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P R I N C E S S O F W A L E S T H E A T R E
Music & Lyrics by
ELTON JOHN & TIM RICEAdditional Music & Lyrics by
LEBO M, MARK MANCINA, JAY RIFKIN, JULIE TAYMOR, HANS ZIMMERBook by
ROGER ALLERS & IRENE MECCHIStarring
SPENCER PLACHY GERALD RAMSEY BUYI ZAMANICK CORDILEONE GREG JACKSON BEN LIPITZ
JARED DIXON NIA HOLLOWAYKEITH BENNETT MARTINA SYKES ROBBIE SWIFT
BRILYN JOHNSTON RICHARD A. PHILLIPS JR. WALTER RUSSELL III CELINA SMITH
DEREK ADAMS KAYLA ROSE AIMABLE ANDREW ARRINGTON WILLIAM JOHN AUSTIN KYLE R. BANKS ERIC BEAN, JR. KALILAH BLACK SASHA CAICEDO CHANTE CARMEL SEAN AARON CARMON KYLE ROBERT CARTER
THEMBELIHLE CELE DANIELA COBB GABRIEL CROOM ERYNN MARIE DICKERSON TONY FREEMAN MUKELISIWE GOBA DEIDREA HALLEY WILLIAM JAMES JR. KOLIN JERRON ALIA KACHE JANE KING
BRANDON A. MCCALL CHRISTOPHER L. MC KENZIE, JR. NHLANHLA NDLOVU AARON NELSON S’BU NGEMA PHYLICIA PEARL CHRISTOPHER SAMS JORDAN SAMUELS KAYLIN SECKEL MPUME SIKAKANE SADÉ SIMMONS
KEVIN TATE JENNIFER THERIOT COURTNEY THOMAS SHACURA WADE ZOLA WILLIAMS
Adapted from the screenplay byIRENE MECCHI & JONATHAN ROBERTS & LINDA WOOLVERTON
Produced byPETER SCHNEIDER & THOMAS SCHUMACHER
Scenic DesignRICHARD HUDSON
Costume DesignJULIE TAYMOR
Lighting DesignDONALD HOLDER
Mask & Puppet DesignJULIE TAYMOR
& MICHAEL CURRY
Choreography by
GARTH FAGAN
Directed by
JULIE TAYMOR
©Di
sney
Co-ProducerANNE QUART
Sound DesignSTEVE CANYON KENNEDY
Hair & Makeup DesignMICHAEL WARD
Music CoordinatorMICHAEL KELLER
Fight DirectorRICK SORDELET
Associate Music ProducerROBERT ELHAI
Music DirectorJAMES DODGSON
Associate DirectorJOHN STEFANIUK
Associate ChoreographerMAREY GRIFFITH
Music SupervisorCLEMENT ISHMAEL
CastingBINDER CASTING/
MARK BRANDON, CSA
Music Produced for the Stage & Additional
Score byMARK MANCINA
Additional Vocal Score, Vocal Arrangements
& Choral DirectorLEBO M
OrchestratorsROBERT ELHAI
DAVID METZGER
Technical DirectorPATRICK EVISTON
Production Stage ManagerKARYN MEEK
Production SupervisorDOC ZORTHIAN
General ManagerTHOMAS SCHLENK
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T H E C A S T
(in order of appearance)
RAFIKI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buyi Zama
MUFASA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerald Ramsey
SARABI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chante Carmel
ZAZU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Jackson
SCAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spencer Plachy
YOUNG SIMBA (at certain performances) . . . . . .Richard A . Phillips Jr ., Walter Russell III
YOUNG NALA (at certain performances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brilyn Johnston, Celina Smith
SHENZI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Martina Sykes
BANZAI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keith Bennett
ED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robbie Swift
TIMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nick Cordileone
PUMBAA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Lipitz
SIMBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jared Dixon
NALA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nia Holloway
ENSEMBLE SINGERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derek Adams, Kyle R . Banks, Kalilah Black, Chante Carmel, Thembelihle Cele, Daniela Cobb, Mukelisiwe Goba, William James Jr ., Brandon A . McCall, Nhlanhla Ndlovu, S’bu Ngema, Aaron Nelson, Christopher Sams, Mpume Sikakane
ENSEMBLE DANCERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kayla Rose Aimable, Eric Bean, Jr ., Sasha Caicedo, Sean Aaron Carmon, Gabriel Croom, Erynn Marie Dickerson, Alia Kache, Jane King, Jordan Samuels, Sadé Simmons, Kevin Tate, Courtney Thomas, Shacura Wade
STANDBYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCAR: William John Austin, Tony Freeman ZAZU: Tony Freeman; TIMON: Tony Freeman; PUMBAA: William John Austin, Tony Freeman
UNDERSTUDIESUnderstudies never substitute for listed players unless
announced at the time of the performance
Rafiki — Thembelihle Cele, Mukelisiwe Goba, Mpume Sikakane; Mufasa — Kyle Robert Carter, William James Jr ., Christopher Sams;
Sarabi — Deidrea Halley, Kaylin Seckel, Jennifer Theriot;Zazu — Robbie Swift;
Shenzi — Kalilah Black, Chante Carmel, Daniela Cobb, Phylicia Pearl, Jennifer Theriot; Banzai — Derek Adams, Andrew Arrington;
Ed — Andrew Arrington, William James Jr ., Jordan Samuels; Timon — Robbie Swift; Pumbaa — Robbie Swift;
Simba — Brandon A . McCall, Aaron Nelson; Nala — Chante Carmel, Thembelihle Cele, Kaylin Seckel, Jennifer Theriot
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The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited . Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches .
SWINGSAndrew Arrington, Kyle Robert Carter, Deidrea Halley, Kolin Jerron,
Christopher L . Mc Kenzie, Jr ., Phylicia Pearl, Kaylin Seckel, Jennifer Theriot, Zola Williams
DANCE CAPTAINSDeidrea Halley, Christopher L . Mc Kenzie, Jr .
SPECIALTIESCircle of Life Vocals — Nhlanhla Ndlovu, S’bu Ngema;
Mouse Shadow Puppet — S’bu Ngema; Ant Hill Lady — Jane King; Guinea Fowl — Eric Bean, Jr ., Gabriel Croom;
Buzzard Pole — Sean Aaron Carmon; Gazelle Wheel — Alia Kache, Sadé Simmons; Gazelles — Eric Bean, Jr .; Gabriel Croom, Kevin Tate;
Lioness Chant Vocal — S’bu Ngema; Acrobatic Trickster — Jordan Samuels; Giraffe Shadow Puppets — William James Jr ., Brandon A . McCall;
Cheetah — Sasha Caicedo; Stilt Giraffe — Courtney Thomas; Scar Shadow Puppet — Kyle R . Banks, William James Jr .,
Brandon A . McCall, Christopher Sams; Simba Shadow Puppet — Derek Adams, Aaron Nelson, S’bu Ngema;
One By One Vocal — Mukelisiwe Goba, S’bu Ngema; One By One Dance — Kyle R . Banks, Nhlanhla Ndlovu, Christopher Sams;
Fireflies — Jane King; Pumbaa Pole Puppet — Sean Aaron Carmon; Nala Pole Puppet — Sasha Caicedo;
Lioness/Hyena Shadow Puppets — Kalilah Black, Thembelihle Cele, Daniela Cobb, Mukelisiwe Goba, Nhlanhla Ndlovu, Mpume Sikakane .
Thembelihle Cele, Mukelisiwe Goba, Nhlanhla Ndlovu, S’bu Ngema and Buyi Zama are appearing with the permission of Actors’ Equity Association.
ORCHESTRAConductor — James Dodgson
Associate Conductor — Karl Shymanovitz;Assistant Conductor/Keyboard 2 — Paul McCaffrey; Keyboard 1 — Steve Hunter;
Bass — Ross MacIntryre; Drums — Phil Martin; Marimba — Mike Faue;Flutes — Darlene Drew; Percussion — Stefan Monssen, Reuven Weizberg;
French Horn — David Quackenbush; Guitar — Jason Fowler .
Toronto Orchestra Contractor — Mark CamilleriMusic Coordinator — Michael Keller
Based on the Disney film
Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff; Produced by Don HahnSpecial thanks to all the artists and staff of Walt Disney Feature Animation
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S C E N E S & M U S I C A L N U M B E R S
There will be a 15-minute intermission .
ACT ONEScene 1 Pride Rock
Circle of Life with Nants’ Ingonyama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rafiki, EnsembleScene 2 Scar’s CaveScene 3 Rafiki’s TreeScene 4 The PridelandsScene 5 Scar’s CaveScene 6 The Pridelands
I Just Can’t Wait to Be King . . . . . . . . .Young Simba, Young Nala, Zazu, EnsembleScene 7 Elephant Graveyard
Chow Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shenzi, Banzai, EdScene 8 Under the Stars
They Live in You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mufasa, EnsembleScene 9 Elephant Graveyard
Be Prepared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scar, Shenzi, Banzai, Ed, EnsembleScene 10 The GorgeScene 11 Pride Rock
Be Prepared (Reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scar, EnsembleNao Tse Tsa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rafiki, Sarabi, Young Nala
Scene 12 Rafiki’s TreeScene 13 The Desert/The Jungle
Hakuna Matata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timon, Pumbaa, Young Simba, Simba, Ensemble
ACT TWOEntr’acte One by One. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EnsembleScene 1 Scar’s Cave
The Madness of King Scar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scar, Zazu, Banzai, Shenzi, Ed, NalaScene 2 The Pridelands
Shadowland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nala, Rafiki, EnsembleScene 3 The JungleScene 4 Under the Stars
Endless Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Simba, EnsembleScene 5 Rafiki’s TreeScene 6 The Jungle
Can You Feel the Love Tonight . . . . . . . . . Timon, Pumbaa, Simba, Nala, EnsembleHe Lives in You (Reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rafiki, Simba, Ensemble
Scene 7 Pride RockKing of Pride Rock/Circle of Life (Reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ensemble
SONG CREDITSAll songs by Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) except as follows:
Circle of Life: by Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) with Nants’ Ingonyama: by Hans Zimmer and Lebo M; He Lives in You (They Live in You): Music and lyrics by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin,
and Lebo M; Nao Tse Tsa: Music and lyrics by Jacques Loubelo; One by One: Music and lyrics by Lebo M; Shadowland: Music by Lebo M and Hans Zimmer, lyrics by Mark Mancina and Lebo M;
Endless Night: Music by Lebo M, Hans Zimmer, and Jay Rifkin, lyrics by Julie Taymor; King of Pride Rock: Music by Hans Zimmer, lyrics by Lebo M
ADDITIONAL SCOREGrasslands chant and Lioness chant by Lebo M; Rafiki’s chants by Tsidii Le Loka .
