The Last Goodbye

Sept. 22 – Nov. 3, 2013
(Opening Night: Sunday, Oct. 6)
Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage
Old Globe Theatre
Conrad Prebys Theatre Center

Conceived and Adapted by Michael Kimmel
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Buckley
Directed by Alex Timbers
Choreography by Sonya Tayeh
Orchestrations, Music Direction and Arrangements by Kris Kukul
Scenic Design by Christopher Barreca
Costume Design by Jennifer Moeller
Lighting Design by Justin Townsend
Sound Design by Ken Travis
Text Consultant, Ian Hersey
Fight Director, Kate Waters
Associate Fight Director, Jacob Grigolia-Rosenbaum
Casting by Carrie Gardner, CSA
Production Stage Manager, Peter Lawrence

The greatest love story of all time is now a new musical.

Two-time Tony Award-nominated director Alex Timbers (Peter and the Starcatcher) joins forces with 2013 Emmy Award-nominated choreographer Sonya Tayeh (TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance”) and a cast of leading young Broadway talent to bring Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to new musical life. The unforgettable music of Jeff Buckley (including “Hallelujah”) will stir your soul as thrilling swordplay and stagecraft stir your pulse. The Last Goodbye is a breathtaking and hugely entertaining new musical!


Video
Watch a preview of the new musical The Last Goodbye, running Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe.
Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and the creative team of The Last Goodbye offer a glimpse of the new musical, running Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe.
Watch a video with an exclusive performance from the new musical The Last Goodbye, running Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe.


Production Photos
Talisa Friedman as Juliet and Jay Armstrong Johnson as Romeo in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Talisa Friedman as Juliet and Jay Armstrong Johnson as Romeo in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Jay Armstrong Johnson as Romeo and Talisa Friedman as Juliet in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Jay Armstrong Johnson as Romeo in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Jay Armstrong Johnson as Romeo in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Talisa Friedman as Juliet in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Talisa Friedman as Juliet in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
The cast of The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
(foreground with swords, from left) Jeremy Woodard as Tybalt and Brandon Gill as Benvolio with the cast of The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Hale Appleman as Mercutio (center) with Jay Armstrong Johnson as Romeo (upper left), Talisa Friedman as Juliet (upper right) and the cast of The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
(from left) Stephen Bogardus as Friar Laurence and Jay Armstrong Johnson as Romeo in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
(from left) Tonye Patano as Nurse and Talisa Friedman as Juliet in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Eric Morris as Paris and Talisa Friedman as Juliet in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Daniel Oreskes as Capulet and Shannon Cochran as Lady Capulet in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
(from left) Bryan Scott Johnson as Montague, Wallace Smith as Prince and Nancy Snow Carr as Lady Montague in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
   
   
(from left) Drew Foster, Adam Perry, Nik Walker and Billy Bustamante in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
    


Opening Night Photos
(from left) Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein, cast members Talisa Friedman and Jay Armstrong Johnson, director Alex Timbers and Old Globe Managing Director Michael G. Murphy at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.
Choreographer Sonya Tayeh and director Alex Timbers at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.
Orchestrator, music director and arranger Kris Kukul, band singer Adam Cochran and conceiver and adaptor Michael Kimmel at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.
Talisa Friedman, who plays Juliet, and Jay Armstrong Johnson, who plays Romeo, at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.
Talisa Friedman, who plays Juliet, at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.
Jay Armstrong Johnson, who plays Romeo, at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.
Director Alex Timbers at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.
Choreographer Sonya Tayeh at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.
Board member Harvey White and Sheryl White, Production Sponsors (far right), with cast members (from left) Brandon Gill, Talisa Friedman, Eric Morris, Hale Appleman, Jay Armstrong Johnson and Jeremy Woodard at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.
Choreographer Sonya Tayeh (center) with cast members (from left) Steve Schepis, Brandon Gill, Wallace Smith, Nik Walker, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Adam Perry and James Brown III at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.
(from left) Cast members Hale Appleman, Jay Armstrong Johnson and Brandon Gill at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.
(from left) Cast members Eric Morris, Drew Foster, Jeremy Woodard, Adam Perry and James Brown III at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.
Mary Guibert, mother of Jeff Buckley, at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.
Cast members Tonye Patano and Brandon Gill at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.
Cast members Shannon Cochran and Daniel Oreskes at the opening night party for The Last Goodbye on Oct. 6, 2013. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. Photo by Doug Gates.


Publicity Photos
Jay Armstrong Johnson stars as Romeo and Talisa Friedman as Juliet in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Jay Armstrong Johnson stars as Romeo in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Talisa Friedman stars as Juliet in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Talisa Friedman stars as Juliet and Jay Armstrong Johnson as Romeo in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Matthew Murphy.
Jay Armstrong Johnson stars as Romeo in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.
Talisa Friedman stars as Juliet in The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.
Composer and lyricist Jeff Buckley. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.
