| ROMEO + JULIET Announces Complete Broadway Cast | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 10:13 am EDT 08/12/24 | |
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| ANNOUNCING FULL CAST AND ADDITIONAL CREATIVE TEAM TONY NOMINEE GABBY BEANS, TOMMY DORFMAN AND MORE JOIN KIT CONNOR + RACHEL ZEGLER IN SAM GOLD'S NEW PRODUCTION OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S A close up of a mouth Description automatically generated The Complete Cast Includes KIT CONNOR, RACHEL ZEGLER, GABBY BEANS, TOMMY DORFMAN, NIHAR DUVVURI, SOLA FADIRAN, DANIEL BRAVO HERNÁNDEZ, MISSY MALEK, TAHEEN MODAK, TIMOTHY OH, JASAI CHASE OWENS, GÍAN PÉREZ, SUSANNAH PERKINS and DANIEL VELEZ Directed by Tony Award Winner SAM GOLD Music by Grammy Award Winner JACK ANTONOFF Movement by Tony Award Winner SONYA TAYEH Performances Begin Thursday, September 26, 2024 Officially Opens Thursday, October 24, 2024 At Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre For a Strictly Limited 16 Week Engagement (New York, NY) Seaview, producer of the new Broadway production of ROMEO + JULIET, is proud to announce that Emmy Award winner Kit Connor ("Heartstopper") and Golden Globe Award winner Rachel Zegler (Spielberg's West Side Story) will be joined by Tony Award nominee Gabby Beans (Skin of Our Teeth) as ‘Mercutio/The Friar,' Tommy Dorfman (Broadway Debut; "13 Reasons Why") as ‘The Nurse/Tybalt,' Nihar Duvvuri (Broadway Debut) as ‘Balthazar,' Sola Fadiran (Camelot) as ‘Capulet/Lady Capulet,' Daniel Bravo Hernández (Broadway Debut) as ‘Abraham,' Taheen Modak (Broadway Debut) as ‘Benvolio,' Jasai Chase Ownes (Broadway Debut; "The Expanse") as ‘Gregory,' Gían Pérez (Sing Street) as ‘Samson/Paris/Peter' and understudies Missy Malek (Broadway Debut), Timothy Oh (Broadway Debut), Susannah Perkins (The Wolves) and Daniel Velez (Broadway Debut). Directed by Tony Award winner Sam Gold (An Enemy of the People), ROMEO + JULIET will feature music by Grammy Award winner Jack Antonoff and movement direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh (Moulin Rouge). Rehearsals for ROMEO + JULIET begin today, Monday, August 12, and director Sam Gold said, "I couldn't be more thrilled to be starting today with this brilliant ensemble. In the play, there are two households, but for us in the room, it really feels like one family." ROMEO + JULIET will begin performances on Thursday, September 26, 2024 and officially open on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre (1633 Broadway) for a strictly limited, 16-week engagement. Tickets are now on sale at www.romeoandjulietnyc.com . Rush policy, lottery and other accessible pricing initiatives will be announced at a later date. ROMEO + JULIET will feature scenic design by Tony Award nominee dots, costume design by Tony Award nominee Enver Chakartash, lighting design by Tony Award nominee Isabella Byrd, sound design by Tony Award winner Cody Spencer, hair, wig and makeup design by Robert Pickens and Katie Gell and violence by Drew Leary. Claire Warden will serve as intimacy director, Gigi Buffington will serve as voice and text coach and Michael Sexton and Ayanna Thompson will serve as dramaturgy and text consultants. Production stage management is by Rachel Bauder, Juniper Street Productions is the Production Manager and 101 Productions, Ltd will serve as general manager. Casting is by Taylor Williams, CSA. The youth are fucked. Left to their own devices in their parents' world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle towards their inescapable fate. The intoxicating high of passion quickly descends into a brutal chaos that can only end one way. ROMEO + JULIET is produced on Broadway by Seaview. For more information visit www.romeoandjulietnyc.com . Follow on: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter . # # # BIOS KIT CONNOR (Romeo). Screen International Star of Tomorrow actor Kit Connor landed his first film role aged eight in the lead role of Tom in Warner Bros. Pictures' Get Santa (2014). Since then, he has had roles in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018) and The Mercy (2018). Notably, he played Older Reggie in Rocketman (2019), taking on the role of young Elton John. He also appeared in Little Joe (2019) as Joe. Kit is well-known for voicing Pantalaimon in "His Dark Materials" (2019 -2020) and his TV work also includes "War & Peace" (2016). His theatre credits include Welcome Home, Captain Fox! at the Donmar Warehouse and Fanny & Alexander, where he played Alexander at The Old Vic. Kit is