Production Staff
Howard Ashman
Bookwriter
Lyricist
Bookwriter
Lyricist
Howard Ashman followed a distinguished career as a musical comedy librettist, lyricist, playwright, and director with his animated feature film debut, Disney's critically and popularly celebrated The Little Mermaid. Ashman received the 1989 Academy Award® for Best Song for "Under the Sea," written with his longtime collaborator, Alan Menken. Ashman and Menken garnered a total of six awards for The Little Mermaid, including two Academy Awards®, two Golden Globe Awards®, and two Grammy Awards®.
Born in Baltimore, Ashman received his education at Goddard College and Boston University, and earned an MFA from Indiana University. He moved to New York in 1974 ... read more
Roger Corman
Source Material
(Based on film)
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Charles Griffith
Source Material
(Based on screenplay)
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Alan Menken
Composer
Composer
Mark Brokaw
Director
Brokaw was raised in Aledo, Illinois, and graduated from the Yale School of Drama. He received a Drama League fellowship and was initially given directing work through Carole Rothman and Robyn Goodman, artistic heads of the Second Stage Theatre.
He has directed many off-Broadway productions, and his New York work includes premieres by Lynda Barry (The Good Times Are Killing Me), Douglas Carter Beane (As Bees in Honey Drown), Neal Bell, Eric Bogosian, Keith Bunin, Charles Busch, Kevin Elyot, Lisa Kron (2.5 Minute Ride), Lisa Loomer, Kenneth Lonergan (This Is Our Youth, Lobby Hero), Craig Lucas (Dying Gaul), Eduardo Machado, Patrick ... read more
Jennifer Caprio
Costume Designer
Joey Chancey
Musical Director
Kai Harada
Sound Designer
Broadway: Amelie; Sunday in the Park With George; Allegiance; Gigi; Fun Home; On the Town; First Date; Follies (Tony Award & Drama Desk Nominations); and Million Dollar Quartet. Other: A Legendary Romance; Poster Boy (Williamstown); Beaches (Drury Lane); Brooklynite (Vineyard); Little Dancer and First You Dream (Kennedy Center); Zorro (Moscow; Atlanta); Hinterm Horizont (Berlin); Sweeney Todd and Man of La Mancha (Portland Opera); and She Loves Me (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Audio Consultant for the revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Education: Yale University. ... read more
Caite Hevner
Projection Designer
Caite Hevner has designed scenery, projections and created video for musicals, plays, events and virtual events. Her designs have been seen on Broadway, off-Broadway, across the United States, and internationally.
Broadway projection design credits include Derren Brown: Secret, Cort Theatre; In Transit, Circle in the Square; Harry Connick Jr. - A Celebration of Cole Porter, Nederlander Theatre.
Off-Broadway and New York highlights include Bella Bella (MTC); Collective Rage (MCC); Derren Brown: SECRET (Atlantic Theater Company); My Mother Has 4 Noses (The Duke on 42nd Street); Tail! Spin! (Lynn Redgrave Theater); DISCORD (Primary Stages); Game Play (Ars Nova); The Elephant in ... read more
Spencer Liff
Choreographer
Cory Pattak
Lighting Designer
Select credits:
The Story of My Life (Broadway) Associate Lighting Designer
The Yellow Brick Road (Theatreworks USA) Assistant Lighting Designer
Side Effects (MCC Theatre) Assistant Lighting Designer
Peter and the Starcatcher (NYTW) Assistant Lighting Designer
The Blue Flower (Prospect Theatre Company) Lighting Designer
With Glee (Prospect Theatre Company) Lighting Designer
This Side of Paradise (Off-Bway) Lighting Designer
Newsies! (Paper Mill Playhouse) Assistant Lighting Designer
How To Succeed... (Goodspeed Opera House) Assistant Lighting Designer
Band Geeeks! (Goodspeed Opera House) Assistant Lighting Designer
Lost in the Stars (Encores!) Assistant Lighting Designer
Where's Charley? (Encores!) Assistant Lighting Designer
Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF) Lighting Designer
Greenwood (NYMF) Lighting Designer
POPart (NYMF) Lighting Designer
The 10th Floor (NYMF) Lighting Designer
The Bubble ... read more
Donyale Werle
Set Designer
Videos