Composer and lyricist Jeff Buckley. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.
Composer and lyricist Jeff Buckley. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.
Composer and lyricist Jeff Buckley. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by Niels Van Iperen.
Composer and lyricist Jeff Buckley. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by David Gahr.
Choreographer Sonya Tayeh and director Alex Timbers. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo by David Gordon/Theatermania.com.
Director Alex Timbers. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.
Choreographer Sonya Tayeh. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.
Music director and arranger Kris Kukul. The Last Goodbye, a new musical fusing Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the songs of rock icon Jeff Buckley, runs Sept. 22 - Nov. 3, 2013 at The Old Globe. The Last Goodbye is conceived and adapted by Michael Kimmel, with music and lyrics by Jeff Buckley, orchestrations, music direction and arrangements by Kris Kukul, choreography by Sonya Tayeh and direction by Alex Timbers. Photo courtesy of The Old Globe.


Cast and Creative Team

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Hale Appleman (Mercutio) has appeared in the New York productions of Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play directed by Mark Wing-Davey, David Rabe’s Streamers directed by Scott Ellis, Photograph 51 (The Ensemble Studio Theatre) and Unrequited (The Public Theater).  His regional credits include Streamers (Huntington Theatre Company), Paradise Lost (American Repertory Theater), Buried Child (L.A. Theatre Works), La Ronde L.A. (Arden Theatre Company), Moonchildren (Berkshire Theatre Group), Emily Mann’s A Seagull in the Hamptons (Stony Brook Southampton) and The Art of Coarse Acting, 100 Saints You Should Know and Twelfth Night (Chautauqua Theater Company).  Appleman’s film credits include Teeth, Private Romeo, Beautiful Ohio, Pedro and Oysters Rockefeller, and he has been seen on television in “Smash.”He trained at Carnegie Mellon University and the High School of Performing Arts, as well as The Public Theater's Shakespeare Lab. 
Jay Armstrong Johnson (Romeo) has appeared on Broadway as Greg Wilhote in Hands on a Hardbody, Frank Abagnale, Jr. standby in Catch Me If You Can and Claude understudy in the original revival cast of Hair.  His Off Broadway credits include Wild Animals You Should Know (MCC Theater) and Working (Prospect Theater Company, Drama Desk Award).  He also played Mark in the First National Tour of A Chorus Line.  His regional credits include Chip in On the Town and Pool Boy (Barrington Stage Company), Frederick in Pirates! (or, Gilbert & Sullivan Plunder’d) (The Muny), Hands on a Hardbody (La Jolla Playhouse), Link Larkin in Hairspray (Weston Playhouse) and Baby John in West Side Story.  He can be heard on the recording of 35mm: A Musical Exhibition, available on iTunes.  His film and television credits include Sex and the City 2, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “The Apprentice.” 
Stephen Bogardus (Friar Laurence) has appeared on Broadway in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Old Acquaintance, Man of La Mancha, James Joyce’s The Dead, High Society, Love! Valour! Compassion!, King David, Falsettos, The Grapes of Wrath, Les Misérables and West Side Story (1980 revival).  His Off Broadway work includes Passion (Classic Stage Company), Craig Wright’s The Pavilion (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), David Greenspan’s Go Back to Where You Are, Falsettoland and Falsettos (Playwrights Horizons), Love! Valour! Compassion! (Manhattan Theatre Club) and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (The Public Theater).  Regionally he has appeared in God of Carnage (Huntington Theatre Company), The Exorcist (Geffen Playhouse), M. Butterfly (Arena Stage) and 80 Days (La Jolla Playhouse).  His National Tour credits include Ravenal in Show Boat, Stine in City of Angels and Freddie in Chess.  This past summer, Bogardus took part in a workshop of Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s Bright Star (New York Stage and Film).  His television credits include “The Big C,” “Smash,” “Monk,” all three “Law & Order” series and “Without a Trace.”  His film credits include Julie & Julia, Little Ones, States of Control and Love! Valour! Compassion!
James Brown III (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his debut at The Old Globe with this amazing show.  His Original Broadway Cast credits include Willie Lopez and Subway Ghost understudy and Dance/Fight Captain in Ghost The Musical, Jimmy in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Jetsam understudy and Dance/Fight Captain in The Little Mermaid, Bobby, Harpo understudy and Fight Captain in The Color Purple and Dance Captain in The Frogs.  His other Broadway credits include The Lover in Wicked, the Tony Award-winning cast of Memphis, O’Houlihan in The Producers and Simba understudy and Dance/Fight Captain in The Lion King.  He is also proud to have gotten his start dancing with Michael Jackson after studying psychology at Brown University.  His other artistic endeavor is being a co-founder/designer in the web-based custom clothing line World of Alfa.   
