May 9 - June 17, 2012
WORLD PREMIERE
Sheryl and Harvey White Theatre
Conrad Prebys Theatre Center
Music and Lyrics by Gaby Alter
Book and Lyrics by Itamar Moses
Directed by Michelle Tattenbaum Music Director, Vadim Feichtner
Choreography by Mandy Moore
Scenic Design by Michael Schweikardt
Costume Design by Emily Pepper
Lighting Design by Tyler Micoleau
Sound Design by Paul Peterson
Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements by Gaby Alter
Casting by Stephanie Klapper, CSA
Stage Manager, Peter Van Dyke
A funny and irreverent World Premiere musical romantic comedy. Filled with tuneful pop songs, Nobody Loves You takes audiences on a hilarious behind-the-scenes ride through reality television and into real life. When Jeff, a philosophy grad student, joins a dating show to win back his ex, he breaks all the rules and tries to blow the game wide open … until he meets Jenny. In a world where every kiss is staged for the cameras, can two people find a real connection?
Nobody Loves You is a recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award.
Development of Nobody Loves You was supported in part by the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s National Fund for New Musicals. www.namt.org.
Go behind the scenes with the creators of Nobody Loves You. The World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter, book and lyrics by Moses and direction by Michelle Tattenbaum, will run May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe.
Listen to songs from Nobody Loves You. The World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter, book and lyrics by Moses and direction by Michelle Tattenbaum, will run May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe.
Meet the cast of Nobody Loves You. The World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter, book and lyrics by Moses and direction by Michelle Tattenbaum, will run May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe.
Heath Calvert as Byron (bottom) with Lauren Molina, Kate Morgan Chadwick, Jenni Barber and Kelsey Kurz in the World Premiere musical Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
(from left) Heath Calvert as Byron, Adam Kantor as Jeff and Nicole Lewis as Nina in the World Premiere musical Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
Adam Kantor as Jeff (center) and the cast of the World Premiere musical Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
Jenni Barber as Jenny and Adam Kantor as Jeff in the World Premiere musical Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
Heath Calvert as Byron (foreground) and the cast of the World Premiere musical Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
Alex Brightman as Evan in the World Premiere musical Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
Lauren Molina as Megan and Adam Kantor as Jeff in the World Premiere musical Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
Jenni Barber as Jenny in the World Premiere musical Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
Kelsey Kurz as Christian and Lauren Molina as Megan in the World Premiere musical Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
The cast of the World Premiere musical Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
(from left) Lauren Molina as Megan and Kate Morgan Chadwick as Samantha in the World Premiere musical Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
Heath Calvert as Byron (center) with (from left) Kate Morgan Chadwick, Jenni Barber and Lauren Molina in the World Premiere musical Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
Jenni Barber and Adam Kantor star in the World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, music and lyrics by Gaby Alter, book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
(from left) Heath Calvert, Jenni Barber and Adam Kantor star in the World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, music and lyrics by Gaby Alter, book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
The cast of Nobody Loves You: (standing, from left) Kelsey Kurz, Nicole Lewis, Kate Morgan Chadwick, Heath Calvert, Jenni Barber, Adam Kantor; (on floor, from left) Alex Brightman and Lauren Molina. The World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter, book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, runs May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
The cast of Nobody Loves You: (front row, from left) Kate Morgan Chadwick, Kelsey Kurz, Lauren Molina, Adam Kantor and Alex Brightman; (back row, from left) Heath Calvert, Nicole Lewis and Jenni Barber. The World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter, book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, runs May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
The cast of Nobody Loves You: (front row, from left) Kate Morgan Chadwick, Kelsey Kurz, Lauren Molina and Alex Brightman; (back row, from left) Heath Calvert, Nicole Lewis, Jenni Barber and Adam Kantor. The World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter, book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, runs May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
Nobody Loves You director Michelle Tattenbaum with (left) composer/lyricist Gaby Alter and (right) playwright/lyricist Itamar Moses. The World Premiere of Nobody Loves You runs May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
The creative team of Nobody Loves You: Choreographer Mandy Moore, composer/lyricist Gaby Alter, director Michelle Tattenbaum, playwright/lyricist Itamar Moses and music director Vadim Feichtner. The World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter, book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, runs May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
Nobody Loves You creators Itamar Moses (book and lyrics) and Gaby Alter (music and lyrics). The World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, runs May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
The cast and creative team of Nobody Loves You: (back row, from left) Playwright Itamar Moses, actors Heath Calvert, Nicole Lewis, music director Vadim Feichtner, actors Jenni Barber and Adam Kantor; (front row seated, from left) director Michelle Tattenbaum, actors Kate Morgan Chadwick, Kelsey Kurz, Lauren Molina, Alex Brightman, choreographer Mandy Moore and composer Gaby Alter. The World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter, book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, directed by Michelle Tattenbaum, runs May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Henry DiRocco.
