeared regionally in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Cincinnati Playhouse/Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Caroline, Or Change (Tantrum Theater); Love’s Labor’s Lost, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, and Twelfth Night (The Old Globe); and Titanic (The Muny). Her TV credits include New Amsterdam and Madam Secretary. She received her MFA from The Old Globe/University of San Diego and her BFA from the University of Michigan. amyblackman.net

Andrea Goss

Andrea Goss

(Deorwynn) recently appeared in the title role of the revised world premiere of Jane Eyre at Cleveland Musical Theatre. Her Broadway credits include Indecent, Cabaret, Once, and Rent. She played Sally Bowles in the national tour of Cabaret. She has appeared regionally in The River (Theatreworks Hartford), A Civil more(Deorwynn) recently appeared in the title role of the revised world premiere of Jane Eyre at Cleveland Musical Theatre. Her Broadway credits include Indecent, Cabaret, Once, and Rent. She played Sally Bowles in the national tour of Cabaret. She has appeared regionally in The River (Theatreworks Hartford), A Civil War Christmas (Baltimore Center Stage), Once (Engeman), Striking 12 (TUTS/Queensbury Theatre), Zorro (Alliance), A Christmas Carol (McCarter), Venice (Center Theatre Group/Kansas City Rep), Tarzan (North Shore Music Theater), High School Musical (St. Louis MUNY), and The Sound of Music and Big River (Syracuse Stage). NYC readings include Beau, K-Pop, Zapata, August Rush, Freckleface Strawberry, and Casanova Returns. She also appeared in Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway.

Doug Hara

Doug Hara

(Friar Tuck) is an actor, director, and playwright who has performed on many stages from Broadway (The Boys of Winter, Metamorphoses) and Off-Broadway (The Notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci, Lookingglass Alice) to regional theaters across the country. A longtime ensemble member of Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company, he has been in more(Friar Tuck) is an actor, director, and playwright who has performed on many stages from Broadway (The Boys of Winter, Metamorphoses) and Off-Broadway (The Notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci, Lookingglass Alice) to regional theaters across the country. A longtime ensemble member of Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company, he has been in many LTC productions including Metamorphoses, The Brothers Karamazov, Arabian Nights, and Eastland. Doug wrote and directed Mr. and Mrs. Pennyworth at Lookingglass in the 2016/2017 season. Over the past decade Doug has established a second artistic home in the Philadelphia area. In 2017 Doug received a Barrymore Award for his portrayal of Mr. Bungee in A New Brain at Theatre Horizon. Upcoming in May and June you can find Doug in Philadelphia performing in Arden Theatre’s production of Paula Vogel’s Indecent. Sherwood marks his debut at Cleveland Play House, for which he is very grateful. Learn more at doughara.com.

Josh Innerst

Josh Innerst

(Sir Guy of Gisbourne/Music Director) (he/him) is happy to be back on stage at Cleveland Play House, where he was last seen as The Cop in Clue, and as Sir Guy in Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood. Select theatre credits include The Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Colorado Shakespeare more(Sir Guy of Gisbourne/Music Director) (he/him) is happy to be back on stage at Cleveland Play House, where he was last seen as The Cop in Clue, and as Sir Guy in Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood. Select theatre credits include The Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The American Shakespeare Theatre, and Dobama Theatre, where he has appeared in roles that include Hamlet (Hamlet), Algernon (The Importance of Being Earnest), Mr. Marks (Intimate Apparel), Gratiano (Merchant of Venice), Trigorin (Stupid F***ing Bird), Touchstone (As You Like It), Richard Hannay (The 39 Steps), Brutus (Julius Caesar) and many more. He also works as an audiobook narrator and commercial voiceover artist. Feel free to visit his website at www.joshinnerst.com