Billy Bustamante (Ensemble) is thrilled to be working on this wonderful piece.  He was most recently seen as Bun Foo in Thoroughly Modern Millie at Paper Mill Playhouse.  His other credits include Lincoln Center Theater, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Sundance Institute Theatre Lab, The Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, Sacramento Music Circus, Walnut Street Theatre, Arden Theatre Company, North Shore Music Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, Theatre Under The Stars, The Muny and New York Musical Theatre Festival.  He is a proud Actors’ Equity member and alumnus of The University of the Arts.  He also works as a director and photographer.  
Megan Carmitchel (Additional Vocals) is thrilled and honored to be making her Globe debut.  Her recent San Diego credits include Fiddler on the Roof (Lamb’s Players Theatre), Pippin (Diversionary Theatre), South Pacific and Stepping Out (Welk Resort Theatre) and The Who’s Tommy (San Diego Repertory Theatre).  She is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a degree in vocal performance and was seen in the Bay Area in Peter Pan (Berkeley Playhouse) and City of Angels and Chess (San Francisco State University).
Nancy Snow Carr (Lady Montague) is incredibly grateful to be a part of this remarkable production.  She previously appeared at The Old Globe in the 2011 and 2012 productions of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!  Some of Carr’s favorite credits include the National Tours of Phantom and The Buddy Holly Story, Dorothy in the Washington, DC premiere of Hunter Foster and David Kirshenbaum’s Summer of ‘42 (Round House Theatre) and Lina Lamont in Singin’ in the Rain (Merry-Go-Round Playhouse).  Carr received her B.F.A. in Musical Theatre from Elon University and M.F.A. from San Diego State University.  She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.  Carr operates a private studio in San Diego where she offers voice lessons and audition preparation. 
Shannon Cochran (Lady Capulet) is a Los Angeles-based actress, making her Globe debut with this production.  She last appeared as Gertrude in Hamlet and Desiree in A Little Night Music (Writers’ Theatre).  She appeared in the National Tour of August: Osage County, and she won Obie and Theatre World Awards, among others, for her creation of a role in another Tracy Letts play, Bug, in London and Off Broadway.  She has worked at such theaters as Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Long Wharf Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Goodman Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Repertory and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park in addition to directing for many Chicago and Los Angeles theaters.  Cochran’s recent film credits include The Perfect Family with Kathleen Turner, The Ring and Star Trek: Nemesis.  She can be seen as Attorney General Susan Sawyer on “Scandal” and has had roles in numerous television series.  She is the voice of many audiobooks and is on the Chicago and Los Angeles staffs of The School at Steppenwolf.  
Drew Foster (Ensemble) has previously appeared in West Side Story (The Muny and First National Tour), Bach at Leipzig and All’s Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? and Rabbit Hole (Florida Studio Theatre), Episcoene opposite F. Murray Abraham (Red Bull Theater) and Amadeus, As You Like It and Romeo and Juliet (Island Shakespeare Festival).  He also spent five seasons with Asolo Repertory Theatre, including with their productions of Over the Tavern, The Diary of Anne Frank, I’m Not Rappaport, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Greeks, The Corn is Green and more.  As a 2009 Chautauqua Theater Company Directing Fellow he helped direct and choreograph Arcadia, Rx and The Winter’s Tale, and as a directing associate at The Juilliard School, he helped direct King Lear, Blue Window and Hamlet.  Foster is the current Artistic Director of the Shelter Island Shakespeare Festival, which will present the upcoming production of Twelfth Night.  Foster studied at The Juilliard School, where he received the John Houseman Prize.  Thanks M.  
Talisa Friedman (Juliet) is making her Globe debut.  Her regional credits include Ah, Wilderness! (Arena Stage), the world premiere stage adaptation of Donnie Darko (American Repertory Theater) and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (The Studio Theatre).  Her New York credits include The Bardy Bunch (New York International Fringe Festival) and Liz Swados’ oratorio Resilient Souls.  Friedman recently graduated with a B.A. in English from Harvard University, where she was awarded the Jonathan Levy Prize for most promising actor and the David McCord Prize for Excellence in the Arts.
Bradley Gibson (Swing) has previously appeared in Love’s Labour’s Lost as ensemble (The Public Theater), the reading of Princesses (Goodspeed Musicals) and as Coalhouse Walker in Ragtime (New London Barn Playhouse).  He received his B.F.A. from The Boston Conservatory in 2013.   
Brandon Gill (Benvolio) is a native New Yorker and graduate of LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts and The Juilliard School.  He previously appeared at The Old Globe in the world premiere of The Recommendation.  His theater credits include Superior Donuts (Pittsburgh Public Theater) and Jim Crow in Neighbors and workshops of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Antony and Cleopatra directed by Tarell Alvin McCraney (The Public Theater, New York).  His film credits include Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice with Nicolas Cage and the upcoming film Foreclosure with Michael Imperioli and Wendell Pierce.  On television he has recurred on “Golden Boy” (CBS) and guest starred on “Do No Harm” (NBC), “House of Cards,” “Detroit 1-8-7”(ABC), “Are We There Yet?” (TBS), “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Fringe.” 