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T H E C O M P A N Y
SPENCER PLACHY (Scar) Broadway:
Romeo & Juliet, The Mystery of Edwin
Drood. Off-Broadway: The Common
Pursuit. Tours: Oklahoma! (Curly), Fiddler
on the Roof. Tom Stoppard’s Rock ‘N’
Roll at The Alley Theatre, Private Lives
at Riverside Theatre, Julius Caesar
(Antony) at Pennsylvania Shakespeare
Festival, National Pastime at Bucks
County Playhouse . The 39 Steps at
Orlando Shakespeare Theater/Florida
Rep . TV: Shades of Blue (NBC) . Love to my
beautiful wife, Laura!
GERALD RAMSEY (Mufasa) is humbled
to continue this journey across the
continent with The Lion King. Born in
Tacoma, Washington–Raised in Aunu’u,
American Samoa and Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia . Proud graduate of the University
of Hawaii/Hilo . Thankful for the support
of friends and especially the love of my
aiga . Honored to represent the pride that
has come before us . Soifua . @ramsey .gt
BUYI ZAMA (Rafiki) . Birthplace:
Kwa-Mashu, Durban, South Africa .
Theatre: The Lion King (Broadway, West
End, Las Vegas, Taipei, Johannesburg,
Shanghai, Sydney, Melbourne, US
National Tour) Other: Hans Zimmer Live
European tour 2016, Awarded the 2004
MO Award for Female Musical Performer
of the Year and nominated for the 2004
Best Female Actor Helpmann Award .
Session singer and backing vocalist
for international artists . Tweet her
@BuyiZama .
NICK CORDILEONE (Timon) .
Off-Broadway: Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd
(Mint Theater), Hamlet (Theatre by
the Blind) . Regional: The Alchemist
(Shakespeare Theatre Company);
Lobby Hero (The Old Globe); Crime and
Punishment (Cincinnati Playhouse
and Actors Theatre); Henry VI, Richard
III (Alabama Shakespeare Festival);
Comedy of Errors, Taming of the Shrew
(Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey) .
Film: Step Up 2 . LOVE: Amy and Hero .
GREG JACKSON (Zazu) enjoyed a
thrilling Broadway run in the Tony
Award® winner for Best Musical, A
Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder,
covering Jefferson Mays’ mammoth
role(s) as the many-(dis)membered
D’Ysquith family . Off-B’way: The 39
Steps, Duet! Go-Go Kitty, GO! Regional:
Cleveland Playhouse, Barrington Stage,
Geva, Cape Playhouse, Dorset Theatre
Festival, Weston Playhouse, St . Louis
Rep, Triad Stage, Portland Center Stage,
Pioneer Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre
of NJ, Orlando Shakespeare, Alabama
Shakespeare, Tantrum Theater, Theatre
Squared . NYU Grad Acting alum . Love to
my Aunt Gail who lives in me, watching
over everything I see .
BEN LIPITZ (Pumbaa) . Over 5,000
performances as Pumbaa, Broadway/
National Tour of Disney’s The Lion King.
Stage: God of Carnage; The Producers
(Walnut St . Theatre); Tevye, Fiddler on the
Roof (Broadway Live); Red, Hot and Blue
(Goodspeed Opera, Papermill Playhouse);
Just So (Goodspeed Opera); ART; Dirty
Blonde; Laughter on the 23rd Floor. TV:
Law & Order: SVU, The Sopranos, Law &
Order, 100 Centre Street, Homicide. Film:
The Giraffe and Find Me Guilty (with Vin
Diesel) . Member of The Actors Studio .
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Love and kisses to Rosalie, Matthew and
Mikaela . CalArts Alumnus .
JARED DIXON (Simba) is honored to
join the legacy of The Lion King . Thanks
be to God, family, friends and CGF Talent
for their undying support . National Tour:
The Color Purple 2017 (Grady u/s Harpo) .
Off-Broadway: Cruel Intentions (Ronald) .
Regional: In The Heights (Benny), The
Color Purple (Harpo), Violet (Flick),
Hairspray (Seaweed), Sister Act (Eddie),
Hello Again (Husband/Senator), A Little
Princess (Pasko) . TV/Streaming: Shades of
Blue, BarsworkshopNYC . @itsjdixon .
NIA HOLLOWAY (Nala) is ecstatic to join
the cast of The Lion King . As an actress,
vocalist and dancer, Nia has appeared at
the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, on the Hub
Network show Majors and Minors and at
various other venues as a live performer .
She thanks God and her family and
friends for all of their love and support .
www .niaholloway .com
KEITH BENNETT (Banzai) . Broadway
credits include Richie in A Chorus Line,
BJ in OH, KAY!, Wonder Boy in The High
Rollers, Horace in Olympus On My Mind,
Banzai in The Lion King. Tours include:
Dancin’, The Tap Dance Kid, Sophisticated
Ladies, Five Guys Named Moe. Regional:
Stand-Up Tragedy, Betsey Brown, Kiss Me
Kate, Bo Bo’s, A Son Come Home. Show
dedicated to wife Deidre and my lovely
daughters Tyler and Jordan . Big shout
out to my Lord God .
MARTINA SYKES (Shenzi) is elated
to be joining the Pridelands! Native
of St . Petersburg, Fla . and graduate
of the University of Florida . Favorite
credits: Motown The Musical (Broadway
and First National Tour), Raindogs,
Rent and Hairspray . I would like to
thank God, my family and friends for
their unconditional love and support .
Ephesians 3:20 . Instagram: Ladysykes1
www .theheARTmission .org
ROBBIE SWIFT (Ed/Understudy
Pumbaa, Timon & Zazu) is honored and
excited to return to The Lion King family .
Stage credits include Snoopy!, Rumbles,
One Red Flower, Water Children, Our
Town, Godspell . Film/Television: On The
Run (Hyperboy), Fastlane (Fox), Urban
Graffiti (Fox), Scrubs (NBC) . Many thanks
to God, Mom, Dad, The Starting Five,
Family and Friends . Special thanks to
Barry, Karen and Lois Yvonne . Robbie is
a proud member of AEA, SAG and ASCAP .
I dedicate this show to my beautiful wife,
Lisa . You are my heart, my life, and my
inspiration . Thanks for marrying me .
BRILYN JOHNSTON (Young Nala at
certain performances) is thrilled to be
making her Broadway tour debut . Credits
include various productions at Raleigh
Area Children’s Theatre . Brilyn has a
passion for performing and also enjoys
piano, dance, and competing gymnastics
with the USAG XCELL program . Brilyn
loves her family, church family and
friends! Instagram @planet_brilyn .
CELINA SMITH (Young Nala at
certain perfor mances) is a 9-year-old
honor student from Atlanta and loves
entertaining . She is overjoyed about
joining The Lion King cast . Celina’s
recent achievements include professional
voice-over work and outstanding
showcases with AGI Entertainment .
Celina is thankful for her family and
Natarsha Garcia for their support . Follow
her on Instagram @littlecelinasmith
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RICHARD A. PHILLIPS JR. (Young
Simba at certain performances) is
thrilled to be making his Broadway debut!
He is a bi-lingual (English/Mandarin)
student from Queens, NY and is grateful
to God, his Parents & family, friends and
Peggy at The SquarePeg Group, Inc .
Thank you Bonnie Shumofsky, Avenues
The World School, Abrams . Recent work:
Sesame Street, Nickelodeon, Power
(Starz) . Instagram: @razps
WALTER RUSSELL III (Young Simba
at certain performances) was
seen bringing his Harlem Swag to
Nickelodeon’s Lip Sync Battle Shorties
and Everytown for Gun Safety’s video
Enough! featuring the music of Sia and
his NDI peers . Thank you to his PUSH
Dance Company, DST village, Agape
family, GiGi, Tia and Mom for a ton of
support! IG @WR3HRLM .
DEREK ADAMS (Ensemble/Understudy
Banzai) is originally from Connecticut,
and is thrilled to be joining the cast of
The Lion King . Favorite credits include
starring in VEGAS! The Show at Planet
Hollywood Las Vegas . Regional: Sister
Act, Hairspray, Little Shop of Horrors and
the world premiere of Disney’s When You
Wish . @derekadamsmusic
KAYLA ROSE AIMABLE (Ensemble).
Glory! Theater: The Wiz, Arkansas
Repertory, The Color Purple, West Coast
Black Theater Troupe, Hairspray, Royal
Caribbean . She would like to Thank God,
family, and mentors for all of their love
and support . Psalm 23 .
ANDREW ARRINGTON (Swing/
Understudy Banzai and Ed) . Regional
premiere of Kander & Ebb’s Scottsboro
Boys. The Lion King Las Vegas . Nat’l tours:
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling
Bee, How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
New York: Showboat (Carnegie Hall),
Godspell (workshop), Disney’s High
School Musical 2, Respect (NYSAF) . TV:
CBS’ My Broadway Debut. University
of Michigan .
WILLIAM JOHN AUSTIN (Standby
Scar & Pumbaa) is thrilled to be joining
The Lion King family . New York Theater:
Measure for Measure, On the Verge.
Regional: Trinity Rep, Hartford Stage .
MFA – Brown/Trinity Rep . A voice over
artist, most recently the voice of Nigel,
the Xyzal Owl . WilliamJohnAustin .com
KYLE R. BANKS (Ensemble) . This New
Orleans native received his Masters of
Music from the University of Oklahoma
and has since logged time professionally
in several operas including La Bohème .
He made his Broadway debut with The
Lion King and has also done voiceovers
for Cadillac and Cartoon Network .
ERIC BEAN, JR. (Ensemble) Originally
from Bermuda, Eric attended University
of the Arts (Phila .) receiving his B .F .A .
in Dance Education/Choreography .
