WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST
ANN MORRISON ( Kimberly ). Broadway: Mary Flynn in the legendary original Stephen Sondheim/George Furth musical, Merrily We Roll Along, directed by Hal Prince (1982 Theatre World Award), Hal Prince’s LoveMusik, Children and Art. London’s West End: Peg in the original musical Peg. Off-Broadway: Lizzie in the original Goblin Market (Drama Desk Nom.) Ann has starred in dozens of musicals and plays, concerts, and cabaret performances throughout the country and the U.K. Select recordings: Merrily We Roll Along , Lady be Good, Goblin Market, and many more. Recent honors: NY Bistro Award for her solo musical Merrily From Center Stage , and United Solo Best Actress for her Linda Lovely Goes to Broadway
MARCUS PHILLIPS ( Seth ) is tremendously honored to be here. Recent/favorite credits: Spring Awakening (East West Players), The Prom (1st National Tour), Dog Man: The Musical (National Tour), Once on This Island (El Portal). BFA in Theatre & Film, #longliveL7! Thank you to Bloc, Telsey, 321, and past mentors for the guidance. All the love to Jasiana, family, and friends. Love one another, hold one another, and listen to understand one another. : ) @who.is.marcus ♡
EMILY KOCH ( Debra ). Broadway/National Tours: Elphaba in Wicked, Waitress, Kimberly Akimbo. Regional: The Full Monty (North Shore), The Secret Garden (Broadway Sacramento), Godspell (Berkshire Theatre Group), Little Women (Palo Alto TheatreWorks), Violet (FPAC), In the Bones (APAC). Proud Interlochen Arts Academy, Carnegie Mellon alum. Many thanks to 321, BRS/Gage, the Kimberly creative team, Telsey, Matt Farnsworth, Sarah Brown, her parents, and Jim Hogan who plays “Buddy” in this show, Emily’s boyfriend of seven years. @embkoch
BRANDON SPRINGMAN (Buddy). An Anagram for Thankful is “Flunk Hat.” First National Tour of Come From Away. Regional: Sacramento Music Circus, Paramount Theatre, Marriott, Chicago Shakespeare, Drury Lane. Thanks to Stewart Talent. For my Family & Michelle.
LAURA WOYASZ (Pattie) If this is a dream, please don’t wake me, because this is a
dream role! Broadway: Wicked (Glinda), For The Girls. She has done 5 Off-Broadway shows, 3 National Tours, 4 TV appearances, and many regional shows. She is an advocate for senior dogs and is a Reiki healer. Laura is obsessed with Dolly Parton, tiny homes, and Doritos. Thank you to HCKR, the creative team, Telsey, Matt Farnsworth for this opportunity. As always, for my niece & sister. www.laura-woyasz.com
GABBY BEREDO (Delia) is overjoyed to be part of this production! National Tour: Matilda Regional: Annie (Papermill Playhouse). Media: Global Girls Alliance launch video with Michelle Obama (Featured Soloist). She is a proud Filipina and New Jersey native! Sending love and gratitude to her family, friends, Carson-Adler Agency, and CCM MT. @gabbyberedo
SKYE ALYSSA FRIEDMAN (Teresa). National Tour Debut! Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, Annie. Off-Broadway: The Lucky Star (59E59), Kimberly Akimbo (ATC). Regional: The Audience (MJT). Film: Lemonade Blessing (upcoming), Busybody, Mute . TV: “ I Am Frankie” (Nickelodeon). Pace University BFA Acting graduate. Eternally grateful for this “great adventure” and everyone in it. www.skyealyssafriedman.com ; IG: @skyealyssafriedman
DARRON HAYES ( Martin ). Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo. Australian Theatre: Pharus in the Australian Premiere of Choir Boy with The National Theatre of Parramatta. Off-Broadway/New York: I Can Get It for You Wholesale , The Gospel According to Heather , Notes From Now , Love Around the Block . TV/Film: “FBI: Most Wanted” and “American Idol.” All the love! Instagram: @darronhayes_
MAX SANTOPIETRO ( Aaron ) is making his National Tour debut! TV/Film: “Dexter: Original Sin,” “FBI: Most Wanted.” Educational: Bare: A Pop Opera , Cabaret , Carrie . When he is not singing and dancing, he spends time making paper-mâché masks and calling his mom. Max is honored to be joining the Kimberly Akimbo family. Thanks to his
family, mentors, the team at CKO, and the Telsey Office.