Bryan Scott Johnson (Montague) has been seen on Broadway in Mamma Mia! Other New York City credits include his solo show I Want My Token Back! (Bistro Award), Max and Maxine: Together...Again! (Bistro Award), Philemon and The End of Civilization.  Johnson attended Northern Michigan University, followed by an internship at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, where he appeared in the original cast of the late Larry Shue’s hit comedy The Foreigner.  Johnson’s regional credits include the premiere of Almost Heaven (Denver Center Theatre Company), A Child’s Christmas in Wales (The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey), Heartbeats and Mimi le Duck (Adirondack Theatre Festival), Man of La Mancha (Stoneham Theatre), Twelfth Night (Michigan Shakespeare Festival) and The 1940’s Radio Hour (Riverside Theatre), among others.  Tour credits include Little Shop of Horrors and The Rocky Horror Show.  His television credits include “Blue Bloods,” “Ed,” “Kings,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Law & Order: Trial by Jury,” “The Onion News Network” and “Outlaw,” as well as commercials and voiceovers. 
Eric Morris (Paris) most recently appeared in recurring roles as Noble Sanfino on “Blue Bloods” and Deputy Mayor Holbrook on “Golden Boy.”  He has also appeared on Broadway as Sky in Mamma Mia! and Coram Boy.  He frequently collaborates with composer/writer Joe Iconis, starring in the Drama Desk Award-nominated Bloodsong of Love and the Second Stage Theatre run and original cast recording of Things to Ruin,among other projects.  His television and film credits include “Royal Pains,” “Law & Order,” “New Amsterdam,” “As the World Turns” and the upcoming feature film Trust, Greed, Bullets & Bourbon.  His other regional and Off Broadway credits include White Noise (Royal George Theatre), Empire (Lincoln Center Theater workshop) and Notes to MariAnne (New York Stage and Film).  
Daniel Oreskes (Capulet) recently completed successful runs of Jesse Eisenberg’s The Revisionist with Eisenberg and Vanessa Redgrave (Cherry Lane Theatre), Nathan Englander’s The Twenty-Seventh Man directed by Barry Edelstein (The Public Theater) and Russian Transport directed by Scott Elliott (The New Group).  On Broadway, he created the role of Big Davey in the American premiere of Billy Elliot as well as roles in The Miracle Worker, Cymbeline, Aida, Electra and Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s production of The Song of Jacob Zulu.  Other Off Broadway credits include John Patrick Shanley’s Cellini and Missing Marissa, Doug Wright’s Quills, Arthur Miller’s Mr. Peters’ Connections and A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Dan Sullivan for The Public Theater.  Oreskes’ film and television credits include The Thomas Crown Affair, The Devil’s Advocate, “The Sopranos,” “Rescue Me,” “The Good Wife,” “Pan Am,” “Third Watch” and “Law & Order.” 
Tonye Patano (Nurse) garnered multiple nominations and awards on both stage and screen, notably as Heylia James on Showtime’s “Weeds” as well as the La Jolla Playhouse tour of the award-winning play Ruined,for which she was recognized by the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Play.  Her film credits include Diving Normal, Ponies, The Hurricane, The Savages, Trainwreck, Little Manhattan, The Great New Wonderful, The Thing About My Folks, A Price Above Rubies, Fresh, The Company Men, Stolen, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 and Loving Leah.  Her television credits include “One Life to Live,” “County” (pilot), “Monk,” “Hope & Faith,” “Sex and the City,” “Third Watch,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Eli Stone.”  She has appeared in many Off Broadway and regional theater productions as well as the National Tour of Legends! and 45 Seconds from Broadway on Broadway.  Patano recurs on the hit FX drama “The Americans”and recently wrapped the feature Every Secret Thing with Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Banks. 
Adam Perry (Ensemble) previously appeared at The Old Globe in Dancing in the Dark.  His Broadway credits include Nice Work If You Can Get It, Anything Goes, Promises, Promises, Don in A Chorus Line and Wicked.  His other theater credits include Damn Yankees and On the Town (City Center Encores!) and The Most Happy Fella (New York City Opera).  He has also appeared in the National Tours of Cats and Sweet Charity.  His television and film credits include “Smash,” “One Life to Live,” My Week with Marilyn, “The Miraculous Year” (HBO pilot), “The Academy Awards,” “The Tony Awards” and “The Kennedy Center Honors.”  Thanks to his beautiful friends and family for their support.
Steve Schepis (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making his Globe debut.  He appeared on Broadway in the original casts of Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Finian’s Rainbow.  His other New York theater credits include Anyone Can Whistle and On the Town (City Center Encores!).  He toured Europe with the 50th Anniversary World Tour of West Side Story.  His regional credits include Tommy Keeler in Annie Get Your Gun (Goodspeed Musicals), Benjamin in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Music Circus) and Oklahoma! (Paper Mill Playhouse).  He has twirled in the concert dance world for Heidi Latsky Dance and stomped in the commercial dance world for Beyoncé.  As always, for mom and dad.    
