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is the author of The Detroit Project (A 3-Play Cycle): Skeleton Crew (Atlantic Theater Company/Broadway), Paradise Blue (Signature Theatre), and Detroit ’67 (Public Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem and NBT). Additional Plays: Confederates (Signature Theatre), Pipeline (Lincoln Center Theatre), Sunset Baby (LAByrinth Theatre/Signature Theater), Blood at the Root (National Black Theatre), and Follow Me To Nellie’s (Premiere Stages). Her Broadway production of Skeleton Crew (Manhattan Theatre Club) was Tony-nominated for Best Play. TV/Film: Served as Co-Producer on Shameless (Showtime). She has developed television projects with FX, A24, Netflix, and Maceo-Lyn (Kamilah Forbes, Ta-Nehisi Coates), and wrote the film adaptation of the documentary STEP (Fox Searchlight). Additionally, Dominique has done rewrites for the films Terms of Endearment (Lee Daniels/Paramount), What’s Goin’ On (Mad Chance/Warner Bros.), and the animated feature Tunga (Netflix). Awards: Spirit of Detroit Award, PoNY Fellowship, Sky-Cooper Prize, TEER Trailblazer Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, Audelco Awards, NBFT August Wilson Playwriting Award, Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama, OBIE Award (2), and the Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellowship; named one of Variety’s Women of Impact (2017-18), recipient of the MacArthur Genius Grant (2018), and awarded the key to the city of Detroit by the mayor (2022).

established in 1995 as a joint venture between Sony and Michael Jackson, is the world’s leading music publisher. Sony owns or administers more than two million copyrights, including those from such iconic music catalogs as EMI Music Publishing, Leiber & Stoller, Mijac Music, Motown and Famous Music. Sony controls many of the best-known songs ever written, including “New York, New York,” “All You Need Is Love,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Over the Rainbow,” and “Stand by Me.” In addition, Sony represents the copyrights of such legendary artists as The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson, Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Sting, The Supremes, Hank Williams and Stevie Wonder, among others. Its ever-growing list of chart-topping artists and songwriters includes Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga, P!nk, Shakira, and Taylor Swift.

is thrilled to return to The Playhouse! OP: Chicago, 9 to 5, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Cher Show. He won widespread acclaim for choreographing the Berkshire Theatre Group’s production of Godspell (the first equity sanctioned musical to be done during the pandemic) and recently won the Drama Desk Award for Best Musical Revue with Forbidden Broadway Merrily We Stole a Song. New York: Lucky Stiff, The Goodbye Girl, Hallelujah Baby, Spamilton. Regional: Ragtime, The Wiz, Cinderella, Sunset Blvd, Jersey Boys (Broadway Sacramento); Young Frankenstein (director/choreographer), My Fair Lady, Songs for a New World, A Chorus Line, Nina Simone: Four Women, White Christmas, The Mousetrap (Berkshire Theater Group); Kinky Boots, Once On This Island, Spamilton (Pittsburgh CLO). Ain’t Misbehavin, Once On This Island, Putting it Together, Bonnie and Clyde, Beautiful (Pioneer Theatre Company); Joseph (La Mirada, The Lyric); Dreamgirls (Walnut Street), Color Purple (Casa Mañana). gerrymcintyre.net

 is thrilled to be returning to Ogunquit with director Gerry McIntyre! OP: Velma Kelly in Chicago (2010). Broadway: Boop (Associate Choreographer). Her collaborative work won the team an Outer Critics Circle Award and earned a Tony nomination. Off-Broadway (Choreographer): Sessions, An Evening at The Carlyle. Rachelle staged Jasmine Amy Rogers for David Foster’s 75^th Birthday at the Hollywood Bowl, and will set the national tour of Boop this summer. TV: Dance Moms (Guest Choreographer), Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition (Celebrity Judge, Lifetime). Her original musical Electric Island took to the screen for the Actors Fund, and she hopes to bring the show to the stage in 2027. Rachelle has choreographed for various cruise ships and continues to serve as a choreographer for BCEFA Broadway Bares. Love to her family and team Rak/Sas. Thank you CAA. @rachellerak