BENJAMIN CAMENZULI (u/s Buddy). National Tour debut! Regional: As You Like It (u/s Charles/Amiens/ Orlando, OSF), Lizard Boy (u/s Cary, OSF), Rock of Ages (Drew, MTW). TV/ Film: “FBI: Most Wanted” (Co-Star, CBS). Thank you to DGRW, Craig Burns, Jimmy Larkin, and Kaley. For Dad and Granny.
JANET DICKINSON ( Kimberly Standby ). Broadway: Anastasia, Bullets Over Broadway, How The Grinch… , Happiness at Lincoln Center. Little Dancer (Mary Cassatt) - The Kennedy Center/World Premiere. Chasing Rainbows - Flat Rock/World Premiere. Tours: Billy Elliot (Mrs. Wilkinson), 9 To 5: The Musical. Off-Broadway: Fat Camp, Forbidden Broadway’s Rude Awakening . TV: “High Maintenance,” “Billions,” “Feud: Capote vs the Swans.” Janet is originally from Bemidji, MN. Love to Doug and the team at Carson/Kolker. Something funny is happening on Instagram @Anticstasia.
AIDAN B. JONES ( u/s Seth, Aaron, Martin ). National Tour debut! Select Regional: Bucks County Playhouse, Barrington Stage Company, Cape Playhouse. Endless gratitude to Mom, Amelie, Vince, Matt, DGRW, and The Telsey Office. For Dad. BFA Musical Theatre University of Michigan. Go Blue! @aidanbjones
SARAH LYNN MARION ( u/s Pattie, Debra ). First National Tour! Off-Broadway: Ordinary Days . Regional: Kinky Boots , Beehive , All Shook Up . TV: “Law & Order SVU,” “High Maintenance.” BFA University of Michigan. Jimmy Award winner. Don’t take yourself too seriously. @sarahlynnmarion
REGENE SEVEN ODON ( u/s Seth, Aaron, Martin ). National Tour Debut! This is for Mommy Rose. Eternally grateful for Take3Talent, Rebel, and The Prep. Thanks to Michelle, Natasha, Shannon, Jimmy, Nicky, and Theresa. Endless love to Mama, Papa, Jilian, Jillaine, and my friends. @regeneodon
BAILEY RYON ( Dance Captain, u/s Delia, Teresa). Broadway/National Tour: OBC Matilda The Musical (Matilda - Tony recipient). How
the Grinch Stole Christmas! (Cindy-Lou Who). James Madison University BA: Musical Theatre. Thanks to my friends and family! Representation: Evolve Talent Management. www.bailey-ryon.com
DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE (Book, Lyrics, Original Play) is a playwright, screenwriter, lyricist and librettist. He received Tony Awards for Best Score and Best Book of a Musical for his work on Kimberly Akimbo. Other Broadway credits include Rabbit Hole (MTC, Pulitzer Prize); Good People (MTC, NY Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, Horton Foote Prize); Shrek with Jeanine Tesori (Kleban Award for Lyrics); High Fidelity with Tom Kitt and Amanda Green. OffBroadway: at ATC, Kimberly Akimbo (Lortel, NYDCC, OCC and Drama Desk awards for Best Musical); at MTC, Ripcord, Kimberly Akimbo (the play), Wonder of the World, Fuddy Meers; at Soho Rep, A Devil Inside. Film: The Family Fang, Rise of the Guardians, Rabbit Hole, Oz the Great and Powerful, Poltergeist, Inkheart, Robots Member: Dramatists Guild, WGA, ASCAP. David is also, along with Tanya Barfield, co-director of the playwriting program at The Juilliard School.