Composer Gaby Alter. The World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Alter, book and lyrics by Itamar Moses and direction by Michelle Tattenbaum, will run May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo by Stephen Mallon.
Playwright Itamar Moses. The World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter, book and lyrics by Moses and direction by Michelle Tattenbaum, will run May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.
Michelle Tattenbaum will direct the World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter and book and lyrics by Itamar Moses, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.
Mandy Moore will choreograph the World Premiere of Nobody Loves You, with music and lyrics by Gaby Alter, book and lyrics by Itamar Moses and direction by Michelle Tattenbaum, May 9 - June 17, 2012 at The Old Globe. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.
Nobody Loves You. Illustration courtesy of The Old Globe.
Cast and Creative Team
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Jenni Barber (Jenny) was previously seen at the Globe in Burt Bacharach and Steven Sater’s original musical Some Lovers. Her theater credits include Sam Mendes’ Bridge Project productions of As You Like It and The Tempest (Brooklyn Academy of Music/The Old Vic), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Broadway), From Up Here (Manhattan Theatre Club), Cactus Flower (Off Broadway, Westside Theatre), The Wii Plays (Ars Nova) and The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown (Orange County Performing Arts Center). Her television credits include “Smash,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and Lisa on the multiple-Emmy Award-winning “The Electric Company” (PBS). She is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Music.
Alex Brightman (Chazz, Dominic, Evan) is making his Globe debut. His Broadway credits include Boq in Wicked and Will and Jack in Glory Days. His recent credits include the World Premiere of 35mm (Galapagos Art Space), The Secret Garden (TheatreWorks), Next to Normal (Pioneer Theatre Company) and the Los Angeles regional premiere of The History Boys. He has appeared on television in “Royal Pains”(USA) and “Important Things with Demetri Martin” (Comedy Central). Upcoming, Brightman will be seen in the film Change of Plans.
Heath Calvert (Byron) is thrilled to be making his Globe debut. He has most recently been busy with presentations of Love’s Labour's Lost (The Public Theater), Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion and Suprema (The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center), Next Thing You Know (CAP21), Pretty Filthy (The Civilians, Center Theater Group) and Joe Iconis’ Bloodsong of Love. He has performed in concert with Tony Award winner William Finn in his Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don’t Know But Should... and in numerous concert engagements of The Beat Goes On and Leading Men of Broadway with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, National Arts Centre and Edmonton, Baltimore, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Nashville and Phoenix Symphonies. His Broadway credits include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, the Tony Award-winning revival of Hair and Good Vibrations. His television credits include “Guiding Light,” “The Early Show” and “The View.” Calvert has also blogged for The Huffington Post. Next he is headed to Washington, DC for The Studio Theatre’s production of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.
Kate Morgan Chadwick (Samantha, Bonnie) has appeared as Frenchy in the Broadway National Tours of Grease, Ali in Mamma Mia! (Las Vegas), The Butcherhouse Chronicles (Summer Play Festival), Stupid Kids (The Red Room) and Perfect Harmony (Theatre Row). Her television credits include ABC’s "Happy Endings" and the series "Whatever.” She received a B.A. in Theatre from Fordham University and trains at Upright Citizens Brigade. Chadwick resides in Los Angeles with her real life amazing fiancé, Clayton. Thanks to her wonderful parents, David and Michele.
Adam Kantor (Jeff) is thrilled to be making his Globe debut and to be working in San Diego. Immediately after graduating from Northwestern University, Kantor was cast as Mark in the final company of Rent on Broadway, the final performance of which was filmed live for DVD. Shortly after he guest starred as Ezra on “The Good Wife”on CBS. Subsequently he went on to perform as Henry in Next to Normal on Broadway and then Princeton in Avenue Q Off Broadway. Kantor is a co-founder of the non-profit arts education organization Broadway in South Africa.