best known for his lead role of Nick Nelson in the global hit TV adaptation of Alice Oseman's "Heartstopper," with the third season set to launch this October on Netflix. For season 1, Kit won the Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Performance in 2022 and the RTS Award for Leading Actor Male in 2023. Kit voices a role in The Wild Robot for DreamWorks alongside Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal and Bill Nighy out in September 2024. Kit will also lead the mystery-horror film One of Us and also star in Ace Entertainment's film A Cuban Girl's Guide To Tea And Tomorrow opposite Maia Reffico. He will film a leading role in Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland's new film for A24, Warfare alongside Charles Melton and Joseph Quinn. Kit Connor is represented by Independent Talent Group and WME. RACHEL ZEGLER (Juliet) is a dynamic actress and singer who has already established herself as a trailblazer of her generation. At only 17 years old, Rachel earned the role of María Vasquez for Steven Spielberg's new adaptation of West Side Story out of 30,000 auditions. The film captured Rachel's motion picture debut alongside Rita Moreno and Ariana DeBose, and earned her an NBR Award for Best Actress along with a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical. Rachel then starred alongside Zachary Levi, Helen Mirren, and Lucy Liu in D.C. Comics' Shazam! Fury of the Gods, the sequel to the successful predecessor, Shazam! She can currently be seen leading the highly anticipated prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes as Lucy Gray Baird, the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. Viola Davis, Peter Dinklage, and Hunter Schafer also star. In 2025, Rachel will be seen as Snow White in Disney's live-action remake of the classic story, making her one of the first Latina actresses to star in a live-action Disney film. Director Marc Webb said, "Rachel's extraordinary vocal abilities are just the beginning of her gifts. Her strength, intelligence and optimism will become an integral part of rediscovering the joy in this classic Disney fairy-tale." She will also be seen in the A24 disaster comedy Y2K, directed by SNL alum Kyle Mooney. In the film penned by Evan Winter, which is set on New Year's Eve 1999, two high school nobodies decide to crash the last big party before the new millennium. When the clock strikes midnight, the night gets more insane than they ever could have imagined. Rachel stars alongside Mason Gooding, The Kid Laroi and Alicia Silverstone. Rachel will also be seen leading Netflix's animated musical film Spellbound, which follows Princess Ellian (Zegler) as she embarks on a mission to save her kingdom after a spell turns her parents into monsters. The film will feature music and lyrics by The Little Mermaid collaborators Alan Menken and Glenn Slater. Rachel has been featured on the covers of Elle, Town & Country, Who What Wear and The Hollywood Reporter and has been profiled by Vogue, Allure, and VMagazine. She is a Forbes "30 Under 30" recipient and has been recognized by Time magazine with inclusion in their Time100Next list, by Variety in their annual "Power of Young Hollywood Impact" list, and by The Hollywood Reporter with their "Next Generation" list. She was also named one of "Nine Latinx Women in Hollywood Currently Changing the World" by Elle magazine. On Latin representation in entertainment, a subject she is passionate about, Rachel says, "We are not just the quirky side character who occasionally says a word in Spanish, we are the main character." GABBY BEANS (Mercutio/The Friar) is a Tony Award nominated actress. TV credits include Apple TV's "Presumed Innocent," HBO's "Succession," CBS's "Blue Bloods," CBS's "The Good Fight," Netflix's "House of Cards," and Showtime's "Ray Donovan." Theater credits include Jonah at Roundabout Theater Company (Lortel Award Winner for Best Lead Performance), The Skin of Our Teeth at Lincoln Center (Tony Award Nomination for Best Lead Actress), I'm Revolting at the Atlantic Theater Company, Anatomy of a Suicide at the Atlantic Theater Company, and Mary Seacole at LCT3. TOMMY DORFMAN (The Nurse/Tybalt) is an actress, writer, director, and producer. She most recently directed her first feature film, I Wish You All The Best, starring Corey Fogelmanis, Alexandra Daddario, Cole Sprouse, and Lena Dunham. The highly anticipated debut feature premiered at SXSW in March to rave reviews and will be in theaters in 2025. After graduating Fordham University