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DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE
BOOK & LYRICS
DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE was most recently awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Rabbit Hole, which premiered on Broadway last season at MTC’s Biltmore Theatre. The play also received five Tony Award nominations, including Best Play, and the Spirit of America Award. His other plays include Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World and A Devil Inside, among others. In addition to his work in theater, David wrote the screenplay for the upcoming Newline feature Inkheart, and is currently at work on screen adaptations of his plays Rabbit Hole for 20th Century Fox, starring Nicole Kidman, and Kimberly Akimbo for DreamWorks. David is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and the Juilliard School, as well as a proud member of New Dramatists, the Dramatists Guild and the WGA.
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JEANINE TESORI
MUSIC
JEANINE TESORI has written three Tony-nominated scores for Broadway: Twelfth Night at Lincoln Center, Thoroughly Modern Millie (lyrics, Dick Scanlan), and Caroline, or Change (lyrics, Tony Kushner). The production of Caroline, or Change at the National Theater in London received the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Her first off-Broadway musical, Violet, written with Brian Crawley, received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1997. She has been the recipient of many other honors including Drama Desk and Obie awards, and was cited by ASCAP as being the first woman composer to have "two new musicals running concurrently on Broadway." She composed the music for The New York Shakespeare Festival's production of Brecht's Mother Courage, as translated by Tony Kushner, starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. She has written songs for the movie Shrek The Third. Her film scores include Nights in Rodanthe, Winds of Change, Show Business, and Wrestling With Angels. She has composed songs for Disney DVD releases Mulan II, Lilo and Stitch II, and Little Mermaid III. She has produced sixty CD's for Silver-Burdett Ginn's Making Music and the original cast albums for Twelfth Night, Violet and Caroline, or Change. Ms. Tesori, a graduate of Barnard College, lives in Manhattan with her husband, Michael Rafter, and daughter, Siena.
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JASON MOORE
DIRECTOR
JASON MOORE. The Jerry Springer Opera at Carnegie Hall. Broadway: Steel Magnolias, Avenue Q. Off-Broadway: Speech and Debate (Roundabout), Avenue Q, Guardians, The Crumple Zone. Regional: Vices (Mixed Blood Theatre, Minnesota), Opening Day (Powerhouse Theatre, Los Angeles). Associate directing: Les Miserables (Broadway, National Tour), Ragtime (Vancouver). Writer: The Floatplane Notebooks (Charlotte Repertory Theatre). TV: episodes of "Dawson's Creek," "Everwood," "One Tree Hill," and "Brothers and Sisters." Jason has a B.S. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University.
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TIM HATLEY
SET & COSTUME DESIGN
TIM HATLEY. Winner of the 2005 Drama Desk Award for Spamalot. Winner of 2002 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Private Lives on Broadway. Winner of the 2002 Olivier Award for Humble Boy and Private Lives in the West End and a 1997 Olivier Award for Stanley at the Royal National Theatre. Broadway credits: Private Lives, Vincent in Brixton, The Crucible, Stanley. Film credits: StageBeauty (Costume Designer), Closer (Production Designer) and Notes on a Scandal (Production & Costume designer). Previous theatre work includes working with Theatre de Complicite, Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, English National Opera and London’s West End. Graduated from Central Saint Martins School of Art, London.
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HUGH VANSTONE
LIGHTING
HUGH VANSTONE has designed lighting for plays, musicals and operas in London, New York and around the world. He has received three Olivier Awards for his work in London, most recently for Pacific Overtures (Donmar). New York credits: Spamalot (for which his lighting was Tony nominated); Bombay Dreams (Broadway); Life(x) 3 (Circle in the Square); Uncle Vanya, Twelfth Night and Hamlet (BAM); The Graduate (Plymouth); Follies (Belasco); Blast! (Broadway); The Unexpected Man (Promenade); The Blue Room (Cort); Closer (Music Box); Art (Royale). Plans for 2008 include the new Yazmina Reza play The God of Carnage and Peter Gill's Small Change in London and Boeing-Boeing on Broadway and in Australia.
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JOSH PRINCE
CHOREOGRAPHY
JOSH PRINCE. Upcoming: Camelot at Lincoln Center. Previous New York and regional choreography credits include: The Jerry Springer Opera at Carnegie Hall (dir. by Jason Moore), Emerald Man (NYMF); Barnum (LA); Cabaret; Guys and Dolls; One Way Ticket To Hell (LA); The Full Monty; La Boheme; Singin' In The Rain. As an actor, he has appeared on Broadway in Little Me and Saturday Night Fever. In addition to two Broadway by the Year performances at Town Hall, three City Center Encores! and one New York City Opera production, Josh is a proud alumnus of Forbidden Broadway. Off-Broadway: I Can Get It For You Wholesale, George M., So Long 174th St., In The Wings. He has toured in Cats and starred as "Carmen Ghia" in The Producers in Los Angeles. Film/TV: A Cinderella Story and "Law and Order: SVU."
