Drew BastianNewt / Drums
Jonathan Judge-RussoDrew
Julianne B. MerrillWyn / Keys / Music Supervisor
Leenya RideoutTammy / Leeanne
Andrew RothenbergStucky Stiles / Bakerman
Casey Shuler“23”
Stephen Michael SpencerT.J.
Ann KleinLead Guitar, Mandolin, Lap Steel
Tony TinoBass
Grace BernardoUnderstudy
Danny HaywardUnderstudy
Megan LoomisUnderstudy
Drew BastianNewt / Drums
Drew Bastian is an NYC-based actor and musician. On Stage: Off-Broadway: Music City (BEDLAM), Measure for Measure (TFANA). National Tour: Hair, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Select Regional: Once (Shenanarts), Shakespeare in Love (Cleveland Play House), Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Alhambra), Romeo and Juliet (Occupy Verona). Behind the Kit: Off-Broadway: Urinetown (Fracture), Somewhere With You (Signature), 210 Amlent Ave (Signature). Other: The Music Man (Pacific Symphony Orchestra), Disenchanted (National Tour), Spunk (AMD, Yale), Rent (AMD, NYU). Love to Mom, Dad, and all of my family and community that have supported me endlessly.
Jonathan Judge-RussoDrew
Upcoming: 12 Hours with Tracy Letts on Broadway (Circle in the Square). Select Off-Broadway: Drama Desk-nominated Music City (BEDLAM); Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (Cherry Lane); Drama Desk-nominated Falling; Beyond the Horizon (Irish Rep); Somewhere with You (Signature); Treasure Island; La Fanciulla del West and Wozzeck (Lincoln Center); Ask/Tell (LAByrinth, dir. Philip Seymour Hoffman); Where’s My Money?; The Irish Play; Nesting (SoHo Rep); The Assassination of Julius Caesar… (BEDLAM); and The Seagull (dir. Alan Langdon). First National Tour: Echoes of Ireland. Select Regional: Music City; Jumpers for Goalposts (Helen Hayes nomination, Studio Theatre); Downtown Race Riot (NYS&F); The Odd Couple; The Play That Goes Wrong; Othello; Troilus and Cressida; Comedy of Errors; A Midsummer Night’s Dream. London: The Philanderer; Twelfth Night. Select TV & Film credits include: “American Rust”; “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”; “Law & Order: SVU”; “FBI: Most Wanted”; “Elementary”; “White Collar”; “Black Box”; A Rainy Day in New York (Woody Allen). Founding Artistic Director, Animus Theatre Company; Founding Partner, Noble Heart Films.
Julianne B. MerrillWyn / Keys / Music Supervisor
(she/her) Broadway: Chess, Real Women Have Curves, Smash, How to Dance in Ohio, Harmony, Some Like it Hot, A Strange Loop. Off-Broadway: Reunions, My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?), Rolling Thunder, Music City, The Last Bimbo of the Apocalypse, Jonathan Larson Project, Big Gay Jamboree, Drag: The Musical, Communion, The Lonely Few, White Girl in Danger. National Tour: Water for Elephants, Some Like it Hot. A graduate and now professor at Berklee NYC, Julianne uses the artist name “PatchMaster.” Much love to Meg for her constant love and support. @juliannemerrill
Leenya RideoutTammy / Leeanne