Wallace Smith (Prince) has been seen on Broadway as Judas in the revival of Godspell, Favorite Son in Green Day’s American Idiot, Simba in Disney’s The Lion King, Hud in the Tony Award-winning revival of Hair and Coalhouse understudy in the revival of Ragtime.  His Off Broadway credits include Bobby Marrow in Choir Boy at Manhattan Theatre Club, and his regional credits include Dion in Whoopi Goldberg’s White Noise, John in Miss Saigon, Matt in the original Los Angeles company of bare: A Pop Opera and Leading Player in Kansas City Repertory Theatre’s 2012 Pippin.  Smith has been seen on television in CBS’ “Blue Bloods,” NBC’s “American Dreams,” Fox Family’s “State of Grace” and Showtime’s “Soul Food.” 
Nik Walker (Ensemble) is blessed to make his Globe debut.  He returns to California after a stint at La Jolla Playhouse, originating the role of Booker in Des McAnuff’s Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.  He has been seen on Broadway in Motown: The Musical and regionally in Into the Woods (CENTERSTAGE/Westport Country Playhouse) and Miss Saigon (Ogunquit Playhouse).  A writer and poet, his rock piece Whiskeyland! will enjoy its first staged workshop in New York City this November.  Love and thanks to God, family, friends and the amazing company behind this beauteous skit. 
Jeremy Woodard (Tybalt) is beyond excited to be making his Globe debut.  His Broadway and National Tour credits include Stacee Jaxx in Rock of Ages, Glory Days, Hairspray and Miss Saigon.  He was also seen Off Broadway in Rock of Ages.  His television and film credits include “The Big C,” “Smash” and So Funny.  He is a proud alumnus of East Carolina University.  Thanks and love to family, friends, Cam, Alphas and the Boyz at CGF.  For The Ticks.   
Adam Cochran (Band Singer) is a Drama Desk Award-nominated composer/musician, for Outstanding Music in a Play for 2010’s A Play on War, and he is a company member with New York/Abu Dhabi-based Theater Mitu.  His recent composition credits include Marat/Sade (Tisch Mainstage), The Odyssey (Abu Dhabi) and The Elephant Man (Wings Theater).  As an actor, he has appeared in The Apostle Project (New York Theatre Workshop), Hamlet (Galapagos Art Space), Wyoming and Parts of Kansas (Barrow Street Theatre), Pageant (Stoneham Theatre), One Night Stand: An Improvised Musical (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) and Nuclear Love Affair (Prague Fringe Festival).  His credits with Theater Mitu, under Artistic Director Rubén Polendo, include Juárez: A Documentary Mythology (Juárez, Mexico), A Dream Play (Abu Dhabi) and DR.C (or How I Learned to Act in Eight Steps) (3LD Art & Technology Center).  He has released three albums as burlesque punk rocker Minq Vaadka, played Joe’s Pub, Mercury Lounge and more, and written and starred in Minq Vaadka’s Narcischism: Un Cabaret d’Adieu (Robert Moss Theater).   
  Michael Kimmel (Conceiver and Adaptor) has seen The Last Goodbye performed in concert at Wild Project, Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater and Westside Theatre (produced by The Public Theater).  Kimmel is also the creator/writer of Turn of the Screw, a modern, musical adaptation of the classic Henry James novella with music and lyrics by Drew Gasparini (“Smash”).  Turn of the Screw had its concert debut at Lincoln Center in 2012.  Kimmel and Gasparini are also collaborating on #UntitledPopMusical, focusing on the rise and fall of pop star Jenna Styles, which had its concert debut at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York this past June.  Kimmel is the book writer for Painless, with music and lyrics by Zoe Sarnak, whichdebuted at Joe’s Pub and will have its first workshop in the fall of 2013, and he is also the author of Bluebird, a version of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull set in the songwriter community of Nashville.  He is a graduate and adjunct faculty member of Fordham University’s Theatre Program at Lincoln Center.
  Jeff Buckley (Music and Lyrics) was born in California’s Orange County on November 17, 1966 and died in Memphis on May 29, 1997.  He had emerged in New York City’s avant-garde club scene in the 1990s as one of the most remarkable musical artists of his generation, acclaimed by audiences, critics and fellow musicians alike.  His one and only full-length, full-band studio album, Grace, released in 1994, includes his haunting cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”  Buckley and his band spent the following two years touring the world in support of the album, and though he was largely ignored by U.S. audiences, who were fully involved in the grunge movement, his sensitive and soaring vocals, virtuoso guitar and gripping performance style were critically acclaimed throughout Europe, the U.K. and Australia.  He was awarded France’s prestigious Grand Prix International du Disque de l’Académie Charles Cros in 1995, as well as Platinum Record plaques from France, the U.K. and Australia.  In May of 1997 in Memphis, on the verge of recording his second studio album, Buckley perished in an accidental drowning while taking a late-night swim in the Wolf River Marina.  The songs he had been working on were posthumously released as Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk in 1998, which received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.  Today, Grace is ranked among the 500 greatest albums of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, and Buckley’s recording of “Hallelujah” was voted number one among the top 100 vocal performances of all time by Mojo magazine (U.K.).
