David H. Bell was the Artistic Director of the Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC, and Associate Artistic Director to Kenny Leon at the Alliance Theatre. He is currently the Artistic Director of the American Music Theatre Project and Director of the Music Theatre Program at Northwestern University. As director, choreographer, or author, David has received 45 Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award nominations (winning 11), five Carbonell nominations, the Dramalogue Award, and the Helen Hayes Award. His musical, Hot Mikado (book, additional lyrics) was nominated for the Olivier Award. David has written and directed Cowboys and Lawyers (Goodspeed Opera House) and The Good War (Northlight Theatre) and Die Schone und das Biest (European Tour). He directed the world premieres of Murder for Two (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), HERO (Marriott Theatre, Asolo Rep), and Elmer Gantry (Ford’s Theatre). David collaborated with Northwestern University and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland presenting a pair of new musicals in 2017 titled Atlantic for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and a second pair in 2018 called Legacy. 

Charles Dickens was a British novelist, journalist, editor, illustrator and social commentator who wrote such beloved classic novels as Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. Dickens is remembered as one of the most important and influential writers of the 19th century. Among his accomplishments, he has been lauded for providing a stark portrait of the Victorian-era underclass, helping to bring about social change.

Leora Morris - Alliance: A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, Ride the Cyclone, Winnie-the-Pooh, Crossing Delancey, The Dancing Granny. Other directing credits include The Philosopher’s Wife (Toronto); Labour of Love (Olney Theatre Center); Spring Awakening the Musical (Connecticut College); Knives in Hens, Orphans (Coal Mine Theatre, Toronto); He Left Quietly (2014 SummerWorks Best Production Award, Toronto); Amy and the Orphans, Women Beware Women, King John, (Yale School of Drama); The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, love holds a lamp in this little room (Yale Cabaret). Awards Fellowships: Toronto’s 2012 Ken MacDougall Award, Yale Julian Milton Kaufman Prize in Directing, O’Neill/NNPN National Directing Fellow, Alliance Yale Directing Fellow. Leora was recently shortlisted for the international 2020 Rolex Mentor and Protégé Prize. Leora is currently an assistant professor in Directing and Acting at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. MFA Directing - Yale School of Drama. www.leoramorris.com

Caleb Clark is profoundly honored and proud to be making his Alliance stage-debut (and his Atlanta debut!) with the best adaptation of A Christmas Carol that he has ever read. He resides with his person, Rhyn (who happens to be playing Ghost of Christmas Past), and their tiny dog Sadie, and he spends his time writing hip-hoperas, making pretentious coffee, and watching “Ted Lasso.” Being back in the theatre feels like coming home after being banished for over a year. I’m finally back in my house of worship. Thank you so much to all who helped make that possible. Previous Roles include: Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Flint Rep); Chris Keller in All My Sons (Studio 208); Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Haemon in Antigone (American Shakespeare Center); Walker/Ned in Three Days of Rain (The Vault).

Austin Barocas (Lamplighter’s Son/Choir Boy/Ignorance/Child Scrooge/Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his Alliance Theatre debut in A Christmas Carol! Austin lives in Dunwoody with his family and is in fourth grade, where his favorite subjects are Social Studies, Language Arts, and Recess. Austin first appeared on the stage at the age of 7, playing the Nutcracker in his school production of The Nutcracker. He has since enjoyed performing in The Jungle Book, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and as Gingy in Shrek Jr. Austin’s favorite activities include playing flag football and traveling to new places with his family. Austin would like to thank his mom, dad, and twin sister Summer for their support in helping him follow his dreams. He also thanks director Leora Morris, and the entire cast and crew for this incredible experience.

