Shrek The Musical - April 25 - April 27, 2019
Augusta Christian Schools
Crew Who's Who
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David Lindsay-Abaire
Book and Lyrics
DAVID is a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, screenwriter, lyricist & librettist. His most recent play, Ripcord, opens this fall at Manhattan Theatre Club. His previous play Good People premiered on Broadway, was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, The Horton Foote Prize, The Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award, & two Tony nominations. His play Rabbit Hole received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, five Tony nominations, & the Spirit of America Award. David also wrote the book & lyrics for Shrek the Musical, which was nominated for eight Tonys, four Oliviers, a Grammy, & earned David the Ed Kleban Award as America's most promising musical theatre lyricist. Other plays include Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World & A Devil Inside. David's screen credits include film adaptation of Rabbit Hole, Dreamworks' Rise of the Guardians, & the upcoming Family Fang, starring Nicole Kidman, Christopher Walken & Jason Bateman.
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Jeanine Tesori
Music
JEANINE won Tony Award for musical Fun Home. She has also written scores for Twelfth Night at Lincoln Center; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Caroline, or Change; & Shrek The Musical (lyrics, David Lindsay-Abaire). The production of Caroline, or Change in London received the Olivier Award for Best New Musical. Her 1997 Off-Broadway musical Violet opened on Broadway in 2014 & received 4 Tony nominations, including Best Musical Revival. Opera: A Blizzard on Marblehead & The Lion, The Unicorn, & Me Music for plays: Mother Courage , John Guare's A Free Man of Color, & Romeo & Juliet. Film scores: Nights in Rodanthe, Every Day, & You're Not You. Ms. Tesori is a member of Dramatists Guild & was cited by ASCAP as first female composer to have two new musicals running concurrently on Broadway. She was founding artistic director of Encores! Off-Center at New York City Center, & a lecturer in music at Yale University. Most of all, she is proud parent of Siena Rafter.
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Jason Moore
Director of Original Production
Director. Broadway: Avenue Q, Steel Magnolias. Carnegie Hall: Jerry Springer: The Opera. Off-Broadway: Speech and Debate (Roundabout), Avenue Q (the Vineyard), Guardians (the Culture Project), The Crumple Zone. Associate directing: Les Misérables (Broadway, national tour), Ragtime (Vancouver). Writer: The Floatplane Notebooks (Charlotte Repertory Theatre). TV directing: episodes of Dawson s Creek, Everwood, One Tree Hill and Brothers and Sisters. Jason has a BS in performance studies from Northwestern University.
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