Broadway: War Horse; Cyrano de Bergerac; Company; Cabaret. Off-Broadway: It’s a Wonderful Life, Irish Rep; Music City (Drama Desk nom outstanding musical), BEDLAM; Wild Abandon, Irish Rep; Before We’re Gone, 13th St. Rep; Fire and Air and As You Like It, Classic Stage; Taming of the Shrew, Public Theater; and Cowgirls, Minetta Lane Theatre. Regional: Come from Away, Arrow Rock Lyceum; Mystic Pizza, Ivoryton Playhouse; Wild Horses, Merrimack Rep; Into the Woods, HVSF; August Rush, Paramount; That Face, Baltimore Center Stage; Camelot and The Secret Garden, Capital Rep; Fairfield, Cleveland Playhouse; Man of La Mancha, Milwaukee Rep; On Golden Pond, Casa Manana; Ring of Fire, Deutches Theatre; Woody Sez, Theaterworks; Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Hangar Theater; Holidays with the Chalks, Alliance Theatre; Merrily We Roll Along, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Cardenio, ART; The Canterbury Tales, Guthrie Theater; and Avenue X, Merrimack Rep. International Tour: My Fair Lady. Film: Terroir; Love, Repeat; Mona Lisa Smile. TV: “FBI” (NBC); “Law & Order: SVU” (NBC); “Bull” (CBS); “Company” (PBS); “Nashville Star” (USA Network). Radio: Selected Shorts, NPR. Concert: Sondheim Unplugged (Grammy Nom.); Queens of Country (ATP); Wall to Wall Broadway (Symphony Space); Bringing Broadway Back Home (Ft. Collins Symphony). Original Cast album of Wild Abandon available online. www.leenya.com Love to Ted…
Andrew RothenbergStucky Stiles / Bakerman
Andrew Rothenberg played Stucky Stiles/Bakerman in Music City last year directed by Eric Tucker with BEDLAM and has been with the show for over a decade. Other recent productions include BEDLAM’s The Assassination of Julius Caesar as Told By William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw, directed by Eric Tucker; Signature Theater’s Curse of the Starving Class, directed by Terry Kinney; Chicago Shakespeare’s Road Show, directed by Gary Griffin and Elizabeth Rex and Troilus and Cressida, directed by Barbara Gaines; The Light in the Piazza, Goodman Theater, directed by Bartlett Sher; The Ballad of Little Joe, directed by Tina Landau and Mizlansky/Zilinsky, directed by Amy Morton, both at Steppenwolf Theater. On-camera credits include Film: (upcoming): The Last Mrs. Parrish, Save the Last Dance, Stranger Than Fiction. Some of Andy’s TV credits include “Fargo,” “Chicago Fire,” “The Walking Dead,” “Weeds,” “True Blood,” “The Night Agent,” “Mob City,” “Prison Break,” “American Horror Story Asylum,” “Supernatural,” “The Good Wife,” “Castle,” “Madam Secretary,” “Elementary,” “The Exorcist,” “Electric Dreams,” “Instinct.”
Casey Shuler“23”
Based in New York City, Casey Shuler is a versatile vocalist and performer known for her warm presence, musical storytelling, and ease in an intimate live setting. Her work spans both the stage and the city’s vibrant live music scene, where she brings a natural connection to audiences and a deep love of song. Her performance experience includes Music City Off-Broadway, along with regional productions of Hair, Titanic, Legally Blonde, and Guys and Dolls. Beyond theater, Casey is an active gigging vocalist in Nashville, where her work draws from classic influences, contemporary favorites, and a soulful, singer-forward style.
Stephen Michael SpencerT.J.