Kelsey Kurz (Christian, Steve) was featured at the Globe last year in Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show. He has appeared on Broadway and Off Broadway in The Merchant of Venice (The Public Theater), Davy & Stu (The Ensemble Studio Theatre) and I Coulda Been a Kennedy (2006 New York International Fringe Festival). His regional credits include Sons of the Prophet (Huntington Theatre Company) and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Cat Ballou (Jackson Hole Playhouse). He has appeared in the films Spartan King (in post-production) and A Time to Speak (in post-production). He trained at The Juilliard School.
Nicole Lewis (Tanya, Nina, Zenobia) is honored to be making her Globe debut. Her Broadway credits include Hair (Tony Award Best Revival of a Musical), Rent and Lennon. Off Broadway she has played Isabella in Measure for Measure (The Public Theater), Happiness (Lincoln Center Theater workshop), Boy Gets Girl (Manhattan Theatre Club) and The Me Nobody Knows (New York City workshop). Regionally she has played Susan in David Mamet’s Race (Philadelphia Theatre Company), Ann Deever in All My Sons (Intiman Theatre), Constant Star (Hartford Stage), Miranda in The Tempest (Williamstown Theatre Festival, Act I Company) and The Threepenny Opera and Tartuffe (American Conservatory Theater), as well as Once on This Island, Children of Eden and The Wiz (Weathervane Theatre). Her television and film credits include “A Gifted Man,” “Blue Bloods,” “As the World Turns” (CBS), “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Mercy” (NBC), “Naked Brothers Band” (Nickelodeon) and London Betty. She received a B.A. from Yale University and an M.F.A. from American Conservatory Theater.
Lauren Molina (Megan) is making her Globe debut. She has appeared on Broadway, originating the roles of Regina in Rock of Ages and Johanna in the revival of Sweeney Todd directed by John Doyle. Most recently, she played Cunegonde in Candide directed by Mary Zimmerman, receiving the Helen Hayes Award for Best Lead Actress, Resident Musical and an IRNE Award nomination (Huntington Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre and The Shakespeare Theatre Company). Off Broadway she has been seen in Rock of Ages, Next Thing You Know and Ernest in Love. Her tour and regional credits include Sweeney Todd, winning an IRNE Award for Best Supporting Actress, Musical (First National Tour, American Conservatory Theater) and Ten Cents a Dance (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Her folk pop album Sea for Two features the song “Sky and the Sea,” which appeared on NBC’s “Parenthood.” A featured singer in The Ladies Who Sing Sondheim (with Barbara Cook, Patti LuPone and Kristin Chenoweth), she also performed with Sarah Brightman on the La Luna tour. She received a B.F.A. from the University of Michigan. She’s a co-creator of the mocumentary webseries Rock of Ages Productions.
Gaby Alter (Music and Lyrics, Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements) is a New York-based songwriter and composer. He wrote music and lyrics for Band Geeks! (with Tommy Newman, Mark Allen and Gordon Greenberg), which premiered at Goodspeed Musicals and will be produced this summer by The Human Race Theatre Company. His other shows include 29, a pop-rock song cycle (New York University), Young Zombies in Love (New York International Fringe Festival), The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Romantic Comedy with Negin Farsad (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and Vapor Tales with Dominic Mah. A 2009 Jonathan Larson Grant recipient, Alter has won awards from the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle and the New York International Fringe Festival for his scores. His work has been heard at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals, Goodspeed’s Festival of New Artists, Barrington Stage Company, Joe’s Pub, New York Musical Theatre Festival and on Sirius Radio. He has written songs for television and radio including MTV, PBS and the theme for NPR’s show “Backstory.” He scored and starred in the documentary Nerdcore Rising, which premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival and is now on Netflix Instant Watch and Hulu.com. Alter is an ASCAP member and an alumnus of Tisch’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program.