Broadway/Off-Broadway: Happy Feet: The Musical (Orchestrator & Co-Arranger), Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical (Music Supervisor, Orchestrator & Arranger), Ain’t Too Proud: The Life & Times of the Temptations (Music Supervisor/Music Director & Arranger), The Harder They Come (Music Supervisor, Orchestrator, Arranger – Drama Desk Nomination “Best Orchestrations”), Rock & Roll Man (Dance Arrangements/Additional Orchestrations & Synth Programming), Memphis (Music Director/Conductor), Amazing Grace (Orchestrator), MARLEY: A Premiere Musical (Music Supervisor/Arranger/Orchestrator), Tallest Tree In The Forrest (Music Director/ Arranger/Incidental Music), The Wiz (Dance Music Arranger, La Jolla Playhouse). Film/TV: Wonder Pets (Composer), Talking with the Taxman About Poetry (Composer – Global Music Award for Best Original Score). Arranger/Orchestrator for shows on Fox, BET, NBC. Performances around the world, from the Legendary Apollo Theatre and Carnegie Hall to the Montreux Jazz Festival. Education: Manhattan School of Music, Berklee College of Music. kennyseymour.com

has played and conducted dozens of Broadway shows, including Ain’t Too Proud, Hairspray, Hair, Beautiful, A Bronx Tale, Shrek, Elf, Promises Promises, Fosse, On Your Feet, Catch Me If You Can, Soul Doctor, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and 9 To 5. Seth has worked with numerous artists, including Billy Joel, Jon Bon Jovi, Odetta, Gregg Allman, John Prine, Joan Osborne, and Willy DeVille. Seth has played on, produced and arranged more than 100 CDs, five of which were nominated for Grammy Awards. Seth has released two solo piano CDs, blending New Orleans blues, jazz, and ragtime.

is excited to be working with Ogunquit Playhouse for the first time. He is a scenic and video designer who creates playful, kinetic, and immersive worlds for stage and live entertainment. His work has been presented at venues nationwide and internationally across Europe and Asia. As a Creative Technical Director, Justin has worked with artists such as The Backstreet Boys, Illenium, No Doubt, Phish, Norah Jones, and others. Broadway: Thoughts of a Colored Man, Ain’t Too Proud, SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical. Regional: King Liz (Geffen Playhouse), The Great Leap (Steppenwolf), It’s a Ship Show (Virgin Voyages), Man of God (East West Players), and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Diversionary Theatre). Justin holds a BFA from Western Michigan University and an MFA from the University of California, San Diego.

has enjoyed a long and varied career designing lighting Off-Broadway, Regional theatre, Corporate Events, Dance, and Opera. He has also enjoyed a decades long relationship with Ogunquit Playhouse. At OP he designed Come From Away, Waitress, Crazy For You, A Little Night Music, Little Shop of Horrors, My Best Friend’s Wedding, and Disney’s Frozen at The Music Hall in Portsmouth. Thanks to all who helped out so much this season, congratulations to Brad for his 20th season, and dedications to Mom & Dad and the memory of Thom Roberts.

As a costume designer, director, and educator, Sue has been involved in creating over 375 shows in the last 20 years. Highlights: Opening of the 2022 Tony Awards, Guards at the Taj (La Jolla Playhouse), Music Videos for Thalia Mottola, As You Like It, Trip to Bountiful, Nine, Cabaret, 12th Night, and work with both Norwegian and Celebrity Cruise Lines. Favorite Collaborations: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, Dancin’, MJ, Memphis, Come From Away, Side Show, Xanadu, 33 Variations, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. She is currently working on a film that explores the issues of blindness. Sue has taught at CCU, UCSD, and MSM, and been recognized as an innovator in American Technical Theater. suemakkoo.com

