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THE MUNY ANNOUNCES 2016 CREATIVE TEAMS

ST.LOUIS–TheMunyannouncedtodaythedirectors,choreographersandmusicdirectorsfortheMuny’s2016Season,whichopensonJune13withTheWizardofOz.

“Our2016seasonisambitious,excitingandrobust,”saidMunyArtisticDirectorandExecutiveProducerMikeIsaacson.“Eachoftheseremarkablecreativeteamsiscomprisedofuniquelytalentedpeople,andthey’vealreadysetouttocreateproductionsthatwillthrillouraudiences.I’mhonoredtobeworkingwiththem.”

THEWIZARDOFOZByL.FrankBaum

MusicandLyricsbyHaroldArlenandE.Y.Harburg

JOHNTARTAGLIA(Director)returnstoTheMunyafterlastbeingseenasTheCatintheHatinSeussical(2014).HealsostarredastheGenieinTheMuny’sAladdin(2012).Asadirector,JohndirectedTheMuny'sproductionsofShrek(2013)andTarzan(2014).Otherdirectingcredits:ClaudioQuest(NewYorkMusicalTheatreFestival,winner-OutstandingDirection,BestoftheNYMF),LordTom(YorkTheater),JimHenson'sSidtheScienceKidandDinosaurTrainLive!(Nat.Tour),ElmotheMusical,Live!(SesamePlace),BecauseofWinnDixie(ArkansasRepertoryTheater),ResidentDirectorofAvenueQ,offBroadway2012-2015.Asanactor,Johnissometimesknownbesttoparentsandkidsas“Johnny”fromDisney’sJohnnyandtheSprites(nomination,DaytimeEmmyaward,OutstandingPerformerinaChildren’sSeries)onDisneyJuniorWorldwide.JohnmadehisTony®award-nominatedBroadwaydebutinAvenueQ,creatingtherolesofPrincetonandRod.BroadwaycreditsincludeLumiereinBeautyandtheBeast,andPinocchioinShrektheMusical,arolewhichheoriginated.At16,JohnjoinedPBS’sSesameStreetasapuppeteer,whereheperformedformorethan12seasons.JohnisthecreativetalentbehindImaginOcean,whichhasenjoyedanacclaimedrunoff-Broadway,onnationaland

internationaltoursandwillsoonbeanewJimHensonCompanyseriesonPBSentitled"Splash!"withJohnservingasanexecutiveproducerandperformeroftheleadcharacter.JohnisalsothehostofSiriusXMOnBroadway'sacclaimedshow,SundayFunday.FindJohnTartagliaonlineonTwitterandInstagram@johnnytartags

VALERIEGEBERT(MusicDirector)returnstoTheMunyafterpreviousproductionsofSeussical(2014)andWestSideStory(1995).ShehastouredNorthAmericawithproductionsofWicked,JosephandtheAmazingTechnicolor®DreamcoatstarringDonnyOsmond,TheSoundofMusicwithMarieOsmond,theaward-winningrevivalofCabaret,Disney'sTheLionKing,TheAddamsFamilyandmostrecentlyR&H’sCinderella.Regionally,shehasperformedatSt.LouisRep,BerkeleyRepandCaliforniaMusicTheater.Currently,ValerieisworkingonTheSandman(ALittleNightmareMusical)writtenbyRichardOberackerandRobTaylor.ValerieisoriginallyfromFargo,NorthDakota.

RALPHPERKINS(Choreographer)returnstoTheMunyafterchoreographingHelloDolly!(2014St.LouisCriticsCirclenominee),SouthPacific(2013)andTheKingandI(2012).RalphjustrecentlychoreographedLaCageAuxFollesforGoodspeedMusicals.Othercredits:SouthPacific(PaperMillPlayhouseandTheAsoloRepertoryTheater),Camelotand1776(GoodspeedMusicals),SweetCharity(BarringtonStageCompany),SundayintheParkwithGeorge(TheRepertoryTheaterofSt.Louis),aswellasUrinetown,TheMusicalandKissMeKateinwhichhereceivedKevinKlineAwardnominationsforoutstandingchoreography.ResidinginLasVegasforseveralyears,Ralphchoreographedmanyshows,includingEFXattheMGMGrand,SiegfriedandRoyatTheMirage,LegendsinConcertandTournamentofKings.HewasartisticdirectorandcofounderofTheNewWorksProject,acontemporarydancecompanyinLasVegas.RalphhaschoreographednumerousmusicalsforTheMonomoyTheaterinChatham,Mass.andNewLondonBarnPlayhouseinNewHampshire.Heiscurrentlythedirectorofdanceforthetheaterdivision,aswellasamemberofthedancedivisionfacultyatTheHarttSchool,UniversityofHartfordinConnecticut.

