Avenue Q Creative

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Director
Gary Long
Gary is thrilled to be back with his Take Two Productions family. A proud founding member of the company, Gary has served as both President and Treasurer over the past 20+ years. He is especially honored to be directing Avenue Q for the third time, believing its themes are more relevant today than ever. With a musical theatre career spanning over 35 productions, Gary has worn many hats—performer, director, and choreographer. He is a multiple AFL Award nominee and has received wins for his direction of Rent, Hairspray, and Aida. Some of his other favorite credits include Brigadoon, Spring Awakening, Rock of Ages, Mamma Mia!, and most recently, The Prom.
Asst. Director
Jim Arnet
Music Director
Nate Jackson
Costumer
Colene Fornachon
Scenic Designer
Bill Beilstein
Stage Manager
Laurie Reynolds

Original Creative Team

Jeff Marx

Jeff Marx met Robert Lopez at the the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. It was there that AVENUE Q was born. Originally from Hollywood, FL, Jeff attended the workshop as a as a young lawyer, looking for clients, and ended up leaving law and becoming a songwriter. Forever grateful to the BMI Workshop, he has worked on such projects as NBC's SCRUBS and Disney's BEAR IN THE BIG BLUE HOUSE.

Robert Lopez

ROBERT LOPEZ is part of the Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy winning songwriting team behind the Disney animated films, Frozen and Frozen 2, with his wife KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOEPZ. Together they also wrote the Oscar winning song “Remember Me” from Pixar’s Coco, as well as songs for Marvel’s WandaVision (Emmy Award win for “Agatha All Along”) and its spin-off series Agatha All Along. They adapted Frozen for the Broadway stage and are co-creators of the Hulu original series Up Here.Robert co-conceived and co-wrote the hit musicals Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon, both earning him Tony Awards. Kristen’s show In Transit made history as the first all a cappella musical to run on Broadway after an award-winning Off-Broadway run. Lopez and Anderson-Lopez have written for television, film and stage, including Finding Nemo: The Musical; songs for “The Wonder Pets” (two Emmy Award wins) and the Winnie the Pooh animated film. Lopez and Anderson-Lopez both serve on the Dramatists Guild Council. Graduates of Yale University and Williams College, respectively, they now reside in Brooklyn with their family.

Jeff Whitty

Jeff Whitty won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Avenue Q. Plays include The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler, The Hiding Place, The Plank Project, Suicide Weather, and Balls. Theaters presenting his work include the Atlantic Theater Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, and the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center. Whitty wrote the libretto for Bring It On: The Musical with music by Tom Kitt, Amanda Green, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, and co-wrote the libretto for Head Over Heels. TV credits include "Bad Fairy". 

Whitty was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Can You Ever Forgive Me?.