Credits include: Koresh Dance
Company, Don Arden’s Jubilee!, Viking
Cruises, & various guest roles . Visit
www .ebjdance .com for more info . IG:
@EBJDance
KALILAH BLACK (Ensemble/
Understudy Shenzi) is from the Bronx,
NY . She holds a B .F .A . from NCA&TSU
(AGGIE PRIDE!) . She’s so happy to be
back on tour after joining the Broadway
cast . Some of her favorite past principal
regional credits now include A Wonder
in My Soul, The Wiz, The Color Purple
and Born For This. She is humbled by her
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friends’ and family’s unwavering support
on her artistic quest . Such gratitude
to the most high! IG:@KalilahBlack
www .KalilahBlack .com
SASHA CAICEDO (Ensemble) was
born and raised in Miami, Florida . She
trained at New World School of the Arts
for both the HS and BFA program . Sasha
has performed on stages such as the San
Francisco Opera House, Adrienne Arsht
Center, The Fillmore, Perez Art Museum,
Lincoln Theater . She is very excited for
her first Broadway tour .
CHANTE CARMEL (Sarabi/Understudy
Nala & Shenzi) . Broadway: Motown .
National Tours: Waitress, Motown, Dirty
Dancing, Rent. Regional: Dreamgirls .
TV/FILM: New Girl, ER, A Different
World, Buppies, A Beautiful Soul.
Songwriter: Live Your Dreams from Save
the Last Dance. Thanks! God, amazing
parents, family/friends, FSE . Instagram:
@iamchantecarmel
SEAN AARON CARMON (Ensemble) .
Originially from Beaumont, TX, Sean
graduated from the Ailey/Fordham BFA
Program and danced with the Ailey
company for 7 years . Broadway: 2010’s
La Cage aux Folles (Originated the role
of Phaedra, Swing), The Phantom of the
Opera. Guest artist: Cape Dance Company
in South Africa and Joshua Beamish/
MOVEthecompany . Sean was a 2017
Joffrey Ballet Winning Works award
recipient, creates original work, and
teaches master classes around the world .
IG: @hookedonsean
KYLE ROBERT CARTER (Swing/
Understudy Mufasa) . National Tour:
In The Heights (Benny) Regional: Rent
(Benny), Pajama Game (Prez), Cubamor
(Renato), Paint Your Wagon (Wesley)
Off-Broadway: Storyville (Butch Cobra
Brown), NYC Readings/Showcase: Illa
(Gary), The Wild Party (Eddie), Sweetie
(Cat Jones) .
THEMBELIHLE CELE (Ensemble/
Understudy Nala & Rafiki) . Born in
Durban, South Africa . Credits Include:
The Nat & Natalie Show with Colin Penn,
Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses,
Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors, Disney’s
The Lion King (U .K ., Ireland Tour and
US Nat’l Tour), #D23EXPO 2017 . Trained
with the Flatfoot Dance Company . TV
Appearance: ETV Popstars 2010. She gives
thanks to God and family . Instagram:
lihlecele91 Twitter: cele_lihle
DANIELA COBB (Ensemble/Understudy
Shenzi) is a graduate of Alabama State
University . Theatre: The Odyssey;
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; The
Wiz; The Winter’s Tale; Roe (Oregon
Shakespeare Festival); The First Noel
(Kenny Leon’s True Colors); Freak Friday
(Horizon Theatre Co .); Black Nativity; For
Colored Girls…; Dreamgirls; (Cloverdale
Playhouse) and The Color Purple.
GABRIEL CROOM (Ensemble) has
performed in the 1st National Tour
and Broadway productions of The Lion
King and is thrilled to be joining the
Rafiki Tour . Recent: Live in Concert’s
Hollywood Bowl productions of The Little
Mermaid (2019) and Beauty and The Beast
(2018) . Other credits: Hollywood Fringe
Festival’s A Soldier’s Play, Sirens of Titan
(Sacred Fools Company), Carmen (La
Jolla Playhouse), West Side Story (Trinity
Repertory Company) and George C .
Wolfe’s Harlem Song (Apollo Theatre) .
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ERYNN MARIE DICKERSON
(Ensemble) began her artistic studies
at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy,
where she was cast in various musical
theater productions at the Freud and
Geffen Playhouse . She then graduated
from Fordham University and the Alvin
Ailey school with a B .F .A . and a minor
in communications . Since then she
has appeared in various print ads, TV
shows,commercials, music videos,
and films .
TONY FREEMAN (Standby Scar, Zazu,
Timon & Pumbaa) played Zazu on
Broadway and across the country for
over 3,000 performances . Now he loves
also getting to play Scar, Timon, and
Pumbaa . He did Tony Kushner’s musical
Caroline, or Change in Los Angeles
and San Francisco with the original
Broadway cast . Tony has performed
guest roles on both Law and Order
(twice) and Law and Order, SVU.
MUKELISIWE GOBA (Ensemble/
Understudy Rafiki) was born in Durban,
South Africa . Training: Mbongeni
Ngema’s Academy . Credits: K-Cap,
Umoja, and The Lion King (Madrid,
Gazelle Tour and Broadway) . Television:
Code Black, Telethon (France) and 40
Principals (Madrid) . She was a back-up
vocalist for South African Gospel star
Rebecca Malope . Mukelisiwe thanks her
family for their constant support .
DEIDREA HALLEY (Swing/Dance
Captain/Understudy Sarabi) is proud
to be from Toronto, Canada . Favorite
credits include; The Lion King (1st
National Tour, Broadway, Las Vegas, West
End and Toronto Companies), We Will
Rock You (Mirvish), Cabaret (Stratford
Festival) and Chicago (Stage West) .
Endless thanks to my incredible family
and my husband BillyD . Continuous
gratitude to God always .
WILLIAM JAMES JR. (Ensemble/
Understudy Ed & Mufasa) . Proudly
from the South-side of Chicago, William
is a multifaceted vocalist, actor, blogger
& human-rights advocate . Past works
include Disney’s The Lion King (1st Natl .
Tour & Las Vegas) and workshops of
Lin Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking
musical Hamilton . Will feels blessed to
share The Lion King’s transcendent &
necessary messages of community, love,
struggle, healing & hope . Forever love to
God, Mom, Dad, Mike, Grandpapa & my
phenomenal wife, Deidrea . Follow on IG
@billydsings
KOLIN JERRON (Swing) St . Louis,
MO native! Kolin has performed in Las
Vegas, LA, NYC and with Royal Caribbean
overseas . Glory to GOD! To my family
and number one fan, my mom, love you
always . Grateful to be joining The Lion
King family!
ALIA KACHE (Ensemble) is an LA
based dancer, choreographer, and
educator . Favorite credits include Big
League Theatricals’ AIDA, The Lion
King (Broadway & Gazelle Tour, CeDeCe
(Alcobaça, Portugal), Camille A . Brown &
Dancers, and Rehearsal Director of Ailey
II . Instagram: @luvlicap
JANE KING (Ensemble) . An Atlanta
native, Jane danced for The Metropolitan
Opera and Lustig Dance Theatre .
Scholarships: The Ailey School, Atlanta
Dance and Music Academy . Pictured in
The Ballerina’s Little Black Book . Thanks,
Pamela! Follow @janealexandriaking
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BRANDON A. McCALL (Ensemble/
Understudy Simba) . Birmingham,
AL native . BA Theatre: Alabama State
University . Grateful to God, his wife
(Denika), daughter (Bréa), family,
manager, agent, supporters, Red
Mountain Theatre Company, Mark
Brandon, Disney and The Lion King
family! Visit www .justbeingbam .com for
credits and more .
CHRISTOPHER L. Mc KENZIE, JR.
(Swing/Dance Captain) . A native
of Miami, FL . Education: New World
School of the Arts College . Training:
The Ailey School . Professional Credits:
Dallas Black Dance Theatre, The Las
Vegas Contemporary, Festival of The
Lion King, The Lion King Gazelle Tour .
Thanks to family & friends for support .
NHLANHLA NDLOVU (Ensemble) .
Born in Durban, owed to the world .
Having recently joined theatre,
Nhlanhla made his big break when he
joined The Lion King’s Spain production
in 2016 . Ideal: Faith . Humility . Hard
work . All Glory belongs to God .
AARON NELSON (Ensemble/
Understudy Simba) . Proud Chicagoan .
BA in Arts Management from Columbia
College Chicago . Regional theater
credits include columbinus 2.0 (ATC),
RENT (ATC) and Dreamgirls (Theater
47) . Television credits include Chicago
Fire (NBC), Unforgettable (CBS), The
Breaks (VH1) . Love to his wife, son,
daughter, parents and family . Dedicates
this performance to his uncle Dr . Larry
E . Ross .
S’BU NGEMA (Ensemble) . From South
Africa, Zululand, is very excited to
join The Lion King on tour . Credits: The
Lion King (Broadway), Sarafina with
M’Bongeni Ngema, I Pintombi with
Bertha Egnos . His performances are
dedicated to his late mom, Sibongile
and his 2 beautiful children Owami &
Sangiwe . Love always .
PHYLICIA PEARL (Swing/Understudy
Shenzi) hails from Silver Spring, MD and
is a proud graduate of Elon University
(Long Live Elon!) . She is beyond ecstatic
to be part of this amazing company .
Previous Credits include: Parade,
Ragtime, All Shook Up, RENT. Much love
and thanks to God, MT15, LT10 Team
Legacy, her agents, and ALL friends
and family who have supported her
dreams! Ma Talamaku, this is for you!
BetoBayayi! IG/Twitter:@thatssophylicia
#thelionswing
CHRISTOPHER SAMS (Ensemble/
Understudy Mufasa) is honored to
share in this legacy . Nat’l Tours: Ragtime
(Coalhouse Walker Jr .), Rock of Ages
(Mayor/Ja’Keith), The Color Purple
(Ensemble/Buster) . Regional: Smokey
Joe’s Cafe (Drury Lane Theater) . Many
thanks to Shirley Hamilton Talent and
the ever endearing Lowery-Harts .
JORDAN SAMUELS (Ensemble/
Understudy Ed) . Broadway: Dr Seuss’
How the Grinch Stole Christmas. 1st
national tour Newsies . Dance: Rasta
Thomas’ Bad Boys of Dance . Thanks to
The Lion King creative team, Disney,
Binder Casting, Barry Kolker and family
for love and support .