Caleb Baumann is honored to return to A Christmas Carol and be a part of this Atlanta holiday tradition! Alliance Theatre: Granny’s Garden (Zeke), Winnie-the-Pooh (Christopher Robin), The Jungle Book (Mowgli), Shakespeare in Love (Webster), Where Butterflies Go in the Winter (Lil’ Lou). Aurora Theatre: Children of Eden (Young Cain). Theatrical Outfit: We the Village (Redd). Serenbe Playhouse: Shenandoah (Gabriel). Film/TV: The Skeleton’s Compass, 19:17 to Paris, Teenage Wasteland, Kidstuf. Off-stage Caleb is an honor student that enjoys skateboarding and filmmaking. Caleb thanks his friends, family, and the Alliance for their never-ending support. Much love and special thanks to Leora and Jody. www.calebbaumann.com 

Andrew Benator - This show marks Andrew’s 16th Alliance production, including five previous Christmas Carols, and he is beyond grateful to be back on its stage. Past Alliance credits include Small Mouth Sounds, Crossing Delancey, Troubadour, Disgraced, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, By the Way Meet Vera Stark, Good People, August: Osage County, Tennis in Nablus, and Eurydice. Other Atlanta credits include Indecent and The Pitmen Painters at Theatrical Outfit; RACE and Between Riverside and Crazy at True Colors Theatre; and Boeing-Boeing at Aurora Theatre. Andrew has worked off-Broadway and in regional theaters across the country. Film and TV credits include The Founder, Game Night, Million Dollar Arm, “Amazing Stories”, “Bigger”, and “Stranger Things.” 2016 Recipient of the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship.

Chloe Gia Bremer is thrilled to be a part of A Christmas Carol with the Alliance Theatre. Chloe started acting when she attended a local theater production of The Little Mermaid and she hasn’t stopped ever since. Chloe has been in productions of The Music Man Jr., Annie Jr., Frozen Jr., and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Jr. She also performed in Horizon Theater’s Madeline’s Christmas in 2019. Chloe loves singing, acting, and crafting every day. She also enjoys swimming, playing volleyball, and spending time with friends. Chloe would like to thank her family, Janet Chadwick, Spring Mason, and the entire Alliance Theatre team, cast, and crew! Also, a big thank you to Greyson Chadwick for her invaluable advice, instruction, and support! 

Lena Castro is delighted to be a part of the Alliance Theatre in this year’s production of A Christmas Carol. Recent credits include Sit-In, A Christmas Carol (Alliance Theatre) and Madeline’s Christmas (Horizon Theatre); she has also participated in Alliance Theatre workshops and the Atlanta Children’s Theatre. In addition to acting, Lena enjoys playing softball and orchestra at DT Howard Middle School and has participated in the Statewide Honors Chorus. She is proficient in piano having received an achievement award for piano from the Decatur Music Teachers Association. Lena appreciates all the love and support of her family and friends

Christopher Hampton is honored to join the Alliance Theatre again where he was previously seen in productions of A Christmas Carol: The Live Radio Play, Seize the King, Temple Bombing, and Shakespeare in Love. Christopher has also performed on many stages locally and nationally. In Atlanta, he has been seen at Theatre Buford, 7 Stages, Horizon, Theater Emory, and the Aurora, among others. He is thankful to his family and friends for their unending support, and his wife for being awesome. Happy Holidays!

Caitlin Hargraves is an American/Chilean actor, producer, and educator based in Atlanta. She received her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and her MA from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Currently, Caitlin teaches acting courses as a faculty member at Emory University, is an executive producer of the SheATL Arts theater festival, and is a co-producing president of the film company Cafecito Productions. Favorite acting credits include: The Pitmen Painters (Theatrical Outfit), Electric Baby (Weird Sisters), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Texas Shakespeare Festival). Caitlin is thrilled to be making her Alliance Theatre debut and would like to thank her husband and family for their love and support. 