is filled with gratitude to be returning for his 13th season at this incredible institution. He has designed more than 40 productions at The Playhouse including Ragtime (IRNE Award for Best Sound Design), Titanic, Guys and Dolls, Come From Away (BWW Maine Award for Best Sound Design), Little Shop of Horrors, Waitress, Beautiful, The Da Vinci Code, The Nutty Professor, The Cher Show, Young Frankenstein (BWW Maine Award for Best Sound Design), Cabaret, Kinky Boots, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Off–Broadway: Lizard Boy (2024 Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Musical), ¡Americano!, Einstein’s Dreams, The Hello Girls, In & Of Itself, Midnight at The Never Get, and more. Broadway (Associate Sound Designer): Good Night Oscar, The Minutes, All The Way, The Cherry Orchard, The Country House. Kevin has designed the sound for dozens of productions at regional theaters across the country and internationally from London to Manila. In addition to his sound design work, Kevin is a lead producer on the internationally renowned tour, The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show, starring drag superstars BenDeLaCreme and Jinkx Monsoon. Proud member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE. @thekevinheard

One of Broadway’s pioneering projection designers. His work includes Chess, Hell’s Kitchen, Tommy, Here Lies Love, MJ, Ain’t Too Proud, Beetlejuice, The SpongeBob Musical, Dear Evan Hansen, A Doll’s House: Part 2, and Fela! In other venues, Grounded (Public Theater); Hans Zimmer Live, Lucia de Lammermoor and Don Giovani (Santa Fe Opera); The Grace Jones Hurricane Tour, Deep Blue Sea (Bill T. Jones/Park Avenue Armory); and Real Enemies (BAN). He has been nominated for five Tony Awards and won a Lortel, a Drama Desk, a Jeff and an Obie.

Ogunquit Playhouse: Guys and Dolls, High Society, When Elvis Met the Beatles, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Little Shop of Horrors, Crazy for You, A Little Night Music, Waitress, Sound of Music, Tootsie, The New Broadway Musical (Regional Premiere), Da Vinci Code (American Premiere), Singing In The Rain, Beautiful, The Carole King Musical, Mr. Hollands Opus The New Musical (World Premiere), The Nutty Professor, The Cher Show, Young Frankenstein, Mystic Pizza (World Premiere), Escape to Margaritaville, Annie the Musical, Kinky Boots, Menopause, Cabaret, 42nd Street, Elf the Musical. Cleveland Playhouse: Amadeus, Light It UP! (World Premiere). Two River Theater: The Scarlet Letter (World Premiere). Big League Productions: The Cher Show 1st National Tour, North Carolina Theater: Beautiful, The Carole King Musical (2023) Kinky Boots (2020). Tuacahn: Beautiful, The Carole King Musical (2023). Playmakers Repertory Company LORT-D: My Fair Lady, Intimate Apparel (2017). She was born and raised in El Paso, TX. Graduate with her Master of Arts from University of Cincinnati- Conservatory of Music in Wig & Makeup Design, 2015.

150+ productions across the globe & 13 Artios Awards for Casting.  Broadway/NY Past & credits include: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, Disney’s The Lion King, Chicago the Musical, Gotta Dance, Othello, Real Women Have Curves, A Wonderful World, Life of Pi, Hadestown, Great Comet of 1812, Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, 39 Steps, Pippin, La Cage aux Folles. TV/Film: Netflix, 20th Century Fox, NBC, Lionsgate, Disney Channel. West End/U.K.: Hadestown, Thriller Live, Menier Chocolate Factory. Tours: 1776, Hairspray, Waitress, Urinetown, Finding Neverland, Into the Woods, We Will Rock You. Regional: A.R.T., Berkeley Rep, Alley, Bay Street, Goodspeed, Hollywood Bowl, McCarter, Signature. ARC, Part of RWS Global. castingbyarc.com
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is an NYC-based Music Supervisor, Conductor, Arranger, and Coordinator. Broadway: & Juliet, Redwood, Diana: The Musical, Once on This Island, Escape to Margaritaville, Dear Evan Hansen, Come From Away, Anastasia, Bandstand, Paramour, Finding Neverland. Nat’l/Int’l Tours: Hamilton, Tales from Margaritaville, Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Prince of Broadway. TV/Film: Schmigadoon!, Diana: The Musical, Jesus Christ Superstar Live!, Peter Pan Live! Haley also supervises projects for NBCUniversal, at Radio City Music Hall, and is a Recording Coordinator for Broadway cast albums. BA in Psychology from Harvard University, originally from Maine!
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saw his first Ogunquit Playhouse production at the age of eleven. In the (many) years since, he has stage managed numerous productions at the Playhouse and at theaters around the country. Special thanks to his family.

