MEET THE TEAM

Jerry Mitchell is a two-time Tony Award winner for Best Choreography—for Kinky Boots (for which he was also nominated for Best Director) and the revival of La Cage aux Folles. He was most recently represented on Broadway as director/choreographer of Pretty Woman: The Musical, now playing on the West End. He also directed On Your Feet! and its international tour, including a recent run at London’s Coliseum Theatre, and received an Olivier Award nomination for his choreography on Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which he also directed and co-produced in London.

Over a 35-year career, Mitchell has worked on more than 50 Broadway, West End, and touring productions. He began as a dancer for Agnes de Mille in Brigadoon, and later assisted Michael Bennett and Jerome Robbins. His Broadway debut as a choreographer, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, was followed by The Full Monty (Tony nomination), The Rocky Horror Show, Hairspray (Tony nomination, and NBC’s live broadcast), Gypsy, Never Gonna Dance (Tony nomination), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nomination), La Cage aux Folles (Tony Award), Imaginary Friends, Legally Blonde: The Musical (Tony nomination), which he also directed on Broadway and in London, Catch Me If You Can, and Kinky Boots. He is currently developing a new musical, Becoming Nancy.

Mitchell also choreographed both the Off-Broadway productions and film adaptations of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Jeffrey. More than 30 years ago, he conceived and created Broadway Bares, an annual comedy burlesque benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, where he continues to serve as executive producer. The show inspired West End Bares, which has celebrated over a decade of fundraising and AIDS awareness in support of Terrence Higgins Trust.

DB Bonds is a seasoned theatre director based in New York City, with over 30 years of professional experience in the industry. Beginning his career as an actor, DB transitioned into directing, where he has since built a distinguished reputation for his creative leadership and global impact.

Since 2013, DB has served as the Supervising Associate Director of the Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots, directing and launching 15 productions worldwide, including in Japan, Germany, London’s West End, Australia, South Korea, and the U.S. First National Tour. He also directed the regional premiere of Kinky Boots at The Muny in St. Louis.

DB continued his long-standing collaboration with director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell on Pretty Woman: The Musical, helping to mount five international productions.

Most recently, DB was the Associate Director of BOOP! The Musical on Broadway, featuring music by David Foster and a book by Bob Martin. In addition to his ongoing production work, he is currently developing several new musicals.

DB holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Shenandoah University. He resides in New York City with his wife and daughter and is represented by Skyler Gray at The Gersh Agency.

Jon has originated roles in four Tony-nominated Broadway shows: the award-winning musical Hamilton, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, Hands on a Hardbody, and In the Heights. On screen, Rua has guest-starred on The Blacklist, Blue Bloods, Law & Order, and in the films Smile 2, Fall to Rise, and First Reformed.

An award-winning creative director/choreographer, he recently set a world premiere for Giordano Dance Chicago and opened the Broadway shows Floyd Collins (dance sequences) and Boop! The Musical (associate choreographer). He helmed Phish’s “Send in the Clones” at Madison Square Garden, the world premiere of 3 Summers of Lincoln and the Hunter S. Thompson musical, and co-choreographed production numbers for Broadway’s SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, The Cher Show, SpongeBob Musical Live! on Nickelodeon, and the rom-com Isn’t It Romantic.

Regional productions include Macbeth and Rent (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), West Side Story (Milwaukee Repertory Theater), Godspell (Pittsburgh CLO), The Hombres (Two River Theater), and Jesus Christ Superstar and Aida (The Muny). He has also directed music videos and commercials for Coheed and Cambria (“Old Flames”), Lawrence (“More”), Cox Mobile, New York Lottery, and others.

As a writer, Jon’s new play First Gen is currently in development, and his short film Unknown was selected for the New York Latino Film Festival.

Dan Lipton conducted The Band’s Visit and Sting’s musical The Last Ship on Broadway. He’s arranged music and led bands for Sutton Foster, Kelli O'Hara, Mandy Gonzalez, Brian d’Arcy James, Judy Kuhn, John Lithgow, Martha Plimpton and Audra McDonald, performing at the White House, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, on Live with Kelly Ripa, The Today Show, PBS Great Performances, Late Show with David Letterman and with major symphony orchestras across the country. Music supervision and orchestrations: An Officer and a Gentleman (US tour), The Other Josh Cohen (off-Broadway), The Drama Desk Awards. Pianist on the Grammy-nominated original Broadway cast recordings of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Full Monty, he can also be heard in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Rebecca Hall’s award-winning film Passing and on his own film score for the Orion Classics film All These Small Moments starring Molly Ringwald.