  Alex Timbers (Director) is a two-time Tony Award-nominated writer and director and the recipient of Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, as well as two Obie Awards.  His Broadway credits include Peter and the Starcatcher (co-director, Obie Award for Directing, Tony nomination for Best Direction of a Play), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (director and book writer, Drama Desk Award and Tony nomination for Best Book of a Musical) and The Pee-wee Herman Show, which aired on HBO.  His Off Broadway credits include Here Lies Love (Drama Desk and OCC nominations for Outstanding Director of a Musical), A Very Merry Unauthorized Children’s Scientology Pageant (Obie Award, Garland Award for Direction), Gutenberg! The Musical! (Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Director of a Musical) and Hell House (Drama Desk nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience).  Timbers is Artistic Director of experimental New York company Les Freres Corbusier.  He recently directed Rocky in Germany.
  Sonya Tayeh (Choreography) is an Emmy-nominated choreographer who was raised in Detroit, Michigan, and received a B.S. in Dance from Wayne State University.  Her stage credits include: The Last Goodbye (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Spring Awakening (San Jose Repertory Theatre), Walk For Water (Cirque du Soleil), New Wave LA and Next Wave LA (Los Angeles Ballet) and The Endurance to Move, Battles and The Root of Me (Tayeh Dance Company).  Tayeh has directed and choreographed world tours and stage performances for Madonna, Florence and the Machine, Kylie Minogue, Kerli, Miley Cyrus, etc.  Her television credits include “So You Think You Can Dance,” “The American Music Awards,” “The Voice,” “X Factor,” “The BRIT Awards” and “American Idol.”  Tayeh has received many accolades for teaching and choreography, including Women of Detroit, Dance Magazine’s 25 To Watch and a featured cover story for Dance Teacher magazine.
  Kris Kukul (Orchestrations, Music Direction and Arrangements) is a New York City-based composer/arranger/music director.  He is the resident music director/cabaret director for Williamstown Theatre Festival.  Recent arrangement/music direction work includes Animal Crackers (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Last Goodbye (Williamstown/Joe’s Pub), LaMama Cantata (Spoleto Festival), From the Fire (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), In the Footprint (The Civilians), The Daughters (Collaborative Arts Project 21), It’s Judy’s Show (DR2 Theatre, Theatre J), Revolting Rhymes (Lucille Lortel Theatre, Atlantic Theater Company), Kaspar Hauser and Jabu (The Flea Theater), Dispatches (Naked Angels), Gutenberg! The Musical! (Actors’ Playhouse) and God’s Ear (Vineyard Theatre).  He is arranger/music director for Elizabeth Swados.  Kukul has composed music for Wing It! and Camp Monster (Williamstown), Beauty Queen (3Graces Theater Co.), Dash Dexter (Manhattan Theatre Club), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (National Theatre of Greece) and Oliver Twist (The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey).  His international work includes Heracles directed by Andrei Serban, Bokan (Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro de Bogotá), La MaMa Cantata (Belgrade and Zagreb Festivals), The Bacchae (Warsaw) and The Frogs (Epidaurus Festival).  He is on the adjunct faculty at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
  Christopher Barreca (Scenic Design) recently designed the Globe’s production of Double Indemnity.  He has designed the Broadway productions of Michael John LaChiusa’s Marie Christine, Gabriel Garcia Márquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold (American Theater Wing Design Award), Richard Greenberg’s The Violet Hour, Howard Korder’s Search and Destroy (Drama-Logue Award) and Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good (Prague Quadrennial).  His Off Broadway credits include Greenberg’s Everett Beekin and Three Days of Rain (Drama Desk Award nomination), LaChiusa’s Bernarda Alba, Bernard-Marie Koltes’ Roberto Zucco, Thomas Strelich’s Neon Psalms (American Theater Wing Design Award nomination) and Antonio Skarmeta’s Burning Patience.  He also designed the tour of Anna Deavere Smith’s Twilight: Los Angeles.  His regional credits include Culture Clash’s The Birds, Christopher d’Amboise’s The Studio, Charles Ludlam’s Hedda Gabler, Eric Overmyer’s The Heliotrope Bouquet, Dark Rapture and In Perpetuity and Stephin Merritt’s Peach Blossom Fan directed by Chen Shi-Zheng (Prague Quadrennial).  Internationally Barreca has designed Rocky Das Musical (Hamburg, Germany), King Lear (Dijon, France, Prague Quadrennial) and Stephen Dillane’s solo Macbeth (Almeida Theatre, London).  His opera credits include Leon/Soyinka’s Scourge of Hyacinths (Münchener Biennale, BMW Design Award nomination), and his dance credits include Susan Marshall’s Solo and Roman Oller’s Good Night Paradise and Tears for Violeta (The Joyce Theater).  Barreca received a 1990 NEA Arts in America Grant (Calcutta, India) and is the Head of Scenic Design at California Institute of the Arts.
