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CREATIVE TEAM AND PRODUCERS CHRISTOPHER RENSHAW CONCEPT / SCRIPT & DIRECTOR Chris was born in reading, England, and attended Magdalen College, Oxford. He served as Resident Director of the Royal Opera House. Since then he has directed operas, plays and musicals all over the world. His favorite opera productions include Norma with Joan Sutherland (Sydney Opera House); Eugene Onegin conducted by Rostropovich (Aldeburgh Festival); and a new production of Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Nights Dream (Covent Garden). His celebrated series of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operettas (The Mikado, HMS Pinafore and The Gondoliers) at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London led to a crossover into plays and musicals. Christopher directed Hayley and Juliet Mills in Noel Coward’s Fallen Angels in Australia, Sir Brian Rix in Dry Rot in London’s West End, a TV production of “Ruddigore” with Vincent Price and Café Puccini at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre, produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh. He received a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award for The King And I with Donna Murphy and Lou Diamond Phillips, which also won four Tonys. Christopher’s production of Queen’s We Will Rock You is still playing at London’s Dominion Theatre. His production of Taboo, which he coconceived with Boy George reopened in London last year. His highly acclaimed awardwinning production of The King And I will return to Australia later this year. Chris is currently working with Broadway composers Maury Yeston and Frank Wildhorn on the development of two new original musical productions. ALEX LACAMOIRE ARRANGEMENTS / ORCHESTRATIONS / MUSIC SUPERVISION Alex is a CubanAmerican music director/arranger/orchestrator, who has worked on many shows both on and off Broadway. He was born in Los Angeles, California, and began to play piano at age four. He and his family moved to Miami, Florida when he was 9. He entered Southwood Middle School, a school known for its fine arts program and went on to New World School of the Arts. Alex graduated at Berklee College of Music and studied Jazz, Arranging, and Film Scoring. His Broadway work includes music director of Wicked in 2005, and Music Supervisor and assisting with the orchestrations for the musical High Fidelity in 2006. In 2007 he was music director for the Off Broadway production of In the Heights, which earned him a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Orchestrations. Following its successful Off Broadway run, In The Heights transferred to the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway. Alex, along with Bill Sherman, won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations and the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for their combined work on In The Heights. Other credits for Alex as music director, arranger, and/or Orchestrator include: Bat Boy: The Musical, the 2001 National Tour of Godspell, Stephen Schwartz's Captain Louie, and Legally Blonde. He is also credited with helping with the recordings of Captain Louie (2005, Original cast) as Orchestrator; Bat Boy (2001 Original Cast) as Musical Director; and Godspell (2000 touring cast) as conductor. His recent work includes "Bring It On – the Musical” (Music Supervisor, CoOrchestrator and Arranger) and dance arrangements for the 2012 Broadway revival of “Annie”. TOM PIPER SCENIC AND COSTUME DESIGNER Recent designs for the Royal Shakespeare Company, where Tom is Associate Designer, include Boris Godunov, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbaeth, The City Madam, The Histories Cycle (Richard II, Henry IV parts I and II, Henry V, Henry VI parts I, II and III, and Richard III) for which he won the 2009 Olivier Award for Best Costume Design. He was nominated for the 2009 Olivier Award for Best Set Design for As You Like It and Antony and Cleopatra. Other recent theatre credits: Red Velvet (Tricycle theatre, London); King Lear (Citizens Theatre, Glasgow); and Richard III, The Tempest, As You Like It (Bridge Project at Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York and Old Vic Theatre, London). Tom has designed costumes and sets for all worldwide replica productions of the musical Zorro with music by The Gipsy Kings (London, Moscow, Dutch National Tour, Tokyo, Seoul and Atlanta). He will be designing costumes for Pride and Prejudice and The Winter’s Tale for Regents Park Open Air Theatre in London later this year. Full credits are available at www.tompiperdesign.co.uk
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 CREATIVE  TEAM  AND  PRODUCERS  

 