Broadway: Clyde’s (Second Stage). Off-Broadway: Music City, The Assassination of Julius Caesar… (BEDLAM), Julius Caesar (TFANA), Medea: Reversed (Red Bull). Regional: four seasons with Oregon Shakespeare Festival, three seasons with Hudson Valley Shakespeare, McCarter Theatre, The A.R.T., Arena Stage, The Rep. at St. Louis, Great Lakes Theatre, Idaho Shakespeare, Cleveland Play House, Triad Stage, Ensemble Theatre Co. International: The Heart of Robin Hood with Mirvish Productions in Canada. TV/Film: “Here Comes The Flood” (Netflix 26), “FBI: Most Wanted” (CBS), This Wild Abyss. Education: BFA UNC-Greensboro, MFA Case Western Reserve/Cleveland Play House. Chautauqua Conservatory 2012–13. Recipient of the 2025 Sam Norkin Off-Broadway Drama Desk Award. Listen to “stephenspencer” original music wherever you listen to music. @stephenmspencer stephenmichaelspencer.com
Ann KleinLead Guitar, Mandolin, Lap Steel
Ann Klein plays guitar, lap steel, mandolin, and other things with strings. As a singer/songwriter, she has performed in Europe consistently for many years and has composed music for documentaries and television shows worldwide. As an instrumentalist, credits include Kate Pierson of the B-52s, Bettye LaVette, Todd Almond, Ani DiFranco, and Laura Benanti. She has performed on Broadway in Almost Famous, Head Over Heels, Grease, 9 to 5, Baby, It’s You, Everyday Rapture, Kinky Boots, Waitress, Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812, The Outsiders, and Jagged Little Pill and is the musical director for There’s a Riot Going On. Ann is the Associate Producer for the “What Makes It Great” series which premiers its concerts at Lincoln Center and tours in similar venues around the country. A MacDowell Colony grant recipient, Ann is the founder of “The Marvelous Manhattan Mandolins” and has produced recordings for several artists. She is most proud of her ability to wah wah her way out of any solo, anytime and is thrilled to be part of Music City. annkleinmusic.biz
Tony TinoBass
Tony Tino has performed, recorded/toured with Bruce Springsteen, Cynthia Erivo, Jon Bon Jovi, Gavin DeGraw, Lady Wray, Ronnie Spector, Ramin Karimloo, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Robert Randolph, LaBamba & Mark Pender from Conan O’Brien Show, John Scofield, Dave Chappelle, Clay Aiken, De La Soul, Doug E. Fresh, G.E. Smith, Branford Marsalis, Mark Rivera, Joe Piscopo, Lee Roy Parnell, Nelly McKay, The Midtown Men. Broadway shows include Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp’s Movin’ Out and Laura Nyro’s Eli’s Coming, a London production of Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World featuring Cynthia Erivo, and Head Over Heels. TV appearances include “One Tree Hill,” MTV, VH-1, “Tonight Show,” “Dancing with the Stars,” “The View,” “Today Show,” “Ellen,” “Live with Kelly and Ryan,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Tony Tino resides in New York City, recording/writing and performing around the world.
Grace BernardoUnderstudy
Selected theatre: Music City (BEDLAM), Metamorphoses (KrymovLab), Helen (SuperGeographics), Uncle Romeo Vanya Juliet (BEDLAM), Pygmalion (BEDLAM), Radium Girls (Metropolitan Playhouse), Her Sleeping Nation (Irondale Theatre), The Strange Case…Amelioration (O’Neill Theater Center YPF), Much Ado About Nothing (BEDLAM), Twelfth Night (Modern Shakespeare Project). TV/Film: “The Real SVU” (Lifetime), “The Evolution of Women,” and various projects with director Averi Israel. A classically trained mezzo-soprano, Grace holds a voice degree from Furman University and studied acting at the Moscow Art Theatre School. In New York, she has trained at the Freeman Studio, Atlantic Acting School, and with the SITI Company. She is a member of the musical trio, The Belles.
Danny HaywardUnderstudy
Back at The Wicked Tickle! Off-Broadway: Music City (BEDLAM), Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song (2025 Drama Desk winner Outstanding Revue), The Royal Pyrate, Love Actually? The Unauthorized Musical Parody, …Monte Cristo. National Tour: Finding Neverland (JM Barrie u/s). Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse: When Elvis Met The Beatles (world premiere); Arts Center of Coastal Carolina; New Bedford Festival Theatre; New London Barn Playhouse; Forestburgh Playhouse. All love to my supportive family, Mojo, and Maggie. Represented by Clear Talent Group, Drummer for @deskjobmusic, Website: danny-hayward.com, Instagram: @fromagemassage
JT HardingMusic & Lyrics
JT Harding is a multi-platinum songwriter for Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Kenny Chesney, Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen, Darius Rucker, Florida Georgia Line, and “Smile” with Uncle Kracker, among others. His songs have received more than 1 billion streams. JT was born and raised in South Detroit. Countless hours of watching MTV inspired him to put together bands in school which eventually led him to Los Angeles to pursue his dream in the music business. He made his first demo tape using prize money he won on the VH1’s game show “Rock & Roll Jeopardy.” His storytelling lyrics caught the attention of Nashville, where he now resides and continues to churn out the hits.