42NDSTREETBookbyMichaelStewartandMarkBramble

LyricsbyAlDubinMusicbyHarryWarren

DENISJONES(Director/Choreographer)returnstoTheMunyhavingservedasdirector/choreographerforGrease(2014),Spamalot(2013)andChicago(2012),andasthechoreographerofIrvingBerlin’sHolidayInn(2015)andPirates!(2012).RecentchoreographycreditsincludeMoonshine:ThatHee-HawMusical(DallasTheaterCenter),AFunnyThing…(TwoRivers),TheTempest(ShakespeareinthePark),HoneymooninVegas(Broadway),PaintYourWagon(NYCityCenterEncores!),LuckBeaLady(AsoloRep),TheSoundofMusic(LyricOpera,Chicago),DamnYankees(PaperMillPlayhouse,5thAvenueTheatre),Elf(5thAvenueTheatre),AFunnyThing…,JohnnyBaseball,SheLovesMe(WilliamstownTheatreFestival),Disaster!(St.Luke’s)andnationaltoursofMyFairLady,ManofLaManchaandDamnYankees.Denisalsodirectedandchoreographedtheoff-BroadwayproductionofPieceofMyHeart.UpcomingprojectsincludeIrvingBerlin'sHolidayInn(Broadway).

BENWHITELEY(MusicDirector)Muny:TheAddamsFamily(2014),Spamalot(2013),Pirates!(2012),SoundofMusic(2005,2010),BeautyandtheBeast(2005,2010,2015),KissMe,Kate(2011),Oklahoma!(2007),MusicMan(2004),MeetMeinSt.Louis(2004),SouthPacific(2003).Broadway/NationalTours:AChristmasStory,AddamsFamily,Spamalot,TheFullMonty,CATS(conductedfinalBroadwayperformance),GrandHotel,Falsettos,Big.CarnegieHall:SailAway(withElaineStritch),CarnegieHallSalutesComdenandGreen.ChoralDirection:Carousel(NYPhilharmonic/PBS.)CityCenterEncores!:MusicDirectorforthisseason's1776,Assoc.MusicDirectorandchoralprep.for29productionsincludinglastseason'sPaintYourWagon.Other:PaperMillPlayhouse,5thAvenueTheater,UniversityofMichigan.Recordings:Allegro,BoardwalkEmpire(GrammyAward®),MerrilyWeRollAlong.