JEANINE TESORI ( Music ) is a composer of musical theatre, opera and film. She is a twotime Tony Award winner for Best Score, for Kimberly Akimbo with David Lindsay-Abaire and for Fun Home with Lisa Kron. Her other musicals include Caroline, or Change (with Tony Kushner); Shrek (David Lindsay-Abaire); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Dick Scanlan); Violet (Brian Crawley); and Soft Power (David Henry Hwang), which was her second work after Fun Home to be a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Her operas include A Blizzard on Marblehead Neck (Tony Kushner); The Lion, The Unicorn and Me (J.D. McClatchy); and Blue (Tazewell Thompson). Her latest opera, Grounded (George Brant), marks Tesori as one of the first women, along with Missy Mazzoli, to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and opened the 2024-2025 season. In addition to her work as a composer, Tesori is the founding artistic director of New York City Center’s Encores! Off-Center series, the supervising vocal producer of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and a lecturer in music at Yale University. Proud member of the Dramatists Guild.
JESSICA STONE ( Director ) worked as an actress on and off Broadway, in television and film before transitioning to directing. Her directing career began in earnest with her all-male 2010 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. She has since been nominated for two Tony awards for her work on Broadway in Kimberly Akimbo (2023) and Water for Elephants (2024). In addition, both productions garnered nominations for Best Musical, with Kimberly Akimbo taking home the prize. She has directed all over the country at such theatres as The Old Globe, A.C.T., Shakespeare Theatre Company, Huntington Theatre Company, Two River Theater and Williamstown Theatre Festival. Productions include As You Like It, Kate Hamill’s Vanity Fair, Barefoot in the Park, Dancing at Lughnasa, Bad Dates, Ken Ludwig’s Robin Hood! (world premiere), Ripcord, Bad Jews, Arms and the Man, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Charlotte’s Web, June Moon, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Absurd Person Singular. As a performer her Broadway credits include Anything Goes, Butley, The Odd Couple, The Smell of the Kill, Design for Living, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Grease.
DANNY MEFFORD ( Choreographer ) choreographed three Tony Award winners for Best Musical: Kimberly Akimbo, Dear Evan Hansen (also Olivier, Best Musical) and Fun Home . Direction: a national tour of Shrek and three upcoming projects: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at the Kennedy Center, The Gorgeous Nothings and The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul. Choreography highlights: Titanic, Love’s Labour’s Lost, February House, Miss You Like Hell, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Sound of Music and Good Person of Szechwan. TV: theatrical sequences for “Rise” on NBC, “Dickinson” on AppleTV+, and “Fleishman is in Trouble” FX. MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep.
DAVID ZINN (Scenic Design). Broadway: scenic design for Stereophonic, The Notebook, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Funny Girl, The Minutes, Diana, Torch Song, The Humans; scenic/ costume design for Choir Boy, The Boys in the Band, SpongeBob SquarePants, Amélie, Fun Home, The Last Ship; costume design for
Enemy of the People, Almost Famous; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Airline Highway; …the vibrator play; Xanadu . Also: Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic Theater, The Public Theater, NYTW; National Theatre and Young Vic (U.K.); Theater Basel; and the Berlin Staatsoper. Tony, Obie, Drama Desk, Hewes awards.
SARAH LAUX ( Costume Design ). Broadway: Prayer for the French Republic, The Band’s Visit, Fully Committed, The Humans. Selected Off-Broadway: Dead Outlaw (Audible); Wish You Were Here (Playwrights Horizons); The Wanderer (Paper Mill Playhouse); Prayer for the French Republic (MTC); Kimberly Akimbo, This Ain’t No Disco, The Band’s Visit (Atlantic Theater Company); Jerry Springer: The Opera (New Group, Obie Award); A Play Is a Poem (Taper Theatre); Before the Meeting (WTF). Film: Not Okay, The Sixth Reel, Freakshow . Television: “High Fidelity,” “Godfather of Harlem” S2-4
JEANETTE OI-SUK YEW ( Lighting Design ). Award-winning designer for theatre, dance, opera, musicals, music performances and large-scale immersive installation. The NY Times described her designs as “clever” and “inventive.” Credits include: The Thanksgiving Play (Broadway), The Connector (MCC), King Lear (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Manahatta (The Public), Gloria: A Life (Daryl Roth Theatre), Cullud Wattah (The Public ), Golden Shield (MTC), The Nosebleed (LCT3), American (Tele)visions (NYTW), Oratorio for Living Things (Ars Nova), Snow in Midsummer (CSC), Suicide Forest (Ma-Yi), KPOP (Ars Nova), WILD: A Musical Becoming (A.R.T.), Walden (Theaterworks), Blue (Detroit Opera), Theatre of the Mind (with David Byrne). www.jeanetteyew.com
KAI HARADA (Sound Design). Broadway: Once Upon a Mattress; The Days of Wine and Roses; Merrily We Roll Along (Tony Nomination) ; Spamalot (co-design); New York, New York (Tony Nomination) ; Kimberly Akimbo; The Old Man and the Pool; Mister Saturday Night; Head Over Heels; The Band’s Visit (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award); Am é lie ; 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: Crazy For You; Million Dollar Quartet. Many other musicals worldwide.