Zack Powell

Zack Powell

(Robin Hood) is excited to make his Cleveland Play House debut! Recent credits include Georgia McBride in The Legend of Georgia McBride (Round House Theatre), Joe Farkas in The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Theater J), and Mike Thomas in Shear Madness (The Kennedy Center). Other regional credits include more(Robin Hood) is excited to make his Cleveland Play House debut! Recent credits include Georgia McBride in The Legend of Georgia McBride (Round House Theatre), Joe Farkas in The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Theater J), and Mike Thomas in Shear Madness (The Kennedy Center). Other regional credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Folger); Dunsinane (Shakespeare Theatre Co.); The Cherry Orchard, Cabaret, and Godspell (Off-Square Theatre Co.); Altar Boyz (1st Stage); King John, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, Measure for Measure, South Pacific, The Taming of the Shrew, Henry IV Pt 2, and Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (Utah Shakespeare Festival); as well as two seasons at the Illinois Shakespeare Festival and one season at the American Shakespeare Center.

Steven Rattazzi

Steven Rattazzi

(The Sheriff of Nottingham) Broadway: Indecent. Off-Broadway: The Black Crook (Abrons Arts); Indecent (Vineyard); Henry V w/Liev Schrieber (Public Theater); Galileo w/F. Murray Abraham; The Tempest w/Mandy Patinkin, (CSC); Stunning (Lincoln Center); Dinner Party (Target Margin); Painted Snake on a Painted Chair (OBIE); McGurk (ERS); Richard Foreman’s Samuel’s Major more(The Sheriff of Nottingham) Broadway: Indecent. Off-Broadway: The Black Crook (Abrons Arts); Indecent (Vineyard); Henry V w/Liev Schrieber (Public Theater); Galileo w/F. Murray Abraham; The Tempest w/Mandy Patinkin, (CSC); Stunning (Lincoln Center); Dinner Party (Target Margin); Painted Snake on a Painted Chair (OBIE); McGurk (ERS); Richard Foreman’s Samuel’s Major Problems (Ontological). Regional: A Christmas Carol (McCarter Theatre); Lempicka (Williamstown Theater Festival); The Bridge of San Luis Rey by David Greenspan (Two River Theater); Seder (Hartford Stage); The School For Wives (Two River Theater); Indecent (Yale Rep/La Jolla Playhouse); Marie Antoinette (ART/Yale Rep); The Lovesong of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cincinnati Playhouse). Film: The Family (Luc Besson). TV: Venture Brothers.

Price Waldman

Price Waldman

(Prince John) was made in New York. He has worked on and off Broadway and around the world with many brilliant artists including Julie Taymor, Bartlett Sher, Steven Lutvak, Robert Freedman, Darko Tresnjak, John Rando, Laurie Anderson, Anne Bogart, Francesca Zambello, Daniel Fish, Gabriel Barre, Jenny Giering, Gary Griffin, more(Prince John) was made in New York. He has worked on and off Broadway and around the world with many brilliant artists including Julie Taymor, Bartlett Sher, Steven Lutvak, Robert Freedman, Darko Tresnjak, John Rando, Laurie Anderson, Anne Bogart, Francesca Zambello, Daniel Fish, Gabriel Barre, Jenny Giering, Gary Griffin, Steve Broadnax III, Warren Carlyle, Sarna Lapine, Charlotte Moore, Chris Baily, Mark Hoebee, Casey Hushion, Marcela Lorca, and Adam Immerwahr. He is happy to be returning to Cleveland Play House where he last appeared as King John in Sherwood. Price received his training at Oberlin College/Conservatory, and U of Delaware’s Professional Theatre Training Program. His favorite collaborator is his wife, choreographer Rebecca Lazier. He does not have a strong sweet tooth, but is particular about bagels.