 CHRISTOPHER  RENSHAW  CONCEPT  /  SCRIPT  &  DIRECTOR    

Chris  was  born  in  reading,  England,  and  attended  Magdalen  College,  Oxford.  He  served  as  Resident  Director  of  the  Royal  Opera  House.  Since  then  he  has  directed  operas,  plays  and  musicals  all  over  the  world.  His  favorite  opera  productions  include  Norma  with  Joan  Sutherland  (Sydney  Opera  House);  Eugene  Onegin  conducted  by  Rostropovich  (Aldeburgh  Festival);  and  a  new  production  of  Benjamin  Britten’s  A  Midsummer  Nights  Dream  (Covent  Garden).  His  celebrated  series  of  Gilbert  and  Sullivan’s  operettas  (The  Mikado,  HMS  Pinafore  and  The  Gondoliers)  at  Sadler’s  Wells  Theatre  in  London  led  to  a  crossover  into  plays  and  musicals.  Christopher  directed  Hayley  and  Juliet  Mills  in  Noel  Coward’s  Fallen  Angels  in  Australia,  Sir  Brian  Rix  in  Dry  Rot  in  London’s  West  End,  a  TV  production  of  “Ruddigore”  with  Vincent  Price  and  Café  Puccini  at  London’s  Wyndham’s  Theatre,  produced  by  Andrew  Lloyd  Webber  and  Cameron  Mackintosh.  He  received  a  Tony  nomination  and  a  Drama  Desk  Award  for  The  King  And  I  with  Donna  Murphy  and  Lou  Diamond  Phillips,  which  also  won  four  Tonys.  Christopher’s  production  of  Queen’s  We  Will  Rock  You  is  still  playing  at  London’s  Dominion  Theatre.  His  production  of  Taboo,  which  he  co-­‐conceived  with  Boy  George  reopened  in  London  last  year.  His  highly  acclaimed  award-­‐winning  production  of  The  King  And  I  will  return  to  Australia  later  this  year.  Chris  is  currently  working  with  Broadway  composers  Maury  Yeston  and  Frank  Wildhorn  on  the  development  of  two  new  original  musical  productions.      

   ALEX  LACAMOIRE  ARRANGEMENTS  /  ORCHESTRATIONS  /  MUSIC  SUPERVISION    

Alex  is  a  Cuban-­‐American  music  director/arranger/orchestrator,  who  has  worked  on  many  shows  both  on  and  off  Broadway.  He  was  born  in  Los  Angeles,  California,  and  began  to  play  piano  at  age  four.  He  and  his  family  moved  to  Miami,  Florida  when  he  was  9.  He  entered  Southwood  Middle  School,  a  school  known  for  its  fine  arts  program  and  went  on  to  New  World  School  of  the  Arts.  Alex  graduated  at  Berklee  College  of  Music  and  studied  Jazz,  Arranging,  and  Film  Scoring.    His  Broadway  work  includes  music  director  of  Wicked  in  2005,  and  Music  Supervisor  and  assisting  with  the  orchestrations  for  the  musical  High  Fidelity  in  2006.  In  2007  he  was  music  director  for  the  Off  Broadway  production  of  In  the  Heights,  which  earned  him  a  Drama  Desk  Award  nomination  for  Outstanding  Orchestrations.  Following  its  successful  Off  Broadway  run,  In  The  Heights  transferred  to  the  Richard  Rodgers  Theatre  on  Broadway.  Alex,  along  with  Bill  Sherman,  won  the  2008  Tony  Award  for  Best  Orchestrations  and  the  2009  Grammy  Award  for  Best  Musical  Theater  Album  for  their  combined  work  on  In  The  Heights.    Other  credits  for  Alex  as  music  director,  arranger,  and/or  Orchestrator  include:  Bat  Boy:  The  Musical,  the  2001  National  Tour  of  Godspell,  Stephen  Schwartz's  Captain  Louie,  and  Legally  Blonde.  He  is  also  credited  with  helping  with  the  recordings  of  Captain  Louie  (2005,  Original  cast)  as  Orchestrator;  Bat  Boy  (2001  Original  Cast)  as  Musical  Director;  and  Godspell  (2000  touring  cast)  as  conductor.  His  recent  work  includes  "Bring  It  On  –  the  Musical”  (Music  Supervisor,  Co-­‐Orchestrator  and  Arranger)  and  dance  arrangements  for  the  2012  Broadway  revival  of  “Annie”.      

 TOM  PIPER  SCENIC  AND  COSTUME  DESIGNER    

Recent  designs  for  the  Royal  Shakespeare  Company,  where  Tom  is  Associate  Designer,  include  Boris  Godunov,  Much  Ado  About  Nothing,  Macbaeth,  The  City  Madam,  The  Histories  Cycle  (Richard  II,  Henry  IV  parts  I  and  II,  Henry  V,  Henry  VI  parts  I,  II  and  III,  and  Richard  III)  for  which  he  won  the  2009  Olivier  Award  for  Best  Costume  Design.  He  was  nominated  for  the  2009  Olivier  Award  for  Best  Set  Design  for  As  You  Like  It  and  Antony  and  Cleopatra.  Other  recent  theatre  credits:  Red  Velvet  (Tricycle  theatre,  London);  King  Lear  (Citizens  Theatre,  Glasgow);  and  Richard  III,  The  Tempest,  As  You  Like  It  (Bridge  Project  at  Brooklyn  Academy  of  Music,  New  York  and  Old  Vic  Theatre,  London).  Tom  has  designed  costumes  and  sets  for  all  worldwide  replica  productions  of  the  musical  Zorro  with  music  by  The  Gipsy  Kings  (London,  Moscow,  Dutch  National  Tour,  Tokyo,  Seoul  and  Atlanta).  He  will  be  designing  costumes  for  Pride  and  Prejudice  and  The  Winter’s  Tale  for  Regents  Park  Open  Air  Theatre  in  London  later  this  year.  Full  credits  are  available  at  www.tompiperdesign.co.uk  