Margaret Ivey is thrilled to be back in A Christmas Carol with this phenomenal company. Her Off-Broadway credits include Measure for Measure (Epic Theatre Ensemble), Season 10 of The Fire This Time Festival, and workshops at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Ma-Yi Theatre Company, and Manhattan Theatre Club. Favorite regional credits include The Winter’s Tale (Alley Theatre), Jane Eyre (Cincinnati Playhouse and Milwaukee Rep), The Niceties and The Wedding Gift (Contemporary American Theatre Festival). Her TV/Film work includes “The Blacklist,” “Different Flowers,” “Madam Secretary,” and “Prodigal Son.” Margaret is based in New York, where she empowers student voices as an actor/director with Theatre For A New Audience and a teaching artist with Epic Theatre Ensemble. An Atlanta native, Margaret is grateful to be home for the holidays. www.margaretivey.com

Maggie Birgel is thrilled to be making her Alliance Theatre debut. Other Atlanta Theatre credits include Our Town, The Laramie Project (Theatrical Outfit), Bullets Over Broadway, Calendar Girls (Georgia Ensemble Theatre), The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Stage Door Players), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Pete the Cat, Stellaluna (Center for Puppetry Arts), Nell Gwynn, Strait of Gibraltar, Fancy Nancy (Synchronicity), Enchanted April (Weird Sisters), Damn Yankees (Theatre Buford), Madeline’s Christmas (Horizon). Alex and Leon, this one’s for you!
 

Clare Latham is delighted to be back at the Alliance this season since working on the recent Kendeda productions of Data and 53% Of. An Atlanta native, until recently based in London. Two-time Off West End Award-nominee for major UK revivals of Danny and the Deep Blue Sea and Doubt, A Parable (Southwark Playhouse). Select UK/Int’l theatre: My Name Is Rachel Corrie (Lebanon Premiere & Tour, Beirut); UK Premieres of Blue Surge and Don’t Smoke In Bed (Finborough Theatre), and Tennessee Williams’ Green Eyes (The Hotel Plays). Off-Broadway: Soho Rep’s Pulitzer Prize-winning production of Fairview (Theatre For A New Audience). Core Ensemble member of UK theatre company The Faction (Romeo and Juliet, The Talented Mr Ripley, Joan of Arc, Mörder, Strindberg’s Apartment). TV: “Mr Robot,” “Suspicion”. Training: NYU-Tisch (BFA); Drama Centre London (MA). Wishing everyone all the joy of the season. 

Rhyn McLemore is thrilled to be back with her Alliance fam, and she is over the MOON to be sharing the stage with her wonderful partner, Caleb Clark. Rhyn was most recently seen on the Coca-Cola stage as Mama Grace in Darlin’ Cory. Other Atlanta theatre includes: Ever After (Alliance Theatre); Fun Home, Stupid Fucking Bird, and Company (Actor’s Express); The Cake (Horizon Theatre); Safety Net (Theatrical Outfit); Dot (Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company); The Bridges of Madison County and Split in Three (Aurora Theatre). Off-Broadway: Dot (The Billie Holiday Theatre); A World to Win (The York Theatre Company). Regional: Violet and The Crucible (Gallery Players); The Sound of Music (Sierra Repertory Theatre); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Our Town (West Virginia Public Theatre); The Crucible and The Comedy of Errors (North Carolina Shakespeare Festival). BFA, Carnegie Mellon University. Big love to my beautiful family. Wishing y’all abundance of joy, clarity, and peace in this beautiful season.
www.rhynmclemore.com 

Christopher L. Morgan is so grateful for this opportunity to return to the Alliance Theatre! Previously, Mr. Morgan portrayed Dan Coaker in Ghost Brothers of Darkland County and No Moe in Five Guys Named Moe on the main stage here at the Alliance. He made his Broadway debut in Kiss Me, Kate and has since expanded his experience to film and sitcom/reality/hosting television. Love and thanks to family for it all. Merry Christmas!!!!  
 

Matthew Morris is honored to be back at the Alliance for this brand new telling of A Christmas Carol. Regional credits include: Grantaire in Les Misérables, Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar, Tom in The Thing About Men, Hugh Dorsey in Parade, Lieutenant Schrank in West Side Story, Professor Bhaer in Little Women, Gregor in Chess, and Geoffrey in A Lion in Winter, among others. Favorite Atlanta credits include Ensemble in Memphis, Ensemble in The Full Monty, and Ensemble in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Much love to his extraordinary wife, Jenna, and their adorable pup, Patches. Acts 2:15

Lizzie Park is thrilled to make her Alliance Theatre debut with A Christmas Carol! She recently moved back to Atlanta and previously has been in productions in Chicago and Nashville including Annie, Peter Pan, Wizard of Oz, and Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. Besides acting, dancing, and singing, Lizzie loves to play guitar, bake, play sports, and find ways to make the world a better place. Lizzie would like to thank her family, Leora and the entire Alliance Theatre team, her fantastic cast members, Clifton Guterman, Park Krausen, Colette Todd, Actor’s Training Center, and Catapult Acting Studios for helping her reach her goals. Enjoy the show! 