is a dynamic dancer, choreographer, and artist whose work spans the worlds of Broadway, TV, and film, with a passion for storytelling through movement. On Broadway, Tyrone has danced and done choreography for Equus, The Little Mermaid, Memphis, and Baby it You, bringing fresh, captivating performances to the stage. Tyrone is a dedicated performer and artist, whose versatility and artistry continue to inspire both in front of the camera and behind the scenes. @tyjack81

is thrilled to making her Ogunquit playhouse debut. Born in London and raised in Atlanta, Carina-Kay is a proud University of Michigan graduate. Broadway: MJ The Musical (OBC). Off-Broadway: Drag! The Musical (Associate Choreographer). Tours: Hamilton (Philip, Peggy, LA). Regional: 42nd Street (Peggy Sawyer, Goodspeed). Love to Mum + Dad! Go Blue! @carinakaylouchiey 

is pleased to make his return to Ogunquit Playhouse. OP: 42nd Street. Broadway: BOOP!, A Wonderful World. Off-Broadway: Pal Joey (New York City Center). Regional: Cambodian Rock Band (TheaterSquared), RENT (OSF), A Chorus Line (PSF), Presencia (Bushwick Starr), Soft Magical Tofu Boys (O’Neill Center), Evelyn: A New Musical (Dixon Place), Indecent (Waterwell Productions/PPAS), The Adventures of Honey and Leon (NYCCT), Group Therapy (WOW Cafe Theater), James and the Giant Peach (Chance Theater), Cabaret (Gallery Players). Frequent collaborator with GIBNEY, The Joyce Theater, The New School, and the Lee Strasberg Institute. jasonliebson.com @jasonliebson

returns to Ogunquit Playhouse after previously working on Crazy for You, The Cher Show, Young Frankenstein, Jersey Boys, and Smokey Joe’s Café. Nat’l Tour: Menopause The Musical! Regional: A Christmas Carol, The Cher Show, Rent, Grease, The Wizard of Oz, Waitress, Jersey Boys (North Shore Music Theatre); Kween, What You Are Now, A Christmas Carol, How High the Moon: The Music of Ella Fitzgerald, The 39 Steps (Merrimack Rep); An American in Paris, Pippin, West Side Story (Reagle Music Theatre); Macbeth, Cymbeline, Romeo & Juliet (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); A Man of No Importance (Speakeasy Stage); and more.  Brian received his BFA in Stage Management from Boston University and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity.

is returning to her home away from home, Ogunquit Playhouse! OP: Guys & Dolls, When Elvis Met The Beatles, Titanic (ASM); Crazy for You, A Little Night Music, Little Shop of Horrors, My Best Friend’s Wedding, Singing in the Rain, The Da Vinci Code, Tootsie, The Nutty Professor, Beautiful the Carol King Musical, Mystic Pizza, Young Frankenstein (PA). Off-Broadway: God Said This, New Golden Age (ASM, Primary Stages). Regional: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth (SM, Apocalyptic Artists Ensemble); Charlotte’s Web (SM, Birmingham Children’s Theatre); The Rover, Titus Andronicus (ASM, Red Bull Theater). A massive shoutout to my mom and dad for their unwavering love, encouragement, and belief in me!