Jonah D. Winston

Jonah D. Winston

(Little John) is overjoyed to be making his Cleveland Play House debut! Recently appearing on stage in Chicago as Mr. Fezziwig in the seasonal return of A Christmas Carol at The Goodman Theatre, some of Jonah's favorite Chicago credits include the Maitre’D in The Merry Widow at The Lyric more(Little John) is overjoyed to be making his Cleveland Play House debut! Recently appearing on stage in Chicago as Mr. Fezziwig in the seasonal return of A Christmas Carol at The Goodman Theatre, some of Jonah's favorite Chicago credits include the Maitre’D in The Merry Widow at The Lyric Opera of Chicago, Trekkie Monster in Avenue Q at The Mercury Theatre Chicago, and Newt Lee/Riley in Parade at Writers Theatre. Jonah has also worked regionally at The Indiana Repertory Theatre, The Green House Theatre, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Porchlight Music Theatre, American Blues Theatre, and Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre. Television and Voice Over credits include Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Senor Wolley, Skittles, Kool Aid, and Nestle. A native of Indianapolis, Indiana, Jonah holds duel Bachelor's Degrees in Theater Performance and Vocal Music from the Butler University Jordan College of the Arts, as well as a Master of Letters Degree from the Flinders University Drama Center in Adelaide, South Australia.

Robert Barry Fleming

Robert Barry Fleming

(Choreographer) formerly the Director of Artistic Programming at Arena Stage, currently serves as the Associate Artistic Director at Cleveland Play House and has been named the incoming Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Louisville (June 1, 2019). Some of his most recent directing/choreography credits include: Ken Ludwig's Sherwood: The more(Choreographer) formerly the Director of Artistic Programming at Arena Stage, currently serves as the Associate Artistic Director at Cleveland Play House and has been named the incoming Artistic Director of Actors Theatre of Louisville (June 1, 2019). Some of his most recent directing/choreography credits include: Ken Ludwig's Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Royale, Between Riverside and Crazy (CPH); Next to Normal and Caroline, or Change (Tantrum Theater); and Destiny of Desire (OSF). Arena Stage world-premieres commissioned, developed, and/or championed under his watch include the 2017 Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Dear Evan Hansen; Mary Kathryn Nagle’s Sovereignty; John Strand’s The Originalist; Katori Hall’s Blood Quilt; Karen Zacarías’ Destiny of Desire; 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner, Sweat by Lynn Nottage; and the upcoming Roundabout production of Toni Stone by Lydia Diamond. He directed the 2018 CPH New Ground Theatre Festival reading of the new musical, Minton's Place, by acclaimed contemporary music composer, Nolan Williams, Jr. with libretto by Pulitzer-Prize-nominated playwright, Nikkole Salter. Robert was an Associate Producer for the Off-Broadway premiere of The Two Character Play by Tennessee Williams. He was also an Associate Professor (tenured) and Chair of the University of San Diego Theatre Arts and Performance Studies Department. Select acting credits include Broadway: Ragtime directed by Frank Galati, Stand-up Tragedy directed by the late Ron Link; Off-Broadway: Insurrection: Holding History by Robert O'Hara at The Public, and joining AEA with the national tour of Cats (Original Bus and Truck and German companies). Regional: The Old Globe, The Guthrie, A Contemporary Theater, The Mark Taper Forum with the world premiere of George C. Wolfe's Jelly's Last Jam. TV: The Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel series Adventures in Wonderland, Family Matters, The George Carlin Show. Film: The Oscar Award-winning L.A. Confidential and Twilight of the Golds. robertbarryfleming.com

Julie Foh

(Dialect Coach) is a CT-based voice and dialect coach. This is her first time working at Cleveland Play House. Previous professional credits include Pygmalion for BEDLAM, Familiar for Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Trans Scripts and Cardenio for the American Repertory Theater, The Tallest Tree in the Forest for Tectonic more(Dialect Coach) is a CT-based voice and dialect coach. This is her first time working at Cleveland Play House. Previous professional credits include Pygmalion for BEDLAM, Familiar for Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Trans Scripts and Cardenio for the American Repertory Theater, The Tallest Tree in the Forest for Tectonic Theater Project at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Charley’s Aunt and Shakespeare in Love for the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Eurydice and An Ideal Husband for American Players Theatre, and others. She is an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework® and a Certified Teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork, and she is currently on faculty at the University of Connecticut and the National Theater Institute.