Kevin Qian is absolutely thrilled to make his debut onstage at the Alliance! An Atlanta native, Kevin graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in finance and business, somehow finding his way on stage thanks to the 2017 Actor’s Express Internship. Past notable Atlanta credits include: Maybe Happy Ending (Alliance Theatre), Nomad Motel (Horizon Theatre), Porcelain (Out Front Theatre), Dry Land (Atlanta Theatre Club), Vive La Fontaine (Theatre Du Reve). Currently he also serves as the Finance Director for Dad’s Garage Theatre Company. In his spare time, he likes making films and taking part in silly projects, with a passion for telling diverse stories in unique ways. His favorite word is yeet. Much love to his family, top knot squad, and the 2017 Intern Class! We out here, y’all. Insta: @kevin_qian_tho

Lyndsay Ricketson is delighted to be back with the Alliance this holiday season. Past Alliance appearances include Wizard of Oz, Shrek: the Musical, and Next to Normal. Other Atlanta credits: Camelot and Ragtime (Atlanta Lyric Theatre), A Year with Frog and Toad (Synchronicity), Smokey Joes Café and Kiss Me, Kate (Stage Door Players), Comedy of Tenors and Pump Boys and Dinettes (Georgia Ensemble Theatre), Space!, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and Peter Pan (Center for Puppetry Arts). Regional credits: Next to Normal (Geva Theatre) and A Chorus Line (Mill Mountain Theatre). Love always to my friends and family; you make life wonderful. Lowrey, you’re my favorite. IG @Lyndzrbrown ~ Discover your noblest dreams within the cathedral of your heart.~ 

Asia Rogers is delighted to be returning to the Alliance Theatre so soon after Darlin’ Cory. Her credits include Our Town and The Laramie Project (Theatrical Outfit); Pipeline (Horizon Theatre); Skeleton Crew (True Colors Theatre); Titanic (Serenbe Playhouse); A Christmas Carol and Damn Yankees (Theatre Buford); Dangerous Women (Weird Sisters Theatre Project); and The Jungle Book (Georgia Ensemble Theatre). Special thanks to her family and to her husband Nijel for all of their support! 

Eugene H. Russell, IV is a proud Atlanta native and Tennessee State University alumnus. He excitedly returns to the Alliance Theatre after the recent concert remount of Beautiful Blackbird, which featured his original music. Other regional theatre credits include East Texas Hotlinks and King Hedley II (True Colors Theatre Company); Five Guys Named Moe (Theatrical Outfit); Dutchman (Nebraska Repertory Theatre); Nell Gwynn (Synchronicity Theatre); and Before It Hits Home (St. Louis Black Rep), for which he received the prestigious Woodie King, Jr. Award. Film/TV appearances include Bounce TV’s “Saints & Sinners” and CBS’s “MacGyver” while his commercial credits include ads for Emory Healthcare and Proctor & Gamble. An accomplished musician/composer whose single “Brand New Day” can be found on all streaming platforms, Eugene wrote the music for the Alliance’s animated film Sit-In as well as that for their upcoming film, Curious Cardinal. “Plant something in life that will outlive you.”

Caleb Clark is profoundly honored and proud to be making his Alliance stage-debut (and his Atlanta debut!) with the best adaptation of A Christmas Carol that he has ever read. He resides with his person, Rhyn (who happens to be playing Ghost of Christmas Past), and their tiny dog Sadie, and he spends his time writing hip-hoperas, making pretentious coffee, and watching “Ted Lasso.” Being back in the theatre feels like coming home after being banished for over a year. I’m finally back in my house of worship. Thank you so much to all who helped make that possible. Previous Roles include: Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Flint Rep); Chris Keller in All My Sons (Studio 208); Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Haemon in Antigone (American Shakespeare Center); Walker/Ned in Three Days of Rain (The Vault).

