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JEFFREY B. MOSS (Director) is the award-winning director of the critically acclaimed New York and London productions of Bock and Harnick’s new ROTHSCHILD & SONS. Also In New York, he directed the hit musical MAYOR, the Cy Coleman/Neil Simon’s LITTLE ME, BILL BOGGS’ TALK SHOW CONFIDENTIAL and was the director of the New York and Kennedy Center productions of SOME ENCHANTED EVENING, now part of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Library. He has created newly imagined stagings of classic musicals such as GOLDEN BOY, RAGS, THE SPITFIRE GRILL and BRIGADOON and his work also includes the development of new plays and musicals such as BEFORE THE DREAM, PASSIN’ IT ON, THE JAZZ CLUB, MERMAIDS (based on the MGM film), and Charles Strouse’s REAL MEN. He has staged over 35 national and international tours including GUYS AND DOLLS, HELLO, DOLLY!, MAN OF LA MANCHA, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, PETER PAN, ON THE 20TH CENTURY, THE MUSIC MAN, THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS, MUSIC OF THE NIGHT, ANNIE, WEST SIDE STORY, 42ND STREET, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, MAME, A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, DAMN YANKEES, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER and LEGALLY BLONDE. His acclaimed international production of MY FAIR LADY played in the United States, Singapore and China. Plays directed include MASTER CLASS, ALI, NORMAN, IS THAT YOU?, LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL, A SHAYNA MAIDEL and THE SUNSHINE BOYS. New productions of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS and SOUTH PACIFIC represent his latest work.
BOB RICHARD (Choreographer) of the Broadway and tour productions of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! for the past 15 years. Off Broadway he directed and choreographed Inventing Mary Martin: The Revue of a Lifetime (Joseph A. Callaway Award nomination) and The Road to Qatar. He has directed at North Shore Music Theatre, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, Theatre By The Sea, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Theatre Under The Stars, and Pioneer Theatre Company. Internationally in Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore and Tokyo and London and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. His choreography has received a Footlight Award, Gypsy Rose Lee Award, Ivey Award, Ernie Award, and San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award. My love to my Rocks Diane and Robert Henry thank you for showing me the beauty of life and love.
CHARLIE MORRISON (Tour Lighting Designer) National/international tours: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, A Christmas Story: The Musical, Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (NYC, Grand Ole Opry, US Tour), A Chorus Line (U.S., Japan, and China), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miss Saigon, Aida (U.S. and Asia), The Producers, Man of La Mancha, Guys and Dolls, Groovaloo (N.Y.C., L.A., U.S. Tour), Hello, Dolly!, My Fair Lady, The King and I (U.S. and Korea), Spelling Bee, Gypsy, 42nd Street (U.S. and Japan), Smokey Joe’s Cafe, The Who’s Tommy (Europe and Japan), Titanic, The Music Man and many others. Regional: Paper Mill Playhouse, Guthrie Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company (D.C.), Goodspeed Musicals, Seattle Repertory, Seattle 5th Avenue, Broadway Sacramento at Music Circus, Theatre Under the Stars, Dallas Summer Musicals, Kansas City Starlight, Pittsburgh CLO, George Street Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory, Tulsa Opera and many others. Charlie is the recipient of two Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design. www.cmlighting.com.
JOHN BELTRE (Costume Design) is excited to be working with Big League Productions! They are a NYC based Costume Designer for Theatre, and Film. They work mostly with new works for both Film and Theatre but some of their recent Theatre credits include the MTI Premier of Mean Girls: The Musical (Stagedoor Manor), Legally Blonde (Stagedoor Manor), Miracle in Rwanda (Theatre Row) Dialogues of a Traveler (National Sawdust), The Crucible (Access Theatre). Beyond Theatre, some of their recent Film productions include The Stamp Collector, Here She Goes, Catfight. To learn more about John and their work, visit their website at www.JohnBeltre.com.
RANDEL WRIGHT (Scenic Design), a native Texan, has designed scenery for Singin’ In The Rain (national tour), Unsinkable Molly Brown (national tour/ Debbie Reynolds), Pal Joey (Joel Grey) (Dixie Carter), The Wiz (Stephanie Mills), I Do, I Do (Sandy Duncan), and recently, Larry Gatlin’s new American Musical, Quanah. His design credits for hallmark celebrations include Coca Cola’s Centennial, Dr. Pepper’s Centennial and Yale University’s Tercentennial.