John Godbout

(Stage Manager) was Cleveland Play House's resident stage manager from 2001 to 2008 and returned to CPH in the fall of 2011. "Most recently, John stage managed A New Brain at Barrington Stage Company. John has also stage managed at North Shore Music Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, The more(Stage Manager) was Cleveland Play House's resident stage manager from 2001 to 2008 and returned to CPH in the fall of 2011. "Most recently, John stage managed A New Brain at Barrington Stage Company. John has also stage managed at North Shore Music Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, The Weston Playhouse, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Northern Stage, Seaside Music Theatre, and Porthouse Theatre.

Jess Goldstein

(Costume Designer) New York credits include Jersey Boys, Disney’s Newsies, On the Town, The Rivals (2005 Tony Award), The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino (Tony nomination), Plenty with Rachel Weisz, Henry IV with Kevin Kline (Tony nomination), Proof, Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Take Me more(Costume Designer) New York credits include Jersey Boys, Disney’s Newsies, On the Town, The Rivals (2005 Tony Award), The Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino (Tony nomination), Plenty with Rachel Weisz, Henry IV with Kevin Kline (Tony nomination), Proof, Julius Caesar with Denzel Washington, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Take Me Out, Tintypes, Buried Child, How I Learned To Drive, Stuff Happens, Dinner With Friends, and The Mineola Twins (Lortel and Hewes Awards). His opera designs include Il Trittico for the Metropolitan Opera. Jess has also designed for film and television, most notably A Walk on the Moon directed by Tony Goldwyn, The Substance of Fire with Sarah Jessica Parker and Talking With and Far East for PBS’ Great Performances. He is the 2015 recipient of the Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award and is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, where he has been a Professor in the design department since 1990. jess-goldstein.com

Tom Humes

(Assistant Stage Manager) serves as an Assistant Professor for the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University, where he teaches courses in Stage Management, Production Management, Theatre Management, and an intro course to computing software for the theatre practitioner. Tom has been a part of the more(Assistant Stage Manager) serves as an Assistant Professor for the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University, where he teaches courses in Stage Management, Production Management, Theatre Management, and an intro course to computing software for the theatre practitioner. Tom has been a part of the stage management teams with: Porthouse Theatre, Cain Park, Cleveland Play House, McCarter Theatre Center, Dobama Theatre, Beck Center for the Arts, Karamu House, Cleveland Orchestra and Opera Cleveland. He has been an assistant production manager, events production manager, and senior production manager/assistant to the general manager at Cain Park. He is also a member of the I.A.T.S.E. Tom is twice published, with a recent book review of Stage Management Theory as a Guide to Practice: Cultivating a Creative Approach featured in Theatre Topics and he contributed to the book, Off Headset: Essays on Stage Management Work, Life, and Career with his essay, “Maximum Flexibility”.

Adam Immerwahr

(Director) is the Artistic Director of Theater J, the nation’s largest and most prominent Jewish theater (located in Washington, DC). He is the former Associate Artistic Director at McCarter Theatre Center, a Tony Award-winning theater in Princeton NJ, where his directing credits include The Understudy, The Mousetrap, and more(Director) is the Artistic Director of Theater J, the nation’s largest and most prominent Jewish theater (located in Washington, DC). He is the former Associate Artistic Director at McCarter Theatre Center, a Tony Award-winning theater in Princeton NJ, where his directing credits include The Understudy, The Mousetrap, and a now-annual production of A Christmas Carol, and his producing credits include world premieres by Edward Albee, John Guare, Marina Carr, Christopher Durang, Will Power, Danai Gurira, and many more. He was the Resident Director at Passage Theater in Trenton, NJ, and the Artistic Director of OnStage, a company of New Jersey senior citizens who collected and performed the stories of their community. Adam’s NYC directing credits: The Public, Theater Row (both for Summer Play Festival), Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Wild Project, and NYU’s Studio Tisch. Internationally, he directed the African premiere of The Convert (nominated for Zimbabwe’s National Arts Medal). Adam has directed and developed work for McCarter Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, Theater J, Passage Theatre, Luna Stage, Hangar Theatre, Bristol Riverside, Adventure Theater, Premiere Stages, PlayPenn, and others. He was the recipient of 2010 NJ Theatre Alliance “Applause Award” and 2014 Emerging Nonprofit Leader Award presented by Fairleigh Dickinson University, and he is a Drama League Directing Fellowship alumnus. Adam is a graduate of Brown University, where he studied both Theater and Renaissance/Early Modern Studies. AdamImmerwahr.com