KAYLIN SECKEL (Swing/Understudy
Nala & Sarabi) is thrilled to join the cast
of The Lion King! Nat’l tour: Something
Rotten! (Ensemble, u/s Bea) Regional
Favorites: Ragtime (Actor’s Playhouse),
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Pirates of Penzance (freeFall Theatre) . TV:
The Vampire Diaries, Red Band Society.
FSU grad . Endless gratitude to my family,
friends, and Rod . Instagram: @kseckel
MPUME SIKAKANE (Ensemble/
Understudy Rafiki) has worked with
renowned writer, producer, director
M’bongeni Ngema since 1989 . Toured
internationally with The Zulu and
released album Babaka Mdudu in
2002 . Love and thanks to God, Simon,
Thandekile, and family .
SADÉ SIMMONS (Ensemble) is
overjoyed to be in the Pride . NY/Regional:
Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Radio
City Music Hall), My Fair Lady (Arena
Stage), and Seussical! (The Muny) . BFA:
The University of the Arts . Love to The
Trifecta, and Aaron . Proud Member of
AEA . @sadedancefit
KEVIN TATE (Ensemble) . From
Washington DC, raised in Brooklyn NY .
PPAS HS & UNCSA, BFA . Originated
Jackie Thibodeaux in Caroline, or
Change. Kyle Abraham, Complexions
Contemporary Ballet & Collage Dance
Collective . Thank you God, Ben Harney,
Lamont O’Neil, Jamel Gaines & MSA . I
owe everything to my Nana, Carolyn
Flowers . @KevinRTate
JENNIFER THERIOT (Swing/
Understudy Nala, Sarabi & Shenzi) .
Jennifer is overjoyed to join this
production . Attended: American Musical
and Dramatic Academy NY . Regional
credits: Tarzan; Dreamgirls; Hairspray;
Little Shop; Beauty and the Beast
International Tour, and Disney cruise
lines . “I thank my family and friends for
their constant and overflowing prayers
and support!!”
COURTNEY THOMAS (Ensemble)
is incredibly humbled to be rejoining
The Lion King National Tour . Born
in Atlanta, Ga he began dancing
at North Atlanta High School at 16
under the direction of Tracy Vogt
and immediately fell in love with arts .
He studied dance at AREA (Atlanta’s
Resource for Entertainment and Arts)
under the direction of Jai Jones and is
humbled that The Lion King is his first
Professional work as a dancer .
SHACURA WADE (Ensemble) . A St .
Louis native, Shacura is very excited
to join The Lion King. She received
a BFA in Dance Performance and
Choreography from The University
of Missouri-Kansas City . Previous
work includes: The Opera Theatre St .
Louis, Kambre Contemporary Dance
Company, The Ailey School, The Center
of Creative Arts, Storling Dance Theatre,
Wylliams/Henry Contemporary
Dance and The Kansas City Friends of
Alvin Ailey .
ZOLA WILLIAMS (Swing) is from
Bowie, Maryland . BFA from The
University of the Arts . Credits:
Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther,
Ted 2, The Lion King (Las Vegas,
2009), Dancing with the Stars, 37th
Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. IG:
@pilatesbyzola
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T H E C R E A T I V E T E A M
JULIE TAYMOR (Director, Costume
Design, Mask/Puppet Co-Design,
Additional Lyrics) won the 1998 Tony®
Award for Best Direction of a Musical
and for Best Costumes for The Lion
King . It also garnered Drama Desk,
Outer Critics Circle and Drama League
Awards for Taymor’s direction; three
Moliere Awards, including Best Musical
and Best Costumes; and myriad awards
for her original costume, mask and
puppet designs . Taymor made her
Broadway debut in 1996 with Juan
Darien: A Carnival Mask (Lincoln Center),
nominated for five Tony Awards® . Other
theatre work includes The Green Bird
(New Victory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse,
the Cort Theater on Broadway); Titus
Andronicus; The Tempest; The Taming of
the Shrew (Theatre for a New Audience);
The Transposed Heads (Lincoln Center
and American Music Theatre Festival);
Liberty’s Taken (Castle Hill Festival);
and Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark
(Hilton Theatre on Broadway) . Her
opera productions include the Pulitzer
finalist, Grendel, composed by Elliot
Goldenthal (Los Angeles Opera and
the Lincoln Center Festival); Mozart’s
Die Zauberflote, in repertory at the
Metropolitan Opera since 2004; and
Oedipus Rex with Jessye Norman,
conducted by Seiji Ozawa, for which she
earned the International Classical Music
Award for Best Opera Production and an
Emmy® for a subsequent film version .
Her first film Fool’s Fire, an adaptation
of an Edgar Allan Poe short story, aired
on PBS in 1992 . Her feature films include
Titus, starring Anthony Hopkins and
Jessica Lange; Frida, starring Salma
Hayek and Alfred Molina (six 2002
Academy Award® nominations, winning
two); Across the Universe (2008 Golden
Globe® nomination for Best Musical/
Comedy); and The Tempest, starring
Helen Mirren . She recently directed the
play Grounded, starring Anne Hathaway
at the Public Theater and completed
a cinematic version of Shakespeare’s
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, filmed
during her stage production that
ran at Theatre for a New Audience’s
new home in Brooklyn . Taymor has
received a MacArthur “genius” Grant,
a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Obie
Awards and the first annual Dorothy B .
Chandler Award in Theater, among many
others . A book spanning her career, Julie
Taymor: Playing with Fire, is available
from Abrams . She recently directed
M. Butterfly on Broadway starring
Clive Owen .
ELTON JOHN (Music) . The monumental
career of international singer/
songwriter and performer Elton John
has spanned more than three decades .
Since launching his first tour in 1970,
Elton has over 4,000 performances in
more than 80 countries . He is one of the
top-selling solo artists of all time, with 35
gold and 25 platinum albums and more
than 300 million records sold worldwide .
The National Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences has awarded Elton
multiple GRAMMY® Awards, including
the Grammy Legend Award . In the early
1990s, Elton collaborated with lyricist
Tim Rice on the soundtrack for The
Lion King, winning him an Academy
Award® . The album produced two
top-selling, award-winning singles:
Can You Feel the Love Tonight and
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Circle of Life. The Tony® Award-winning
Broadway productions of The Lion
King and Aida both awarded Elton with
GRAMMY® Awards for Best Musical
Show Album . Billy Elliot was nominated
for a record-tying 15 Tony Awards®
and won 10 including Best Musical .
In 1992, Elton established the Elton
John AIDS Foundation, which today
is one of the leading nonprofit HIV/
AIDS organizations . In 1998, the Queen
of England knighted him Sir Elton
John, CBE . In 2004, Elton received the
Kennedy Center Honor for his lifetime
contributions to American culture and
excellence through the performing
arts . In 2013, Elton was honored as the
first recipient of the prestigious BRITs
Icon Award .
TIM RICE (Lyrics) has worked in music,
theatre and films since 1965 when he
met Andrew Lloyd Webber, a fellow
struggling songwriter . Rather than
pursue Tim’s ambitions to write rock or
pop songs they turned their attention to
Andrew’s obsession – musical theatre .
Their first collaboration (lyrics by Tim,
music by Andrew) was an unsuccessful
show based on the life of Dr . Barnardo,
the Victorian philanthropist, The Likes of
Us . Their next three works together were
much more successful – Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus
Christ Superstar and Evita . Tim has also
worked with other distinguished popular
composers such as Elton John (The
Lion King, Aida), Alan Menken (Aladdin,
King David, Beauty and the Beast),
Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
(Chess) and Stuart Brayson (From Here
to Eternity) . He has won several awards
(Oscars, Tonys, etc .) mainly for the wrong
thing or for simply turning up .
LEBO M (Additional Music & Lyrics,
Vocal Score, Vocal Arrangements,
Choral Director) is known as the
“voice and spirit of The Lion King .”
Once a teenage singer in Soweto, the
GRAMMY® Award winner and Tony®
nominee’s music brings audiences to
tears with hauntingly inspiring African
rhythms and melodies . Lebo’s talents
have been hailed by the worldwide press
in superlatives that might describe the
most delightfully poetic of musical
deities . Since his arrival in America,
Lebo has attracted music industry giants
such as Quincy Jones, Jimmy Cliff and
Hans Zimmer as mentors, allies and
collaborators . Lebo has performed and
produced four albums, Rhythm of the
Pride Lands (Disney), Deeper Meaning
(Gallo) and The Lion King (Japanese
and Hamburg cast recordings) . Other
credits include The Power of One,
Back on the Block and Listen Up with
Quincy Jones; the feature films Outbreak
(Warner Bros .), Congo (Warner Bros .)
and Born to Be Wild (Paramount); he is
the composer and co-producer of the
Legend of Tarzan theme song, Opar; and
the Disney television special People. He
has performed on the Academy Awards®
and the Essence Awards Show, with
Vanessa Redgrave at Kthimi-The Return
in Kosovo, and been honored by Artists
for a Free South Africa .
MARK MANCINA (Additional Music &
Lyrics, Music Produced for the Stage,
Additional Score) . A Tony® nominee and
multi-platinum, three-time GRAMMY®
Award-winning composer, Mr . Mancina
produced songs for Disney’s blockbuster
animated feature film, and proved a
uniquely qualified choice to produce
the music for the stage production of
The Lion King . The 1994 film’s critical
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and box office success spawned the
hit album Rhythm of the Pride Lands,
for which he co-wrote and produced
multiple tracks, including He Lives in
You and Shadowland, songs featured
in the stage production . In addition
to his songwriting and producing
achievements, he is a seasoned film score
composer . Mr . Mancina’s credits include
mega-hits Moana, Training Day, Speed,
Twister, Bad Boys, Tarzan, and August
Rush among many others .
ROGER ALLERS (Book) makes his
Broadway debut with co-author Irene
Mecchi, with this Tony®-nominated
book, adapted from the animated feature,
which he co-directed . Mr . Allers has been
instrumental in shaping the structure
and dialogue for many Disney animated
features since 1988, including Aladdin,
Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid,
Oliver and Company, Rescuers Down
Under and the first CGI movie, Tron . He
directed the Academy Award® nominated
short The Little Matchgirl for Disney
and co-directed the 2006 animated
feature Open Season for Sony Studios .
Prior to working with Disney, he created
animation on children’s programs
and features for studios in Boston,
Toronto and Tokyo . Mr . Allers wrote and
directed the 2015 animated adaptation
of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet, a book
of philosophical poetry . Currently, he is
writing an original musical for the stage .