in 2015, Tommy booked her first role on the hit Netflix series, "13 Reasons Why," for which she received critical acclaim. Tommy has since gone on to act across different mediums, last on the stage in 2019 Off-Broadway production of Daddy by Jeremy O. Harris, for Danya Taymor. She lives in New York City. Her memoir Maybe This Will Save Me will be published in June 2025 by Hanover Square Press. NIHAR DUVVURI (Balthazar) is thrilled to be making his Broadway debut with this amazing team. Pre-Broadway: SMASH Workshop (2024). A big, endless thank you to friends, family, Megh, and Sarah Haber / Creative Talent Company. NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Atlantic Acting School. @niharduvvuri. SOLA FADIRAN (Capulet/Lady Capulet) made his Broadway debut last year in Aaron Sorkin's Tony-nominated Camelot, after graduating from Yale School of Drama. Following that, he starred in the inaugural production of the Perelman Performing Arts Center, Watch Night, a world premier directed by Tony-winner Bill T. Jones, in a performance the New York Times simply calls, "Excellent." Most recently, Fadiran starred in the Broadway transfer of Fat Ham at The Old Globe in a performance the San Diego Union Tribune hailed as "a triumphant turn." An accomplished singer, Fadiran has also performed as a soloist with prestigious institutions, including the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and Cincinnati Opera, among others. DANIEL BRAVO HERNÁNDEZ (Abraham) is a New York City actor, born and raised. From the streets of Dyckman to the Broadway stage, he is grateful to be making his Broadway debut with Romeo + Juliet. Bravo Hernández recently received his BFA from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at SUNY Purchase. He'd like to thank The Stars of Tomorrow Project, mentor/friend Brian D. Hills, his previous teachers, Clara Bello & Richard Marmolejos, and his parents for helping him develop into the artist he is today. It truly took a village. Mami y Papi, si están leyendo esto, ¡llegamos! Gracias por todo y gracias a Dios. MISSY MALEK (Understudy) a British actor from London, of Arab and Iranian descent, has a distinguished background in classical theatre. She began her acting career at 14 with the National Youth Theatre. She completed her undergraduate degree in Philosophy at Oxford University, where she was an active member of the Drama Society, performing in numerous classical plays by Tennessee Williams, Ionesco, and Chekhov. Malek made her professional stage debut as Osric in Hamlet, starring Ian McKellen in the titular role. She gained critical acclaim for her portrayal of Anya in Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, opposite Mckellen's Firs. In terms of her screen work, she played the recurring role of Nikita in Netflix's "Anatomy Of A Scandal." TAHEEN MODAK (Benvolio) trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Last year, Taheen starred in Pygmalion at the Old Vic for which he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award. Previously he featured in Hamlet at the Bristol Old Vic as Laertes/Rosencratz and appeared as Harry in The Taxidermist's Daughter at the Chichester Festival Theatre. On screen, Taheen recently wrapped a regular role in "The Hardacres" for Channel 5. Taheen also led in "The Bay" for ITV opposite Morven Christie and can be seen playing the lead role of ‘Jay' in hit Sky comedy "Two Weeks To Live" with Maisie Williams and Sian Clifford. His other credits include the lead in BFI short film Doggerland and The American Clock at London's Old Vic Theatre. TIMOTHY OH (Understudy) is a young Korean-American actor, writer, activist, cook, and D&D lover, originally hailing from small-town Ohio. Having recently graduated from the Ohio University's BFA Acting Program, Timothy, who likes to be called TT, is thrilled to be making his Broadway debut with Romeo + Juliet! During his time at Ohio University's BFA Acting Program, TT participated as a Scribe of their BIPOC theater, Vibrancy Theater, and an alumnus of Shakespeare & Company. Most recently, TT has appeared in Romeo and Juliet (‘Romeo' at PSF), As You Like It (Orlando), Camden Shakespeare Festival; A Midsummer Night's Dream (‘Demetrius' at Cap21); Yerma (‘Victor' at Vibrancy Theater); and The Motherf****r with the Hat (‘Ralph D.' at Ohio University). "My goal is to change people through stories that matter, standing up for the unheard and uplifting their stories everywhere." To my friends, family, and Shakes&Co. faculty/cohort, I love you all, let it