Co-librettist

Jodi Picoult

Jodi is the award-winning author of 29 novels, with over 40 million copies sold. Thirteen of her books debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, and five have been made into movies.​​​

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Co-librettist

Timothy Allen McDonald

Tim is an award-winning librettist, arts educator, and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of iTheatrics, which adapts Broadway Junior and Youth Edition musicals for Music Theatre International and Concord, and Junior Theater Festivals Worldwide.

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Songwriters

Elyssa Samsel & Kate Anderson

Elyssa and Kate are the LA based Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominated songwriting duo behind Apple TV’s Central Park, Disney Animation’s Olaf’s Frozen Adventure (Annie nomination) and Zootopia+, the off-Broadway Musical, Between the Lines (Drama Desk, OCC nominated), and The Book Thief.​

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Director

Jonathan O'Boyle

Jonathan is an award-wining theatre director. He trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and Birkbeck, University of London where he graduated with an MFA in Theatre Directing.  He was previously Trainee Associate Director at Chichester Festival Theatre and Associate Director at Theatre503.

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Choreographer

Joanna Goodwin

Joanna is a Choreographer and Movement Director, with stage credits including My Fair Lady (Leicester Curve), The Cabinet Minister (Menier Chocolate Factory), and An Officer And A Gentleman (UK Tour).

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Musical Supervisor, Orchestrator & Arranger

Matthew Malone

Matthew is a music supervisor, arranger and orchestrator, based in the North West of England. Stage credits include: Spend, Spend, Spend (orchestrations; Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester); The Jungle Book (music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations; Theatre By The Lake, Keswick); and Brassed Off (music supervision, arrangements and orchestrations; UK tour).

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Musical Director

Natalie Pound

​Designer

Polly Sullivan

Lighting Designer

Jack Weir

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Sound Designer

Sound Quiet Time​

Executive Producer & General Manager

Deus Ex Machina Productions

DEM Productions is an award-winning UK production company now in its second decade. Led by Tony and Olivier Award-winning Ramin Sabi and Emily Lunnon, productions include: RIDE (Old Globe, San Diego / Southwark Playhouse, Leicester Curve, and Charing Cross Theatre), THE BOOK THIEF (Leicester Curve, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry); and A SHERLOCK CAROL (Marylebone Theatre 2022, 2023, 2024, The Times Critics Pick).

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