THEMUSICMANBook,Music,andLyricsbyMeredithWilson

ROBRUGGIERO(Director)returnstoTheMunyafterdirectingOklahoma!(2015);Hello,Dolly!(2014);SouthPacific(2013);TheKingandI(2012)andTheMusicMan(2004).St.LouisaudiencesalsoknowhisworkatTheRepertoryTheatreofSt.Louis,wherehemostrecentlydirectedTheOtherPlace,hisseventhshow.HealsodirectedTheRep’sacclaimedproductionsofSundayintheParkwithGeorge,Urinetown:TheMusicalandTakeMeOut.HisBroadwaycreditsincludeLooped(starringValerieHarperinaTony®-nominatedperformance)andHigh(starringKathleenTurner).OtherNewYorkcreditsincludeconceivinganddirectingtheoriginalmusicalrevueMakeMeaSong:TheMusicofWilliamFinn(DramaDeskAwardandOuterCriticsCircleAwardnominations).Regionally,Robhasearnednationalrecognitionforhisworkonbothplaysandmusicals,includingsixConnecticutCriticsCircleAwards,aJosephJeffersonAwardinChicago,andhasthedistinctionofbeingtheonlydirectortohavereceivedfourKevinKlineAwards.HeconceivedanddirectedtheworldpremieremusicalportraitofEllaFitzgeraldentitledElla.Herecentlydirecteda50thanniversaryrevivalofFiddlerontheRoofatGoodspeedMusicalsinConnecticut,wherehehasalsodirectedproductionsof1776,BigRiver,Camelot,AnnieGetYourGun,ShowBoat,Carousel,LaCageauxFollesandTheMostHappyFella.Lastyear,RobdirectedanotherproductionofFiddlerOnTheRoofinAthens,Greece.HeistheproducingartisticdirectorforTheaterWorksinHartford,Connecticut.CHRISBAILEY(Choreographer)returnstoTheMunyafterchoreographingIntotheWoods(2015),MyFairLady(2015),Tarzan(2014),WestSideStory(2013)andThoroughlyModernMillie(2012).Chrisalsochoreographedthehistoricopeningnumberofthe2013Tony®Awardsandservedasassistantchoreographerforthe2013and2014AcademyAwards®.ChriswastheassociatechoreographerfortheBroadwayrevivalofEvita;theBroadwayproductionsofHowtoSucceedinBusinessWithoutReallyTrying;Promises,PromisesandCry-Baby.InLondon’sWestEnd,ChrischoreographedAssassinsattheMenierChocolateFactory,wastheassociatechoreographerforGuysandDolls,Evita,OnceinaLifetimeandCandide.TourcreditsaschoreographerincludeEvita,TheWeddingSinger(US),GuysandDolls(UK,Australia)andThoroughlyModernMillie(UK).ChriswasalsothemovementdirectorfortheRoundaboutTheatreCompany’sproductionofCyranoDeBergeraconBroadway.JAMESMOORE(MusicDirector)JamesreturnstoTheMunywherehispreviousproductionsinclude:IrvingBerlin’sHolidayInn(2015),Hello,Dolly!(2014),WestSideStory(2013),TheProducers

(2008),MeetMeinSt.Louis(2009)andTheMusicMan(2009).ForhisworkonHello,Dolly!andWestSideStory,hereceivednominationsforoutstandingmusicaldirectorfromtheSt.LouisTheaterCircle.HerecentlyservedasmusicdirectorandconductorfortheacclaimedBroadwayrevivalofLeonardBernstein’sOntheTown.OtherBroadwaycreditsincludeFolliesstarringBernadettePeters,SouthPacificatLincolnCenterTheater,Ragtime(originalandrevivalproductions),SteelPier,andtheRoundaboutTheatre'sCompany.HewasalsorepresentedonBroadwaylastseasonasthemusicsupervisorfortherevivalofLernerandLoewe’sGigi.Off-Broadway,hehelmedthePublicTheatre’sShakespeareintheParkgalaperformanceofThePiratesofPenzancestarringKevinKline,GlennCloseandMartinShort.HisnationaltouringcreditsincludeTheProducers,KissMe,Kate,CrazyforYou,andTheWorldGoes‘Round-TheSongsofKanderandEbb.ForTheKennedyCenter,hehasconductedCamelotstarringBrianStokesMitchell,MyFairLadystarringJonathanPryce,andMamestarringChristineBaranski.HehasappearedwiththeNationalSymphonyOrchestra,OrchestraofSt.Luke’s,TheSantaBarbaraSymphony,TheKennedyCenterOperaHouseOrchestra,andatnumerousregionaltheatersincludingFord’sTheatreandSignatureTheatre.Recordings:OntheTownandFollies(Grammy®nominee),bothonthePSClassicslabel.Mr.MooreholdsMasterandBachelordegreesfromtheIndianaUniversityJacobsSchoolofMusic.