rip. TT is represented by SMS Talent and manager Nils Larsen of Integral Artists. JASAI CHASE OWENS (Gregory) is best known for the series regular role of "Filip Inaros" in Amazon Prime's "The Expanse," and the recurring role of "Kai" in Netflix's "Uncoupled," opposite Neil Patrick Harris. He has appeared on film in Vuk Lungulov-Klotz's Mutt, which premiered at Sundance and Berlinale 2023, and will lead the upcoming independent feature Other People's Bodies. Jasai's New York stage work includes the off-Broadway premiere of the Rebecca Frecknall-led Sanctuary City for New York Theatre Workshop, for which he received a nomination for the Clive & Valerie Barnes Theater Artist Award; The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream for The Public Theater; and is thrilled to be making his Broadway debut in Romeo + Juliet. He has also been seen in Native Son at Yale Repertory Theatre. Jasai received his BFA in Acting from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Purchase College. GÍAN PÉREZ (Samson/Paris/Peter) is a multi-hyphenate artist born and raised in Puerto Rico. Broadway: Sing Street. Off-Broadway: Comedy of Errors (The Public Theatre), Sing Street (NYTW). Regional: Sing Street (Huntington Theatre), Next to Normal (Westport Country Playhouse). TV: "East New York" (CBS). Gían's debut solo guitar record, bambú, was recently released by zOaR Records. As a musician, Pérez has played at venues like The Stone, Joe's Pub, Downtown Music Gallery, among others, and collaborated with artists like Brandon Lopez, Marc Edwards, Zoh Amba, Elliott Sharp, and gabby fluke-mogul. He is also a founding member in the band Office Hours. (All music available on all streaming platforms.) SUSANNAH PERKINS (Understudy). Since graduating from NYU's BFA program, Susannah Perkins has swiftly become one of the most exciting names in the New York theatre scene. They played a pivotal role in Sarah DeLappe's critically-revered play, The Wolves, directed by Lila Neugebauer, and reprised their role in the remount production at Lincoln Center Theater. Other notable theatre credits include Network on Broadway opposite Bryan Cranston; Judgment Day (Park Avenue Armory); the title role in The Rape of the Sabine Women By Grace B. Mathias (Playwrights Realm); Bruce Norris's The Low Road (Public Theater); Mary Gets Hers (Playwrights Realm), which was met with rave reviews. Susannah most recently appeared opposite Sandra Oh in The Welkin (Atlantic Theatre Company). On screen, Susannah was most recently seen in a leading guest star role on Ryan Murphy's "The Politician." They starred as the lead role in renowned visual artist Rachel Rose's short film Enclosure, produced by Animal Kingdom, and played a supporting role in the 2020 SXSW feature Lapsis. Additional credits include a guest star appearance in "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." DANIEL VELEZ (Understudy) is an actor from Los Angeles, CA. Roles include: Darcy in Pride and Prejudice (Chautauqua Theatre Co.), Orestes in The Oresteia (The Juilliard School), and Hal in Henry IV Part 1 (The Juilliard School). Other awards: National YoungArts Winner in Theater, The Music Center's Spotlight Competition Grand Prize Finalist in Acting. Daniel is a recent graduate of the Drama Division at The Juilliard School. SAM GOLD (Director). Broadway credits include last season's An Enemy of the People with Jeremy Strong and Michael Imperioli, Macbeth with Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, King Lear with Glenda Jackson, A Doll's House, Part 2 (Tony Award Nomination), The Glass Menagerie, Fun Home (Tony Award), The Real Thing, The Realistic Joneses, Seminar. Recent credits: Hamlet (The Public Theatre), Othello (New York Theatre Workshop), The Flick (Playwrights Horizons, Barrow Street Theatre, National Theatre; Lucille Lortel Award nomination), The Glass Menagerie (Toneelgroep, Amsterdam), John (Signature Theatre; Obie Award, Lortel and Drama Desk Award nomination), The Village Bike (MCC Theatre), and Uncle Vanya (Soho Repertory Theatre; Drama Desk nomination), among others. JACK ANTONOFF (Music). Described as "anthemic, life affirming pop rock" by the New York Times, Bleachers are fronted by globally celebrated, eleven-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, and producer, Jack Antonoff. Both with Bleachers and as a songwriter and producer, Antonoff, who, in 2021, was credited by the BBC for having "redefined pop music," has collaborated with the likes of Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, The 