J. JARED JANAS (Wig, Hair, and Makeup Design). Broadway: Our Town, Once Upon a Mattress, Mary Jane, Prayer for the French Republic, Purlie Victorious, Good Night, Oscar, Sweeney Todd…, Ohio State Murders, & Juliet, Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog/Underdog, How I Learned to Drive, American Buffalo, Jagged Little Pill , Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune , Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Bandstand, Indecent, Sunset Boulevard, The Visit, The Real Thing, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Motown, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess.
LUCY MACKINNON ( Video Design ) is a projection designer and video artist who lives in Brooklyn. She is a two-time Tony Award nominee whose Broadway design credits include The Notebook , Kimberly Akimbo , A Christmas Carol, How I Learned to Drive, Jagged Little Pill, The Rose Tattoo, Lifespan of a Fact, Six Degrees of Separation , and Deaf West’s revival of Spring Awakening.
THE TELSEY OFFICE (Casting). With offices in both New York and Los Angeles, The Telsey Office casts for theater, film, television, and commercials. The Telsey Office is dedicated to creating safe, equitable, and anti-racist spaces through collaboration, artistry, heart, accountability, and advocacy. Please visit thetelseyoffice.com for our credits.
JOHN CLANCY ( Orchestrations ). Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo (Tony nom.), Mean Girls (Tony nom.), 1776 (2022 revival), Fun Home (Tony/ Drama Desk noms.), Diana, The Prom, Tuck Everlasting, Shrek (Tony/Drama Desk noms.), Cats 2016 (dance arr.). Off-Broadway/regional: The Karate Kid, The Notebook, The Secret Life of Bees, Gun & Powder, Becoming Nancy, Soft Power (dance arr.), The Fortress of Solitude, Jasper in Deadland, Just So.
MACY SCHMIDT (Additional Orchestrations) is an honoree of the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for her work as founder/CEO of The Broadway Sinfonietta, an all-women and majority women-of-color orchestra. Broadway: Tina . U.K./international: RIDE, Monsoon Wedding, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical. macyschmidtmusic.com | CAA
CHRIS FENWICK ( Music Supervisor ). Music director: Soft Power (Pulitzer finalist), Sunday in the Park With George (2017 Broadway
revival), Fun Home (Tony Award, Best Musical; Pulitzer finalist), the original productions of Michael John LaChiusa’s Giant, Los Otros, Queen of the Mist and See What I Wanna See. Music supervisor: Once on This Island (Tony Award, Best Revival); Good Night, Oscar (Goodman Theatre). Founding music director, City Center Encores! Off-Center. Music director for Patti LuPone at Carnegie Hall and more.
ANTOINE SILVERMAN ( Music Coordinator ). Thrilled to be involved in his eighth production with Jeanine Tesori including Fun Home and Caroline, or Change . Other shows include The Secret Life of Bees, Spider-Man, Tuck Everlasting, Paradise Square, Assassins (CSC) and many more.
RYAN EDWARD WISE ( Music Director ). Previous Tours: Something Rotten!, RENT, Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease das Musical (Germany/ Austria/Switzerland). Regional: An American in Paris, Happy Days, Show Boat, West Side Story , Camelot (Westchester Broadway Theatre); Joseph , Nunsense (Theatre by the Sea); A Christmas Story, Buddy Holly (Circa ’21); It Shoulda Been You (Gretna Theatre).