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 NORGE  ESPINOSA  MENDOZA  SPANISH  SCRIPT  AND  LYRICS    

Poet,  playwright  and  essayist,  born  in  Santa  Clara,  Cuba.  Graduated  at  the  Institute  Superior  Arts  in  Havana  as  theatre  critic,  Norge  has  been  working  with  some  of  the  most  important  Cuban  theatre  companies  among  which  were  the  Teatro  El  Público  and  the  Teatro  de  las  Estaciones.  He’s  the  winner  of  several  poetry  prizes;  He  won  the  literary  1989  “El  Caimán  Barbudo”  award  with  his  book  Las  breves  tribulaciones  which  includes  some  homoerotic  poems,  a  real  breakthrough  at  that  time  in  Cuba.  He  is  also  the  author  of  the  children’s  books  Los  pequeños  prodigios  (1996),  and  Las  estrategias  del  páramo  (poems,  2000).  In  2001  he  was  part  of  the  University  of  Iowa’s  International  Writing  Program  while  living  in  the  USA  until  2002.  Norge  was  part  of  a  project  directed  by  the  Royal  Court  in  Cuba  and  contributed  to  the  development  of  new  playwriting.  He  is  a  regular  visitor  of  London  where  some  of  his  plays  were  rehearsed  or  presented  as  readings.  Norge  appeared  in  various  anthologies  in  Cuba,  France,  Spain,  Mexico  and  some  other  countries.  Some  of  his  works  for  stage  are:  La  Virgencita  de  Bronce,  Cintas  de  seda,  Ícaros,  Trío,  and  Federico  de  noche;  several  of  these  plays  have  been  awarded  in  literary  contest  or  festivals.  As  a  dedicated  gay  activist,  Norge  has  been  part  of  some  of  the  most  important  actions  in  support  of  the  gay  and  lesbian  Cuban  community  since  the  80  ́s.  He  is  included  in  the  anthology  Mapa  Callejero,  selected  by  José  Quiroga  and  published  in  Argentina.    Norge  is  the  editor  of  theater  magazine  Entretelones,  and  the  literary  magazine  Extramuros.  Ícaros  y  otras  piezas  míticas,  a  collection  of  his  stage  works,  appeared  in  2011.  In  2012  he  was  a  participant  of  the  LASA  Congress,  as  part  of  a  panel  dedicated  to  new  arts  in  Cuba.  His  most  recent  books  are:  Escenarios  que  arden;  Mito,  verdad  y  retablo,  el  Guiñol  de  los  Hermanos  Camejo  y  Pepe  Carril;  Notas  en  Piñera  and  Cuerpos  de  un  deseo  diferente,  all  published  between  2012  and  2013.      

 

 ROCLAN  GONZALEZ  CHAVEZ  CHOREOGRAPHY    

Born  in  Cuba,  Roclan  studied  at  the  prestigious  Escuela  Nacionales  the  Arte  in  Havana,  graduating  in  1996  with  distinction  in  both  contemporary  and  folkloric  dance  and  was  the  only  person  in  his  year  to  be  awarded  a  post  graduate  scholarship  to  study  choreography.  Since  then,  he  has  worked  with  most  of  Cuba‘s  best  known  music  and  dance  groups,  including  Omar  Portuanda,  Company  Segundo,  salsa  big  band  Los  Van  Van  and  the  world  renowned  Tropicana  Cabaret.  He  is  the  main  Choreographer  for  Cuban  television  ballet,  which  perform  regularly  on  TV  and  state  events.  For  the  last  five  years,  he  has  choreographed  the  national  Cuban  music  awards,  Cuba  disco  and  many  music  videos  for  top  Cuban  bands.  His  recent  international  tours  include  choreographing  the  hit  shows  Lady  Salsa,  and  The  Kings  of  Salsa.  Which  have  toured  internationally  for  the  last  seven  years  in  Europe,  UK,  Asia,  Australia  and  USA  to  great  critical  acclaim.  He  has  also  worked  extensively  all  over  Latin  America  and  studied  many  styles  from  this  region  from  Brazilian  samba,  contemporary  ballet  to  Argentinean  tango.  Roclan  has  an  unrivalled  understanding  of  the  folkloric  roots  of  salsa  and  Cuban  dance,  which  he  blends  with  breathtaking  contemporary  moves,  producing  a  unique  dance  fusion.  He  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  talented  and  versatile  young  choreographers  to  come  out  of  Cuba  in  the  last  decade.                                              