1975, Diana Ross, Lorde, St. Vincent, Florence + The Machine, Kevin Abstract and many more. In February 2024, Antonoff won Producer of the Year at the Grammy Awards for an incredible third consecutive year, becoming only the second producer in history to win three years running. Releasing their debut album Strange Desire in 2014, Bleachers have built a huge, passionate following across three studio albums, becoming renowned for their impressive live show and infectious camaraderie. The band's last album, Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, took them to new heights, showcasing Antonoff's immersive songwriting and, as Variety testified, his innate skill at "supersizing personal stories into larger-than-life pop anthems." Bleachers, the band's fourth studio album, was released Friday, March 8th, 2024 via Dirty Hit and features singles "Modern Girl," "Alma Mater," "Tiny Moves," and "Me Before You." There's a rich depth to the band's sound on Bleachers: it is laid out in bright, soulful technicolor. The album is frontman Antonoff's distinctly New Jersey take on the bizarre sensory contradictions of modern life, on his position in culture, and on the things he cares about. Sonically, it's sad, it's joyful, it's music for driving on the highway to, for crying to and for dancing to at weddings. There's something reassuringly touchable and concrete about its sentiment: exist in crazy times but remember what counts. SONYA TAYEH (Movement Direction and Choreographer) is a New York City-based Tony Award-winning choreographer and director. Since paving her professional career her work has been characterized as a blend of powerful versatility and theatrical range. Upcoming: Gatsby (A.R.T/Dir. Rachel Chavkin). Selected credits include: Moulin Rouge! The Musical! (Broadway, World Wide/Dir. Alex Timbers), The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (Broadway/Dir. Anne Kauffman), Is It Thursday Yet? (La Jolla Playhouse and Perelman Arts Center/Directed, Conceived and Co Choreographed), Sing Street (Huntington Theatre, Boston/Dir. Rebecca Taichman), Martha Graham Dance Company (Joyce Theatre/Tour), American Ballet Theatre/What Becomes of Love Dance Film, Unveiling with Moses Sumney and dancers (Fall For Dance/City Center), The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova/Dir. Anne Kauffman), Hundred Days (New York Theatre Workshop/Dir. Anne Kauffman), Kung Fu (Signature Theatre/Dir. Leigh Silverman). She has received many accolades for her versatile work, including a Tony award, two Emmy nominations, two Drama Desk awards, an Obie Award and two Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Choreography. Visit www.sonyatayeh.com . dots (Scenic Designer) is an award-winning design collective based in NYC. Originally from Colombia, South Africa, and Japan, they are Santiago Orjuela-Laverde, Andrew Moerdyk, and Kimie Nishikawa. Recent highlights include the Broadway productions of An Enemy of the People (Tony Award Nomination for Best Scenic Design of a Play); Appropriate (Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Outstanding Scenic Design); The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window; and Oh, Mary! Recent awards include a 2024 Obie Award for Sustained Achievement in Design and a 2023 Henry Hewes Design Award. designbydots.com. ENVER CHAKARTASH (Costume Designer). Broadway: Stereophonic, A Doll's House, Is This A Room. Off-Broadway: Teeth (Playwright's Horizons), Public Obscenities (Soho Rep./NAATCO), Toros (Second Stage Theatre), The Trees (Playwright's Horizons), Wolf Play (MCC/Soho Rep.), Catch as Catch Can (Playwright's Horizons), English (Atlantic Theater Company/Roundabout Theatre Company). Regional: Highway Patrol (Goodman Theatre). Film: Reality (HBO). ISABELLA BYRD (Lighting Designer) is a New York based designer working in live performance. Recent Broadway work, in-the-round, includes An Enemy of the People and Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, both designs nominated for Tony Awards. Isabella is the recipient of a Drama Desk Special Award for her work in the 2023-24 season, on and off Broadway. Notable collaborations: Infinite Life (Annie Baker at Atlantic and National Theatre), Primary Trust (Eboni Booth at Roundabout), Epiphany (Brian Watkins at Lincoln Center, Sanctuary City (Martyna Majok at NYTW), The Good John Proctor (Talene Monahon), Jeremy O. Harris' DADDY: A Melodrama, and multiple plays by Will Arbery: Heroes of the Fourth Turning and Corsicana (Playwrights Horizons), Plano (Clubbed Thumb). Internationally, she has designed in London and Edinburgh and works regionally across the US. Ongoing collaborations with Sam Gold, Clubbed Thumb, Caitlin Sullivan, and dots. Honors include three Lortel Awards, two Obies, a Henry Hewes, and has been featured in The New Yorker. Isabella is a proud USA829 union member, supporting pay equity and sustainability. www.isabellabyrd.design CODY SPENCER (Sound Designer). Sound Design Broadway: The Outsiders. Co-Sound Design Broadway: Gutenberg! The Musical!, Here Lies Love, The Pee-wee Herman Show. Off-Broadway Sound Design: Broadway Bounty Hunter and Joan of Arc: Into the Fire. Off-Broadway Co-Sound Design: Trevor, Here Lies Love (Lortel Award). Regional: David Byrne's Theater of the Mind, May We All. Cody has co-designed some of New York's biggest concert venues including Brooklyn Steel, Terminal 5 and Webster Hall. ROBERT PICKENS and KATIE GELL (Har, Wig & Makeup Designers). Wigmaker Associates has provided wigs for dozens of film and television productions including; Oppenheimer, Blonde, Babylon, "Succession," The Whale, "Stranger Things," "The Bear," "Westworld," "Feud," "And Just Like That" and many more. Recent designs include Sondheim's last musical, Here We Are (2023). Broadway: The Roommate (2024), Stereophonic (2024), Grey House (2023), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2020). Off Broadway: Holland Taylor in N/A (2024), Teeth (2024). Makeup Design: Broadway: How To Dance In Ohio (2023), Off Broadway: The Big Gay Jamboree (2024), Danny and The Deep Blue Sea (2023). DREW LEARY (Violence). Broadway: West Side Story, Stereophonic, Next Fall. Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking. BAM: Safety Not Guaranteed. 300+ film and television credits including Brawl In Cell Block 99 (Stunt Coordinator); Bodies Bodies Bodies; Breathe; King Jack; Eileen. Graduate of New York University. CLAIRE WARDEN (Intimacy Director) (she/her) is an intimacy director and coordinator, fight director and actress with over twenty years' experience in theatre, TV and film across America and the UK. She is the Director of Advanced Training at Intimacy Director and Coordinators, which specializes in training and certifying intimacy directors for theatre and intimacy coordinators for film. Claire made history as the first intimacy director on Broadway with Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and also worked as Intimacy Director on the Broadway productions of Slave Play, The Inheritance, Jagged Little Pill, The Notebook, Company, Death of a Salesman, Waitress and West Side Story. She recently opened the West End production of Slave Play, serving once again as intimacy and fight director. She has also worked on the National Tours of Les Miserables, Company and Waitress. Claire was awarded Variety Magazine's 2019 '10 Broadway Players to Watch' as well as a special Drama Desk Award for "pioneering work as an intimacy choreographer… and her leadership in the rapidly emerging movement of intimacy direction." Claire also received a Drama Desk award for ‘Outstanding Fight Choreography' for Slave Play at NYTW and was nominated in the same category for the play Daddy. Off-Broadway, she has intimacy and fight directed Slave Play (NYTW), Daddy (Vineyard/New Group), Mies Julie and Dance of Death (CSC) and BLKS (MCC Theatre) as well as others both in New York and regionally. Claire also works as an intimacy coordinator on numerous television productions under various studios including HBO, Hulu, Amazon, Apple and Showtime, as well major motion picture studios such as Sony and 20th Century Fox. She has recently finished filming the TV series of "Three Women" on which she was the intimacy coordinator and part of the creative team. www.IDCprofessionals.com , www.clairewarden.com . GIGI BUFFINGTON (Voice Coach). Recent Broadway Credits Include: Tony Award Winning productions Stereophonic (Best Play) and The Outsiders (Best Musical); JOB; Mother Play; Prayer For The French Republic; Grey House; Between Riverside and Crazy; Cost Of Living; Slave Play Broadway (Remount); Clyde's; Pass Over; The Minutes; Linda Vista; Straight White Men. Selected Off- Broadway Productions include: Jonah; Stereophonic (World Premiere); King James; Camp Siegfried; Downstate; Evanston Salt Costs Climbing; Catch As Catch Can; Corsicana; OnSugarland; Prayer for the French Republic; The Thin Place; Heroes Of The Fourth Turning; Our Dear Dead Drug Lord; Dying City; Mary Page Marlowe; Uncle Romeo Vanya Juliet; Texts & Beheadings; Coriolanus; The Tempest. Eight Seasons as Resident Company Vocal Coach for Steppenwolf. Royal Shakespeare Company: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet (with David Tennant and Patrick Stewart) and Love's Labour's Lost (with David Tennant). She toured with Director Tim Carroll's production of The Merchant Of Venice. For Colombari, she coached the international, site-specific production of The Merchant Of Venice for the 500-year commemoration of the Jewish Ghetto in Venice and the 400-year anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice. For American Players Theatre: The Maids (Director); Director of Voice and Text from 2013- 2017 - Pericles, Othello, An Iliad, The Seagull, Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Richard III, Antony and Cleopatra, The Merry Wives Of Windsor. She was the Dramaturg/ Text Consultant for Spike Lee and Ron Wimberley's screenplay, Prince Of Cats. Arts Professor NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Drama. Head of Voice and Text, Meisner Studio. MICHAEL SEXTON (Dramaturgy and Text Consultant) is a director, dramaturg, teacher, and former Director of the Public Shakespeare Initiative at The Public Theater and Artistic Director of The Shakespeare Society. He's thrilled to be working on his fifth Shakespeare production with Sam Gold. Dramaturg: Macbeth w/Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga (Longacre Theater), King Lear w/Glenda Jackson, Ruth Wilson, John Douglas Thompson (Cort Theater), Hamlet w/Oscar Isaac (The Public Theater), Othello w/David Oyelowo and Daniel Craig (New York Theater Workshop). Director: Coriolanus (Red Bull), The Winter's Tale (Pearl), As You Like It, Henry V (Two River), Titus Andronicus (Public), and new plays by Rinne Groff, Will Eno, Marsha Norman, Caryl Churchill, Ain Gordon, Rogelio Martinez, Kelly Masterson, and Phil Porter. Professor and Visiting Artist: NYU Grad Acting, NYU Department of Dramatic Writing, Columbia University School of the Arts, Princeton, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, UNC Chapel Hill, Juilliard, and the Taconic Correctional Facility. AYANNA THOMPSON (Dramaturgy and Text Consultant) has worked on the Broadway productions of Uncle Vanya and Macbeth. She serves as a Shakespeare Scholar in Residence at The Public Theater in New York, and currently serves on the boards of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Folger Shakespeare Library, the National Parks Arts Foundation, and Play On Shakespeare. She is a Regents Professor of English and Executive Director of the Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies at Arizona State University. RACHEL BAUDER (Production Stage Manager). Broadway credits include An Enemy of the People, Alex Edelman: Just For Us, Beetlejuice, The Play That Goes Wrong, Honeymoon in Vegas, Anything Goes, Bye Bye Birdie, 110 in the Shade. Off-Broadway credits include Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Primary Trust, Hand to God, Reasons to Be Happy, Piece of My Heart. 101 PRODUCTIONS, LTD. (General Manager). Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey M. Wilson founded their company in 1994. General Managers include Jeff Klein, Ron Gubin and Chris Morey and Associate General Managers include Christopher Taggart and Jessica Fried. Current Broadway: Cabaret, Suffs, Romeo + Juliet, Sunset Blvd. Upcoming: Othello, Smash. SEAVIEW (Producer) is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning theater and film company. Current: An Enemy of the People starring Jeremy Strong, Stereophonic directed by David Adjmi and original music by Will Butler, Illinoise directed and choreographed by Justin Peck, music and lyrics by Sufjan Stevens, and book by Jackie Sibblies Drury, and Lempicka directed by Rachel Chavkin. Recent: Danny and the Deep Blue Sea starring Aubrey Plaza and Christopher Abbott, Just for Us starring Alex Edelman, Parade starring Ben Platt and Micaela Diamond, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window starring Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan, and Jeremy O. Harris's Slave Play, On screen: Stress Positions (NEON, 2024) directed by Theda Hammell starring John Early and Reality (HBO, 2023) starring Sydney Sweeney. Upcoming: Good Night, and Good Luck starring George Clooney, Romeo + Juliet starring Kit Connor and Rachel Zegler, Once Upon a Mattress starring Sutton Foster, and The Queen of Versailles starring Kristin Chenoweth with music by Stephen Schwartz. |
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