Jake Berne is thrilled to be back at the Alliance Theatre! He recently appeared at the Alliance in Data (Jonah) after being a part of the Kennedy Center workshop in 2020. Select regional credits: Skintight (Actor’s Express), Refugee (Florida Repertory Theatre, World Premiere), and Romeo and Juliet (Florida Repertory Theatre). He is grateful to work with a cast and creative team he admires so much. Many thanks to everyone at the Alliance for this opportunity. With all his love to FWAJJ. @jakeberne

Beth Beyer is thrilled to be making her Alliance debut!! Regional Favorites: Lina Lamont in Singin’ in the Rain (Walnut Street Theatre – Barrymore nomination & Atlanta Lyric Theatre); Pam in The Full Monty (North Shore Music Theatre & Pittsburgh CLO – with Sally Struthers); Kitty in The Drowsy Chaperone (Original Broadway Workshop – Dodger Stages); Miss Shingle in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder and Mrs. Brill in Mary Poppins (City Springs Theatre Company); Adelaide in Guys & Dolls (Lone Tree Arts Center & Jennie T. Anderson Theatre); The Witch in Into the Woods (Candlelight Dinner Playhouse – Denver True West Award); Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors (Maine State Music Theatre); Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (Country Dinner Playhouse); Ilona Ritter in She Loves Me (Candlelight Dinner Playhouse); Elsa Schrader in The Sound of Music (Asian Tour with Marie Osmond). Happy Holidays!
 

Chase Byrd is originally from Franklin, NC, and received his MFA from the University of Southern Mississippi. After graduating, Chase moved to Philadelphia where he worked on stage and as a dialectician and voice coach with many professional and educational theatre companies. He is a proud company member of Curio Theatre Company in West Philly. Favorite roles include John Wilkes Booth (Assassins), Edgar (King Lear), Chris (All My Sons), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Bonhoeffer’s Cost), and being a part of the world-premiere musical based on Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes with Delaware Theatre Company. This is Chase’s first production since relocating to Atlanta and the onset of the pandemic, and he couldn’t be more thrilled to be back on stage and working with the incredible Alliance Theatre! As always, for Mom. www.chasebyrd.com 

James Arthur Douglas is thrilled to make his Alliance Theatre debut! Select Atlanta Credits include Herr Zeller in The Sound of Music under the direction of Tony Award Winner Shuler Hensley and Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville (The Atlanta Opera Studio Tour). Select NYC and Regional Credits include The Beast in Prather Production’s Beauty and the Beast (Broadway World Regional Theater Award for Best Actor), Cliff Bradshaw in Cabaret (White Plains Performing Arts Center), Kristen Chenoweth’s My Love Letter to Broadway (Lunt-Fontanne Theater). Film: supporting roles in Vanity Vixens and Pinky Promise. James is a Georgia native home from NYC. When not acting, James runs a billboard company, enjoys fine woodworking, and can fly an airplane. Love to the fam. @jamesarthurdouglas www.jamesarthurdouglas.com 

Marissa Dunson is honored to be a part of A Christmas Carol tradition this year with Alliance Theatre! Marissa trains with Deb Bowman (vocal/acting coach) and with Orbit Arts Academy as a member of their Junior Company. Favorite roles she has played include Orbit Arts Academy: Moana Jr. (Tamatoa), Disney’s Descendants (Guard, Ensemble), The Wizard of Oz (Wicked Witch), Cinderella Kids (Cinderella). Marissa is thankful for her musical theatre teachers and coaches, family, friends, and school for all their support and encouragement which makes this opportunity possible. 
 

