Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 - Broadway Creative Team

Sammi Cannold is a director who is one of Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment, class of 2019. Recent theater credits include Evita (New York City Center), Endlings (New York Theatre Workshop, A.R.T.), Ragtime on Ellis Island, Violet on a moving bus (A.R.T.), and Allegory (La Jolla Playhouse WOW). Upcoming projects include Carmen (Lincoln Center w. MasterVoices), a documentary film, and a feature film. Associate director credits include the Broadway production of Natasha, Pierre... (dir. Rachel Chavkin). Sammi has also served as an Artistic Fellow at the A.R.T., a member of Cirque du Soleil's Creative Cognoscenti, and ... read more Chavkin is a director, writer and artistic director of the TEAM. Hadestown (NYTW, National Theatre, London) has been one of her greatest joys. Tony and Lortel nominations and Drama Desk Award for Dave Malloy's Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 (Broadway, Ars Nova, A.R.T.). London: Mission Drift (National Theatre), American Clock (Old Vic). Select New York and regional: Marco Ramirez’s The Royale (LCT; Obie Award, Drama Desk and Lortel noms.), Malloy’s Preludes (LCT3), Bess Wohl’s Small Mouth Sounds (Ars Nova and national tour) and Continuity (MTC), Carson Kreitzer’s and Matt Gould’s Lempicka (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Royal Family ... read more Ben Feldman is an actor known for NBC's Superstore. Ben also appeared on Broadway in The Graduate. ... read more Sue Gilad is a Grammy and multiple Tony Award-winning theatre producer. On Broadway, Angels in America, starring Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane, earned 3 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Play. The worldwide hit Moulin Rouge! earned 10 Tony Awards, with companies in Australia, London, and on tour across North America. Jagged Little Pill was nominated for 15 Tony Awards and earned a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album. The revival of the hit Sondheim musical Company, starring Patti LuPone, transferred to Broadway after enjoying a successful run in the West End with 4 Olivier Awards. Off-Broadway, Sue & ... read more Tony Nominated Producer, Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 Co-Producer, Parade Co-Producer, Fat Ham Co-Producer, Museum of Broadway Associate Producer, Motherhood Out Loud VP of the Board, New York Theatre Barn Member, The Drama League Created/Hosted panels for BroadwayCon Published in TDF Stages Founder, Lifelong Theatre Lovers & Supporters (Facebook) Author, How to Marry a Mensch, serving as the inspiration for a new musical in development. ... read more Mike Karns is a theater producer and entrepreneur with a background in sales and marketing. He is a proud graduate of The Pennsylvania State University. As the owner of Marathon Live Entertainment, he has been integral to the creation and development of Social Media content and strategy for clients from a variety of sectors including celebrities, not-for-profit organizations, and Broadway bound shows. In addition to his own Social Media clients, he also serves as the Account Executive for Audience Development at The Social Edge, a dynamic social media marketing and management firm based in New York City. As a producer, Karns ... read more Jim Kierstead is a Grammy-nominated Emmy, Olivier, and six-time Tony Award-winning producer of the Broadway, touring, Toronto, and London productions of Kinky Boots, the revival of Pippin, Hadestown, The Inheritance, The Lehman Trilogy, and The Inheritance. He is currently represented on Broadway as a co-producer of Sweeney Todd and Hadestown.. In addition, he has been a co-producer of 25 Broadway productions including The Visit, You Can’t Take It With You, Indecent, The Great Comet (all Tony nominated), Be More Chill, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Pretty Woman, Side Show, It Shoulda Been You, M. Butterfly, Rocky, ... read more Bradley King is a multiple award-winning lighting designer for theater, opera, and live performance. On Broadway, his designs for both Hadestown and Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 earned Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards, as well as a Live Design Achievement of the Year. His collaborations with the Tony award-winning director Rachel Chavkin include Hadestown (The Citadel, NYTW; Drama Desk Nom.), Lempicka (Williamstown), The Royal Family (The Guthrie), Preludes (LCT3), The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls (Yale Rep), and Uncle Vanya (CSC). In New York, his work has been seen at Roundabout Theatre Company, LCT3, Playwrights ... read more Mimi Lien is a designer of sets/environments for theater, dance, and opera. Arriving at set design from a background in architecture, her work often focuses on the interaction between audience/environment and object/performer. She is an