Peter ZinnBook
Peter Zinn is a New York-based writer/director. As a playwright, Off-Broadway: Rumspringa (Bleecker Street Theater); Somewhere With You (Signature Theater). Regional: Lilly (Aspen Theater Masters Festival); Music City (Cape Fear Regional Theater). His play The Connecticut List won the Outstanding Writing for the Stage Award at NYU/Tisch and Fogart was selected as a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival in San Francisco. His work has been published by Concord Theatricals. As a director, his credits include the Off-Broadway revival of The Runner Stumbles (Arclight Theatre); The Whaleship Essex (Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse); Holy Days (Retro Productions); and A Streetcar Named Desire (Bleecker Company). As an actor, he’s performed with Steppenwolf Theater, The Milwaukee Rep, The Goodman Theatre, and The Geffen Playhouse. He holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU/Tisch.
Eric TuckerDirector
The Wall Street Journal Director of the Year 2014/2021. “America’s Best Classical Theatre Director” — The Wall Street Journal. Off-Broadway: Are the Bennet Girls OK? (The New York Times Critic’s Pick); Music City (Drama Desk, Off Broadway Alliance nomination, Outstanding Musical); The Assassination of Julius Caesar; Arcadia; Fall River Fishing; The Winter’s Tale; Hedda Gabler; Persuasion; The Crucible; Uncle Romeo Vanya Juliet; Pygmalion; Peter Pan; Vanity Fair; BEDLAM’s Sense and Sensibility (Off-Broadway Alliance Award, Lortel nomination, Best Director, Drama League nomination, Best Revival, four Helen Hayes Awards including Best Director and Best Production); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Drama League nomination, Best Revival, The Wall Street Journal Best Classical Production 2015); BEDLAM’s Saint Joan (The New York Times/Time Magazine Top 10; Off-Broadway Alliance, Best Revival 2014); BEDLAM’s Hamlet (The New York Times Top 10); Tina Packer’s Women of Will; New York Animals (World Premiere by Steven Sater/Burt Bacharach); Twelfth Night and What You Will (The New York Times Critic’s Picks); The Seagull (The Wall Street Journal, Best Classical Production 2014). Other: Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 (TFANA); Angels in America: Parts 1 & 2 (BEDLAM/Boston Elliot Norton Awards Outstanding Production); Caesar and Cleopatra (ASC); The Merry Wives of Windsor (Two River); Disney’s Beauty & the Beast (OSF); Pericles (APT, The Wall Street Journal, Best Classical Production 2017); Mate (The Actors’ Gang). Eric resides in New York City where he is Artistic Director of BEDLAM.