  Jennifer Moeller (Costume Design) has designed the Off Broadway productions of Love’s Labour’s Lost directed by Alex Timbers (Shakespeare in the Park), Dance and the Railroad (Signature Theatre Company), Happy Now? (Primary Stages) and Crooked (Women’s Project).  Her regional credits include Mud Blue Sky (CENTERSTAGE), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, Tamburlaine and Richard III (The Shakespeare Theatre Company), Bachelorette and Venus in Fur (The Studio Theatre), The How and the Why (McCarter Theatre Center), Six Degrees of Separation (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Winter’s Tale and Dance of the Holy Ghosts (Yale Repertory Theatre), Sweeney Todd (Barrington Stage Company) and Waiting for Godot (Berkshire Theatre Festival).
  Justin Townsend (Lighting Design) is an international lighting and scenic designer for performance.  His Broadway designs include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, also with Alex Timbers, The Other Place, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and A Night With Janis Joplin.  Townsend is a member of the Obie Award-winning The Theatre of a Two-Headed Calf.  His New York work includes The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Galileo and Unnatural Acts (Classic Stage Company), Mr. Burns and Milk Like Sugar (Playwrights Horizons), Luck of the Irish and On the Levee (LCT3), Opus (Primary Stages), Speech & Debate (Roundabout Theatre Company) and Beauty on the Vine and Palace of the End (Epic Theatre Ensemble).  His work has been seen regionally throughout the country at theaters including Arden Theatre Company, Alliance Theatre, Arena Stage, American Repertory Theater, Bard Summerscape, The Theatre at Boston Court, CENTERSTAGE, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Play House, Folger Theatre, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Intiman Theatre, Kirk Douglas Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, PlayMakers Repertory Company and Portland Center Stage.  Townsend’s awards include a Drama Desk Award for Here Lies Love, the 2006 USITT Rising Star Award, an IRNE Award for The Blue Flower and two Elliot Norton Awards for The Blue Flower and The Onion Cellar, and he has been nominated for many others including AUDELCO, Lucille Lortel, Ovation, Henry Hewes Design, Helen Hayes and Outer Critics Circle Awards.  He is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts and is now an assistant professor at Brooklyn College.
  Ken Travis (Sound Design) has designed the Broadway productions of Jekyll & Hyde, A Christmas Story, The Musical, Scandalous, Newsies, Memphis, The Threepenny Opera, Barefoot in the Park and Steel Magnolias.  His numerous New York and regional credits include The 5th Avenue Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, Seattle Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, Guthrie Theater, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Playwrights Horizons, The New Group, New York Shakespeare Festival, Classic Stage Company, Signature Theatre Company, Soho Repertory Theater, Vineyard Theatre, The Civilians, Mabou Mines and national and international festivals and tours.  He has served as front-of-house and monitor engineer for various artists such as Sinead O’Connor, Joshua Radin, Ingrid Michaelson, Manu Chao and the festivals Celebrate Brooklyn and Lincoln Center Festival.
  Ian Hersey (Text Consultant) has previous text and dialogue coaching work that includes Titus Andronicus and Measure for Measure (The Public Theater), The Last Goodbye (Williamstown Theatre Festival) and Romeo and Juliet, Othello and Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare on the Sound), and he has also consulted at The Flea Theater, R.Evolución Latina and The 52nd Street Project.  He recently directed The Comedy of Errors (Stella Adler Studio of Acting) and the Othello Project (José Limón Dance Company).  He was also the Assistant Director for King Lear (The Public Theater).  He has taught Shakespeare in acting conservatories, M.F.A. programs, colleges, prisons, shelters, community centers and high schools.  He was the Shakespeare Initiative Associate at The Public Theater and remains the founder/director of A Midsummer Day’s Camp there.  As an actor he received a Fox Foundation Fellowship and has worked on stage, television, films and commercials.  He has a Master’s degree in Education from Harvard University.
  Kate Waters (Fight Director) is one of only two women on the Equity Register of Fight Directors.  Her extensive credits with the National Theatre include Othello, Port, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (also West End), The Comedy of Errors, One Man, Two Guvnors (also West End, Broadway, World Tour), Frankenstein, Season’s Greetings, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Welcome to Thebes, Women Beware Women and War Horse (also West End).  Her recent work includes Macbeth (Trafalgar Studios), Julius Caesar and The Same Deep Water As Me (Donmar Warehouse), Cabaret (West End), Noises Off (The Old Vic and West End), The Duchess of Malfi and Sweet Bird of Youth (The Old Vic), Written on Skin for Katie Mitchell (Aix en Provence, Royal Opera House), Company (Sheffield Crucible), Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 (Theatre Royal Bath/Peter Hall Company), Henry VI, Richard III, Henry V and Dr. Faustus (Shakespeare’s Globe), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ragtime and Lord of the Flies (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Titus Andronicus, Hamlet, The Homecoming and King Lear (Royal Shakespeare Company), Disgraced and Our New Girl (Bush Theatre), Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Private Lives, A View from the Bridge and As You Like It (Royal Exchange, Manchester), King Lear (West Yorkshire Playhouse) and Desire Under the Elms, Saved and Blasted (Lyric Hammersmith).  Her other work includes Spring Awakening (Lyric Hammersmith and West End), A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Peter Hall (Rose Theatre, Kingston), Romeo and Juliet (Theatre of Memory) and many shows for Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, including Hamlet for Jonathan Miller.  She also provides regular fight direction for “Coronation Street.”
