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deep thanks to the Muny family for the
journey that has brought them to Forest Park
all these years and to St. Louis, their second
home. Sam is a member of Actors’ Equity
Association, and Steve is a member of United
Scenic Artists Local 829.
SETH JACKSON
(
Lighting Designer
) has
designed worldwide tours for Don Henley,
Jason Mraz, Hilary Duff, Melissa Etheridge,
American Idols Live
, Carrie Underwood,
Toby Keith, and Barry Manilow. He is
currently co-designing a new tour for Alice
Cooper
with his co-designer for
Thoroughly
Modern Millie,
Nathan W. Scheuer. He has
twice been awarded the Parnelli Award for
Set Designer of the Year in 2007 and 2008,
and received the Illuminating Engineering
Society’s Award of Distinction in 1996.
He was awarded the Redden Award for
Excellence in Lighting Design with the
creative team for
Star Wars in Concert
, and
traveled with the show as associate creative
director and lighting director. He was
creative director and production designer for
Selena Gomez,
and
Barry Manilow’s Music
and Passion
, which ran at the Las Vegas
Hilton for five years.
He is an assistant
professor of design at Webster University’s
Conservatory of Theatre Arts. He is thrilled
to return to The Muny and to remember
all those years ago sitting in the free seats
thinking, “I want to do that!”
ROBIN L. McGEE
(
Costume Coordinator/
Additional Designs
) is a Highland, Illinois,
native and is very happy to be working
at The Muny after seeing so many shows
here through the years. Her wide variety of
designs include:
As Long As We Both Shall
Laugh
on Broadway,
My One and Only
at
Goodspeed Opera House,
Susannah
and
La
Rondine
at Des Moines Metro Opera,
The
Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller
, clowns for
Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey
Circus and many other off-Broadway and
regional credits. Robin holds an MFA from
the University of Texas and is a proud
member of United Scenic Artists 829. www.
rlmcgeedesign.com
BEN WHITELEY
(
Music Director
) is
pleased to be The Charles W. & Janet T.
Mueller Conductor for
Pirates!
Muny:
Kiss
Me, Kate; Beauty and the Beast
(twice);
Sound
of Music
(twice);
South Pacific
;
Music Man
;
Oklahoma!
;
Meet Me in St. Louis
. Broadway/
National Tours:
The Addams Family,
Spamalot, Cats, The Full Monty, Grand Hotel
,
Falsettos, Big.
For Carnegie Hall:
Sail
Away
(with Elaine Stritch),
Carnegie Hall Salutes
Comden and Green
,
A Tribute
to Alan Jay
Lerner.
Recently conducted
Damn Yankees
for Paper Mill Playhouse and 5
th
Avenue
Theatre. Ben prepared and conducted the
chorus for the Sony Classics recording of
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
Allegro
. For City
Center Encores!: Associate Conductor and
choral preparation for 20+ shows, including
Merrily We Roll Along
,
Finian’s Rainbow
and
Where’s Charley?
Recent concerts: The
Three Irish Tenors, Space Philharmonic.
TV:
Boardwalk Empire.
Frequent Guest
Conductor for University of Michigan
Musical Theatre Program.
JASON KRUEGER
(
Sound Designer
) is
pleased to return for his 13th season withThe
Muny. He is continually honored to return to
The Muny and St Louis’ enthusiastic support
of the arts. In the past, Jason has worked on
a number of Broadway and national tours,
including
The Lion King
,
The Hunchback of
Notre Dame
,
The King and I
,
Indiscretions
,
Smokey Joe’s Cafe
and the annual Madison
Square Garden production of
A Christmas
Carol
. A native of Colorado, Jason spends the
rest of the year teaching skiing in Steamboat
Springs.
HAROLD GOLDFADEN
(
Production
Stage Manager
) directed
My Fair Lady
(2008
)
at The Muny, as well as
Show Boat
(2003, 2010 – Kevin Kline Award) and
42nd Street
(2004). As Broadway stage
manager:
42nd Street
,
Crazy for You
and
David Merrick’s
Oh, Kay!
National touring
productions include Cameron Mackintosh’s
My Fair Lady
,
42nd Street
,
Barnum
,
They’re
Playing Our Song
,
Fiddler on the Roof
with
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