YOUNGFRANKENSTEINMusicandLyricsbyMelBrooks

BookbyMelBrooksandThomasMeehan

MARCIAMILGROMDODGE(Director)Thisaward-winningdirector&choreographerreturnstoTheMunyafterdirectingBuddy:TheBuddyHollyStory(2015)andTheAddamsFamily(2014).HerworkhasbeenseenthroughouttheUnitedStates,Canada,England,Denmark,AsiaandtheMiddleEast.Dodge’scelebratedKennedyCenterrevivalofRagtimemovedtoBroadwayfollowingasold-outruninWashington,D.C.(TonyAward®nomination.)HernewproductionofRagtimeistouringtheUnitedStatesforPhoenixEntertainment.DodgehasworkedinsuchacclaimedtheatresastheNewYorkCityOpera,ThePublic,CenterStage,ArenaStage,GoodmanTheatre,DenverCenterTheatreCompany,GlimmerglassFestival,LaJollaPlayhouse,PittsburghPublic,St.LouisRep,CincinnatiPlayhouseinthePark,HuntingtonTheatre,BayStreet,MaltzJupiter,Goodspeed,Reprise,MusicCircus,TheAlley,FlatRockPlayhouseandabroadattheNantaTheatre(Seoul,S.Korea);FredericiaTeater(Denmark);RoyalOperaHouse(Muskat,Oman)andtheWintergardensTheatre(Blackpool,England).Dodgeisawife,amother,ateacher,apublishedandproducedplaywrightandaproudexecutiveboardmemberoftheStageDirectors&ChoreographersSociety.JOSHRHODES(Choreographer)OnBroadwayJoshchoreographedRodgers&Hammerstein'sCinderella(OuterCriticsCircle,AstaireAward,andDramaDesknominations),ItShouldaBeenYou,FirstDate,andtheupcomingBrightStarwrittenbySteveMartinandEdieBrickell.OtherstagecreditsincludeCompanystarringNeilPatrickHarris(Screenvision/PBS),theEmmywinningproductionsofSweeneyToddstarringEmmaThompsonandSondheim’s80thBirthdayConcert(PBS),Zorba(Encores),TheLanding(VinyardTheater)Broadway:ThreeGenerations(KennedyCenter),AFunnyThingHappenedontheWaytotheForum(ShakespeareTheaterCompany/HelenHayesNomination)andtheDramaDeskAwardwinningproductionofWorking(ProspectTheater)JoshdirectedKenLudwig'sBaskerville(Old

Globe),andSpamalot(5thAvenue/GregoryAwardnomination).CHARLIEALTERMAN(MusicDirector)returnstoTheMunywhereheservedasmusicdirectorfortheproductionsofHairspray(2015),Chicago(2012)andLegallyBlonde(2011).BroadwaymusicdirectorcreditsincludePippin,Godspell,NexttoNormal,MartinShort:FameBecomesMe(musicdirector/actor),andLegallyBlonde(AssociateConductor).Tours:NexttoNormal(MusicSupervisor)andGrease(US/Asia).Off-Broadwayfavorites:AlmostHeaven:SongsofJohnDenverandSilence!:TheMusical.Regionalincludes:LaJollaPlayhouse,ArenaStage,TrinityRep,HuntingtonTheatre,andnineseasonswiththeWilliamstownTheatreFestival.ConcertappearancesincludeshowswithBrookeShields,FrankieAvalon,EmilySkinner,DanaReeve,BillyPorter,CarolWoodsandKenPage.Upcoming:GottaDance,comingtoBroadwaythisfall.