John HeginbothamChoreographer
Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, John Heginbotham graduated from The Juilliard School (1993). He was a member of Mark Morris Dance Group (1998–2012), and in 2011, co-founded (with Adrienne Bryant Godwin) the international touring ensemble Dance Heginbotham. Independent choreography credits include Broadway: Oklahoma! (directed by Daniel Fish); Off-Broadway: Oklahoma! (OBIE Award, special creative team citation, St. Ann’s Warehouse production); Music City (Directed by Eric Tucker for BEDLAM); Opera: Once Upon a Mattress (directed by Alison Moritz for Central City Opera); La Traviata (Directed by Shawna Lucey for San Francisco Opera and LA Opera); John Adams’ Girls of the Golden West (directed by Peter Sellars for San Francisco Opera); Ballet: BalletX, The Washington Ballet, Atlanta Ballet; Film and TV: “The Umbrella Academy” (World Choreography Award Nomination); Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. John is on staff at the Hopkins Center for the Arts and on faculty at Dartmouth College. He is a founding teacher of Dance for PD®. John is grateful for the support of his family and friends. Special thanks in particular go to Brandon Cournay, Executive Director of Dance Heginbotham, and Jonathan Lomma, his agent at WME. danceheginbotham.org
Clifton ChadickScenic Designer
The 20th Century Way at Rattlestick; Only You Can Prevent Wildfires at Ricochette Collective; Mr. Landing Takes A Fall at The Flea; Grace McLean Live In Concert at Ars Nova; Accidentally, Like a Martyr at The Wild Project; The 2nd National Tour of Gloria and Emilio Estefan’s On Your Feet!; On Your Feet! at Drury Lane; On Your Feet ¡En español! at GALA Theatre; Cyclops: A Rock Opera at The Tank; Manifest Pu**y at Diversionary Theatre; Rooted at Opera House Arts; Music City (Drama Desk nomination) with BEDLAM; Pretty Woman, A Christmas Story, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast at Arizona Broadway Theatre; Moving Movies with Ballet Arizona. Cliff is an Adjunct Faculty member at Western Connecticut State University.
Kindall Houston AlmondCostume Designer
Kindall Houston Almond is a multidisciplinary designer for film and stage living in New York. Recent works include: Off Broadway: figaro/faggots, Baryshnikov Arts Center; Initiative, The Public Theater; I’m Repeating Myself, The Brick; Garside’s Career, The Mint Theater; black odyssey, Classic Stage Company (Henry Hewes and Audelco Design Nominations); The Vicky Archives, The Tank; Partnership, The Mint Theater (Henry Hewes Nomination). Regional: Life Is a Dream, Baltimore Center Stage; Our Town, Baltimore Center Stage. Film; Bleeding, Give it Back: Crimes Against Realty (Short), Nosferasta, F*ck That Guy (Short), Love Taps (Short), Moonbeams (Short), Within a Quiet Body (Short). Kindall recently designed the Le Tigre World tour, and has collaborated with Yin Yue Dance Company and Trisha Brown Dance Company. She holds an M.F.A. in Costume Design from NYU Tisch, and a B.F.A. in Fashion Design from Pratt Institute.
Eric SouthernLighting Designer
Eric Southern is an Obie Award-winning designer working in theater, opera, music, and dance. His designs have been seen at Playwrights Horizons, Lincoln Center, The Public Theater, The Goodman Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Manhattan Theater Club, The New Group, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, La Mama, The Kitchen, The Kennedy Center, Atlantic Theater Company, Center Theater Group, Carnegie Hall, Audible Theatre, and The Guthrie Theater, among others. Internationally his projects have been presented in London, Paris, Avignon, Seoul, Athens, Australia, Hannover, and Zurich. He received both his BFA and MFA at NYU and teaches at Northwestern University.
