Cast & Creative

Broadway: co-creator/writer of In Transit (Broadway’s first a cappella musical). Regional: Frozen (Denver Center); Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse); Finding Nemo: The Musical (Disney World, running since 2006).   Film:   Pixar’s   Coco   (Oscar Best Original Song win for “Remember Me”), Frozen II (Oscar nomination for “Into the Unknown”), Frozen (Oscar and Grammy Award wins for “Let It Go”), Winnie The Pooh. TV: songs for WandaVision, The 87th Academy Awards (Emmy nomination), “The Comedians,” “The Wonder Pets.” 2014 recipient, and now proud board member, of the Lilly Awards. Williams College grad, BMI Workshop, Dramatists Guild council. She lives in Brooklyn with Robert and their two daughters.

Broadway: co-creator/writer of The Book of Mormon  (nine Tony Awards including Best Book, Best Original Score and Best Musical), co-creator/songwriter of Avenue Q (three Tony Awards including Best Original Score and Best Musical). Regional: Frozen (Denver Center), Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse), 1001 Nights (Atlantic Theater). Film: Pixar’s Coco (Oscar Best Original Song win for “Remember Me”), Frozen II (Oscar nomination for “Into the Unknown”), Frozen (Oscar Best Original Song win for “Let It Go”). TV: songs for WandaVision, The 87th Academy Awards, “The Simpsons,” “South Park,” “Scrubs,” “The Wonder Pets.” One of 12 artists to  win  Emmy,  Grammy,  Oscar  and Tony Awards (EGOT). Yale University grad, BMI Workshop, Dramatists Guild council. A NYC native, he lives in Brooklyn with Kristen and their two daughters.

Jennifer Lee is the Academy Award®-winning writer of Walt Disney Animation Studio’s Frozen, which she also directed with Chris Buck. It became the #1 animated film of all time, worldwide. For her work on Frozen, Lee received numerous awards including a Golden Globe, a Critics Choice Award, a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award. Since 2018, Lee is the Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, overseeing all films, series and projects from the Studio. Lee also directed (with Buck) and wrote the #1 animated feature of all time, Frozen 2, in 2019.

Michael Grandage is the recipient of Tony®, Olivier, Drama Desk, Evening Standard, British Critics’ Circle and South Bank awards. His Olivier Award-winning musicals include Merrily We Roll Along, Grand Hotel, and Guys and Dolls. Grandage received a Tony Award for Best Direction for Red and Tony nominations for Frost/Nixon and The Cripple of Inishmaan. Grandage served as Artistic Director of London’s Donmar Warehouse for ten acclaimed seasons before establishing the Michael Grandage Company (MGC) in 2012. As Artistic Director of MGC, he directed Photograph 51, Henry V, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Peter and Alice, and the feature film Genius. www.MichaelGrandageCompany.com

Rob Ashford is a Tony^®, Olivier, Emmy, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award-winning director/choreographer. NYC: Macbeth (Park Ave Armory); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Evita (Tony nom); How to Succeed… (Tony noms direction, choreography); Promises, Promises (Tony nom); Cry-Baby (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Astaire Award, Tony nom); Curtains (Tony nom); Wedding Singer(Tony nom); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award Best Choreography). London: Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company – Winter’s Tale (Olivier nom direction), Romeo and Juliet, The Entertainer; Donmar – Anna Christie (Olivier Award), Streetcar Named Desire (Olivier nom), Parade (Olivier noms direction, choreography). Television: “The Sound Of Music Live!” (DGA, Emmy^® noms), “Peter Pan Live!” (DGA nom).

Christoper Oram is the recipient of Tony®, Olivier, Drama Desk, Evening Standard, Critics Circle, Garland and Ovation awards. His credits includes Hughie (Booth), Wolf Hall Parts 1 & 2 (Winter Garden), The Cripple of Inishmaan (Cort), Evita (Marquis), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Richard Rodgers). Additional work includes Red (Golden), Hamlet with Jude Law (Broadhurst), Macbeth (Park Avenue Armory), King Lear (BAM), Billy Budd (BAM), Casanova (Northern Ballet), Turn of the Screw (Garsington Opera) and Photograph 51 (west end). Instagram @christopheroram.

Natasha Katz has designed extensively for theater, opera, dance, concerts, and permanent lighting installations around the world. She is a six-time Tony Award® winner whose recent Broadway credits include Springsteen on Broadway; the recent revival of Hello, Dolly!; Cats; Long Day’s Journey Into Night; School of Rock; An American in Paris; Aladdin; Skylight; The Glass Menagerie; Once; The Coast of Utopia: Salvage; Aida; and Beauty and the Beast.

Grammy, Olivier, eight time Tony nominated. Selected Designs include: Moulin Rouge!, Frozen, Anastasia, Beetlejuice, Once On This Island, Something Rotten, King Kong, Rock of Ages, After Midnight, Motown, The Scottsboro Boys, Side Show, Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway, Shrek the Musical, On A Clear Day, Lend Me A Tenor, Elf. Other credits: Le Rêve and Lake Of Dreams at Wynn Las Vegas.  International tours of Walking With Dinosaurs, and How To Train Your Dragon.