MAMMA,MIA!MusicandLyricsbyBjörnUlvaeusandBennyAnderson,withStigAnderson

BookbyCatherineJohnson

DANKNECHTGES(Director)returnstoTheMunyafterdirectingproductionsofHairspray(2015)andSeussical(2014).Dan’sBroadwaycreditsincludeLysistrataJones(DirectionandChoreography),Xanadu(directedbyChrisAshley,Tony®nomination,DramaDesknomination),SondheimonSondheim,110inTheShade(starringAudraMcDonald),andThe25thAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBee(directedbyJamesLapine).Hisoff-BroadwaycreditsalsoincludeTail!Spin!(starringRachelDratch),MyFavoriteYearattheYorkTheatre,LysistrataJonesfortheTransportGroup,MerrilyWeRollAlongforEncores!,VanitiesandThe25thAnnualPutnamCountySpellingBeeatSecondStage,whichearnedhimaLucilleLortelAwardnomination.OthercreditsincludeGiveItUp!(DallasTheatreCenter),Vanities(TheatreworksPaloAlto),GirlInTheFrame(Goodspeed),GuysandDolls(PlayhouseSquareCenter),Elf(PioneerTheatre),BoysFromSyracuse(CenterstageBaltimore),Godspell(PaperMillPlayhouse),Oklahoma!,TheWiz,CATS,MyFairLady,ChalkCircle,SoundofMusic,Joseph…(HangarTheatre),Mame,AngelStreet,AFunnyThingHappenedontheWaytotheForum(SurflightTheatre),DonGiovanni(IndianapolisOpera),Carousel,TheMerryWidowandWestSideStory(OperaIllinois).HealsohashadthepleasureofworkingonalmosteveryGilbert&SullivanoperettaincludingTheGrandDuke,Iolanthe,Ruddigore,TheMikado,Patience,TheGondoliers,H.M.S.PinaforeandTheSorcerer,allwiththeBlueHillTroupeinNYC.Dan’sfilmandTVchoreographycanbeseenintheToddSolondz’smoviesDarkHorseandPalindromes,FatboySlim’smusicvideoIt’saWonderfulNight,whichreachedNo.1intheU.K.,WhiteCollar,andthe2011TVLandAwardsstarringLizaMinnelli.DanholdsaBFAinmusicaltheatrefromOtterbeinCollegeinWesterville,OH,andhailsfromCleveland.HealsoservesontheBoardofSDC.JESSICAHARTMAN(Choreographer)isabsolutelythrilledtoreturntoTheMunyafterworkingonHairspray(2015)andSeussical(2014).OnBroadway,sheservedastheAssociateChoreographerforLysistrataJonesandwastheAssistantChoreographer,DanceCaptainandswingforTheBoyFromOz,starringHughJackman.Off-Broadway/NYcreditsincludeMaltbyandShire’sWaterfall(AssociateChoreographer),SomewhereinTime(AssociateChoreographer),GiveItUp!(AssociateChoreographer),Showtune(AssistantDirector/Choreographer),CitizenRuth(AssociateChoreographer),BreakOutinSong(Director/Choreographer).Otherchoreographycredits

includeElephantandPiggie:WeAreInAPlay(Choreographer/KennedyCenter),WestSideStory(AssociateChoreographer/SignatureTheatre),Beaches(AssociateChoreographer/SignatureTheatre),NexttoNormal(AssociateChoreographer/Centerstage),SmokeyJoe’sCafe(AssistantChoreographer/ArenaStage),Carousel(AssistantChoreographer/GoodspeedMusicals)andchoreographyforOceaniaCruisesandCarnivalCruiseLines.JessicaistheArtisticDirectorofBroadwayTheatreConnection,bringingunparalleledmusicaltheatretrainingtocitiesaroundtheUS,includingSt.Louis!ShehasaBFAfromFloridaStateUniversity.MICHAELHORSLEY(MusicDirector)isthemusicsupervisorforTheMuny.Inhis22yearswithTheMuny,someoftheshowshehasconductedincludeBuddy:TheBuddyHollyStory(2015),Grease(2014),MaryPoppins(2013),JosephandtheAmazingTechnicolor®DreamcoatandThoroughlyModernMillie(2012),42ndStreet(1996,2009),Godspell,IrvingBerlin’sWhiteChristmas(2000,2006),DamnYankees(1998,2010),SleepingBeauty,Singin’intheRainandmanymore.NationaltoursincludeThoroughlyModernMillie,Chicago,Cinderella,IrvingBerlin’sWhiteChristmasandSevenBridesforSevenBrothers.AmonghisotherregionaltheatrecreditsareRomanHolidayattheGuthrieTheater;OnAClearDayYouCanSeeForeveratMusicTheatreWichita;FiddlerontheRoofatAMTSanJose;AChorusLineatthePioneerTheatre;andTheFullMontyatNorthCarolinaTheatreinRaleigh.HealsovocaldirectedtheChristmasConcertSeriesfortheDetroitSymphony,NationalSymphonyandBirminghamSymphonyOrchestras.HeisonstaffasmusicdirectorfortheSanFranciscoConservatoryofMusic.