IRENE MECCHI (Book) began her
association with Disney in March 1992,
when she wrote Recycle Rex, the 1994
Environmental Media Award-winning
animated short . Irene shares a screenplay
credit on Disney’s animated features The
Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
and Hercules . Along with co-author
Roger Allers, she received a 1998 Tony®
nomination for writing the book for The
Lion King . Irene wrote the teleplay for
ABC’s Annie. She shares a writing credit
on Disney Pixar’s Brave, which won
the Academy Award® for Best Animated
Feature in 2013 . Irene wrote the teleplay
for NBC’s Peter Pan Live! and recently
developed television projects with NBC
Universal and Netflix . She is currently
working on a stage musical for Universal
Stage Productions . Irene would like to
thank the cast, crew, creative team and
executives who keep The Lion King
roaring ‘round the world .
GARTH FAGAN (Choreographer) is the
recipient of the 1998 Tony Award®, the
2000 Laurence Olivier Award (London,
UK) and the 2004 Helpmann Award
(Australia) for Best Choreography in a
musical as well as the Drama Desk Award,
the Astaire Award and the Outer Critics
Circle Award for his work on The Lion
King . Mr . Fagan was born in Kingston,
Jamaica, where he received the Prime
Minister’s Award, a Special Gold Musgrave
Medal for his “Contribution to the World
of Dance and Dance Theater” and in
2001, he received the Order of Distinction
in the rank of Commander . For more
than 47 years he has toured the world
with Garth Fagan Dance . On television
the company has appeared on Great
Performances, The Tonight Show and the
Academy Awards® . Mr . Fagan forged his
own dance language and technique from
Afro-Caribbean, ballet and post-modern
dance, and has choreographed for Alvin
Ailey American Dance Theatre, Dance
Theatre of Harlem, the Jose Limon
Company, the New York City Ballet and
others . In addition, he choreographed
Joseph Papp’s A Midsummer Night’s
Dream and directed and choreographed
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the Duke Ellington street opera, Queenie
Pie at the Kennedy Center . A Chancellor’s
Award-winning Distinguished University
Professor Emeritus of the State University
of New York, his awards include the
2001 Samuel H . Scripps American
Dance Festival Award, a Bessie Award, a
Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fulbright
50th Anniversary Distinguished Fellow .
In 2001 he was the recipient of the
Golden Plate Award and inducted into the
American Academy of Achievement . He
was selected in 2012 as an “Irreplaceable
Dance Treasure” by The Dance Heritage
Coalition . In 2017, Mr . Fagan received a
Lifetime Achievement Award from the
American Dance Guild .
RICHARD HUDSON (Scenic Design)
was born in Zimbabwe and educated in
Zimbabwe and England . In 1988 he won
a Laurence Olivier Award for designing
a season of seven plays at the Old Vic
Theatre, London . His set designs for The
Lion King have won numerous awards,
including a Tony® in 1998 . He is a Royal
Designer for Industry (RDI) . In 2003 he
won the Gold Medal for Set Design at the
Prague Quadriennale, and in 2005 he
was given an honorary doctorate by the
University of Surrey . He has designed sets
and costumes for the Royal Shakespeare
Company, the National Theatre, the
Young Vic and the Gate, London . In
opera he has worked at the Royal Opera,
English National Opera, La Scala Milan,
Metropolitan Opera New York, Opera
National de Paris, Lyric Opera Chicago,
Staatsoper Vienna, Glyndebourne
Festival Opera and in Zurich, Munich,
Amsterdam, Venice, Florence, Turin,
Bregenz, Houston and Washington .
He designed American Ballet Theatre’s
current productions of The Nutcracker
and The Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and
Juliet for National Ballet of Canada, and
La Bayadère and Le Coq D’or for Royal
Danish Ballet .
DONALD HOLDER (Lighting Design)
received the 1998 Tony®, Drama Desk
and Outer Critics Circle Awards for
The Lion King (Broadway) and the
Moliere Award for The Lion King (Paris) .
Broadway: Over fifty productions,
including: Anastasia; She Loves Me (2016
revival); The King and I (2015 revival);
The Bridges of Madison County; Golden
Boy; South Pacific (2008 Tony Award®);
Oslo, Ragtime, Les Liasons Dangereuses;
A Streetcar Named Desire; Gem of the
Ocean; Movin’ Out; Juan Darien (all
Tony® nominated); On The Twentieth
Century; You Can’t Take It With You;
Spiderman-Turn Off the Dark; Promises,
Promises; Annie (2012 revival); Arcadia;
Come Fly Away; Cyrano de Bergerac; The
Little Dog Laughed; Thoroughly Modern
Millie; The Boy from Oz; and many
others . Television: Smash seasons one
and two, NBC/DreamWorks . Education:
Yale School Of Drama, Head of Lighting
Design, Rutgers University .
MICHAEL CURRY (Mask & Puppet
Co-Design) . Over 25 years Michael has
worked widely as a visual and concept
designer for numerous companies, such
as Disney Theme Parks and Theatrical
Productions, Cirque du Soleil, The
Metropolitan Opera, seven Olympics
Opening and Closing Ceremonies,
Universal Studios Theme Parks and
many others . He collaborates regularly
with visionary directors and producers .
Mr . Curry has received many prestigious
awards, including several for his work
on Broadway, Olympic ceremonies, and
his continued innovations in the fields
of scenic visual effects, and puppetry
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design . In the music industry Michael
is known for his innovative designs
for Michael Jackson, Katy Perry, Lady
Gaga and countless others . Michael
Curry Design, Inc . is comprised of 50
innovative designers and fabricators
who conceive and produce state of the
art creations for live entertainment . His
studio is located in Portland, Oregon .
MICHAEL WARD (Hair & Makeup
Design) designs for opera and theatre .
For Disney: The Lion King (Broadway
and others) and Der Glöckner von
Notre Dame (Berlin) . Other work has
been seen in Britain, The United States,
Holland, France, Japan, Israel and
Portugal . Along with his design work
in theatre, he works as a garden and
landscape designer .
STEVE CANYON KENNEDY (Sound
Design) was the production engineer on
such Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight
Express, Song & Dance, The Phantom of
the Opera, Carrie and Aspects of Love .
Broadway sound design credits include
On Your Feet, Lady Day at Emerson’s
Bar and Grill (Tony Award®), Hands On
A Hardbody (Drama Desk Award), Jesus
Christ Superstar, Catch Me If You Can,
Guys and Dolls, Mary Poppins, The Lion
King, Jersey Boys (Drama Desk Award),
Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays, Hairspray,
The Producers, Aida, Titanic, Big, How
to Succeed in Business Without Really
Trying, Carousel and The Who’s Tommy
(Drama Desk Award) .
HANS ZIMMER (Additional Music &
Lyrics) received the Oscar®, Golden
Globe® and two GRAMMY® Awards
for his original film score for the film
version of The Lion King . Zimmer
has scored more than 120 films and
television shows . Most recently, Zimmer
composed the score for Christopher
Nolan’s critically acclaimed film
Dunkirk. Other notable scores of
Zimmer’s include Gladiator, The Thin
Red Line, As Good as It Gets, Rain Man,
The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception,
Thelma and Louise, Black Hawk Down
and The Last Samurai . This summer,
Zimmer completed a highly successful,
critically acclaimed tour across Europe
and the U .S .
JAY RIFKIN (Additional Music &
Lyrics) . The GRAMMY® Award-winning
producer, together with producing
and composing partner Hans
Zimmer, created Media Ventures, a
multifaceted entertainment group
that includes music, new media, film
and television . Their partnership has
earned them numerous awards and
nominations, including Academy
Award® nominations, for the film scores
of Driving Miss Daisy, Rain Man and The
Lion King . Following the success of The
Lion King, Jay conceived and produced
the gold-selling follow-up album
Rhythm of the Pride Lands . He is also
chairman of Media Revolution and a
founder of the film production company
Media Ventures Pictures .
JOHN STEFANIUK (Associate
Director) . A native of Toronto, Canada,
John studied theatre at the University of
British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada .
Upon leaving school, John worked as
an actor and voice over artist in both
Canada and the U .K . He can be heard
in many cartoons and commercials
as well as being heard as the voice of
the Cartoon Network . He has taught,
directed and guest lectured for many
theatre schools and colleges in Toronto,
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New York and London including the
Royal Academy of Music, Sylvia Young
Theatre School and Duke University.
For three years John was the Artistic
Director for Stagedoor Manor in New
York directing many productions
including Side Show, Sweeney Todd
and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
starring Natalie Portman and Bryce
Howard. John has worked as Resident
Director for Cameron Macintosh and
JAR Productions on Hey Mr. Producer!
and for Disney’s The Lion King at
London’s Lyceum Theatre as well as the
American National Tour. John is thrilled
to be continuing his work with this
incredible company.
MAREY GRIFFITH (Associate
Choreographer). A native New Yorker,
Miss Griffith toured worldwide with
the acclaimed Alvin Ailey American
Dance Theater as a featured dancer/
soloist. Other guest appearances include
Déjà vu Dance Theatre, and the Spoleto
festival in Italy. Miss Griffith worked as
co-choreographer on the star-studded
production of The Wizard of Oz in
concert at Avery Fisher Hall with Nathan
Lane, Joel Grey, Jewel and Natalie Cole.
She has also appeared in numerous soap
operas, commercials and voice-overs.
Since joining the creative team of The
Lion King in August of 2000, Miss Griffith
has been mounting and maintaining
numerous productions worldwide. She
feels incredibly honored to be working
with choreographer Garth Fagan.
CLEMENT ISHMAEL (Music Supervisor)
is a conductor, composer and arranger.
He is a graduate of the University
of Toronto and Royal Conservatory
of Music, where he specialized in
composition and conducting as well
as singing with Joyce Britten. He was
Associate Conductor of the Royal
Conservatory of Music Choirs under the
tutelage of Denise Nacisse-Mair. After
graduating he continued his studies
in conducting and composition at the
Guildhall School of Music in London.