Mischa Kachman

(Scenic Designer) has worked at Arena Stage, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Kennedy Center, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Olney Theatre Center, Opera Lafayette, Opera Royal Versailles, Pasadena Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Round House Theatre, Seattle Rep, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, Signature Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, more(Scenic Designer) has worked at Arena Stage, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Kennedy Center, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Olney Theatre Center, Opera Lafayette, Opera Royal Versailles, Pasadena Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Round House Theatre, Seattle Rep, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center, Signature Theatre, Skylight Music Theatre, Studio Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Theater J, Wilma Theater, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, among many other theatres in the United States and abroad. Misha is a recipient of the 2013 Helen Hayes Award and a Company Member at Woolly Mammoth in Washington. He is a graduate of the St. Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy. Mr. Kachman serves as the Associate Professor of Scene and Costume Design and Head of MFA in Design at University of Maryland. For more information visit mishakachman.com.

Xavier Khan

(Assistant Stage Manager) returns for his third season at the Cleveland Play House where he has worked on The Royale, The Invisible Hand, These Mortal Hosts, The Chinese Lady, Between Riverside and Crazy, and Sex with Strangers. He also stage manages the Classroom Matinee Series, a two-play repertory program more(Assistant Stage Manager) returns for his third season at the Cleveland Play House where he has worked on The Royale, The Invisible Hand, These Mortal Hosts, The Chinese Lady, Between Riverside and Crazy, and Sex with Strangers. He also stage manages the Classroom Matinee Series, a two-play repertory program that performs in the schools of Northeast Ohio. Xavier has also worked with Great Lakes Theater, Weston Playhouse, The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, Playhouse Square, Dobama Theatre, Karamu House, and Carnegie Hall. Graduate of Baldwin Wallace University.

Nick Kourtides

(Sound Designer & Original Music) designs for musical theatre and creates sound environments for devised ensemble works. He is thrilled to make his Cleveland Play House debut. Recent Off-Broadway: Black Light (Greenwich House), The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova), Object Lesson (New York Theatre Workshop, BAM), Elephant Room (St. Ann’s), more(Sound Designer & Original Music) designs for musical theatre and creates sound environments for devised ensemble works. He is thrilled to make his Cleveland Play House debut. Recent Off-Broadway: Black Light (Greenwich House), The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova), Object Lesson (New York Theatre Workshop, BAM), Elephant Room (St. Ann’s), Carson McCullers Talks About Love (Rattlestick), Jomama Jones: Radiate (Soho Rep). International: Paris Quartier d’Ete, London Barbican, Edinburgh Fringe, Sydney Festival. Regional: NY Stage and Film, McCarter Theatre, Actors Theatre, Center Theatre Group, Folger, Studio, Milwaukee Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Wilma, Walnut St, etc.. Las Vegas and London: Magic Mike Live. With Pig Iron Theatre Company: A Period of Animate Existence, Cankerblossom, Isabella, Chekhov Lizardbrain, Mission to Mercury. With BalletX: Sunset, o639 Hours at the Wilma, the Joyce, Jacob’s Pillow, and Vail Festivals. 2006 Barrymore; 2015 Bessie. Site-specific works with PearlDamour, Lynn Nottage, and Kate Whoriskey, and the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. nickkourtides.com