FIDDLERONTHEROOFBookbyJosephStein

LyricsbySheldonHarnickMusicbyJerryBock

GARYGRIFFIN(Director)haspreviouslydirectedtheMunyproductionsofIntotheWoods(2015),MaryPoppins(2013)andAladdin(2012).OnBroadway,hedirectedHoneymooninVegas,TheAppleTreeandTheColorPurple.GaryisAssociateArtisticDirectorofChicagoShakespeareTheaterwherehehasdirectedGypsy,RoadShow,SundayintheParkwithGeorge,Follies,Amadeus,PassionandPacificOvertures.GaryhasdirectedWestSideStory,Evita,AnthonyandCleopatra,andthisseasonALittleNightMusicfortheStratfordFestivalofCanada.RecentcreditsincludeMoonshineatDallasTheaterCenter,RoadShowatSignatureTheatreinArlington,VA,andParadeatAveryFisherHall.Hehasreceived10JosephJeffersonAwardsforDirectionandtheArtisticExcellenceAwardfromtheLeagueofChicagoTheaters.ALEXSANCHEZ(Choreographer)haspreviouslychoreographedMunyproductionsincludingMaryPoppins(2013),Aladdin(2012),TheLittleMermaid(2011).Heispleasedtoserveinhissixthseasonasdirector/choreographerofInTheMood.NewYorkcredits:RedEyeofLove,AmasMusicalTheater/DicapoTheater(JosephCallawayAwardWinnerBestChoreography);FarfromHeaven,PlaywrightsHorizon;Fiorello,NewYorkCityCenterEncores!;Where’sCharley?,NewYorkCityCenterEncores;Giant,ThePublicTheater(LucilleLortelAwardNomination).Regionalcredits:GuysandDolls,GoodspeedOperaHouse(ConnecticutCriticCircleAwardNomination);FarfromHeaven,WilliamstownTheaterFestival;RomanHoliday,GuthrieTheater;42ndStreet,StratfordShakespeareFestival,(BroadwayWorldToronto2012AwardWinner);Giant,DallasTheaterCenter;Follies,Chicago

ShakespeareTheater,(BroadwayWorldChicago2011AwardWinner&JosephJeffersonAwardNomination);OntheTown,MarriottTheater(JosephJeffersonAwardNomination);ALittleNightMusic,BerkshireTheaterGroup;Camelot,GlimmerglassOpera;Aladdin,TheMuny;TheLittleMermaid,TheMuny&AlabamaShakespeareFestival;MaryPoppins,TheMuny,KansasCityStarlight&MarriottTheater.SDCDancebreak2010Alumni.Alexperformedin10BroadwayshowsandwasasoloistballetdancerwithBalletChicago.BRADHAAK(MusicDirector)mostrecentlywasthemusicdirectorforAnAmericanInParisinParisandonBroadway.PreviouslyatTheMuny:IntotheWoods(2015),SouthPacific(2013),TheKingandI(2012)andGypsy(2006).OtherBroadwaycredits:MusicdirectorforDisney’sMaryPoppins,EltonJohn’sLestat,andIlDivo’sAMusicalAffair.Concerthighlights:musicdirectionforChanceandChemistry-100YearsofFrankLoesser(featuringSirPaulMcCartney);orchestrationsfortheNewYorkPopsatCarnegieHall,BostonPops,LAPhilharmonic,NationalSymphony.Assistantconductorfor1stnationaltourofDisney’sTheLionKing.AsmusicsupervisorandorchestratorforcomposerPaulGordon:DaddyLongLegs(mostrecentlyOff-Broadway,aswellas13U.S.and4internationalproductions)JaneEyreinTokyo,Japan;JaneAusten’sEmma,andSenseandSensibility(upcomingattheOldGlobeinSanDiego.)OtherregionalhighlightsincludeFollies(JeffAwardformusicdirection)andSundayintheParkWithGeorge,bothatChicagoShakespeareTheaterwithdirectorGaryGriffin.GraduateofNorthwesternUniversity.