Conducting credits include: Abbey
Players Opera Company, Ad Astra Chorus,
Addison Jazz Ensemble and West London
Gospel Choir. He also conducted the new
ballet Awakening at Sadlers Wells. West
End credits include: Five Guys Named
Moe, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Smokey Joe’s
Cafe and Soul Train. He has also directed
and arranged the music for numerous
shows which include: Sweet Lorraine, Up
Against the Wall, The Amen Corner, The
Grape Vine, The Cavalcaders and Gem
of the Ocean at the Tricycle Theatre. His
classical compositions and arrangements
have been performed worldwide as well
as being broadcast by BBC Television
and Radio. His first Opera, Looking at
the Sun, was performed at the Battersea
Arts Centre, and his opera Grazyna was
performed at the Royal Opera House’s
Lindbury Studio. Clement’s latest
commission, for the London Piano Trio,
was debuted at the Capri Music Festival
in Italy. He also successfully performed
in concert his new album Poetry in Song
at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto.
There are plans for further performances
in London, Paris and New York. His next
major composition is his third Opera,
Antigone, with the Canadian librettist
Mel Coop.
ROBERT ELHAI (Associate Music
Producer, Orchestrator). This Tony®
and Drama Desk nominee has arranged
and orchestrated Oscar®, GRAMMY®, and
Emmy®-winning music for composers
Elliot Goldenthal (Juan Darien, Frida),
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Alan Menken (Galavant), Brian Tyler
(Iron Man 3, Fast and Furious series)
and many others. His compositions
have graced theater and concert stages
around the world. robertelhai.com
DAVID METZGER (Orchestrator).
Along with his work on The Lion
King, for which he was nominated
for Tony® and Drama Desk Awards,
Dave is orchestrating the upcoming
Broadway production of Frozen. Perhaps
best known for his work in film, he
has arranged and orchestrated over
60 movies, including Frozen, Moana,
Tarzan, The Avengers, How to Train
Your Dragon (1 and 2), August Rush and
Planes (1 and 2). davemetzgermusic.com.
MICHAEL KELLER (Music Coordinator)
has been a musician for more than 35
years. He was a conductor/drummer for
Marvin Hamlisch. Music Coordination
for Taboo, Wicked, The Boy From
Oz, Avenue Q, Gypsy, Andrea Bocelli
tours; Mamma Mia!, Aida, Imaginary
Friends, Man of La Mancha, Dance of
the Vampires, Sweet Smell of Success,
Cinderella, The Wild Party (MTC),
Marlene, The Gershwins’ Fascinating
Rhythm, You’re a Good Man Charlie
Brown, Barbra Streisand Concerts (1994
and 2001), The Goodbye Girl.
JAMES DODGSON (Music Director/
Conductor) is based in New York and
has worked on productions throughout
North America, Europe, Asia, Brazil,
Australia and in London’s West End.
Theater: Newsies (US tour and film
at the Pantages Theatre Hollywood),
Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast,
Les Misérables, Chicago, Miss Saigon,
The Phantom of the Opera, The Secret
Garden, On a Clear Day, Peter Pan
(conducting the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra). Royal National Theatre: Oh
What a Lovely War & The Villains Opera.
Music Director on over 45 productions for
the Royal Shakespeare Company. Love to
Dad & Vanessa.
CHRISTOPH BUSKIES (Electronic
Music Programming). Christoph’s
revolutionary music system KeyComp
has been successfully implemented in
Disney’s The Lion King, Beauty and the
Beast, The Little Mermaid and Stage
Entertainment’s Sister Act. KeyComp
generates the best live sound in modern
musicals. More information available
through: www.keycomp.com.
AMEENAH KAPLAN (Resident Director)
is a graduate of the Academy of Art
University Film School and attended New
York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
Directing credits: The Wiz at First Stage,
Meet Vera Stark at Purdue University,
How to Break at Village Theatre, Lydia
& the Troll at Seattle Rep, The Royale at
ACT Theatre and Noah Wylie’s Young
Playwrights Festival. Her short film,
Man With a Movie Camera, premiered
at Hollyshorts Film Festival in 2014.
She also directed The American Failure
to multiple film festivals and awards.
Kaplan has choreographed for stage and
TV, including The Grammy® Awards
and Dancing with the Stars. She is the
recipient of NAACP, LA Weekly, Gregory,
and Ovation Awards for choreography.
GEOFF MYERS (Resident Dance
Supervisor) has been on Broadway
or on tour with The Lion King since
2003. His titles have included ensemble
male dancer, male dancer swing, fight
and dance captain, and most recently
a four-year stint as Resident Dance
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Supervisor for The Lion King Gazelle
Tour. The Lion King Rafi ki Tour marks
Geo ’s 5th Lion King company. Before
joining The Lion King, Geo enjoyed a
long and successful career as a concert
dancer with Hubbard Street Dance
Chicago. Geo has worked with some
of the dance worlds most renown
choreographers Twyla Tharp, Nacho
Duato, Ohad Naharin, David Parsons,
and Danny Ezralow to name a few.
Geo brings more than 20 years dance
performance experience to his position
as resident dance director.
KARYN MEEK (Production Stage
Manager) is thrilled to be joining The
Lion King. Broadway: Natasha, Pierre &
the Great Comet of 1812, Elf, Fiddler on
the Roof, RENT, Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf? Tours: Hello, Dolly!, The Drowsy
Chaperone, Chicago, 9 to 5, La Cage
Aux Folles. O Broadway/ Regional: …
Great Comet… (Kazino, ART), The Royale,
Preludes (LCT) as well as Classic Stage
Company, Primary Stages, Playwright’s
Horizons, The Vineyard Theatre, Dallas
Summer Musicals, TUTS, TOTS, Pantages
Theatre, Starlight Theatre. Six seasons at
Pittsburgh CLO. Proud AEA member.
BETH BORNSTEIN (Stage Manager).
National Tours: The Lion King (since
2004), Bring in ’da Noise…., Cinderella;
Jekyll & Hyde; Annie 20th Anniversary
Tour. Broadway: Damn Yankees!, Arcadia,
The Red Shoes, A Christmas Carol,
Annie (ACM), Jekyll & Hyde (ACM),
O -Broadway: Cowgirls. Proud member
of AEA & IATSE.
BRIAN HASAL (Assistant Stage
Manager) is proud to be back with The
Lion King. Phantom – The Las Vegas
Spectacular (ASM), JabbaWockeeZ –
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Prism (PSM), and The Lion King – Los
Angeles, Cheetah & Gazelle companies
(ASM). All my love to family and
friends for their support and patience,
and thanks to Stan for the lesson
in responsibility.
VANESSA DODGSON-THOMAS
(Assistant Stage Manager).
Off-Broadway: A Clockwork Orange
(NWS). NY Lab: Home Street Home
(Alchemation). West End: School of Rock,
Aladdin, Beautiful, Charlie, A Chorus
Line, Les Misérables, Grease, Billy Elliot,
Woman In White, Chitty Chitty Bang
Bang. Punchdrunk: The Drowned Man,
Sleep No More (Shanghai).
CAROLYN M. LAWSON (Physical
Therapy) is founder and CEO of
Neurosport & NEURO TOUR, leaders
in performing arts medicine. We are
honored to be part of this amazing
Rafiki Tour.
BINDER CASTING/MARK BRANDON,
CSA (Casting). Binder Casting, now
part of RWS Entertainment Group,
was founded by Jay Binder, CSA in
1984. Binder Casting has cast over
80 Broadway productions, dozens of
National Tours, off-Broadway shows, full
seasons for over 25 regional theatres, as
well as feature films, episodic television
and commercials. Binder has cast
for Encores! at New York City Center
since its inception in 1994. The office
was also featured in the documentary,
Every Little Step. Binder Casting is a
twelve–time recipient of the Artios
Award. www.bindercasting.com
CHRIS MONTAN (Executive Music
Producer) joined Disney in 1984 and
is currently president of Walt Disney
Music. Under his guidance as head of
music, soundtracks from nine theatrical
releases (Cocktail, Beaches, The Little
Mermaid, Pretty Woman, Beauty and
the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King,
Pocahontas, and Tarzan) were certified
multiplatinum. Additionally, the Studio
received GRAMMY®, Golden Globe®
and Academy Award® recognition for
many of its music entries. Most recently
he served as executive producer of the
Wonderful World of Disney’s production
of Annie, as well as a producer with the
television production of Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s Cinderella, which was
nominated for seven Emmy Awards.
DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS
Disney Theatrical Productions, a division
of The Walt Disney Studios, was formed
in 1994 and operates under the direction
of Thomas Schumacher. Worldwide, its
10 Broadway titles have been seen by
over 160 million theatergoers and have
been nominated for 62 Tony® Awards,
winning Broadway’s highest honor 20
times. With more than 20 productions
currently produced or licensed, a
Disney musical is being performed
professionally somewhere on the
planet virtually every hour of the day.
The company’s inaugural production,
Beauty and the Beast, opened in 1994.
It played a remarkable 13 year run on
Broadway and has been produced in 37
countries worldwide. In November 1997,
Disney opened The Lion King, which
received six 1998 Tony Awards including
Best Musical. After 21 landmark years
on Broadway, it has welcomed more
than 95 million visitors worldwide to
date, and can currently be seen in nine
productions worldwide. Having played
20 countries on every continent except
Antarctica, The Lion King’s worldwide
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gross exceeds that of any fi lm, Broadway
show or other entertainment title in box
o� ce history. Elton John and Tim Rice’s
Aida opened on Broadway next, winning
four 2000 Tony Awards. It was followed
by Mary Poppins, a co-production with
Cameron Mackintosh, which opened in
London in 2004 and went on to enjoy a
six year Tony-winning Broadway run.
Tarzan®, which opened on Broadway
in 2006, is now an international hit
with an award-winning production
in its 8th year in Germany. In January
2008, The Little Mermaid opened on
Broadway and was the #1-selling
new musical of that year. Disney
Theatrical Productions opened two
critically acclaimed productions on
Broadway in 2012, receiving seven
Tony Awards between them: Peter
and the Starcatcher and Newsies, each
of which enjoyed a two-year run with
the latter launching a two-year North
American tour and a record-breaking
Fathom Events’ in-cinema release.
Aladdin, Disney Theatrical’s 2014 hit,
continues selling out on Broadway and
has launched fi ve additional productions
around the globe. Its newest hit, the 2018
Tony-nominated Best Musical Frozen, is
already setting records in its Broadway
run. Other successful stage ventures
have included the Olivier-nominated
London hit Shakespeare in Love, stage
productions of Disney’s High School
Musical, Der Glöckner Von Notre Dame
in Berlin, and King David in concert.