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 JON  LEE  ORIGINAL  PRODUCER    Jon  started  his  career  as  a  professional  trumpeter  working  extensively  in  London’s  West  End  and  session  world.  In  1995,  he  formed  the  jazz  orchestra  ‘Echoes  of  Ellington’  that  toured  for  2  years  with  The  Birmingham  Royal  Ballet’s  highly  acclaimed  jazz  ballet  The  Nutcracker  Sweeties.  The  orchestra  also  played  at  all  the  major  European  jazz  festivals  and  had  a  regular  club  spot  at  Ronnie’s  Scotts.  It  was  at  the  Edinburgh  Festival  in  1997,  that  he  first  started  producing  shows  and  his  love  of  Latin  music  led  him  to  put  on  his  first  Cuban  production  Lady  Salsa  with  Toby  Gough.  This  show  went  on  to  run  in  London’s  West  End  for  16  months  and  has  toured  the  world  for  the  past  9  years  in  partnership  with  Mark  Brady  of  ATA  Allstar  Artists  Pty  Ltd.  Since  then,  Mark  and  Jon  have  produced  several  successful  shows  together  from  Cuba  including  The  Bar  at  Buena  Vista,  The  Kings  of  Salsa  and  The  Creole  Choir  of  Cuba  that  have  all  toured  around  the  world.  His  new  production  of  Ballet  Revolución  is  currently  touring  Germany.  Having  worked  in  Cuba  now  for  over  11  years,  he  has  gained  a  great  insight  to  the  music  and  dance  of  this  incredible  country,  and  Carmen  Jones  is  a  culmination  of  his  years  working  there.      

 WILLEM  METZ  ORIGINAL  PRODUCER  &  WORLDWIDE  GENERAL  MANAGER    Willem  trained  Stage  Management  at  the  Royal  Academy  of  Dramatic  Art  (RADA)  in  London,  United  Kingdom.  After  a  secondment  at  Cameron  Mackintosh’s  London  office  Willem  moved  onto  production  stage  managing  countless  large  musicals  in  Continental  Europe.  He  ran  various  large  worldwide  industrial  presentations  for  Daimler-­‐Chrysler  (World  Premiere  of  the  new  S-­‐500  and  SLR-­‐Roadster)  and  Citroën  (C5  Series).  Willem  production  stage  managed  several  large  international  musical  productions  (Miss  Saigon  (Stuttgart),  Starlight  Express  (Bochum),  Disney’s  The  Hunchback  of  Notre  Dame  (World  Premiere  in  Berlin),  Beauty  and  the  Beast  (Stuttgart)  and  The  Lion  Ling  (Hamburg)).  Willem  moved  on  to  become  a  theatre  producer  and  has  executive  produced  over  40  large  musicals.  He  initiated  and  general  managed  the  International  Licensed  Productions  Department  of  Stage  Entertainment.  Willem  has  been  a  senior  member  of  the  company’s  International  Management  Team  for  many  years.    His  own  company  Willem  Metz  Management  (WMM)  is  based  in  Willem’s  home  country  the  Netherlands  and  represents  and  general  manages  the  rights  of  some  of  the  greatest  musical  titles    (Zorro,  Love  Story,  Peter  Pan,  Around  The  World  In  Eighty  Days,  A  Christmas  Carol,  Through  The  Looking  Glass,  Heidi,  Forbidden  City  etc.).  More  titles  will  be  added  to  this  catalogue  in  due  time.  WMM  also  represents  some  of  the  entertainment  industry’s  greatest  creative  talents  and  consults  international  producers  with  regard  to  the  development  and  overall  production  aspects  of  large  musicals.  He  is  currently  producing  a  large  original  world  premiere  musical  production  for  the  Singapore  Repertory  Theatre,  opening  in  Singapore  during  the  Fall  of  2015.  Willem  is  general  managing  a  new  production  of  the  musical  Zorro,  presented  by  M  Musical  Art  in  Seoul,  South  Korea.  He  is  proud  to  be  partnering  with  David  Nur  on  the  new  company  STAGE  ASIA  PRODUCTIONS  Ltd.  which  will  be  presenting  some  of  the  greatest  musicals  in  the  Far  and  Middle  East.      As  the  production’s  General  Manager,  Willem  will  look  after  the  roll-­‐out  of  CARMEN  JONES  in  subsequent  licensed  productions  following  the  June  2014  show  case  presentation  in  Cuba.                    


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