EltonJohnandTimRice’sAIDABookbyLindaWoolverton,RobertFalls,andDavidHenryHwang

LyricsbyTimRiceMusicbyEltonJohn

MATTLENZ(Director)returnstoTheMunywherehehasdirectedproductionsofDisney'sBeautyandtheBeast(2005,2010&2015),Grease(2007),Nunsense:MunyStyle!(2013),andEltonJohnandTimRice'sAida(2006).Mattrecentlydirectedtheoff-BroadwayrevivalofPageant:TheMusicalandthenationaltourofAChristmasStory:TheMusical.Otherdirectingcreditsincludetheoff-BroadwayhitcomedyTheIrishCurse,thenationaltourofCatchMeifYouCan,BillyElliot:TheMusicalandTheForeigneratMaltzJupiterTheatre,[titleofshow]attheGeorgeStreetPlayhouse,Victor/VictoriaatOgunquitPlayhouse,LesMisérablesandGodofCarnageatZachTheatreinAustin,andIdaho!fortheNewYorkMusicalTheatreFestival(BestDirectorandBestofFestawards).HewastheAssociateDirectorfortheoriginalproductionofHairsprayonBroadway,nationaltours,LasVegas,TorontoandinCologne,Germany.HedirectedHairsprayproductionsintheUnitedKingdomandatthePaperMillPlayhouseinMilburn,NJ,aswellastheNETworksnationaltourandtheground-breakingproductioninJohannesburg,SouthAfrica.HewasalsotheAssociateDirectorforCatchMeIfYouCanandTheVelocityofAutumnonBroadwayandResidentDirectorforDisney'sBeautyandtheBeastonBroadwayandforthenationaltours.Mattreceivedthe2010KevinKlineAwardforBestDirectorofaMusicalforHairsprayatTheMuny.HeisateachingartistforTheBroadwayDreamsFoundationandamemberofSDC.

JONRUA(Choreographer)JonRua’stalentshavecrossedallmediumsfromBroadway&TV/FilmtoConcertWork&MusicVideos.CreditsincludeBroadway:Hamilton(Ensemble/CharlesLee,u/sHamilton),HandsonaHardbody(JesusPena),InTheHeights(Sonny&GrafittiPete)Off-Broadway:

Hamilton(Ensemble,CharlesLee)KungFu(Matthew,FungFung,Barry),ElaborateEntranceofChadDeity(Macestandby),DamnYankees(Encores!).Regional:OldGlobe’sSomewhere(Alejandro-CraigNoelLeadingActorNomination),BringItOn:TheMusical(Twig-WorldPremier),LaJolla’sHandsonaHardbody(Jesus),Muny’sWestSideStory(Chino).Film:FalltoRise(Magic)TV:Law&Order.JonhasdancedforPhish,MariahCarey,DonOmar,SouljaBoy,andmoreaswellascommercialventuresforTarget,BillBoard,Puma,Reebok,IBM,Panasonic.Asachoreographer,hiscreditsincludePhish,ABC’sCelebrityWifeSwap,NickBlaemire&TheHustle,Brooklynettes,BroadwayBares,Emmy®Award-WinningWebisode‘ChaosTheory’,CapezioA.C.E.Awards,TheAdversary,MTV,andOff-OffBroadwayinUnionSquare.HehasassistedTony®Award-WinnerAndyBlankenbuehler,Tony®AwardNomineeSergioTrujillo,Insanity’sShaunT.,LorinLotarroandmore.HeisaGuestChoreographeronsuchprojects:Hamilton,OnYourFeet,Flashdance,BringItOn:TheMusical,HandsonaHardbody,InTheHeights,Insanity,NYCC’sTheWiz.Withyearsofexperiencesharinginternationally,JonteachesatBroadwayDanceCenter,spreadinghismovementTHEGrit.www.JonRua.comhttp://www.instagram.com/jonrua_choreoANDREWGRAHAM(MusicalDirector).NewYork:AvenueQ,Wicked.LasVegas:Spamalot,AvenueQ.NationalTours:Wicked,AvenueQ,Pippin,ThoroughlyModernMillie,Seussical,TheMusicMan,FootlooseandEuropeantoursofHairandGrease.Regional:Aida,Annie,Footloose(Muny),Aida,Fame(NSMT)BeautyandtheBeast,WorldPremierofDisney’sWhenYouWish(Tuacahn).DegreesfrombothCapitalUniversityinColumbus,OhioandTrinityCollegeofMusicinLondon. SeasonticketsgoonsaleMarch5,2016.SingleticketsgoonsaleMay28,2016.

WorldWideTechnology(WWT)andTheStewardFamilyFoundationhaveonceagainmadealeadershipgifttocontinueastheMuny’s2016SeasonPresentingSponsor.Theybecamethefirstoverallseasonsponsorinthe97-yearhistoryofTheMunyin2014andwillcontinueinthatrolethrough2016.

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TheMuny’smissionistoenrichlivesbyproducingexceptionalmusicaltheatre,accessibletoall,continuingitsremarkabletraditioninForestPark.