Itamar Moses (Book and Lyrics) is the author of the full-length plays Outrage, Bach at Leipzig, Celebrity Row, The Four of Us, Yellowjackets, Back Back Back and Completeness, the musical Fortress of Solitude (with Michael Friedman and Daniel Aukin) and the evening of short plays Love/Stories (or But You Will Get Used To It). His work has appeared Off Broadway and elsewhere in New York, at regional theaters across the country and in Canada and is published by Faber & Faber and Samuel French. He has received new play commissions from McCarter Theatre Center, Playwrights Horizons, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Wilma Theater, South Coast Repertory, Manhattan Theatre Club, Lincoln Center Theater and the Goodman Theatre. On television, he has written for both TNT’s “Men of a Certain Age” and HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire.” He holds an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from New York University and has taught playwriting at Yale University and NYU. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, MCC Playwrights Coalition and is a New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect. He was born in Berkeley, CA and now lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Michelle Tattenbaum (Director) has directed Itamar Moses’ plays Love/Stories (or But You Will Get Used To It) (World Premiere, The Flea Theater), The Four of Us (Los Angeles premiere, Firefly: Theater & Films) and Szinhaz and Untitled Short Play (both World Premieres, Naked Angels). She directed and co-produced The Sublet Experiment, a site-specific touring production that played to sold-out crowds in New York City for over six months. Regionally, she has directed at the Hangar Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Goodspeed Musicals and The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Tattenbaum worked for Manhattan Theatre Club for three years, producing and developing new musicals including A Class Act (a production that transferred to Broadway) and Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party. She is a two-time Drama League Directing Fellow.
Vadim Feichtner (Music Director) served as music director/dance arranger for the Broadway production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. His Off Broadway credits include Ordinary Days, Elegies: A Song Cycle, The Burnt Part Boys, The Public Theater’s As You Like It and Lincoln Center American Songbook’s Songs of Innocence and Experience (both co-composed with William Finn), I Sing!, Infinite Joy, Cam Jansen and V-Day. His regional credits include Little Miss Sunshine, The Unauthorized Autobiography of SamanthaBrown, The Memory Show, Party Come Here, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick and See Rock City. He has worked on concerts for Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Leslie Kritzer and Lisa Howard. He can also be seen in Merriam-Webster’s Children’s Dictionary holding a tuba.
Mandy Moore (Choreography) is a two-time Emmy Award nominee and a director, choreographer and dancer best known for her work on the global television hit “So You Think You Can Dance.” Moore’s contemporary and jazz choreography has been performed on television, in film and on concert and theater stages around the world. Her list of credits includes The Silver Linings Playbook with Bradley Cooper, Did You Hear About the Morgans? with Hugh Grant, Austin Powers in Goldmember with Mike Myers, “American Idol,” “Dancing with the Stars,” “Strictly Come Dancing,” Nickelodeon’s Fresh Beat Band, “The Drew Carey Show,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “That ‘70s Show,” the Los Angeles Ballet’s innovative New Wave LA program, Celine Dion’s Taking Chances concert tour and Cirque du Soleil’s The Immortal. Moore recently won a Denver Post Ovation Award for her choreography in the regional premiere of The Wedding Singer at the Aurora Fox Theater Company in Denver, Colorado.
Michael Schweikardt (Scenic Design) designed the World Premiere of Duncan Sheik’s Whisper House for The Old Globe. Schweikardt has created sets for several musicals by Joe Iconis including Bloodsong of Love (Ars Nova), ReWrite (Urban Stages), The Black Suits (The Public Theater) and Things to Ruin (The Zipper Factory and Second Stage Theatre). His other recent credits include the critically acclaimed productions of Showboat, Annie Get Your Gun, 1776, Big River and Camelot (Goodspeed Musicals), Ella, appearing in cities all across the country, Barnum (Asolo Repertory Theatre’s 50th anniversary season), Oklahoma! starring Kelli O’Hara and Will Chase (Oklahoma State Centennial), the American premieres of Frank McGuinness’ Gates of Gold and The Bird Sanctuary and national and international tours of James Taylor’s One Man Band.
Emily Pepper (Costume Design) previously designed the Globe productions of The American Plan and Bell, Book and Candle. Her New York credits include Milk (New Georges), Two-Handers and Psycho Therapy (Midtown International Theatre Festival), The Revival (Theatre Row), FUBAR (59E59), Henry V (Walkerspace), A Slight Headache (South Street Seaport Museum), King of Shadows (Theater for the New City), Tio Pepe (Summer Play Festival), The Scariest (45 Bleecker), Frankenstein (37 Arts) and Fizz (Ohio Theatre). Her regional credits include Arizona Theatre Company,The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, White Plains Performing Arts Center, Delaware Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dorset Festival, Two River Theater Company, Ten Thousand Things and La Jolla Playhouse. She participated in the Gombrowicz Festival in Lublin, Poland. Pepper holds an M.F.A. in Design from UC San Diego.