Mitchell McCoy

(Associate Fight Director) is a professional fight director, actor, and Reiki Master in New York City. He has most recently assisted with the violence for Therese Raquin and Aladdin on Broadway, Aladdin in Japan, and the first national tour of Newsies. He is also recognized as a Certified Teacher more(Associate Fight Director) is a professional fight director, actor, and Reiki Master in New York City. He has most recently assisted with the violence for Therese Raquin and Aladdin on Broadway, Aladdin in Japan, and the first national tour of Newsies. He is also recognized as a Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors.

Andrew Nelson

(Additional Arrangements & Orchestrations) is a bassist and orchestrator based in Philadelphia. more(Additional Arrangements & Orchestrations) is a bassist and orchestrator based in Philadelphia.

Nancy Schertler

(Lighting Designer) has designed the Broadway productions of Bill Irwin’s Fool Moon and Largely New York (Tony Award nomination) and Off-Broadway productions of Hilda (directed by Carey Perloff), Texts for Nothing, and The Regard Evening (directed by Bill Irwin). A.C.T. credits include A Christmas Carol, Elektra, Scapin, Boleros for more(Lighting Designer) has designed the Broadway productions of Bill Irwin’s Fool Moon and Largely New York (Tony Award nomination) and Off-Broadway productions of Hilda (directed by Carey Perloff), Texts for Nothing, and The Regard Evening (directed by Bill Irwin). A.C.T. credits include A Christmas Carol, Elektra, Scapin, Boleros for the Disenchanted, After the War, The Colossus of Rhodes, and The Difficulty of Crossing a Field. Opera credits include the world premieres of Shadowboxer, Clara, and Later the Same Evening, all commissioned by the University of Maryland Opera Studio directed by Leon Major. Upcoming productions include The Panties, The Partner and the Profit at the Shakespeare Theatre Company and The Hobbit for the Children’s Theatre Company. Schertler is a recipient of the 2018 Anderson Hopkins Award for Excellence in the Theatre Arts in recognition of artists who have had in impact on shaping the Washington DC Theatre community.

J. Allen Suddeth

(Fight Director) has worked professionally for the past thirty years out of the New York area. For Broadway, he has staged fights for Aladdin, Pretty Woman, Newsies, Gem Of The Ocean, Saturday Night Fever, Jekyll & Hyde, Angels in America Part One and Two, Loot, Saint Joan, A Small more(Fight Director) has worked professionally for the past thirty years out of the New York area. For Broadway, he has staged fights for Aladdin, Pretty Woman, Newsies, Gem Of The Ocean, Saturday Night Fever, Jekyll & Hyde, Angels in America Part One and Two, Loot, Saint Joan, A Small Family Business, and Hide and Seek. Off-Broadway he has worked on productions for The Manhattan Theater Club, Playwrights Horizons, The New Group, The Public Theater, BAM, Second Stage, Riverside Shakespeare, Jean Cocteau Repertory, The Pearl Theater, and the New York Theater Workshop. Regionally, and in LORT theater, he has worked for Center Stage in Baltimore, The Arena Stage and The Shakespeare Theater in Washington, D. C., as well as The Denver Center, The Huntington Theatre, The Hartford Stage, The Goodman Theater, Actors Theater Of Louisville, and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and the Big Apple Circus, among many others. As a master teacher, Allen has trained actors for Juilliard, Rutgers, SUNY Purchase, Lee Strasberg, and The Stella Adler Conservatory. For television, he has staged action sequences for over 750 programs on ABC, CBS, NBC, and HBO. He is the author of “Fight Directing For The Theater,” published by Heinemann Press. He is ranked as one of 15 recognized Fight Masters in the United States by The Society of American Fight Directors.

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