Will Van Dyke is a Grammy-nominated musical multi-hyphenate. Most recently Will music directed the 25th Anniversary revival of Mamma Mia! on Broadway. He also served as the Music Director, Arranger, and Orchestrator for Jinkx Monsoon Live at Carnegie Hall. This Fall he'll Music Direct Galileo on Broadway. Other Broadway Music Direction: Swept Away (Helen Hayes Award), The Heart of Rock and Roll, Pretty Woman (also Orchestrations and Arrangements), and Kinky Boots. Will also serves as the Music Supervisor, Orchestrator and Arranger for the hit revival of Little Shop of Horrors off-Broadway. For film, Will served as the Executive Music Producer for Theater Camp. As a writer, he just completed the World Premiere of his music Ten Brave Seconds at Pioneer Theatre Company, an EP of music from the show is available everywhere music is streamed. His other musicals include Writing Kevin Taylor, with Josh Halloway, (Village Theatre/Meadow Brook Theatre), Magnificent Climb, with Rick Elice, fuzzy (Barrington Stage Company, Best New Musical Berkshire Theatre Critics Awards), Imagine Harry (NAMT 2015, 2017 O’Neill Finalist), Wintersong (2016 Goodspeed Johnny Mercer Colony, 2017 NAMT Finalist), The Circle and the Wheel (commissioned by Grove Entertainment and Barbara Whitman Productions) and Seven Broken Hearts (2017 Rhinebeck Writers Retreat), all with Jeff Talbott. Other composition credits include: original scores of Noises Off, The Lehman Trilogy, The Messenger, Ass and i (Pioneer Theatre Company), The 64 Keys (Cleveland Play House), The Gravedigger’s Lullaby (off-Broadway), Straight (off-Broadway), and The Lion King Experience (Disney), among others. Will is a founding partner of Joy Machine Records. He has numerous albums, including A View of the River, The Mayor, Forks Don't Break, and Chasing the Day. www.willvandyke.com@wvdmusic

Michael is a distinguished career designer and 3D storyteller, specializing in the creation of immersive events, experiences and environments.  With over 45 years of expertise, he has held diverse roles as Experiential Designer, Creative Director, Production & Scenic Designer, Video Content Designer, Illustrator and Art Director.  His impressive portfolio spans more than 1200 productions across 50 countries, on 5 continents, and in 49 of the 50 United States.Michael’s designers have graced renowned stages from local dinner theatres to Broadway, appeared in nineteen North American Science & Historical Museums, supported the last five Presidential Elections, and featured in six NFL Super Bowls and six OlympicGames. 

CAITE HEVNER is a New York City–based designer specializing in projection, production, and scenic design. Broadway:Trisha Paytas’ Big Broadway Dream,Derren Brown, SECRET,In Transit,Harry Connick Jr.: A Celebration of Cole Porter. Off-Broadway:Between the Lines(Drama Desk nomination),Kristina Wong: Sweatshop Overlord(Lucille Lortel nomination),Romy & Michele: The Musical(Stage 42),The Least Problematic Woman in the World,Duke & Roya,Collective Rage(Lortel Theatre),Rolling Thunder(New World Stages), as well as productions with Manhattan Theatre Club, MCC Theater, Primary Stages, and Roundabout Theatre Company. Caite’s work includes hundreds of productions in New York and at major venues across the United States, including La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre, the Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, Alliance Theatre, Lincoln Center, and Carnegie Hall, as well as internationally. Since 2018, Caite has served as Video Content Producer for BC/EFA’s Broadway Bares. Caite is the lead designer at CHD, Inc.,specializing in content creation and live event design, crafting innovative experiences that span immersive environments, concerts, film, museum installations, corporate events, brand activations, and beyond.  caitedesign.com | @caitehevner

Theater fan, music festival devotee, and entertainment industry professional.A media attorney with over 30 years experience at companies including Golden Books Family Entertainment, Verizon, Rainbow Media (now AMC Networks) and The Walt Disney Company, Josh's quest to merge his passion for Broadway with the immense excitement of a music festival experience led to the creation of The Festival.

Multifaceted producer of stage and screen projects, including serving as a lead producer of the live stage musical Rutka. David also brings deep experience as an entertainment attorney, having spent 17 years at The Walt Disney Company where he was Assistant General Counsel, three years as the SVP of Film Acquisitions, Distribution, and Strategy & Business Development at MGM+, and now as the principal at Entertainment Law LLC where he represents clients across the worlds of film, television, theater and more.

A full-service event management and production company specializing in ​Broadway, Festival, Gala, Social, Media, Fundraiser, & Corporate Events. Under the Direction of Jennifer O'Connor, the ​Foresight Events team brings expertise to a varied clientele, crossing from Broadway to festivals.

Tony-nominated actor, musician, composer, and producer, with numerous stage and screen credits including originating the role of Roger Davis in the off-Broadway, Broadway and London productions of Rent, as well as reprising the role in the feature film. Other Broadway credits include performances in Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida (Radame), Cabaret (Emcee), Chicago (Billy Flynn), Memphis (Huey Calhoun), Disaster! (Chad), Something Rotten! (Shakespeare), and Pretty Woman The Musical (Edward Lewis). Notable TV/ Film credits include: Marvel’s ‘Hawkeye’, ‘tick, tick…BOOM!’, and ’School of Rock.’