artistic associate with Pig Iron Theatre Company, and co-founder of JACK, a performance/art space in Brooklyn. Recent work includes Signature Plays, John (Signature Theatre), War, Preludes (LCT3), The Oldest Boy (Lincoln Center), Black Mountain Songs (BAM/Brooklyn Youth Chorus), Appropriate (Mark Taper Forum), and An Octoroon (Soho Rep/TFANA). Mimi's designs for dance have been presented in the Netherlands, Russia, and Taiwan, and her stage designs have ... read more John Logan received the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League awards for his play Red. Other plays include Peter and Alice, I'll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers and Never the Sinner. As a screenwriter, Logan has been three-times nominated for the Oscar, and has received Golden Globe, BAFTA, WGA, Edgar and PEN Center awards. His films include Skyfall, Spectre, Hugo, The Avia­tor, Gladiator, Rango, Genius, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Last Samurai and Any Given Sunday. He also created "Penny Dreadful" for Showtime. ... read more Or Matias is an Obie award-winning composer, lyricist, music director, and orchestrator based in NYC. This season, Or was the music supervisor and arranger for the Broadway show Grey House, dir. by Joe Mantello. Or was the music supervisor and co-orchestrator of Love Around the Block, the immersive theatrical extravaganza commissioned by Hermès to celebrate the launch of their new Madison Avenue flagship store. Or has worked extensively with Josh Groban, The Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Ingrid Michaelson, Phillipa Soo, Dave Malloy, Rachel Chavkin, and countless others. Or was the music director and conductor for the hit Broadway musical Natasha, Pierre, and ... read more Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof, Rent, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Elf. National Tours: The Drowsy Chaperone, La Cage Aux Folles, 9 to 5. Off-Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Kazino & A.R.T.) The Royale (Lincoln Center), Preludes (LCT3), Almost, Maine, (Daryl Roth Theatre), Summer of '42, (Variety Arts), Iphigenia in Aulis, Naked, Hurricane, The Misanthrope (Classic Stage Company), The Day Emily Married, Barefoot Boy With Shoes On (Primary Stages), What Didn't Happen (Playwright's Horizons), The Dying Gaul (Vineyard Theatre) and many others. Regional: Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Dallas Summer Musicals, TUTS, TOTS, Pantages Theatre, Starlight Theatre, ... read more Music Director for the upcoming Broadway revival of Smokey Joe's Cafe. Recent credits include: Associate Conductor, The Last Ship (written by 16-time Grammy Award-winner, Sting), and the Tony Award winning Best Revival Pippin. Other Broadway credits: Jesus Christ Superstar, Billy Elliot, Grease, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Guys and Dolls, Mama Mia!, Promises, Promises, Addams Family, Women on the Verge. Music Supervisor for Disney's High School Musical (Milan/Italy tour.) 1st National Tours: Disney's High School Musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Grease. Work with Alicia Keys, Ke$ha, Matthew Morrison. As a composer: The Return of the Blue Cat (with poet F.D. ... read more Roundabout: Machinal. Recent: I Promised Myself To Live Faster (Pig Iron/Humana); Hair: Retrospection (KC Rep); Pretty Filthy (The Civilians); Kansas City Choir Boy (Prototype); Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Kazino); Mr. Burns; Fly By Night; Stage Kiss (Playwrights Horizons); Marie Antoinette (Soho Rep); The Understudy (McCarter); The Lightning Thief (Theatreworks). Upcoming: Amelie (Berkeley Rep). ... read more Design credits include King Lear, Epiphany, Saturday Night Fever, Gift of Angels (Universal Studios, Osaka, Japan). Associate credits include A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder (Tony Award: Best Musical, Drama Desk nomination: Outstanding Sound Design), Indian Ink, Passion (Drama Desk nomination: Outstanding Sound Design), The Visit, Battle of Black and Dogs, Father Comes Home From the Wars. Attended Yale School of Drama. ... read more Videographer/Editor at BroadwayWorld Producer/Designer at 54 Below Freelance Designer/Photographer/Videographer/Producer ... read more A Tony-winning producer, Jenny Steingart produces theater, film, and television. Recent productions include Freestyle Love Supreme on Broadway (Special Tony Award), the US Tour and at the Venetian in Las Vegas; Mean Girls on Broadway and US Tour; Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812; Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish; and Sir Patrick Stewart's A Christmas Carol. She most recently produced the documentary We Are Freestyle Love Supreme, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and is currently on Hulu. She produced the cult film Black Dynamite and the subsequent animated television series on Adult Swim, and ... read more