Jane ShawSound Designer
With Eric Tucker: Hedda Gabler, Winter’s Tale, Music City (BEDLAM), and Henry IV (Theatre for a New Audience). Off-Broadway: Archduke (Roundabout), Prosperous Fools (Theatre for a New Audience), Zack (The Mint), and projects with Playwrights Horizons, Rattlestick, MTC, Repertorio Español, National Black Theater, and NYTW. Regional: A Christmas Carol (Guthrie, composer), Leopoldstadt (Huntington), Rope (Hartford Stage), and productions with Studio Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare, Long Wharf, the Alley, Arena Stage, ACT, ART, Cleveland Playhouse, Old Globe, and Gulfshore Playhouse. Recognition: Drama Desk, Connecticut Critics Circle, Henry Award, Bessie Award, Premios ACE, NEA/TCG Career Development Grant, Meet the Composer Grant, and several Lortel nominations. Education: Harvard University, Yale School of Drama. janeshaw.com
Buffy CardozaAssoc. Scenic Design and Props
BEDLAM: The Good John Proctor (Henry Hewes Design nomination), Fall River Fishing, Arcadia, Music City. Phoenix Theatre Ensemble: Drinks with Dead Poets, Crime and Punishment, Wind In The Willows, Metamorphosis, The Importance of Being Earnest. Penguin Rep: (selected productions): Daniel’s Husband, SMALL, After, Small World, Sabbath Girl, Sabbath Girl—The Musical, Mr. Parker, Gene and Gilda, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Clever Little Lies, You and I, Let There Be Love, and many more. Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Henry V, Penelope, Much Ado About Nothing, By the Queen, Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Medea (co-production with RedBull/BEDLAM), Rip Van Winkle, Julius Caesar. New Ohio Theatre: The Karamozovs. Houses on the Moon: The Santa Closet.
Caitlin MorleyAssociate Director
Caitlin Morley is an award-winning director currently based in New York City. She is the Founding Artistic Director of wayward son and the Associate Artistic Director of BEDLAM. Her directing credits include The Yellow Wallpaper, adapted by Susannah Millonzi and herself, from Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story (wayward son/BEDLAM), Macbeth by William Shakespeare (wayward son), Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (Play Phase Productions), Dry Land by Ruby Rae Spiegel (Tufts University), Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (Tufts University). Select Associate/Assistant directing credits include BEDLAM: Are the Bennet Girls OK? by Emily Breeze (Associate Director; dir. Eric Tucker; The New York Times Critic’s Pick), Music City by J.T. Harding (Music & Lyrics) and Peter Zinn (Book) (Associate Director; dir. Eric Tucker; two Drama Desk Award nominations, including Outstanding Musical; Off-Broadway Alliance Award nomination Best Musical), Women of Will by Tina Packer (Associate Director; dir. Eric Tucker), Arcadia by Tom Stoppard (Assistant Director; dir. Eric Tucker); Central Square Theater/BEDLAM: Angels in America Part 1 by Tony Kushner (Assistant Director; dir. Eric Tucker; 10 Elliot Norton Award nominations including Outstanding Production); Brown Box Theatre Project: Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare (Assistant Director; dir. Kyler Taustin). Caitlin holds a BA in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies and Education from Tufts University, where she was awarded the Jane Herman Award for Excellence in Directing (2022). www.caitlinmorleydirector.com
PJ JuAssociate Music Director
(they/them) PJ Ju is so psyched to be part of Music City’s return to Off-Broadway. When not chillin’ at the Tickle, they can be found on and off Broadway as a music director, songwriter, Patchmaster playback engineer, and sound designer. They’re a BroadwayWorld runner-up and AUDELCO nominee for Sound Design/Composition. A Nashville songwriter, their originals have garnered >7MM streams: JoJo Siwa’s all-girl pop supergroup XOMG POP! “1234Ever,” CBS Survivor’s Tevin Davis “King,” Apple Music Country, Spotify editorials, SiriusXM TopOfTheCountry, NY Shorts International Festival, Nashville Film Festival, The Cutting Room, The Bitter End, The Listening Room, The Bluebird Cafe. Broadway: Wicked, Real Women Have Curves. Off-Broadway: Bigfoot!, Rolling Thunder, Henry IV (TFANA), Big Gay Jamboree, Drag The Musical. Regional/NYC: MD: Rimbaud (featuring Tony® nominees Taylor Trensch and A.J. Shively in K-Musical Roadshow), Wakeman (featuring Beth Malone and Ari Notartomaso at NAMT; CITSTS, Dino! (Milwaukee Rep), 54 Below. A classical pianist, they soloed with the Taipei National Symphony Orchestra and performed at Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall. Inaugural winner, MUSE/Maestra MD Experience with Wicked. BMI Lehman-Engel Composer/Lyricist class of 2026. Proud Juilliard Pre-College alum.