Christopher Hampton is honored to join the Alliance Theatre again where he was previously seen in productions of A Christmas Carol: The Live Radio Play, Seize the King, Temple Bombing, and Shakespeare in Love. Christopher has also performed on many stages locally and nationally. In Atlanta, he has been seen at Theatre Buford, 7 Stages, Horizon, Theater Emory, and the Aurora, among others. He is thankful to his family and friends for their unending support, and his wife for being awesome. Happy Holidays!

Maggie Birgel is thrilled to be making her Alliance Theatre debut. Other Atlanta Theatre credits include Our Town, The Laramie Project (Theatrical Outfit), Bullets Over Broadway, Calendar Girls (Georgia Ensemble Theatre), The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Stage Door Players), Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Pete the Cat, Stellaluna (Center for Puppetry Arts), Nell Gwynn, Strait of Gibraltar, Fancy Nancy (Synchronicity), Enchanted April (Weird Sisters), Damn Yankees (Theatre Buford), Madeline’s Christmas (Horizon). Alex and Leon, this one’s for you!

Jessi Little just finished understudying for the Alliance’s previous show Darlin’ Cory and is grateful to be back for Christmas. She is new to Atlanta, having moved from Seattle last year. Atlanta credits include: Lace Larrabee’s Stand Up Comedy class, Aurora Theatre Welcomes – A Cabaret, 48 Hour Film Project, and recurring entertainment at her beloved retirement communities. Her general public cabarets combine stand up, trivia, and music and have been performed in numerous states west of the Mississippi; next up Charlotte, NC (Feb. 2022). Favorite credits: Lizzie Darcy in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (New Village Arts, CA), u/s Siobhan & Voice 3 in The Curious Incident… (Village Theatre, WA), “Day by Day” in Godspell (Taproot Theatre, WA), Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods (StageRight Theatre, WA), and singing the National Anthem at Fenway Park (Go Sox!). All is calm, all is bright. www.jessilittle.com IG: @jjessilittle 

Parris Sarter is happy to be at the Alliance Theatre this holiday season. She has worked extensively throughout the Atlanta area, some of which includes Eclipsed (Synchronicity), Angels in America Parts 1 & 2 and An Octoroon (Actor’s Express), The Revolutionists (7 Stages), and The Grown-Up and Doubt at Out of Box Theatre. She hopes that everyone enjoys the show and is able to celebrate the holidays in love and peace. Thank you for supporting live theatre!

Clay Benning is the Resident Sound Designer for the Alliance Theatre and has designed more than 150 productions in his career, with over 100 for the Alliance. Recent works for the Alliance include Darlin’ Cory, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, Small Mouth Sounds, and Max Makes A Million. Other design work has included Georgia Shakespeare, Atlanta Ballet, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Theatrical Outfit, Geva Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre, and the Georgia Aquarium. Awards: Seven Suzi Bass awards for outstanding sound design with 16 nominations. He is a graduate of Presbyterian College (BA), North Carolina School of the Arts (MFA) and a member of IATSE/USA829 and TSDCA. 

Jody Feldman began her theater career as an actress in Atlanta before moving into administration as the Assistant General Manager at Frank Wittow’s Academy Theatre. Feldman started her career at the Alliance as Casting Director in 1991 and added Producer to her title and responsibilities in 2001. She has cast and produced more than 200 productions at the Alliance, encompassing a range of world premieres that includes The Last Night of Ballyhoo, What I Learned in Paris, Broke, Troubadour, In the Red and Brown Water, and more than 10 years of Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition-winning plays plus such world and regional premiere musicals as Tuck Everlasting; Aida; The Color Purple; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring It On: The Musical; Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; Harmony, A New Musical and The Prom. Jody is most proud of the thriving Alliance engagement activities and partnerships that recognize theatrical work as a catalyst for community conversation and connection.

