Eric Idle

(Music, Lyrics & Book)

is one of the original six creators of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” which began life on BBCTV in 1969. They eventually made five feature films, including two of the top ten comedy movies of all time. Eric, together with longtime collaborator and Composer John Du Prez, adapted The Holy Grail into the record-breaking musical Monty Python’s Spamalot, which ran for almost five years on Broadway. It was nominated for 13 Tonys, winning 3, including Best Director for Mike Nichols and the Tony Award® for Best Musical in 2005, plus a Drama Desk Award and a Grammy® for the authors. They then created a Comic Oratorio Not The Messiah, He’s a Very Naughty Boy based on Monty Python’s Life of Brian, which premiered in Toronto, and played The Sydney Opera House, The Hollywood Bowl, Wolf Trap, and Carnegie Hall and was eventually filmed with most of the Pythons at The Royal Albert Hall for the 40th Anniversary of Monty Python. Eric wrote, directed and starred in The Rutles, the world’s first mockumentary, and in 2012 he sang his own song “Always Look On the Bright Side of Life” before a billion people at the Closing Ceremony of the London Olympics. In 2014 he directed and appeared alongside conductor John Du Prez in the Monty Python final reunion show One Down Five To Go, which sold out London’s O2 Arena for ten nights. In 2018, his Sortabiography Always Look on the Bright of Life became a New York Times Best seller. In 2019 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which he survived thanks to early diagnosis and great doctors. Following his appearance on “The Masked Singer” in 2022, he launched The Bright Side Fund (Standup2Cancer/Eric Idle) to help fund research. His musical play What About Dick? with songs by JDP is currently playing on Netflix.

John Du Prez

(Music)

Born in 1946, he was so lucky to grow up in the World Heritage City of Bath with its International Festival and rich musical life. In 1965, armed with a bed roll and tape recorder, he collected and studied Sicilian folk music, which won him a Trevelyan Scholarship to Oxford. There, he studied Mandarin Chinese (of course) and spent a year in Hong Kong during which he was Principal Horn of the HK Philharmonic. Then on to London to gain a music degree and ARCM diploma and join the staff of London University. Meeting the Pythons in 1978, he started writing film music (Life of Brian) and having multiple chart success with Modern Romance. Their club hit “Everybody Salsa” won MR the New York DJ Syndicate 1981 award for Best New Band. He has scored more than 20 feature films including The Meaning of Life, A Private Function, A Fish Called Wanda, Once Bitten, UHF and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (with its platinum soundtrack album). Other Python projects include the Contractual Obligation Album, Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl and editing The Monty Python Song Book. In 2001, he co-wrote Monty Python’s Spamalot with Eric Idle which won them both Grammys®, the 2005 Tony® for Best Musical and a Tony® nomination for the score. He conducted their comic oratorio Not The Messiah on a world tour, which included Sydney Opera House, Hollywood Bowl (LA Phil) and finally the Albert Hall (BBC Symphony) for the Python 40th Anniversary. He was MD for the London O2 Arena farewell concerts - Monty Python Live (Mostly) - and recently scored the BAFTA Award-winning animation series “The Clangers.” For more info see johnduprez.com.

Paul Tate dePoo III

(Scenic & Projection Design)

is a Cuban American scenic, projection, and production designer. Notable works include The Cottage (Broadway), resident designer for the Kennedy Center’s Broadway Center Stage, Usher’s Las Vegas residency, Così Fan Tutti (Santa Fe Opera), Turandot (Austria, Vienna), Titanic, Sweeney Todd (OD Seoul, Korea), BEAU (TBD Pictures), Angels In America (amFar), Grand Hotel (Signature Theatre/Helen Hayes Award). Upcoming: The Great Gatsby at the Paper Mill Playhouse. pauldepoo.com

Jen Caprio

(Costume Design)

Broadway: Falsettos and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. National/International: Falsettos, Joseph…, The Lion (West End/US Tour), …Spelling Bee (US Tours) and various rock revues for Universal Studios, Norwegian and Celebrity Cruise Lines, Hershey Park and the IBEROSTAR resorts in Mexico. New York: PHISH 2023 New Year’s Eve at MSG, City Center Encores!, Audible/Minetta Lane, Second Stage, Manhattan Theatre Club, Roundabout, Primary Stages, Cherry Lane, LaMama, ETC and others. Regional: Over 150 LORT and Opera productions including collaborations at The Kennedy Center, The Guthrie Theater and her hometown theater, Papermill Playhouse. TV: “Tiny Time Travel” (PBS KIDS), “Sesame Street” (ACD seasons 47-54), “The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo” (ACD Seasons 1-2), “Manhunt” (ACD Apple TV+). 2020 Daytime Emmy® Winner and 2019 & 2021 Daytime Emmy® nominations for “Sesame Street”. jencaprio.com Instagram: @jencapriocostumedesign

Cory Pattak

(Lighting Design)