Diane HealyProduction Stage Manager
BEDLAM: Are the Bennet Girls OK?, Music City, Fall River Fishing, The Winter’s Tale, Hedda Gabler, Persuasion, The Crucible, Sense & Sensibility, Saint Joan, Hamlet, Pygmalion, Peter Pan, Cry Havoc!, Twelfth Night/What You Will. Other New York Credits: Signature Theatre, TFANA, NAATCO, Clubbed Thumb, Radical Evolution/WP Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Mabou Mines, Primary Stages, Playwrights Realm, Barrow Street Theatre, Atlantic Theatre Co., LCT3, LaMama, The Civilians. [Regional] Concert Theatre Works: Peer Gynt (w/ St. Louis Symphony Orchestra) and Romeo & Juliet (at Tanglewood with Boston Symphony Orchestra & Hartford Symphony Orchestra). Baltimore Center Stage, Everyman, Long Wharf Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Folger Theatre, Oldcastle Theatre Company, Princeton University, Bard College and East Tennessee State, and 15 years with Shakespeare & Company, MA.
Deanna KahnAssistant Stage Manager
Deanna Kahn is a New York-based stage manager. BEDLAM credits include Arcadia, The Winter’s Tale, Hedda Gabler. Other recent New York credits include La Viuda (Dogteam Theatre Co.), The Miser (Molière in the Park), Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground. Regional: Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Barrington Stage Company, Kitchen Theatre. She would like to thank her friends, family, and partner for their support!
Kyle SchullerProduction Manager
Broadway: A Beautiful Noise, Back to the Future. Off-Broadway: Drag: The Musical, Archduke, Music City, Monte Cristo, Gotta Dance! Multiple 1st National Tours. Previous experience: Disney on Ice, Mythbusters Live, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, How to Train Your Dragon, and Walking with Dinosaurs.
Gabrielle PalitzProducer
Gabrielle Palitz is a Tony Award®-winning producer. A lead producer on the Tony Award®-winning Bandstand, over the past 12 years Gabby has produced scores of critically acclaimed plays and musicals on and off Broadway, across the United States, in the UK and across the globe. 25 Broadway producing credits including The Last Five Years, Buena Vista Social Club, Our Town (2024 Revival), The Wiz, Water For Elephants, Appropriate, Beetlejuice, Thoughts of a Colored Man, Ain’t Too Proud, The Prom, American Son, Three Tall Women, Fiddler on the Roof (2015 Revival), An American in Paris, The Heidi Chronicles, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, All the Way. She serves as Secretary on the Second Stage Theater Board of Trustees and is a member of the Broadway League.
BEDLAMOriginating Theatre
BEDLAM was founded in 2012 with a commitment to the immediacy of the relationship between the actor and the audience. BEDLAM creates works of theatre that reinvigorate traditional forms in a flexible, raw space, collapsing aesthetic distance and bringing its viewers into direct contact with the dangers and delicacies of life. BEDLAM’s shows have been noted as “Critic’s Picks” for The New York Times seven times, included in The New York Times’ and New York Magazine’s “Top Ten Best Show” lists five times, and on those of The Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine. The Wall Street Journal also noted Artistic Director Eric Tucker as “Director of the Year” in 2014 and 2021 and called him “America’s Best Classical Director.” BEDLAM has won one Drama Desk award, one Lucille Lortel award, three Irne Awards, two Off-Broadway Alliance Awards, seven Elliot Norton awards, and an Obie Grant. Nominations include two Drama Desk awards, three Off-Broadway Alliance awards, ten Lucille Lortel awards, six Drama League awards, and seventeen Elliot Norton awards. In addition to BEDLAM’s seasonal shows, BEDLAM also offers a Veterans Outreach Program, educational opportunities, and support for emerging artists through its DO MORE: NEW PLAYS series.