DTP has collaborated with the country’s
leading regional theatres to develop new
stage musicals including The Jungle
Book, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and
Freaky Friday.
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C R E D I T S & A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S
STAFF FOR THE LION KING WORLDWIDECo-Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ANNE QUARTProduction Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DOC ZORTHIANGeneral Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THOMAS SCHLENKAssociate General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL HEIGHTAssociate Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANTHONY LYNAssociate Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN STEFANIUKAssociate Choreographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAREY GRIFFITHDance Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CELISE HICKSMusic Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CLEMENT ISHMAELAssociate Music Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID KREPPELAssociate Production Supervisor . . . . . . . . . CHARLES UNDERHILLTechnical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL CAREYAssociate Scenic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PETER EASTMANAssociate Costume Designer . . . . . . . .MARY NEMECEK PETERSONAssociate Mask & Puppet Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIKE GRIMM Associate Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN SHIVERSAssociate Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .HUGH SWEENEYAssociate Hair & Makeup Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . ASHLEY HUGHES Assistant Hair & Makeup Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .UTE MAIAssociate Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAROLYN WONGLighting Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JEANNE KOENIGAssistant Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MARTY VREELANDAutomated Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ALAND HENDERSONProduction Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHRISTINA HUSCHLE
SENIOR PUBLICIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DENNIS CROWLEYNATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE . . . . . . . . . ERICA JACOBSON
CASTINGBINDER CASTING
Jay Binder, CSA, Mark Brandon, CSAJustin Bohon, CSA, Chad Eric Murnane, CSA
Kyle Coker, Anthony PichetteJarrett Reiche
Part of RWS Entertainment GroupRyan Stana CEO, Bruston Manuel COO
STAFF FOR THE LION KING
COMPANY MANAGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .KIMBERLY M . SHAWProduction Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KARYN MEEKResident Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMEENAH KAPLANResident Dance Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GEOFF MYERSMusical Director / Conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JAMES DODGSON
Associate Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . ELIZABETH RUBLEINStage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BETH BORNSTEINAssistant Stage Managers . . . . . . . . VANESSA DODGSON-THOMAS, BRIAN HASALSub Stage Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMY HEIGHT, JANA LLYNN, KRISTIN NEWHOUSE, DEAN REMINGTON, SARAH E .T . JACKSONDance Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRISTOPHER L . MC KENZIE, JR ., DEIDREA HALLEYFight Captains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRISTOPHER L . MC KENZIE, JR ., DEIDREA HALLEYAssistant Choreographers . . . . . . . . . . NORWOOD J . PENNEWELL, NATALIE ROGERS Adapted Choreography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AUBREY LYNCH IIPhysical Movement Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LORENZO PISONI
Production Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ANDREW SULLIVANTouring Technical Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PATRICK EVISTONProduction Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JIMMY MALONEYProduction Wardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . STACEY STEPHENSProduction Hair & Make Up Supervisor . . . . . CHERYL V . THOMAS
Production Mask & Puppet Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANTJE GERNHead Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LINDSEY ROLLERAutomation Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EAMON KEANEFlyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIM BUZZA Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRISTOPHER R . BELANGER, JOEL EDDIE KOPCZYNSKIFlying Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVE HEARNHead Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DANIEL A . SWALECFront Light Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JUNE ABERNATHYMoving Light Programmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BRAD GRAYConventional Light Programmer . . . . . . . . . . . . MELISSA SHIPPERSMoving Light Tracker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BRANDON BAGWELLAutomated Lighting Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDREW DYERProduction Prop Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ERIC HAGENBARTHHead Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COREY KLOOSAssistant Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAT LOHRERSound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BEN MADDENAssistant Sound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIAN KALLAHERAdvance Sound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BEN HUGGINSWardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GREGORY YOUNGAssistant Costume Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICOLE FERRIGNOAdvance Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAWN REILLYWardrobe Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . .DEBBIE BURKMAN-MARGOLIES, DONNA PHIBBSPuppet Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL REILLYPuppet Assistants . . . . . . . . ANGELA DITTMAR, BRUCE PAUL REIKHair & Makeup Supervisor . . . . . . . . . BRITTANY “DUCKIE” STEELEHair & Makeup Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RAVEN LAFONTANT, TAMI LEE THOMPSONCrew Swings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARRY BRADFORD, KERSTEN GAVIN, STEVE TEMPLETONAdvance Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRIS CORY, KEVIN LOWTHER, PHILIP E . LUGO, LOUIS RIQUELMEAdvance Electricians . ROBERT FERREE, MICHAEL R . NEUMANN, JAMES SAMPLE, MEG SUMP
Music Copyist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANIXTER RICE MUSIC SERVICEElectronic Music Programming . . . . . . . . . . . CHRISTOPH BUSKIES
Personal Assistant to Elton John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BOB HALEYAssistant to Tim Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EILEEN HEININKAssistant to Mark Mancina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARLON ESPINO
Production Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOAN MARCUS DEEN VAN MEER, MATT MURPHYCorporate Immigration Counsel . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL ROSENFELDManager, Financial Accounting . . . . . . . ADRINEH GHOUKASSIANCanadian Counsel . . . MCCARTHY TÉTRAULT LLP, STRINGER LLPCanadian Tax Services . . . . . . PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, FRUITMAN KATES LLPPhysical Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . .NEURO TOUR PHYSICAL THERAPY, DR . CODY CLAYTON GARDNER, PT, DPTChildren’s Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ON LOCATION EDUCATIONTutor/Wrangler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LISA SWIFTWrangler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNA SPEEDProduction Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROAD REBELExecutive Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT ARNAO, PATT MCRORYWeb Design Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOSHUA NOAHAdvertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SERINO COYNE, INC .Production Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRITTANY HALBERSTADTRehearsal Production Assistants . . . . . .NIA ARRINGTON-SEWARD, NASIR CAMPBELL, JOHN FORTUNATO, MOLLY JANE GOLDBERG, KARON HAYNES, REBECCA HOI, DAVID JACKSON, SAM LEICHT, SHAYNA PENN, KATRINA MIYUKI ROENSpecial Thanks . . . . . ROBERT W . JOHNSON, LYNN BECKEMEYER, KAREN BAILEY, FABRICIO LOPEZ
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CREDITSCostumes executed by Parsons-Meares Ltd, Donna Langman,
Eric Winterling Inc., Jan Parran, and Timberlake Studios Inc.
Millinery by Monica Viani and Jack C Schmitz. Craftwork by
Ilya Vett, Arlene Lind-Watson, and Daniel Muro. Shibori dyeing
by Joan Morris. Custom dyeing and painting by Joni Johns,
Gene Mignola, Nicola Killeen Textiles, Mary Macy, and Parsons-
Meares. Knitwear by Mark Lauer and Donna Doiron. Footwear
by Steppin Out, Jitterbug Boy, Sara Mullins, and Onstage
Dance. Additional crafts by Jeffrey Colton, Noelle Rasco and
Deirdre Morgan. Costume development by Constance Hoffman.
Additional research and development by Patricia Fistes-Adams.
Wigs by Samantha Fletcher at the Wig Workshop UK, Cheetah
skins and Make-up stamps made by Mike Defeo in the USA,
Specialists brushes made by Joseph Beagley, Make-up supplied
by MAC, Make-up Forever Professional Make-up, Alcone, Skin
Care By Kiehl’s. Lighting supplied by PRG; Automated lighting
by Philips Vari*Lite and Showline, Clay Paky, and ETC/High End
Systems. Custom Accessories by City Theatrical. Lighting Props
by Technical Artistry. Custom Templates by Wyatt Enever Studio.
Puppets and Props by Michael Curry Design, Inc., The Paragon
Innovation Group Inc., and The Rabbit’s Choice. Automation
and mechanized scenery by Hudson Scenic Studios, additional
scenery by Proof Productions, Scenic Arts Studios, Rose Brand,
Gerriets International, I Weiss & Sons, Flying by Foy, Hands On
Rigging Inc, Airworxx, Sigma Services; Custom trusses by Tyler
Truss, Tomcat USA; trucking by Clark Transfer. Sound equipment
by Masque Sound and Recording. Instruments by Jeff Whittier;
Patrick Olwell; Tim Liu; Lark in the Morning; Beverly Pan Flutes;
Bass equipment by Eden Electronics; Marimbas by Marimba
One, Traditional Percussion Instruments by Bernard Woma,
Motherland Music, and Wula Drums. Cymbals by Istanbul-Agop.
Other percussion provided by Steve Weiss Music.
This production is produced in collaboration with
our professional, union-represented employees.
The Lion King originally premiered at the
Orpheum Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Disney’s The Lion King is a registered trademark owned by
The Walt Disney Company and used under special license
by Disney Theatrical Productions.
Visit The Lion King website on the World Wide Web at:
www.disneyonbroadway.com
The Lion King National Tour proudly participates in
Touring Green. We transport our theatrical equipment on a
carbon neutral basis with Clark Transfer in association with
NativeEnergy.com. For more information on this program, please
visit www.clarktransfer.com/green.
SONG EXCERPTS (used by permission)Let It Go written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez;
The Lion Sleeps Tonight written by Hugo Peretti,
George David Weiss, Luigi Creatore and Solomon Linda;
Nao Tse Tsa written by Jacques Loubelo;
Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai) written by
Johnny Noble, Ralph Freed and Leleiohaku.
DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONSPresident & Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THOMAS SCHUMACHER
SVP, Strategy, Marketing & Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDREW FLATT
SVP, Production & Co-Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ANNE QUART
Creative & ProductionVP, Creative Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BEN FAMIGLIETTI
Director, Creative Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JANE ABRAMSON
Director, Production Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIMI INTAGLIATA
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Director, Production Development . . . . . . . . . . .SETH MARQUETTE
General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MYRIAH BASH
General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RANDY MEYER
General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THOMAS SCHLENK
Senior Production Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . CLIFFORD SCHWARTZ
Associate Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JEFF LEE
Production Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JASON TRUBITT
Production Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DOC ZORTHIAN
Associate General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . CARLY DIFULVIO ALLEN
Associate General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL HEIGHT
Associate General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .KERRY MCGRATH
Dramaturg & Literary Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEN CERNIGLIA
Manager, Physical Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JAMES GARNER
Manager, Creative Development . . . . . . . .COLLEEN MCCORMACK
Asst . Manager, Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ZACHARY BAER
Asst . Manager, Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ELIZABETH BOULGER
Marketing, Publicity, Sales & EducationVP, Marketing, Publicity, Sales & Education . . . . . NAOMI GRABEL
VP, Sales & Analytics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICK FALZON
VP, Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROBIN WYATT
Director, Worldwide Publicity &
Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MICHAEL COHEN
Director, Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAUREN DAGHINI
Director, Education & Audience Engagement . . . .LISA MITCHELL
Sr . Manager, Creative Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ERIC EMCH
Sr . Manager, Content Marketing &
Community Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GREG JOSKEN
Sr . Manager, Sales & Ticketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .LAUREN RUTLIN
Sr . Manager, Digital Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PETER TULBA
Manager, Teaching & Learning/
Resident Teaching Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAUREN CHAPMAN
Manager, Publicity & Communications . . . . . . . .MICHAEL DEICAS
Manager, Global Tourism Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . NICHOLAS FARANDA
Manager, Group Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUZANNE GREGORY
Manager, Education & Audience Engagement . . . . .SARAH KENNY
Manager, Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHANTAL LOPEZ
Manager, Sales & Ticketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LISA PERCHINSKE
Video Content Producer & Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRANDON FAKE
Asst . Manager, Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BECCA LEVENSON
Assistant Manager, Education &
Audience Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JANETTE MARTINEZ
Asst . Manager, Content Marketing
and Community Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHRIS ROLLINS
Production Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERICA SCALOGNA
Asst . Manager, CRM and Consumer Insights . . JANEY SHERLOCK
Domestic TouringVP, Domestic Touring &
Regional Engagements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JACK ELDON
Director, Domestic Touring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL BUCHANAN
Director, Regional Engagements . . . . . . . . . SCOTT A . HEMERLING
Director, Regional Engagements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KELLI PALAN
Manager, Domestic Touring & Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . LIZ BOTROS
Asst . Manager, Domestic Touring . . . . . . . . . . . . CAITLIN MULLINS
Licensing and MerchandiseVP, Licensed Brands & Merchandising . . . . . . . STEVEN DOWNING
Director, Marketing Licensed Brands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GARY KANE
Director, Merchandise & Sales Operations . . . . . . ALYSSA SOMERS
Director, Theatrical Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID R . SCOTT
Int’l Retail Brand Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VALERIE CIRILLO
Manager, Licensing Sales & Operations . . . . . . . PEARL HODIWALA
Manager, Product Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEVIN KINIRY
Manager, Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VIOLETA LIN
Manager, Creative Licensed Brands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANN MYERS
On-Site Retail Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ADAM FLOWERS
On-Site Assistant Managers . . . . JON HENSLEY, AUSTIN KIDWELL
Strategy & Business DevelopmentDirector, Strategy & Business Development . . . . . . . CLIVE CHANG
Manager, Strategy &
Business Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIC GERSHMAN
Associate, Strategy &
Business Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JENNIFER SCHOPPE
InternationalSVP, International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RON KOLLEN VP, International, Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FIONA THOMAS Director, International Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FELIPE GAMBA Director, International, Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . PAULA MCKINNONManager, International Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LEE TAGLIN
Business & Legal Affairs and Labor RelationsSVP, Business & Legal Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JONATHAN OLSON VP, Business & Legal Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SETH STUHL Director, Labor Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCOTT KARDEL Director, Business & Legal Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NAILA MCKENZIE Sr . Manager, Labor Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEPHANIE CHEEK Manager, Business & Legal Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JESSICA WHITE Senior Paralegal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ERIN BROWNE
Finance, Operations and TechnologyVP, Finance, Operations & Technology . . . . . . . . MARIO IANNETTA VP, Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DANA AMENDOLA Director, Production Accounting & Analysis . . MONICA TORIBIO Senior Manager, Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIKHAIL MEDVEDEV Senior Manager, Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A .J . MERCADO Senior Manager, Production Accounting . . . . . . . . ARLENE SMITH Manager, Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JENNIFER AUGUST Manager, Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIN CLARK Manager, Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS EKIZIAN Manager, Technical Services & Support . . . . . .MICHAEL FIGLIULO Manager, Finance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAUL MARTUCCI Senior Production Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANGELA DISANTI Senior Technical Support Engineer . . . . . . . . . KEVIN A . MCGUIRE Senior Business Analyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOEL MOORE JR . Senior Financial Analyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KARI SCHOUVELLER Senior Production Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAMANTHA SORIN Production Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMANDA JACOBSON
Human ResourcesDirector, Human Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MARIE-PIERRE VARIN Manager, HR Business Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VALERIE VANGA Specialist, Human Resources . . . . . . . . . . . JENNIFER F . VAUGHAN
Administrative StaffKy’Lend Adams, Caitlin Baird, Marissa Bendit, Caley Beretta, Gregory Boilard, Hunter Chancellor, Vivian Chiu, Katherine Collins, Monica Cotallat, Brian DeCaluwe, Danielle DeMatteo, Theresa Donis, Adam Dworkin, Jon Farber, Max Faye, John Fisher, Phil Grippe, Matt Hagmeier Curtis, Frankie Harvey, Julie Haverkate, Andrew Hill, Sarah Howell, Christina Huschle, Stephanie Kelleher, August Laska, Rachel Lee, Arianna LiCalzi, Gabriela Mercado, Sunny Ng, Connor Norton, Kelly Perez, Jessica Petschauer, Matt Quinones, Mark Shultz, Bri Silva, Ariel Stein, Corey Steinfast, Henry Tisch, Michael Ulreich, Angela Voelker, Lisa Weiner Wilk
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The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States .
The Stagehands, Wardrobe, Makeup and Hair employees in this production are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees .
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United Scenic Artists • Local USA 829 of the
I.A.T.S.E. represents the Designers & Scenic
Artists for the American Theatre
The Musicians, Conductors, Music Preparation
Personnel and Librarians employed in this
production are members of the American
Federation of Musicians of the United States
and Canada.
The Press Agents and Company Managers
employed in this production are represented
by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents &
Managers.
This production is produced by a member of
The Broadway League in collaboration with our
professional union-represented employees.
FOR MIRVISH PRODUCTIONSProducer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID MIRVISH
Executive Producer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRIAN SEWELL
Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID MUCCI
Director of Finance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAMILLO CASCIATO
Director of Sales & Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN KARASTAMATIS
U.K. Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAUL ELLIOTT
Director of Production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SCOT WHITHAM
Director of Labour Relations &
Business Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK LAVAWAY
Directors of Development . KELLY ROBINSON, HANNAH MIRVISH
Associate Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LINDA INTASCHI
Associate General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CHARLES CHU
Assistant Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANIKA NATER
Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS PRIDEAUX
Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NATHAN GILES
Assistant Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BRIANNE GWARTZ
Production Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DESIRÉE PROVEAU
Communications Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUE TOTH
Press & Public Relations Manager . . . . . . . . . .J. RANDY ALLDREAD
Marketing Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ANTONIO TAN
Graphic Design Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OTTO PIERRE
Marketing Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .FRANCA LONGOBARDI
Web Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JENNIFER JENKINS
Videographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRISTAN GOUGH
Program Director, CRM,
Data Insights & Ecommerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AUBREY STORK
Data Intelligence Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VICTORIA MAGINNIS
CRM & Reporting Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIANNE WU
Assistant Company Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JEN COOPER
Labour Relations & HR Coordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMILY KNIGHT
Senior IT Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOSIE DI LUZIO
System Administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHARLES BARTHMANN,
PHILLIP DREW, KATHARINE POSAVAD
Analyst/Accounting Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . REG DUNCAN
Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JASON YIP
Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TINA MARSHALL
Show Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RACQUEL FROST
Accounting Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JULIE LOGAN, KIM SITU
Payroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LILIAN SIU
Assistant to David Mirvish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAUREL PURVIS
Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HELDER BRUM
FOR ED MIRVISH ENTERPRISESGeneral Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RUSSELL LAZAR
FOR TICKETKINGGeneral Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JAMES ALDRIDGE
Phone Operations Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ALAN FORSYTH
Phone Operations Asst. Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SUSIE MARCON
Phone Operations Supervisors . . . . . . . . . JANET KOMPARE-FRITZ,
SCOTT RICHARDSON
Administrative Services Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAGGIE BUSKI
Ticketing Co-ordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KARYN KING
Administrative and Ticketing
Software Co-ordinator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVE PELLEY
Ticketing Software Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SARA RIVARD
Database Administrator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APARNA ALIMINETI
FOR MIRVISH GROUP SALES & SUBSCRIPTIONSSales Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS DORSCHT
Group Sales Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .NATASHA SPRINGETT
Associate Manager, Subscription Operations . . . BLAIR LEIGHTON
Associate Manager, Subscription Services. . . . . .DANIEL McLARTY
Subscriber Relations Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARIKA UMME GUL
Subscriber Relations Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAULYN RAMAN
Student Outreach & Education Co-ordinator . . . DENISE ANDERSON
Group Sales Co-ordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NELIA BAIRD
Corporate Group Sales & Event Co-ordinator . . . .TIFFANY TOBIAS
Group Sales Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRANDON BARNSWELL
Subscriber Administration
Representatives . . . . DANIELLA FRUSTAGLIO, MUNIRA SARUAT
Subscription Service Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . MARY ASKWITH,
ERNEST CAYEMEN, MATTHEW KENNEDY, CLARA KIM,
ALEXANDRA LEAN, RICHARD McDONALD,
RYAN REEVE, MIKE RICHARDSON
FOR THE PRINCESS OF WALES THEATREGeneral Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RON JACOBSON
Front of House Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JASON POWELL
FOH Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HALEY WATSON
Box Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EWA MUNDY
Box Office Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUSAN PARMENTER
BARBARA BOYLE-MORPHY,
STEPHEN McDONNELL, MARIKA CSOTAR
Usher Captain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRISTOPHER LEGACY
Head Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RON MONTGOMERY, JR.
Head Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MICHAEL SWITZER
Head of Flies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TOM LOCKE
Head of Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .KEVIN DIXON
Head of Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAYNE THOMAS
Head of Wigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARK BENNETT
Maintenance Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEVIN McCARTHY
Parking Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ROBERT ASHLEY
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Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .J. RANDY ALLDREAD
Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .OTTO PIERRE
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Backstage employees are represented by the
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Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).
The musicians employed in this production
are members of the Toronto Musicians’
Association, The American Federation
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