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PETER HYLENSKI
SOUND DESIGNER
PETER HYLENSKI. Broadway: Cry-Baby, The Times They Are A-Changin’, The Wedding Singer, Sweet Charity, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Little Women, Brooklyn, Laughing Room Only. Other credits include Le Reve at Wynn Las Vegas, Ragtime (London’s West End; Olivier Award nomination, Best Sound Design), Walking With Dinosaurs, Mame (Kennedy Center), Opening Doors (Carnegie Hall), Applause (Encores!), Annie, Children’s Letters to God, Go, Diego, Go!, Dora the Explorer, Ovations!, Spoleto Festival (1999-2002). Film: re-recording mixer for Search for Life (American Museum of Natural History), SonicVision (AMNH, MTV2), Cosmic Collisions. Love and thanks to my wife, Suzanne.
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TIM WEIL
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
TIM WEIL. Broadway: Rent, Jumpers, Sally Marr…and her escorts (composer). Off-Broadway: 10 Million Miles (ATC, Drama Desk nomination, Best
Orchestrations), Fuckin’ A (NYSF), Rent (NYTW). Film: Camp (IFC), Rent (Sony,
Revolution), The Marc Pease Experience (Paramount). Television: “Sheep in the Big
City,” “Bear in the Big Blue House” (Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network), many
early-morning and late-night variety shows. Recordings: Rent (Broadway, film soundtracks),
Camp (producer, arranger), Adam Pascal’s Model Prisoner and Sherie Rene
Scott’s Men I’ve Had (Sh-K-Boom Records). For the past several years, Tim
has served on the panel for the Jonathan Larson Foundation, which provides grants to
aspiring composers and lyricists.
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DANNY TROOB
ORCHESTRATOR
DANNY TROOB. His career as a musician includes composing, orchestrating and conducting. Some early credits: Pacific Overtures, The Baker’s Wife (dance music), Big River (music supervision, Drama Desk Award winner). Orchestrated the animated features Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Pocahontas, where he also conducted the score. Wrote the underscore to The Little Mermaid II (nominated for Annie Award – lost to Shrek!), and the TV musical versions of “Cinderella,” “Annie” and “The Music Man.” Recently orchestrated The Pajama Game for Broadway and the recording version of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater – the first Ashman-Menken collaboration.
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JOHN CLANCY
ASSOCIATE ORCHESTRATOR
JOHN CLANCY is honored to have Shrek be his debut in Broadway orchestration under the awesome Danny Troob. Regional credits: Assoc. orchestrator, Just So, Goodspeed 1998 and North Shore 2001. Known as a New York/touring drummer, Clancy has toured the U.S. with acts like Danielia Cotton, Alexa Joel and Constantine Maroulis (“American Idol”). Broadway playing credits: Caroline, or Change; Spring Awakening; Tarzan; Brooklyn; and currently Grease. Love and thanks to my family, friends, Danny, Tim and most of all Jeanine Tesori; you rock.
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DAVID BRIAN BROWN
WIG/HAIR DESIGN
DAVID BRIAN BROWN. Broadway: The Country Girl, The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde, Tarzan, Butley, The Wedding Singer, Chita, The Woman in White, The Odd Couple, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Fiddler on the Roof, Nine, Gypsy, Flower Drum Song, Sweet Smell of Success, The Invention of Love, Aida, The Rainmaker, The Iceman Cometh, Annie Get Your Gun, Little Me, Chicago, Side Show, 1776, Steel Pier, King David, Big, Sunset Boulevard. Film credits include “Angels in America” (Emmy nomination), To Wong Foo…
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NAOMI DONNE
MAKEUP DESIGN
NAOMI DONNE. Theatre NY: Twelfth Night (LCT), Electra, Betrayal, Aida, The Graduate, Nine, Sweet Smell of Success, Tarzan, Mary Poppins, The Year of Magical Thinking. London: Starlight Express, Song and Dance, Children of a Lesser God, Time, Mary Poppins. Film: James Bond — The Living Daylights and License to Kill; Six Degrees of Separation; The Crucible; The Object of My Affection; Chocolat (BAFTA nomination); Random Hearts; Practical Magic; Little Women; Zoolander; The Royal Tenenbaums (Hollywood Make Up GuildAward); Meet the Fockers; The Producers; Synecdoche, New York; Quantum of Solace.