  Jacob Grigolia-Rosenbaum (Associate Fight Director) recently and continues to serve as Fight Director for Peter and the Starcatcher (Broadway, New York Theatre Workshop, New World Stages, National Tour), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Broadway, The Public Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival), Cyrano de Bergerac (Broadway), Here Lies Love (The Public Theater), Sailor Man (also co-creator, New York International Fringe Festival, winner of Best Play), The Buccaneer (also playwright, The Tank, Fight Fest) and Bill W. and Dr. Bob (Soho Playhouse).  Grigolia-Rosenbaum has been Fight Director for numerous regional and touring companies including Connecticut Free Shakespeare and National Theater for Arts and Education and was Stunt Coordinator on the forthcoming film Dark Was the Night (Caliber Media Company).  He was a Junior Olympic fencer and Division 1 varsity fencer at Yale University.  When not making art out of violence, he can be found living in Park Slope, Brooklyn with his wife and son.
  Carrie Gardner, CSA (Casting) previously cast the Globe’s production of Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show and also serves as casting director for Roundabout Theatre Company.  Her Broadway credits include The Book of Mormon, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Picnic, Cyrano de Bergerac, Don’t Dress for Dinner, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson,American Idiot, Spring Awakening, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, The Philanthropist, A Man for All Seasons and Les Liaisons Dangereuses.  Her Off Broadway credit sinclude Encores! Off-Center, The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin, Bad Jews, Common Pursuit, Look Back in Anger, Sons of the Prophet, Suicide Incorporated, The Dream of the Burning Boy, Tigers Be Still, The Language Archive, Ordinary Days, The Understudy, The Language of Trees, Distracted, Speech & Debate and The Marriage of Bette & Boo.
  Peter Lawrence (Production Stage Manager) has originated more than 20 Broadway productions as Production Stage Manager including two that began at The Old Globe: Rumors and Jake’s Women.  He has been Associate Director or Production Supervisor for the Broadway production of Shrek the Musical, Spamalot, Sunset Boulevard and the revivals of Gypsy, Annie Get Your Gun and Man of La Mancha.  Lawrence was the Executive Producer for Miss Saigon and Les Misérables, and he has directed or restaged the U.S. Tours of Spamalot, The Graduate, Social Security, Broadway Bound, Rumors, Lost in Yonkers and Sunset Boulevard as well as Spamalot in London and the Asian tour of Miss Saigon.  He has taught in the drama departments of Transylvania University, University of Hawaii and Columbia University.  Lawrence is the only stage manager ever to have received a Tony Honor for Excellence in the Theatre.
  Pamela Remler (Assistant Stage Manager) is a former dancer/actress who has recently converted to stage manager.  She is a second-generation Rockette whose Broadway credits as performer include A Christmas Carol, The Music Man, Gypsy with Bernadette Peters and the original company of Spamalot.  Remler has choreographed Is He Dead? on Broadway and was the Associate Choreographer for Jerry Mitchell’s La Cage Aux Follies, 13, the National Tour, Las Vegas and the London companies of Spamalot and the film Drop Dead Gorgeous.  Remler also worked as the Associate Director and Choreographer on Motherhood the Musical.  As a stage manager, her credits include the workshop of Yank!, Where’s Charley? (City Centers Encores!), Bernadette Peters’ 2009 concert, Venus Flytrap and the Broadway company of Jersey Boys, from which she is currently on a leave of absence to join The Old Globe’s production of The Last Goodbye.
  Amanda Salmons (Assistant Stage Manager) has worked previously at The Old Globe on the Shakespeare Festival (2011-13), Anna Christie, Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Somewhere, Groundswell, Welcome to Arroyo’s, Lost in Yonkers, I Do! I Do!, The Savannah Disputation and The Price.  In addition, she stage managed for the Summer Shakespeare Intensive through the Globe’s education department, working with high school students on Love’s Labour’s Lost, As You Like It and Pericles.  Her other San Diego credits include miXtape, See How They Run, The Music Man and The Rivalry (Lamb’s Players Theatre), The Gondoliers, The Pirates of Penzance, Candide, Trial by Jury and Rumpelstiltskin (Lyric Opera San Diego) and SummerFest (La Jolla Music Society).