The Tempest - Broadway Creative Team

Production Staff

William Shakespeare Playwright
Laurie Beckelman NYSF Executive Director
Teresa Bowers-Parker Vocal Coach
Lisa Buxbaum Stage Manager
Broadway: Seminar, A Behanding in Spokane, Frost/Nixon, Mamma Mia!, Hairspray, The Constant Wife, Thou Shalt Not, Miss Saigon, The Tempest, Cafe Crown. City Center’s Encores!; national tour of Carousel; international tour of Einstein on the Beach. Off-Broadway includes Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons and the NY Shakespeare Festival. ... read more
Hope Clarke Choreographer
Buzz Cohen Stage Manager
Moussa Diabate Percussion
Carol R. Fineman NYSF General Press Representative
Paul Gallo Lighting Designer
Heidi Griffiths NYSF Casting
Wiley Hausam NYSF Associate Producer
Wiley Hausam is the Director of Arts + Cultural Programming at Montclair State University in Montclair, NJ, including of the acclaimed series, PEAK Performances. He was the associate producer of George C. Wolfe’s Broadway productions of The Tempest (1996) starring Patrick Stewart, Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk (1996) starring Savion Glover, On the Town (1998) and The Wild Party (2000) starring Mandy Patinkin, Eartha Kitt and Toni Collette. He also presented Audra McDonald’s first ever live concert, which was the first show in Joe’s Pub (1998). Hausam has a long and successful track record (since 2002) as a ... read more
Riccardo Hernandez Scenic Designer
Vineyard, La Jolla Playhouse and Yale Rep productions of Indecent. Broadway: The Gin Game; The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess; The People in the Picture; Caroline, or Change (also Royal National Theater, London); Elaine Stritch: At Liberty (also National Tour, Old Vic London); Topdog/Underdog (Royal Court); Bells Are Ringing; Parade (directed by Hal Prince; Tony and Drama Desk nominations); Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk (also National Tour, Japan) and The Tempest. Recent: Grounded directed by Julie Taymor, The Library directed by Steven Soderbergh (The Public); La Mouette (Cour d'Honneur, Palais des Papes, Avignon Festival); Abigail's Party (Oslo National ... read more
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Toni-Leslie James Costume Designer
Broadway: Bernhardt/Hamlet; Come From Away; August Wilson’s Jitney; Amazing Grace; Lucky Guy; The Scottsboro Boys; Finian’s Rainbow; Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life; Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; King Hedley II; One Mo’ Time; The Wild Party; Marie Christine; Footloose; The Tempest; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992; Angels in America: Millennium Approaches & Perestroika; Chronicle of a Death Foretold; and Jelly’s Last Jam. Off-Broadway: The Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Soho Rep, Lincoln Center Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Manhattan Theatre Club, and the Roundabout Theatre, among others. Regional: Berkeley Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Steppenwolf, Hartford Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, the ... read more
Morgan Jenness NYSF Associate Producer
Rik Kaye NYSF Production Manager
Eric Kivnick Percussion
Kevin Kline NYSF Associate Producer
Kevin Kline has seamlessly transitioned between the worlds of theatre and film and has earned equal distinction in both. Kline was most recently seen on Broadway in the 2017 revival of Present Laughter, portraying the role of Garry Essendine. Kline is the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award and two Tony awards. Kline was seen in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon with an all-star cast including Emma Watson, Ian McKellen, Luke Evans, Emma Thompson, Dan Stevens, and Josh Gad. In addition to his 1988 Academy Award for his role in the comedy A Fish ... read more
Heather Paauwe Percussion / Violin
Bonnie Panson Production Stage Manager
Joey Parnes NYSF Executive Producer
Barbara Pollitt Mask Designer
Puppet Designer
Seymour "Red" Press Musical Coordinator
Michelle M. Robinson Dance Captain
Dan Moses Schreier Sound Designer
Composer
(Incidental Music)
Broadway: Falsettos; American Psycho; The Visit; A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder; Sondheim on Sondheim; A Little Night Music; Gypsy (with Patti LuPone); Radio Golf; John Doyle's production of Sweeney Todd; Gem of the Ocean; Pacific Overtures; Assassins; Into the Woods; Topdog/Underdog; Dirty Blonde; Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk. He has composed scores for the Broadway productions of The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, and Dan Hurlin's Disfarmer (St. Ann's Warehouse). Awards: four Tony Award nominations, four Drama Desk Awards. ... read more
Jordan Thaler NYSF Casting
Rosemarie Tichler NYSF Artistic Producer
Carlos Valdez Composer
(Incidental Music)
Percussion
Jeffrey M. Wilson Company Manager
George C. Wolfe Director
Theatre directing credits include The Iceman Cometh, Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed (NY Drama Critics' Circle Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Musical); Lucky Guy; The Normal Heart (Drama Desk); Jelly's Last Jam (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Tony Award and Drama Desk) and Perestroika (Drama Desk); Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk (Tony and Drama League Award); Topdog/Underdog (Obie Award); Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Drama Desk); Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Tony for Special Theatrical Event); The Tempest; Caroline, or ... read more
Curtis Woodside Viola Da Gamba / Recorder
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