STRANGE CRANIUM (Electronic Music Design). Billy Jay Stein, CEO and founder. Hiro Iida, lead designer. Credits: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Grammy Award); The Radio City Rockettes NY Spectacular; MJ; Kimberly Akimbo; 1776; Paradise Square; Caroline, or Change; Diana; Tootsie; Mean Girls; The Band’s Visit; Fun Home; Spider-Man; Hairspray; Amélie; Tuck Everlasting; The Rocky Horror Show; Jekyll & Hyde. www.strangecranium.com
RYAN EMMONS ( Associate Director ). Broadway: Water for Elephants, Kimberly Akimbo, Groundhog Day, Matilda, Ghost National Tours: Matilda and Miss Saigon . Ryan is co-artistic director of the indie theatre ensemble No.11 Productions and teaches at IAMT. Gratitude to Jane, Brandon and Beckett! www.ryanemmonsdirects.com
BRITTNEY GRIFFIN (Associate Choreographer). Credits include Kimberly Akimbo on Broadway, Dreamgirls International Tour (Associate Choreographer/Director). Film: Bolden , A Jazzmans Blues (Netflix). Special thanks to Mom, Dad, Danny, and Lucille. Love you Darius.
ARABELLA POWELL (Production Supervisor).
Broadway: Kimberly Akimbo, The Lion King; What the Constitution Means to Me; The Rose Tattoo; John Leguizamo’s Latin History…, Ghetto Klown and Sexaholix; Eve Ensler’s The Good Body; Kat and the Kings . Select OffBroadway: Kimberly Akimbo, Richard II. WNYC/ Public; Théâtre de Complicité’s Mnemonic; Trumbo; Tap Dogs West End & international tour. Program member, Open Stage Project.
SHAWN PENNINGTON ( Production Stage Manager). Broadway: Wicked, Next to Normal, Sondheim on Sondheim. First National Tours: MJ, Come From Away, Bright Star, Fun Home, If/Then, Peter and the Starcatcher, Rock of Ages. Regional: Gypsy (The Muny), Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse). Love to Mom & Mark.
ABBY L. POWERS (Stage Manager, she/her).
Touring: Hamilton, Summer, School of Rock, Cinderella, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Cats, West Side
OLIVIA GORDON (Assistant Stage Manager). National Tours: Annie . Regional: Anastasia , Tootsie , Titanic , 9 to 5 , Something Rotten! (Maine State Music Theatre), Frozen (Fulton Theatre). Training: Michael Jackson ONE by Cirque du Soleil , Shenandoah University. Sending love and thanks to her family, friends, and mentors.
JUSTIN T. SCHOLL (Company Manager). Tour: MJ the Musical, Beetlejuice, The Band’s Visit, Miss Saigon . International: Shrek , Beauty & the Beast . Broadway: Lady Day…. Board Certified member of ATPAM. Love to Mom, Dad, Sydney, Hops Alexis and Cookie.
JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS
( Production Management ) formed in 1998, JSP has managed more than 100 Broadway, Off-Broadway and National Tours. Currently: & Juliet, Buena Vista Social Club , Death Becomes Her, Good Night, and Good Luck, Harry Potter, Hell’s Kitchen ,
Romeo & Juliet, Shucked, Some Like It Hot, Stereophonic, The Great Gatsby, The Outsiders. www.juniperstreet.com.
321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT ( General Management ). Credits include Wicked (worldwide); Purpose (Tony Award for Best Play); Death Becomes Her; The Outsiders (Tony Award for Best Musical); Kimberly Akimbo (Tony Award for Best Musical); Gutenberg! The Musical!; Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/ Underdog (Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play); A Strange Loop (Tony Award for Best Musical); Is This a Room; Dana H.; What the Constitution Means to Me ; The SpongeBob Musical ; War Paint; Oh, Hello on Broadway; Fully Committed (Broadway revival and original Off-Broadway); Fun Home (Tony Award for Best Musical); If/ Then; Peter and the Starcatcher; Bring It On: The Musical; Sister Act; Traces; Next to Normal; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; The Vagina Monologues; Man of La Mancha; The Graduate; I Love You, You’re Perfect; and Bat Boy.
