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Production Staff

Edward Albee Playwright
Lewis Allen Producer
Howard Atlee General Press Representative
Ernest Austin Assistant Stage Manager
Julius Baker Flute
Seymour Barab Cello
Samuel Baron Conductor
Melvin Bernhardt Assistant Director
Thomas Bodkin Company Manager
Richard Burns Assistant to Mr. Edwards
Raymond Crisara Trumpet
Stanley Drucker Clarinet
Ben Edwards Producer
Scenic Designer
William Flanagan Composer
(Incidental Music)
Don Gilliland Stage Manager
Jane Greenwood Costume Designer
More than 100 Broadway/Off-Broadway credits including: Present Laughter, A View From the Bridge, Waiting for Godot, Thurgood, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Trumpery, Heartbreak House, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, On Golden Pond, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Master Class, The Sisters Rosensweig. Metropolitan Opera: revival of Adriana Lecouvreur (2009), Dialogue of the Carmelites, The Great Gatsby; Chicago Lyric Opera: Nabucco and Rigoletto; SF Opera: La Favorita. Film: Arthur, Can't Stop the Music, Glengarry Glen Ross. Awards: Irene Sharaff Life Time Achievement Award, Theatre Hall of Fame, 15 Tony Award nominations. Professor, Yale School of Drama. ... read more
Herbert Harris Percussion
Robert Larkin Press Associate
John Maxtone-Graham Production Stage Manager
Laura Newell Harp
Michael O'Shea Press Associate
Oscar Olesen Business Manager
Harry Rigby Production Associate
Jean Rosenthal Lighting Designer
Alan Schneider Director
Elinor Wright Assistant to Mr. Allen

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Awards and Nominations

1964 Tony Awards
Best Direction of a Play: Alan Schneider was nominated but did not win.
Best Play: Edward Albee was nominated but did not win.
Best Scenic Design: Ben Edwards was nominated but did not win.
Producer (Dramatic): Lewis Allen was nominated but did not win.
Producer (Dramatic): Ben Edwards was nominated but did not win.

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