Finn Ross has won two Olivier Awards, a Tony®, three Drama Desk and OCC awards. Recent work: Les Misérables (West End); Mean Girls (Broadway); Frozen (Broadway and tour); Bat out of Hell (West End); Tempest (RSC); Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway/West End); American Psycho (Broadway/Almedia); Betrayal (Broadway); The Rise and Fall of Mahagonny (Royal Opera House); Chimerica (Almeida/West End); Death of Klinghoffer; Damnation of Faust; Magic Flute (ENO); Master and Margarita (Complicite); A Dog’s Heart (DNO).

Michael’s approach is unique, as he chooses to design and fabricate with a longterm team in his Oregon studio. The scenic designs, puppetry, and performance effects from Michael Curry Design have been the cornerstone of shows for the past 30 years. Michael is best known for his work with The Lion King on Broadway, multiple Olympic opening ceremonies, Met Opera, Cirque du Soleil, and other worldwide spectacles.

Broadway highlights: Mrs. Doubtfire (Drama Desk Award), Moulin Rouge, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, War Paint (Drama Desk Award), She Loves Me (Drama Desk Nomination), Curious Incident…, Gigi, The Bridges of Madison County, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, Follies, Sister Act, A Steady Rain, Shrek, The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Tarzan®, Nine, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, Aida, The Iceman Cometh, Chicago, Side Show, Steel Pier. Film: Angels in America (Emmy®-nominated); Too Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar.

Broadway: hair and makeup design Oklahoma!, The Nap; makeup design A Bronx Tale, On Your Feet!, Disaster!, On The Twentieth Century, It Shoulda Been You. Recent New York designs: The Wolves (Lincoln Center), Mary Page Marlowe (Second Stage Theater), Peter Pan (Bard SummerScape). Hundreds of productions for opera companies worldwide – highlights include: Candide (Opéra National Bordeaux), The Music Man (Royal Opera House Muscat, Oman), Phillip Glass’s Appomattox, Wagner’s Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Kennedy Center).

Jeremy has worked with Disney Theatrical Group creating effects for Frozen, Aladdin, Hunchback of Notre Dame, & Tarzan. Jeremy has worked on over 50 Broadway productions most recently West Side Story, Beetlejuice, Hadestown and Oklahoma. In London’s West End, Jeremy designed Harry Potter and the Cursed Child & Let the Right One In. Jeremy’s work has been featured in prominent performing and visual arts institutions across the globe.  In 2018, Jeremy was an Emmy Award honoree for his work on NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live. Jeremy serves as Head designer for J&M Special Effects in Brooklyn www.jmfx.net

Broadway: Kinky Boots (2013 Tony Award® for Best Orchestrations and 2013 Grammy® Award), The Book of Mormon (2011 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Orchestrations and 2012 Grammy Award). Music supervisor, arranger and/or orchestrator of Broadway productions of Wicked, Avenue Q, All Shook Up and 9 to 5. Other: Music director of the 87th Academy Awards®; The Wiz Live! on NBC; RENT Live on FOX, conductor/ contributing arranger for the films Frozen and Frozen 2.

Dave Metzger was nominated for Tony^® and Drama Desk Awards for orchestrating the Broadway production of The Lion King. Perhaps best known for his work in film, he has arranged and orchestrated over 75 movies, including Frozen, Frozen II, WandaVision, Moana, Tarzan^®, The Avengers, How to Train Your Dragon (1 and 2), and August Rush. davemetzgermusic.com

Broadway: Be More Chill, Pretty Woman, Frozen, Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton. Upcoming Broadway: Moulin Rouge, Jagged Little Pill, Magic Mike. Tours: Hamilton (Chicago, National Tours), Anastasia, Dear Evan Hansen.

Broadway: Be More Chill, Pretty Woman, Frozen, Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton. Upcoming Broadway: Moulin Rouge, Jagged Little Pill, Magic Mike. Tours: Hamilton (Chicago, National Tours), Anastasia, Dear Evan Hansen.

Broadway: music director of Kinky Boots and associate music supervisor (tour, London and Toronto); associate music supervisor of The Book of Mormon (Broadway and tours). Broadway and Off-Broadway orchestras include Spelling Bee, Avenue Q, Altar Boyz and The Book of Mormon. Bachelor of Music, SUNY Fredonia, M.A. in Collaborative Piano, NYU Steinhardt.

Les Misérables – Japan, London, Brazil, Broadway, 25th Anniversary Concert. Mary Poppins – Stuttgart, first and second UK tours, Vienna, Australia. The Railway Children, Stephen Ward, Betty Blue Eyes – London. Phantom 25th anniversary production – UK. Film: Les Misérables – ensemble second assistant director.