DAVID STONE ( Producer ) is currently represented around the world (on stage and screen) by Wicked . He has also produced Purpose, Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog/Underdog, The Boys in the Band, War Paint, If/Then, Next to Normal, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Three Days of Rain, Man of La Mancha, The Vagina Monologues, Fully Committed, Lifegame, The Diary of Anne Frank, Full Gallop, The Santaland Diaries and Family Secrets . David serves on the boards of The Broadway League and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. He also serves on the advisory boards of The Broadway Green Alliance and Second Stage Theater. David has lectured on theatre at Yale, Princeton, Columbia and his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania.
ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY ( Producer ). Neil Pepe, artistic director; Jeffory Lawson, managing director. Our aim is singular: to empower simple and honest storytelling that fosters greater understanding of our shared world. Founded as an ensemble of impassioned students in 1985, we have grown into a Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning Off-Broadway company and worldrenowned Acting School. As a producer of compelling new works from emerging and established artists, we are committed to
uncovering and celebrating all storytellers. www.atlantictheater.org.
JAMES L. NEDERLANDER (Producer). Credits: Purpose; Tammy Faye; The Outsiders; Kimberly Akimbo; An Enemy of the People; Some Like It Hot; Titanique; MJ; Mr. Saturday Night starring Billy Crystal; Tina: The Tina Turner Musical; The Lehman Trilogy; My Fair Lady; The Band’s Visit; On Your Feet!; The Elephant Man; I’ll Eat You Last; Next to Normal; The Color Purple; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Movin’ Out and many others..
LACHANZE (Producer) is thrilled to continue to serve on the producing team for Kimberly Akimbo. LaChanze has also served as producer on the lauded Purpose (Tony Award), Topdog/ Underdog (Tony Award), Here Lies Love, and Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (Tony Award nomination) and is currently a producer on The Outsiders (Tony Award). As an actor, LaChanze has starred in The Color Purple (Tony Award), Once on This Island (Tony Award nomination), Trouble in Mind (Tony Award nomination), Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Tony Award nomination), If/Then, A Christmas Carol and many others. With over 38 years of experience on Broadway, LaChanze is committed to producing theatre that transforms, transcends and inspires. She is the proud president of Black Theatre United, an advocacy organization dedicated to protecting Black bodies, Black talent, and Black lives on and off our stages.
JOHN GORE ( Producer ) has won 25 Tonys, an Olivier, and two Emmy Awards. He is a British producer who is Chairman, C.E.O., and sole owner of the John Gore Organization family of companies, including Broadway Across America, Broadway.com, The Broadway Channel, BroadwayBox.com, Broadway Brands, and Group Sales Box Office. The company has produced and invested in shows on Broadway, in London’s West End, Japan, China and presents in over 45 cities across North America. Presentations include The Phantom of the Opera, Disney’s The Lion King, Wicked, The Book of Mormon and Hamilton. Recent Broadway credits include The Outsiders , Purpose , Buena Vista Social Club , MJ , and Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
PATRICK CATULLO (Producer) is a multiple Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer. Recent credits include; Sunset Blvd.; Merrily We Roll Along; An Enemy of the People; Here Lies Love ; Illinoise ; Gutenberg! The Musical ; Kimberly Akimbo; Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool; David Byrne’s American Utopia (Special Tony Award and Emmy nomination); Girl From the North Country; Fleabag; Network; The Boys in the Band ; 1984 ; Oh, Hello on Broadway; Fully Committed; Gypsy (West End); The Elephant Man; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; If/Then; Next to Normal; and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee . Upcoming: Oedipus ; Dog Day Afternoon starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach and West End premiere of Sam Hunter’s Clarkston starring Joe Locke.
AARON GLICK (Producer) is a Tony and Olivier Award-winning producer. Broadway, Touring and West End Credits include: Spelling Bee (Off Broadway), Purpose (Tony Award), A Wrinkle in Time (Arena Stage), Next to Normal (West End), Hello, Dolly! (West End), Sweeney Todd (Tony Nomination), Kimberly Akimbo (Tony Award), What the Constitution Means to Me (Tony Nomination), & Juliet (West End only), The Boys in the Band (Tony Award), Fully Committed , Gypsy (Olivier Award), and The
Old Man and the Old Moon. Aaron is also a producer with David Stone and has worked on such shows as: Three Days of Rain, Wicked, Next to Normal , If/Then , War Paint , and the Tony-Winning Topdog/Underdog . Aaron is a Full Member of the Broadway League, a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, and the recipient of Hal Prince’s T Fellowship.