Broadway debut! Resident Lighting Designer for Broadway Center Stage at the Kennedy Center designing Spamalot, Guys & Dolls, Sunset Blvd, Next to Normal, The Music Man, Footloose, Little Shop of Horrors and In the Heights. Also at the Kennedy Center: Rent in Concert (Concert Hall), 50 Years of Broadway, The Eyes of the World (Opera House). NYC: The Lucky Star (59E59), Final Follies (Primary Stages), Stalking the Bogeyman (New World Stages), Handle with Care (Westside Theatre), Skippyjon Jones (Theatreworks USA), Unlocked (Prospect Theatre). Regional: A Wonderful World (New Orleans/Chicago), The Great Gatsby (Papermill Playhouse) and shows at Weston Playhouse, Old Globe, Portland Stage, Ordway, Goodspeed, KC Rep, Everyman Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Asolo Rep, Tuacahn Amphitheater, Northern Stage, Syracuse Stage, Buck County Playhouse, Actor’s Playhouse, Sacramento Music Circus, Everyman Theatre, Miami New Drama, Olney Theatre (In the Heights - Helen Hays Nom), Alabama Shakespeare, Ogunquit Playhouse, and Maltz Jupiter Theatre. In the Heights in Puerto Rico, shows for Norwegian Cruise Line and MSC Cruises. National Tour of Flashdance. International: Sunset Blvd, Singin’ in the Rain, Pretty Woman (Brazil). As a Broadway Associate: Newsies, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Story of My Life, A Time to Kill. corypattak.com. IG: @corypattak

Kai Harada

(Sound Design)

Broadway: New York, New York (Tony® nomination); Kimberly Akimbo; The Old Man and the Pool; Mr. Saturday Night; Head Over Heels; The Band’s Visit (Tony Award®, Drama Desk Award); Amélie; Sunday in the Park With George; Allegiance; Gigi; Fun Home; On the Town; First Date; Follies (Tony®, Drama Desk nominations); and Million Dollar Quartet. West End: Million Dollar Quartet. Other: Hercules (Papermill); Merrily We Roll Along (New York Theatre Workshop); Crazy For You (Chichester Festival); The Karate Kid (Stages St. Louis); The Bedwetter (Atlantic); Swept Away (Berkeley Rep); Soft Power (Public Theatre, CTG); Marie: Dancing Still (5th Ave); The Light in the Piazza, Candide (L.A. Opera); We Live in Cairo, The Black Clown (ART); Zorro (Moscow; Atlanta); Hinterm Horizont (Berlin); assorted musicals at City Center Encores! and the Kennedy Center. Recorded Media: Spandex: The Musical, Row (Audible/WTF). Audio Consultant for the revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Education: Yale University.

Haley Parcher

(Sound Design)

is a Seattle-based sound designer. Regional design credits include: Guys and Dolls, Sunset Boulevard, Spamalot (Kennedy Center), Cabaret (The Old Globe) Beauty and the Beast, The Wiz, Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, And So That Happened (5th Avenue Theatre), Mamma Mia! (Village Theatre), How Can I Love You (Cave B), American Idiot, Violet, The Nance, The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion, We’ve Battled Monsters Before (ArtsWest).

Tom Watson

(Hair & Wig Design)

headed the wig/makeup department at the Metropolitan Opera for 17 years. He has designed more than 100 Broadway productions. Wicked, Rock of Ages, The King & I, Fiddler on the Roof, Oslo, Falsettos, The Little Foxes, My Fair Lady, Plaza Suite, Parade and Harmony.

Kate Wilson

(Dialect Coach)

Broadway: Appropriate, Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, Leopoldstadt, Camelot, Topdog/Underdog, Piano Lesson, Take Me Out, MJ, Funny Girl, Moulin Rouge!, To Kill a Mockingbird, Beetlejuice. Off-Broadway: Sabbath’s Theatre, Refuge Plays, Bedwetter. Film: Wildcat, Fingernails, Women Talking, Causeway, Tragedy of Macbeth, Lady Bird. Faculty: Juilliard.

JZ Casting

(Casting)

casts productions for Broadway, off-Broadway, and theatre companies including Arena Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, The Civilians, Irish Repertory Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Kennedy Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre. www.jz-casting.com.

John Bell

(Music Supervision & Direction)

Broadway: Into the Woods and My Fair Lady (also first national tours), Fiddler on the Roof, On the Town, An American in Paris. City Center Encores!: 12+ productions of classic American musicals. Irish Repertory Theatre: revivals of Finian’s Rainbow, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, and Meet Me In St. Louis. Sondheim’s Marry Me A Little and Adam Gwon’s Ordinary Days (Keen Company), Radio City Christmas Spectacular. BFA in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College, Masters in Music from CUNY, MBA from Boston University.

Josh Rhodes

(Direction & Choreography)

is an American director and choreographer who recently directed and choreographed the critically acclaimed productions of Spamalot and The Who’s Tommy for Broadway Center Stage at the Kennedy Center. In New York City, Josh directed and choreographed Dear World, Mack and Mabel, and Grand Hotel (Encores!). Josh’s other productions as a director are Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville, and Guys and Dolls, Cabaret (Old Globe), Showboat (Bucks County Playhouse), and the Asolo Repertory’s bold new productions of Cabaret, Hair, The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, and Evita. At the Muny in St Louis, Josh has directed and choreographed Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Jersey Boys, Paint Your Wagon, and the recent production of Chess. On Broadway Josh choreographed Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, It Shoulda Been You, First Date, and Bright Star. On London’s West End, he choreographed Carousel at the English National Opera and Sweeney Todd starring Emma Thompson. Other choreography credits include the filmed production of Company starring Neil Patrick Harris, Sondheim: The Birthday Concert for PBS, and the U.K. tour of Doctor Dolittle. Josh recently made his film director debut with the musical film, BEAU. The film has garnered multiple laurels and awards in festivals all over North America. Josh is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan.