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Director
Michael Ramach
Michael Ramach has been at U of L for over 20 years as Co-Director of the Opera Theatre. For 13 during the summer, he is a period movement and acting teach at the American Institute for Musical studies, where he also directs the Broadway program. years. He has been a professional director for over 45 years and has worked all over the U.S. He is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University in Music Theatre and has a Master of Fine Arts from Webster Conservatory of Theatre Arts.
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Lighting Designer
Brett Landow
Since 2001, Brett has provided lighting for the UofL School of Music Opera Theatre program. It’s been his pleasure to support the wonderful SoM singers, University Symphony Orchestra and faculty in performances here, as well as Poland and Costa Rica. Before moving to Louisville, Brett provided the lighting designs or other production support for shows in NYC, both On and Off Broadway; national tours at regional theaters and several summer stock companies.
Orchestra Director/Conductor
Kimcherie Lloyd
Stage Manager
Andrea Haskett
Assistant Stage Manager/Assistant Technical Director/Master Carpenter/Scene Shop
Mia Moss
Assistant Stage Manager
Bailey Klei
Master Electrician/House Manager/Box Office/Scene Shop
Gianna Alcala
Assistant Scenic Designer/Scene Shop
Ian Bischoff
Assistant Scenic Designer
Alex Poore
Props Master/Designer/Technical Production Supervisor
Miranda Cisneros
Assistant Props Master/Box Office/Scene Shop
Skylar Swalls
Vocal Coach
Cory Battey
Sound Designer
Sam Rhodes
Sound Designer
Ethan Ward
Costume Designer
Molly Morgan
Assistant Costume Designer/Costumes Shop
Bre Oliver
Production Manager
Braden Blauser
Assistant Production Manager/Scene Shop/Scenic Crew
Grayson Beverly
Program Coordinator/Box Office Manager/House Manager
Stephan Carpenter
Program Coordinator
LaJa Hurt
Costume Shop Manager
Melissa Shephard
Costume Shop
Gardner Layne
Costume Shop/Costume Crew
Owen Ash
Costume Shop/Costume Crew
Sophie Ising
Costume Shop
Keke Hamilton-Sloss
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Josh Tierney
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Harshul Mulpuru
Box Office
Cierra Marquardt
Box Office
August Peacock
Box Office
Daniel Bond
Box Office
Michael Venzhyk
Box Office
Jermaine Martinez
Box Office
Jaida Lacy
Scene Shop
Layla Holloman
Scene Shop
Adrian Munson
Scene Shop/Scenic Crew
Derek Monroy
Scene Shop
Jordan Hauser
Props Crew
Hadley Thomas
Props Crew
Meliah Stoker
Costume Crew
Raine Allen
Costume Crew
Mya Jackson
Light Board Operator
Mallory Sasser
Sound Board Operator
Cianna Wilcox

Original Creative Team

James Lapine Bookwriter

Lapine is an American stage director, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist. He has won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times, for Into the Woods, Falsettos, and Passion. He has frequently collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn.

Stephen Sondheim Composer, Lyricist

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Chelsea Music Services, Inc. Music Preparation Supervisor

Old Globe Theatre (Jack O'Brien, Artistic Director; Thomas Hall, Managing D Producer (Original Producer)

Jujamcyn Theaters (James H. Binger: Chairman; Rocco Landesman: President)Theatre Owner / Operator Producer

Jonathan Tunick Orchestrator

Jonathan Tunick is an American orchestrator, musical director, and composer. Tunick’s stage career began with Take Five (1957). He went on to collaborate memorably with Stephen Sondheim, orchestrating shows such as Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Into the Woods, Passion, and Putting It Together. Additional notable Broadway credits include Promises, Promises; A Chorus Line; Nick & Nora; A Funny Thing...; Elaine Stritch at Liberty; Nine; A Gentleman’s Guide...; and 110 in the Shade. In 1997, he won his first Tony Award, for his work on the musical Titanic.

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The Mutual Benefit Companies Associate Producer

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Robert Ayers Percussion

Karl Bargen Viola I

David B. Brode Associate Producer

James Brousseau Sound Designer

John Campo Bassoon

Marianne Cane Assistant Stage Manager

Sandra Carlson Company Manager

Laura Corcos Violin II

RJ Cutler Assistant to the Director

Michael David Executive Producer

James Dawson Assistant Stage Manager

M. Anthony Fisher Producer

Paula Fisher Associate Producer

Eileen Folson Cello

Paul Ford Piano

Scott Frankel Assistant Conductor

Scott Frankel was nominated for Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for his work on Grey Gardens, which ran at Playwrights Horizons before moving to Broadway. Since then, the show has been performed regularly across the country as well as internationally. He has also written the music for Far From Heaven (Playwrights Horizons, Williamstown Theatre Festival), Finding Neverland (UK premiere, 2012), Happiness (Lincoln Center Theater), Doll (Ravinia Festival, Richard Rodgers Award) and Meet Mister Future (winner, Global Search for New Musicals), all with lyricist Michael Korie. Frankel is the recipient of the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New ... read more

Paul Gemignani Musical Director

Pick a Stephen Sondheim Broadway premiere in the last three decades – say, Sweeney Todd or Sunday in the Park with George or Into the Woods. Who was at the podium on opening night? If you guessed Paul Gemignani, you got it right. In fact, Maestro Gemignani has been a distinguished and constant presence in musical theater for the last forty years. In 2001 he was honored with a Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award®. Significantly, for an artist so closely associated with Sondheim, Gemignani made his Broadway debut as a conductor in Sondheim’s Follies (1971), taking over the role of music ... read more

Richard Hagen Horn II

Frank Hartenstein Production Stage Manager

Ann Hould-Ward Costume Designer

Phyllis Della Illien Hair Designer

Rocco Landesman Producer

Heidi Landesman Producer

James Lapine Director

Lapine is an American stage director, playwright, screenwriter, and librettist. He has won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times, for Into the Woods, Falsettos, and Passion. He has frequently collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and William Finn.

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Kristin Linklater Vocal Coach

Kristin Linklater was a Scottish vocal coach, acting teacher, actor, theatre director, and author. She was a professor for Theatre Arts Division of Columbia University.

Lar Lubovitch Choreographer (Musical Staging)

John Lyons Casting Consultant

Frederic H. Mayerson Producer

Joanna Merlin Casting

Merlin made her first screen appearance in Cecil B. DeMille's film The Ten Commandments in 1956. Five years later, she made her Broadway debut in Becket before playing Tzeitel in Harold Prince's production of Fiddler on the Roof. She left the cast of Fiddler on the Roof before the end of its tour to take care of her two small children, but Harold Prince gave her the opportunity to become involved in casting with a more flexible schedule. Company was the first musical for which Merlin served as the casting director. She was also in charge of casting for such ... read more

Evan Morris Music Preparation Supervisor

John J. Moses Clarinet

Greg C. Mosher Associate Producer

Johnna Murray Stage Manager

Richard Nelson Lighting Designer

Mathilde Pincus Music Preparation Supervisor

Fifth Avenue Productions Associate Producer

Marilyn Reynolds Concert Mistress, Violin I

Maxine Roach Viola II

Jeffrey Saver Assistant Conductor, Synthesizers

Les Scott Flute

Ron Sell Music Contractor, Horn I

Peter Feller, Sr. Production Supervisor

Rick Steiner Producer

Alan Stieb Sound Designer

Tony Straiges Scenic Designer

Martha Swope Production Photographer

Ira Weitzman Casting Consultant

Ira Weitzman is the Mindich Chair Musical Theater Associate Producer at Lincoln Center Theatre.

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Wilmer Wise Trumpet

Lila York Assistant to the Choreographer