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TARA RUBIN CASTING
CASTING
TARA RUBIN CASTING. B’way/tours: The Country Girl, Rock ‘n’ Roll (U.S. casting), The Farnsworth Invention, Young Frankenstein, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, The Pirate Queen, Les Misérables, History Boys (U.S. casting), Spamalot, Jersey Boys, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Phantom of the Opera, Good Vibrations, Bombay Dreams, Oklahoma!, Flower Drum Song, Imaginary Friends, Metamorphoses, Frogs, Contact, Thou Shalt Not, A Man of No Importance. Off-Broadway: Second Stage. Regional: Yale Rep.
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MATTHEW SKLAR
DANCE MUSIC ARRANGER
MATTHEW SKLAR received a Tony Award nomination (Best Original Score) and a Drama Desk nomination (Outstanding Music) for his work on The Wedding Singer. He co-produced the show’s original Broadway cast recording for Sony/BMG Masterworks Broadway. Matthew is a recipient of the Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Musical Theatre Award and the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award. In addition to his work as a composer/arranger, Matthew has been a pianist and conductor for more than a dozen Broadway productions including Caroline, or Change; Nine; 42nd Street; Titanic; Miss Saigon; and Les Misérables. He has also contributed original music to the Nickelodeon television series “Wonder Pets.”
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MICHAEL KELLER
MUSIC COORDINATOR
MICHAEL KELLER. Music coordination for Billy Elliot, In the Heights, Legally Blonde, Spring Awakening, Spamalot, Wicked, The Little Mermaid, Avenue Q, Mamma Mia!, The Lion King, Barbara Streisand concert tours (1994, 2001, 2006, 2007). Life is complete with wife Pamela Sousa, son Zachary and daughter Alexis.
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MARSHALL MAGOON
ILLUSIONS CONSULTANT
MARSHALL MAGOON has created illusions for Monty Python’s Spamalot, the revival of Damn Yankees and the musical Shogun. He’s also worked with the regional theatre company A.C.T. for its production of Faustus in Hell and the Shaw Festival on The Invisible Man. Marshall was featured on NBC television’s“Days of Our Lives” and has created presentations for many Fortune 500 companies.Find out more about him at www.magoonmagic.com.
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PETER LAWRENCE
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
PETER LAWRENCE has been associate director for Spamalot, Gypsy (with Bernadette Peters) and Man of La Mancha. He has directed the national tours of Spamalot, The Graduate, Sunset Boulevard, Lost in Yonkers, Rumors, Social Security and Broadway Bound. He was executive producer for Miss Saigon and Les
Misérables and has originated 20 Broadway productions as production stage manager.
Mr. Lawrence was the drama critic for The Honolulu Advertiser and has taught in thedrama departments of the University ofHawaii and Transylvania College.
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RACHEL A. WOLFF
STAGE MANAGER
RACHEL A WOLFF is thrilled to be working on Shrek! Broadway: Jersey Boys, Spamalot, The Frogs, Gypsy. Tours: Spamalot (1st national), ArtsPower National Touring Theatre. Other NYC: Shrek (workshop and two readings), Ever After, Hannah and Martin, Velocity. Regional: Bay Street Theatre, Weston Playhouse, Centennial Theatre Festival.
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CHAD LEWIS
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
CHAD LEWIS. Broadway: Monty Python’s Spamalot, La Cage aux Folles, Wicked, Bombay Dreams, Reckless (MTC), The Frogs (LCT). Off- Broadway: Captain Louie. Way Off-Broadway: But I’m a Cheerleader, Wildlife, True Colors. Other NY credits include Chess in concert, City Lights, Experience Lincoln Center, Broadway Bares.
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ANDREW BARRETT
ELECTRONIC MUSIC DESIGN
ANDREW BARRETT is thrilled to be working on Shrek. Andrew has designed electronic music systems for Wicked, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, The Pajama Game, All Shook Up, Cabaret, Steel Pier, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Phantom of the Opera and Cats. Andrew’s projects as film composer and orchestrator include Auto Focus, Arlington Road, Lost Highway and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Thanks to Kathy for her love and support.
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MICHAEL MARINO
PROSTHETIC MAKEUP DESIGN
MICHAEL MARINO is sought out in the industry for his extremely realistic prosthetic makeup. A self-taught artist, his talents were prodigious at an early age. At 18, Marino became the protégé of Academy Award-winning makeupartist, Dick Smith. Owner of Prosthetic Renaissance Studios, projects include I Am Legend; Enchanted; Synecdoche, NY; The Wrestler; All Good Things; “Saturday Night Live”; “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”; “Angel”and others.