DON HANNA (Sound Design) is happy to be joining Big League Productions and the tour of A Christmas Story. Don is a freelance sound designer and engineer whose work can be seen (well, heard) in national tours, regional theaters, and concert productions alike. Touring Highlights: An American In Paris (Sound Design, Big League Productions), The Wizard of Oz National/International Tour (Sound Design, Apex Touring) Pippin National Tour (Associate Sound Design/Head Audio, Apex Touring), Fame The Musical (Sound Design). Regional Highlights: Regional Premier of Rock of Ages (Sound Design, Gateway Playhouse), the world premier of Heartbreak Hotel (Sound Design, Ogunquit Playhouse), Mel Brook’s Young Frankenstein (Sound Design, North Shore Music Theatre, Gateway Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse), In The Heights (Sound Design, John W Engeman Theatre), among many more. A special thank you to my friends, family and Bethany for their continual love and support.
MATTHEW LOWY (Music Supervisor/Orchestrations) is an NYC-based composer, music director, arranger, and pianist. NYC: Beetlejuice (Key 2 sub.), A Chorus Line (City Center, rehearsal pianist). Nat’l Tours: An American in Paris (Music Supervisor/Orchestrations), A Chorus Line (U.S., Japan, and Shanghai; MD/Orchestrations), 42nd Street (MD). Original musicals: Fallen Skies (2016 NYI Fringe Festival, Overall Excellence Award in Music Composition), How Christmas Feels (C.I.C. Theater), These Walls (NYTF, Sound Bites). Matt is a composer in the Advanced BMI Lehman Engel Advanced Musical Theater Workshop (2019 Jerry Harrigan Musical Theatre Award). B.M. Composition from The Boston Conservatory. matthewlowy.com
JONATHAN INFANTE/INFANTE MEDIA (Video Design) Jonathan is excited to be working with Big League Productions once again. Infante Media has designed for broadcast television, professional theatre, the Walt Disney Company and countless live events and concert tours. Special thanks to the entire team And to his friends and family who support his endeavors. Most recent design credits: An American In Paris (US National tour 2020) Dreamgirls (Asia Tour 2020) Legally Blonde National Tour (Big League) Beauty and the Beast (MRE) Newsies (Moonlight) Prince of Egypt (Tuachan), Matilda (Tuachan), Sister Act (Sacramento Music Circus), Damn Yankees (Music Circus), The Little Mermaid (Moonlight), Mary Poppins (MTW), Titanic the Musical (Moonlight), American Idiot (La Mirada Center for the Performing Arts), Rent (McCoy Rigby Entertainment), Big Fish (Moonlight Amphitheater – Winner of the Craig Noel Award for Best Projection Design), Disney’s When You Wish (Disney Theatricals), General Hospital (ABC -TV), Disney Jr. Live on Stage (The Disneyland Resort), Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (National Tour – McCoy Rigby Entertainment)
ALISON FRANCK (Casting Director) Alison Franck has been a casting director in NYC for over 25 years. She started as an assistant for many Broadway Productions, then she worked in film/TV for several years, then from 2000-2010, she was the Resident Casting Director at Paper Mill Playhouse. In 2011 she joined the team at Liz Lewis Casting Partners, where she cast commercials, voiceovers, film/TV, and theatre. Alison now runs her own company, Franck Casting, where she has cast several tours of well-known musicals including Dreamgirls, An American in Paris, A Christmas Story: The Musical, A Chorus Line, Legally Blonde, The Simon and Garfunkel Story & upcoming The British Invasion Live. www.franckcasting.com
BIG LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS/DANIEL SHER (Executive Producer) is celebrating its 30th season of producing and general managing Broadway shows and attractions throughout the world. Early highlights were collaborations with Disney on Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (North America, Taiwan, and China) and with Cameron Mackintosh on a new production of Miss Saigon. Also, US tours of 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, USA), Titanic, 1776, Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Rip Taylor, Blast!, The Who’s Tommy (North America, 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 recent: 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 USA tours, Grand Ole Opry, and Madison Square Garden), Dreamgirls (US, China premiere, Japan), Hair (US and Japan), Bring it On (US and Japan), and Legally Blonde (US, China premiere, Singapore). In 2018-19, A Chorus Line toured the USA and Japan before performing for the first time ever in China in 2019. In the post-pandemic 2021-22 season, Big League will remount its acclaimed tour of An American in Paris, premiere its new production of South Pacific, and tour its flagship production of A Christmas Story, The Musical for a seventh holiday season. Future tours include Legally Blonde, Memphis and The Cher Show. For more information, visit www.BigLeague.org.