STAFF FOR KIMBERLY AKIMBO
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT
Nina Essman Rachel Kaufman
Amy Merlino Coey Marcia Goldberg
DIRECTOR OF TOURING
Ken Silverman
COMPANY MANAGER
Justin T. Scholl
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Ryan Emmons
ASSOCIATE CHOREOGRAPHER
Brittney Griffin
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS
Hillary Blanken Hannah Wilson Z Zurovitch
Guy Kwan Ana Rose Greene Victoria Bullard
Ross Leonard Sadie Alisa Abby Filiaggi
Carolyn Bonaccorsi Chris Childs
Laura Zamsky Burkett Horrigan
MARKETING & PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
ALEMAN PR
Phillip Aleman Justin O’Neill
LEGAL COUNSEL
KLARIS
Doug Nevin Edward Klaris
Brandon Taylor
TOUR BOOKING
THE ROAD COMPANY
Stephen Lindsay Brett Sirota
Shawn Willett Natalie Rine
Gracie Lewis Quinn Wasson
AnaBella Kalish Jacob Hoffman Shane Parksmith trc.nyc
CASTING
THE TELSEY OFFICE
Craig Burns, CSA
Jimmy Larkin
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER SHAWN PENNINGTON
Stage Manager
Abby L. Powers
Assistant Stage Manager .....................................Olivia Gordon
Assistant Company Manager J. Kenneth Anthony
Stone Productions Assistant Grant Albright
Associate Scenic Designer ............................ Teresa L. Williams
Associate Lighting Designers Alex deNevers, Kirk Fitzgerald
Lighting Assistant Zijun (Neil) Wang
Associate Sound Designer ...................................Isabella Curry
Associate Video Designer
Dylan Uremovich
Associate Costume Designer Jessica Worsnop
Costume Shopper ............................................. Michelle Ridley
Associate Hair and Makeup Designer Eric Miralles
Production Assistants Olivia Gordon, Olivia McQuerry
Production Carpenter......................................... Chad Woerner
Advance Carpenter Jack Anderson
Production Electrician
Eric Norris
Production Sound ............................................... Mike Wojchik
Advance Sound
Douglas Graves
Ann Morrison as Kimberly
PHOTO BY JOAN MARCUS
Production Props Supervisors ..... JR Goodman, Ray Wetmore
Assistant Production Props
Production Video Supervisor
Moving Light Programmer
Advance Video Supervisor
Video Programmer
Head Carpenter
Assistant Carpenter Flyman
Jennifer A. Kramer
Chelsea Zalikowski
Bridget Chervenka
Alexandra Lenihan
Ido Levran
Chad Fenimore
Sam Vettrus
Assistant Carpenter Deck ...................................Chase Dietrich
Head Electrician .................................................
Kathleen Cole
Assistant Electrician Followspot .............. Gabrielle Blackburn
Assistant Electrician Video ...............................
Head Sound
Assistant Sound
Head Props
Assistant Props
Crew Swing
Wardrobe Supervisor
Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor
Hair & Makeup Supervisor
Javier Calderon
Matt McShane
Kayla Chen
Kendall Barbera
Ashley Clark
Keefe Kennedy
Katherine Kraus
Teacora Sherrill
Jakey Hicks
Advertising ............................................................ Serino Coyne
Online Marketing ..................................... Situation Interactive
Broadway Publicist.........................................Tom D’Ambrosio
Community Engagement & Culture Strategist
Alexander Consulting Group/Christina Alexander
321 Theatrical Founding Partner
321 Theatrical Finance Director
321 Theatrical Business Manager
Nancy Gibbs
KeriAnne Murphy
Rebecca Peterson
321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT
Michael Altbaum, Kendall Booher, Yang-Yang Chen, Maddy Cohen, Theresa Cooper, Katherine Engel, Madison Goldberg, Marissa Gonzales, Jason Haft, Jen Harris, Jaide
Malone, Logan Craig McDonald, Liam Millward, Marjorie Murillo, Esmé Maria Ng, Insha Noorani, Erica Norgaard, Emily Powell, Steve Quinn, Jenelle Russell, Roseanna Sharrow, Viraj Shriwardhankar, Emmy Steele, Owen Towns, Emily Witham, Jasmine Zang
Accountant...........................................