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SLOAN JUST
ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER
SLOAN JUST is thrilled to be a part of Shrek. Broadway: The Full Monty (Estelle), Jesus Christ Superstar, On the Town. Regional: Gypsy (Louise), Big (Susan), Cats (Demeter), A Chorus Line (Bebe). Associate choreographer for the Off-B’way musical Shout! Northwestern University graduate. Deepest thanks, admiration and love to Josh! Thanks family, especially Robert.
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AURORA PRODUCTIONS
PRODUCTION MANAGER
AURORA PRODUCTIONS. Recent projects: The Seagull, Boeing-Boeing, The 39 Steps, The Country Girl, Jerry Springer the Opera, Is He Dead?, Rock ’n’ Roll and A Bronx Tale.Other projects include Spamalot (Broadway, tour, London, Las Vegas andAustralia) and the tours of Frost/Nixon and A Bronx Tale. Aurora is Gene O’Donovan, Ben Heller, Bethany Weinstein, Melissa Mazdra, Amy Merlino Coey, Laura Archerand Dana Hesch.
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STUART THOMPSON PRODUCTIONS
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
STUART THOMPSON PRODUCTIONS. In addition to Shrek the Musical, STP is currently represented on Broadway with Boeing-Boeing and The Seagull. More than 50 previous productions, including the Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori musical Caroline, or Change and some of the longest-running Broadway plays in the last 15 years — Proof, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (a co-producer of both), Doubt, Art and Master Class.
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JAMES TRINER
GENERAL MANAGER
JAMES TRINER. With STP since 1998, where his Broadway, Off- Broadway and touring productions include Doubt, The Year of Magical Thinking, Proof, Three Days of Rain, Red Light Winter, The Blue Room, Amy’s View and Take Me Out. Prior to joining STP, he was the company manager of the Manhattan Theatre Club for three seasons and is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.
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DREAMWORKS THEATRICALS
PRODUCER
DREAMWORKS THEATRICALS was established in 2007 by DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NYSE: DWA) to produce stage productions based on its films and other original and adapted works. DWA is devoted to producing high quality family entertainment through the use of computer-generated (CG) animation. DWA’s upcoming film slate includes Monsters vs. Aliens, How to Train Your Dragon and Shrek Goes Fourth; past titles include Shrek, Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa and Kung Fu Panda. Shrek was the winner of the first-ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Jeffrey Katzenberg currently serves as DWA’s CEO and on the Board of Directors and was a co-founder of DreamWorks Studios in 1994. Shrek the Musical is DWA’s first venture in legitimate theatre.
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BILL DAMASCHKE
PRODUCER
BILL DAMASCHKE. President, DreamWorks Theatricals; co-president of production, DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. He joined DreamWorks Studios in 1995 and has served in a variety of animation roles, including head of creative production and head of development. Damaschke served as a producer of Shark Tale (nominated for Best Animated Feature Academy Award in 2004) and an executive producer of Over the Hedge and Kung Fu Panda. He has and continues to oversee the creative development from inception to screen of DWA’s film slate.
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NEAL STREET PRODUCTIONS
PRODUCER
NEAL STREET PRODUCTIONS was formed in 2003 by Sam Mendes, Caro Newling and Pippa Harris to produce film and theatre. Films: Stuart: A Life Backwards, Starter for Ten, Things We Lost in the Fire, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road. Broadway: The Vertical Hour. British premieres: All About My Mother, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Anna in the Tropics, Days of Wine and Roses, Fuddy Meers. West End/Broadway transfers: Sunday in the Park With George (Menier Chocolate Factory), Mary Stuart (Donmar Warehouse). Forthcoming: The Bridge Project with Brooklyn Academy of Music/Old Vic Theatre, West End premiere of Three Days of Rain. Mendes and Newling established and ran the Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 1992 to 2002, originating some 70 productions including, on Broadway, The Blue Room, Electra, True West and Tony Award winners Cabaret, The Real Thing, Take Me Out. www.nealstreetproductions.com
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WILLIAM STEIG
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK SHREK!
WILLIAM STEIG. Named the “King of Cartoons” by Newsweek, William Steig remains The New Yorker’s longest-running contributor, with more than 1,600 drawings and 117 covers to his name. He began writing and illustrating books for children at the age of 60. His work Sylvester and the Magic Pebble earned him the Caldecott Medal, the highest honor bestowed on children’s picture books, but it was the 1990 fairy tale Shrek! that ultimately brought him his largest audience by inspiring one of the most successful film franchises in motion picture history. William Steig wrote and illustrated children’s books up until the last year of his life and died in 2003 at the age of 95.