Sarah’s credits include Annie Get Your Gun (Bay Street), High Button Shoes (Encores, City Center), Kennedy Center Honors (CBS), Mythic (directed and choreographed, London), The Wanderer (upcoming Papermill Playhouse), Frozen Broadway and tour (Associate), ChickFlick The Musical (Off-Broadway). Sarah is choreographer for “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” and “SNL” (NBC).

Broadway: Memphis, How to Succeed…, Miss Saigon and The Cher Show. Also: The Academy Awards®, Tony® Awards, Emmy® Awards, Kennedy Center Honors, Ted 2, Million Ways to Die…, NY Fashion Week. www.iamcharliewilliams.com @iamcharliewilliams

Broadway: Beetlejuice; Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus; Oklahoma!; Be More Chill; Network; The Cher Show; The Prom; Pretty Woman; My Fair Lady; Mean Girls; Anastasia; Come From Away; Waitress; Hamilton; Kinky Boots; Wicked. Film: Mary Poppins Returns, Ben Is Back. TV: “Rent,” “Murphy Brown,” “This Is Us,” “House of Cards.” www.telseyandco.com

Anastasia (tour); Beetlejuice; Betrayal; Book of Mormon (Bdwy and tour); Frozen (Bdwy and tour); Hello, Dolly! (tour); Mean Girls (Bdwy and tour); Rock Of Ages; Tootsie; To Kill A Mockingbird. Aurora has been providing technical supervision and production management to the entertainment industry since 1989.

Clifford is proud to be celebrating his 20^th anniversary with Disney Theatrical Productions. Disney credits include the Broadway and multiple international productions of Frozen, Aladdin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA, Tarzan®, The Little Mermaid, and Peter and the Starcatcher. Additional credits include Grease (1994), Chicago (1996), Big The Musical, Guys and Dolls (1992), Lend Me a Tenor (1990), Assassins (1991), and Moose Murders (1983).

Broadway: Shuffle Along; Fun Home; Rocky Broadway; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Bring It On; West Side Story; Come Fly Away; The Color Purple; The Caine Mutiny Court Martial; The Woman in White; Julius Caesar; Caroline, or Change; Hollywood Arms; Into the Woods; Parade; Smokey Joe’s Café; Showboat. Namaste!

Broadway: Something Rotten!; Rocky; Annie; Nice Work…; Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway; Billy Elliot; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Les Misérables; History Boys; Chitty…; Bombay Dreams; Millie; Wild Party; Scarlet Pimpernel.  Love to my family!

Broadway: Frozen; & Juliet; …Great Comet…; Cabaret; Big Fish; The Normal Heart; The Addams Family; and others. Metropolitan Opera: Fedora; Don Carlos. MFA: NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Proud member, Local USA 829. www.kaleydesign.com

Frozen is Faith’s fourth Disney production, and she’s thrilled to be with this wonderful company. National tours: Aladdin; Newsies; The Lion King; The Phantom of the Opera; Miss Saigon; Mamma Mia!; A Christmas Story; A Chorus Line; Sunset Boulevard (Petula Clark); Titanic; Bombay Dreams. Regional highlights: Into The Woods; Oklahoma!; Once On This Island; Guys and Dolls; On the Town.For Kurchta, who knew it all along. Love to Piggy, my family, and my friends.

National Tours: Hadestown (1st National Tour), The Book of Mormon (Jumamosi Company), Jersey Boys (1st National Tour), War Horse, The King and I (LCT Production), Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (1st National Tour). BFA: Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Broadway: The Cripple of Inishmaan. Film: Newsies. Tours: Anastasia; Newsies; A Christmas Story; Mary Poppins; We Will Rock You; Young Frankenstein; 101 Dalmatians; Jesus Christ Superstar; Evita; Cats; Miss Saigon; Swing! (Japan). Regional: Here Lies Love (Seattle Rep). BFA Stage Management, Penn State University.

Broadway: Allegiance, The Cripple of Inishmaan. Tour: Aladdin; Something Rotten!; Newsies; A Christmas Story. Off-Broadway: The Ruins of Civilization, Tales from Red Vienna (MTC). Regional: Romeo and Juliet, Private Lives (Hartford Stage), Crowns (The Goodman). BFA in Stage Management from the Theatre School at DePaul University.

Broadway: KPOP, Thoughts of a Colored Man. Tour: Moulin Rouge! The Musical (1st National). Regional: Thoughts of a Colored Man, King of the Yees (Baltimore Center Stage); Pamplona, Father Comes Home from the Wars, The Wolves, Yasmina’s Necklace (Goodman Theatre).

Broadway: Frozen, Aladdin, Deaf West’s Spring Awakening. National and International Tours: Beauty and the Beast, Elf, Shrek, Young Frankenstein, Wizard of Oz, Hairspray, Wonderful Town, Stand By Your Man, Full Monty. BFA Music Theatre, Illinois Wesleyan.