WithumSmith+Brown/ Robert Fried, Karen Kowgios, Scott Bartolf, Anthony Moore, Lara Waldner, CPAs
Banking City National Bank
Payroll Service
Checks & Balances
Insurance Claudia Kaufman/Elena Sleys AON Insurance Services, Inc.
Production Photographer
Video Footage
Joan Marcus
HMS Media
Physical Therapy Neurosport
Merchandise ................................................... The Araca Group
Housing .........................................................Debco Travel, Inc.
Travel ................................................................. Premier Travel
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SPECIAL THANKS
Annie MacRae, Pamela Adams, Camron Parker, Stephanie Hernandez, Alejandra Izquierdo, Tyler Siems, Ken Benson
CREDITS
Scenery built and painted by Global Scenic Services and PRG Scenic Technologies, a division of PRG Broadway LLC. Lighting equipment provided by PRG Broadway. Sound equipment provided by Masque Sound. Video equipment provided by 4Wall Entertainment. Props provided by More Good Productions, R.Ramos Upholstery, and BrenBri Properties. Custom pregnancy padding by Sarah M. Reever. Kimberly costumes built by Colin Davis Jones Studios.
ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair ..................................................................... Olaf Olafsson
Vice Chair Carol Auerbach
Treasurer Kevin R. Lyle
Secretary ................................................................... Betsy Pitts
Board Chris Boneau, Joy Bunson, Jennifer Danielson, Suzanne Friend, Clark Gregg*. Wolf Hengst, Hilary Hinckle*, Blair Husain, Roger E. Kass, Jane King, Scott Korf, Katie Leede, Monique Long, Mary McCann*, Ilona Nemeth Quasha, Hilary Edson Polk, Mahlet Seyoum, Michael Slosberg, Mary Turner Minard, Claudia Wagner, Manny Weintraub, Joanne R. Wenig, Susi Wunsch *Atlantic Theater Company Ensemble members
Kimberly Akimbo was rehearsed at Baryshnikov Arts Center.
Kimberly Akimbo is dedicated to the memory of Darius Barnes, our friend and collaborator.
THE ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS EMPLOYED IN THIS PRODUCTION ARE MEMBERS OF ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, THE UNION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
The musicians employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians.
The Director and Choreographer are members of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY , a national theatrical labor union.
The designers at this theatre are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
Backstage and Front of the House Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (or I.A.T.S.E.).
ATPAM, the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers represents the Press Agents and Company Managers employed on this production.
DRAMATISTS GUILD
The writer/s of this production are members of the national trade association of professional playwrights, composers, lyricists, and liberettists.
This production is produced by a member of The Broadway League in collaboration with our professional union-represented employees.
STAFF
President Leslie Broecker
General Manager Angela Cox
Senior Marketing Manager Kevin Vestal
Marketing Associate Jeremy Faulhaber
Director of Public Relations Matthew Porter, Think Tank Marketing
Controller Jan Taylor
Regional Sales Operations Manager Megan Neumann
Ticketing Manager Cassie Jetton
Group Sales Manager Peggy Holthaus-Hughes
National Dir. of Sales Operations Training John M. Keeter
Accounting Amanda Hollingsworth
LOUISVILLE THEATRICAL ASSOCIATION
2025-2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Chairman of the Board
David Roth
Chairman Emeritus Bradley L. Broecker
President Leslie K. Broecker
Vice President & Secretary
Vice President & Treasurer
Members-At-Large
Michael Berry
David Ferguson
Chuck Schupp, Michael Moll
Carlisle Baker, Bruce A. Brightwell, Mary Beth Dunn, Scott Estes, Jeanne Ferguson, Larry Florman, Nathan Holladay, Rick O’Daniel-Munger, Fernando Rubio, Alan N. Singleton, Winnie Shouse, Winnie McConnell Spitza, Peter Wayne