Greg Hofmann - Previous Alliance Theatre Designs: Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, Ride the Cyclone [Suzie Award Recipient]. Additional selected designs: Ride the Cyclone (MCC Theater); Nell Gwynn, Peter Pan, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Ride the Cyclone, Road Show (Chicago Shakespeare), Ride the Cyclone (ACT Seattle), Man Of Destiny (American Players Theatre); Kinky Boots, Secret of My Success, Wizard of Oz, Elf, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mamma Mia!, Hairspray, Oklahoma!, Tommy [Jeff Award Recipient], Mary Poppins, Annie, 42nd Street (Paramount Theatre); Rock of Ages, The Game’s Afoot, Les Misérables, Oliver! (Drury Lane); Lewiston/Clarkston, The Niceties, Marjorie Prime, Outside Mullingar, Silent Sky (Forward Theatre); A Loss of Roses, Vieux Carre (Raven Theatre). Greg has also designed over seventy productions for Cedar Fair amusement parks across the country, including Cedar Point’s Celebrate 150 Spectacular. More information at www.hofmannlightingdesign.com. 

Tom Lee is a puppet artist, designer and director from Hawai’i. He began his career at New York’s La MaMa Experimental Theater. Lee’s work explores Asian puppetry forms, miniatures and performing objects with the language of film and animation. His collaboration with Japanese master puppeteer Koryu Nishikawa V, Shank’s Mare has toured the U.S., Japan and France and won the 2016 Arlyn Award for Outstanding Puppet Theater Design. He designed puppetry for the stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s The Wind Up Bird Chronicle. Lee was a puppeteer in the original Tony Award winning Broadway cast of War Horse and has performed with the Metropolitan Opera (Madama Butterfly), Lyric Opera of Chicago (Queen of Spades), New York Philharmonic Orchestra (Petrushka), Dan Hurlin (Hiroshima Maiden, Disfarmer, Demolishing Everything with Amazing Speed). Lee is co-director of the Chicago Puppet Studio and Chicago Puppet Lab. www.tomleeprojects.com

Greg Matteson is a pianist, music director, and arranger/composer. He has had the pleasure of working with the Alliance Theatre on a number of productions, including Ride the Cyclone (Music Director & Conductor/Pianist), Maybe Happy Ending (Assoc. Music Director), and Max Makes a Million (Copyist & Transcriptionist). Most recently, Greg worked on City Springs Theatre’s production of The Sound of Music (Keyboard). Greg is currently an Artist Affiliate in Piano at Emory University and Adjunct Faculty at Kennesaw State University, and music directs at other institutions including Georgia State University, Clayton State University, and the Atlanta Jewish Academy. He is an active vocal coach, private instructor, collaborative pianist, and chamber recitalist, and regularly performs in and around Atlanta. His award-winning arrangements and compositions have been featured in a variety of contexts from choirs and wind ensembles to video game soundtracks. Thank you to all the wonderful and dedicated people on this production who made the long journey to the stage so worth it. www.gregmatteson.com

Todd Rosenthal is a Chicago-based set designer and educator. Broadway credits include: August: Osage County (Tony Award), The Motherfucker with the Hat (Outer Critic’s Circle nomination and Tony nomination), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Tony for Best Revival), Of Mice and Men (filmed by National Theatre Live). Select Off Broadway: Red Light Winter (Barrow Street), Domesticated (Lincoln Center), and The Qualms (Playwrights Horizons). International credits include: Madama Butterfly (Irish National Opera, Dublin/Cork), Nice Fish (London’s West End). Regional work includes Steppenwolf Theatre Company (over 30 productions), Goodman Theatre (Artistic Partner), Guthrie Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, and La Jolla Playhouse. He has received the Laurence Olivier Award (first American set designer), the Helen Hayes Award, the Michael Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration, and has been nominated for four American Theater Wing Henry Hewes Design Awards. Todd is a Full Professor at Northwestern University and a graduate of the Yale Drama School. 
 

Kendall Simpson composes music for theater, dance, film and the concert stage. The majority of his theatrical work has been with the Alliance Theatre, where he has collaborated with renowned directors such as Lynne Meadow, Kimberly Senior, Judith Ivey, Laura Kepley, and many others. His compositions have also been showcased at other theaters, including Baltimore’s Center Stage, Theatrical Outfit, and Theater Emory. An award-winning composer, his music has been honored with three Suzi Bass Awards. Kendall currently serves as music director for the dance department at Emory University, where he works as composer and accompanist. He has written and arranged dance pieces for Emory Dance Company with choreographers Greg Catellier, George Staib and Sarah Hillmer, among many others. Kendall’s work has also been featured on the concert stage, with compositions performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Dekalb Symphony Orchestra and the Vega String Quartet.