Tyler Micoleau (Lighting Design) designed the Globe production of In This Corner. His Off Broadway credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Classic Stage Company), When the Rain Stops Falling (Lincoln Center Theater), That Face (Manhattan Theatre Club), A Very Common Procedure (MCC Theater), Dreams of Flying Dreams of Falling, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, Night Heron, Dublin Carol and Mojo (Atlantic Theater Company), Middletown and God’s Ear (Vineyard Theatre), Blasted (Soho Repertory Theater), The Aliens and Hallway Trilogy (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater). His regional credits include Huntington Theatre Company, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Alley Theatre, Goodman Theatre, American Repertory Theater, Trinity Repertory Company, Dallas Theater Center and Long Wharf Theatre, among others. Micoleau has received a 2011 Helen Hayes Award nomination (Much Ado About Nothing), 2010 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence, 2010 Lucille Lortel Award (When the Rain Stops Falling), 2009 American Theatre Wing Hewes Design Award (Blasted), 2004 Obie and Lucille Lortel Awards (Bug), 2008 Connecticut Critics Circle Award (Shipwrecked!) and three Barrymore Award nominations. He has held visiting artist positions at Yale University and Dartmouth College and was on the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College Department of Dance. He received a B.A. from Bowdoin College.
Paul Peterson (Sound Design) has designed over 95 productions at The Old Globe, including Anna Christie, Odyssey, Engaging Shaw, Life of Riley, Plaid Tidings – A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid, Welcome to Arroyo’s, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, The Last Romance, Boeing-Boeing, Alive and Well, Lost in Yonkers, I Do! I Do!, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Cornelia, The Price, Kingdom, Six Degrees of Separation, Since Africa, The Women,Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Bell, Book and Candle, Two Trains Running, Hold Please, Restoration Comedy, Pig Farm, Moonlight and Magnolias, Vincent in Brixton, Lucky Duck, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, Blue/Orange, Time Flies, Pentecost, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, The Boswell Sisters and Crumbs from the Table of Joy. His regional credits include designs for Milwaukee Repertory Theater, San Jose Repertory Theatre, CENTERSTAGE, La Jolla Playhouse, Sledgehammer Theatre (Associate Artist), Mo’olelo Performing Arts Company, San Diego Repertory Theatre, North Coast Repertory Theatre, Diversionary Theatre, Malashock Dance, University of San Diego, San Diego State University and Freud Playhouse at UCLA. Peterson received his B.F.A. in Drama with an emphasis in Technical Design from San Diego State University.
Stephanie Klapper, CSA (Casting) recently cast the Broadway and Off Broadway productions of The Morini Strad, Rx, Olive and the Bitter Herbs, Karen O’s Stop the Virgens, Cactus Flower, Black Tie, In Transit, Secrets of the Trade, The Temperamentals, Dividing the Estate (2009 Tony Award nomination for Best Play), Bells Are Ringing, Dinner with Friends, An Oak Tree (New York and Los Angeles, Artios Award winner) and It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues. Her National Tour credits include A Christmas Story, The Musical! She is the resident casting director for Primary Stages, New York Classical Theatre and The Pearl Theatre Company. Her select additional credits include The Cherry Sisters (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Eric Rosen and Matt Sax’s Venice, Saved! for Gary Griffin, Moisés Kaufman’s Into the Woods, The White Snake and The Arabian Nights, both for Mary Zimmerman,and Mirror of the Invisible World. Klapper has ongoing projects in New York City and for a number of regional theaters including Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Asolo Repertory Theatre, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, New Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Hartford Stage and Westport Country Playhouse. She has cast numerous independent feature films. She is a member of the Casting Society of America and League of Professional Theatre Women. Her casting assistants are Tyler Albright and Lauren O’Connell.
Peter Van Dyke (Stage Manager) was born in Chicago and raised on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. He has stage managed at several regional theaters, including over 50 productions at The Old Globe. He has been the Production Stage Manager of The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables and Wicked on tour.
Leighann Enos (Assistant Stage Manager) most recently worked on The Old Globe’s productions of Odyssey, August: Osage County and Twelfth Night (2010 Summer Shakespeare Intensive). Her La Jolla Playhouse credits include Sleeping Beauty Wakes and UC San Diego credits include June Moon, space between, The Threepenny Opera and reasons to be pretty. Her University of Florida credits include Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show, The Mikado, West Side Story and La Traviata. She has also worked on the World Premiere of Magnolia and the Chicago premiere of Rock ‘n’ Roll (Goodman Theatre). Enos received her M.F.A. in Stage Management at UC San Diego and holds a B.A. in Criminology from the University of Florida.