Entrepreneur, Creator and Experiential Stager. He is best known as the founder of The Forecastle Festival in Louisville, KY, one of the nation's premier outdoor festivals that draws 75,000 fans for a weekend celebration of music, art and activism® . He is also the founder of The Forecastle Foundation and Art of Impact. A former manager at AC Entertainment, and 25 years in festival design & production, JK has multiple Poolstar Award nominations for “Festival of the Year” and was honored as “Southern of the Year” by Southern Living. 

Community steward, strategist, forward thinker, and fun-loving creator...never far from a good laugh. Emily is the one who pulls everything together behind the scenes, allowing the event guest and her clients to be present and savor the experience. Strategy and organization are in her blood. With 20-years event production, fundraising, and design experience there isn’t much that she hasn’t seen. Her wide range of knowledge in producing events and meaningful engagements from local and national non-profits to Fortune 100 brands allows her to have a unique perspective on converging attendee experience and practicality to achieve goals and create meaningful impressions in the communities served.

Casting for Broadway, off-Broadway, National Tours, regional, and countless developmental works. Her films have received distribution and played major festivals such as Sundance, Venice, Tribeca, TIFF, and SXSW. Chair of the Somerset County Film Commission and a former Watchung Borough Councilmember. BFA Tisch/NYU. Artios-nominated member of Casting Society of America. www.ebcastingco.com. @EBCastingCo.

Andrade specializes in enhancing brand presence through strategic planning, logistics, and innovative launches. Her expertise spans touring (Live Nation), television production, publicity, brand management (BBC Studios), event planning, and national marketing, partnering with top entertainment brands such as Disney, ABC, FOX, Hasbro, Sony and many more.

Amy Langer is a producer and co-founder of Think System Productions, where she develops new musicals and feature films alongside David Schwartz. Her work focuses on bold and contemporary storytelling. She previously served as Executive Director of an arts-based alumni foundation, leading programming led programming, events, and community engagement initiatives centered around supporting established and emerging artists. Amy began her career as a performer, touring nationally and internationally in A Chorus Line and West Side Story, before producing live events.

Talia Light Rake is a writer, director, and producer with a career centered at the intersection of cinematic storytelling and digital community building. Talia has spearheaded content production and creative marketing for cultural institutions, including the Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Festival, and New York Fashion Week. Her work as a filmmaker has screened at film festivals nationwide. As the founder of Heavy Shovel Productions, Talia built a filmmaking community and production house reaching over 1M creatives online. Her portfolio includes creative collaborations with major entertainment brands across the film, fashion, and digital sectors.

An emerging voice in theatre and entertainment, Ethan is a writer, director, designer, producer, tour manager, performer, and you get the point. His work in the wings has elevated talents like Alan Cumming, Jane Fonda, Matt Rogers, and Kristen Bell. Ethan co-created and starred in a fan-favorite interactive show on The Broadway Cruise with composer/performer Henry Koperski - with whom he is developing a new musical.

ACCESS Broadway NY is committed to reimagining live theater and entertainment spaces as a place where disabled artists and audiences—across the full spectrum of disability—can fully participate, create, and belong. From Deaf and hard of hearing communities to Blind and low vision audiences, wheelchair users, and individuals with diverse access needs, the company approaches accessibility as a shared, creative responsibility.

Founded by Chris Crouch and Molly Morris, Ghost Light Global is a travel curator designing bespoke cultural, culinary and creative experiences for curious minded wanderers and lovers of the arts.We would love to thank our team for The Festival, which includes Meredith Lucio. For more information please visit ghostlightglobal.com

Gary Chetkof is the principal owner of Radio Woodstock (WDST), the nationally renowned, award-winning radio station based in Woodstock, New York, a role he has held for more than 33 years. Leveraging the iconic Woodstock brand to distinguish the station and expand its reach, Gary helped position Radio Woodstock as an early innovator in digital broadcasting—it was among the first stations to stream online in 1995 and is now featured on the iHeartRadio app.

DKC/O&M Co. was established in 2006, and quickly became New York’s most eclectic public relations agency in the arts and culture space, representing everything from Broadway to Off-­Broadway, from major cultural festivals to quirky downtown happenings, and from world-class non-profit institutions to legendary New York night spots.

DKC/O&M is led by its founder, longtime media strategist Rick Miramontez, who began his career as the press director of the Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre during its now legendary run of hit productions from 1982 to 1986. He also served as press director for the seminal 1987 and 1990 Los Angeles Festival (the latter under the direction of Peter Sellars). His first firm, Rick Miramontez Company, represented many of the major arts events on the West Coast from the late-1980s through the mid-1990s. He moved to New York in 1996, and Broadway hasn’t been the same since.

Regular People was founded to centralize what had always been fragmented—bringing producing, marketing, and general management together in one place. The mission: creative clarity, operational transparency, and a smarter, more sustainable way to empower artists, grow audiences, and bring stories to life.

Today, Regular People is an award-winning creative studio—but our pursuit remains the same: we make theatre for Regular People.