Chicago Puppet Studio is the design and fabrication wing of the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival and is co-directed by Blair Thomas and Tom Lee. The studio has designed puppetry for multiple projects at Lookingglass Theater including Mary Zimmerman’s Steadfast Tin Soldier (2019 Jeff Award), Pinocchio for the House Theatre, and shadow puppetry for the independent film Monuments. Chicago Puppet Studio created the puppetry and sets for Vancouver, a puppet film by Ralph Peńa and New York’s Ma-Yi Theater Company. The studio offers professional level training and classes at their workshop in the Fine Arts Building Chicago. www.chicagopuppetfest.org 

Blair Thomas is Founder and Director of Blair Thomas & Co. and the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival. His productions have twice earned the highest honor in the medium, the UNIMA Excellence in Puppetry Award. He has received the Puppeteers of America Award, Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award, and several Jefferson Citations. On faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 1991, Thomas also held the first-ever Jim Henson Artist-in-Residence position at University of Maryland, College Park. For three decades, Thomas has contributed to the Chicago theater scene as an actor, director, puppeteer, designer, curator, and educator, securing his status as “Chicago’s unofficial puppeteer-general” (TimeOut). He serves on the Board of Directors at the Henson Foundation and the UNIMA Commission for International Festivals. The biennial Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival spans 12 days and dozens of Chicago venues, sharing 100+ puppetry activities with over 14,000 guests.

Mariann Verheyen has been designing for the Alliance since 1987 for shows including Good People; August: Osage County; Avenue X (Suzi nomination); August Wilson Full Circle: Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf; Intimate Apparel (Suzi winner, 2005/06); Day of the Kings; Light Up the Sky. New York credits: Cathy Rigby’s Peter Pan, Everybody’s Ruby (Audelco Award nomination), numerous off-Broadway productions, and 10 years of commercial styling. Regionally, her work has been seen at Ford’s, Huntington, and Studio Arena theaters; Missouri Rep; and the Chicago, Alabama, Oregon, and Colorado Shakespeare festivals. She has designed costumes for Disney Cruise Lines, Disney World’s Animal Kingdom, SeaWorld San Antonio, and Viking Cruise Lines. Mariann has received design awards in New York City, Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta. She leads the costume design program at Boston University College of Fine Arts’ School of Theater.

Liz Campbell (she/her) Recent Alliance credits include: Working: The Musical, A Christmas Carol: The Live Radio Play, Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, Max Makes a Million, The Wizard of Oz, A Christmas Carol, Winnie the Pooh, The Jungle Book, Cinderella and Fella, Ugly Lies the Bone, Pancakes, Pancakes!, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical, James and the Giant Peach. Other local credits include: The Drowsy Chaperone, Camelot, The World Goes Round, Million Dollar Quartet, Monty Python’s Spamalot, and Ragtime (Atlanta Lyric Theatre); Book of Will and It’s a Wonderful Life (Theatrical Outfit). She has been the Stage Manager for the GHSMTA (Shuler Awards) since 2015. She holds a BFA in Theatre from Niagara University. Member of Actors’ Equity Association. Co-founder of Atlanta Theatre Artists for Justice. Love to Ali and Maggie. Happy Holidays to all! 

D2 Flying Effects was founded in 2009 by Delbert Hall and Sam Fisher with offices in Maryland and Tennessee. Co-founder Delbert Hall has over 35 years of experience flying performers. Delbert is an ETCP Certified Rigger and Trainer and professor of theatre at East Tennessee State University. Sam Fisher, Co-founder of D2 and CEO of PointWright Entertainment Rigging Specialists, has been flying performers since 1999. With the acquisition of D2 Flying Effects, PointWright has added a full service production department, from performer rigging to stage automation effects.