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The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island (or the Friends of Dr. Rushower) - Off-Broadway Creative Team

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Production Staff

Ben Katchor Librettist
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Mark Mulcahy Music
Douglas Aibel Artistic Director
David Arnold Sound Designer
John Carrafa Choreographer
Two Time Tony Nominated Choreographer of URINETOWN and INTO THE WOODS. John Carrafa is a two-time Tony Nominated, Lortel Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle and Obie Award winning Broadway director/choreographer. He's also a Media Choreography Award and World Dance Feature Film Award winning television and film choreographer. Broadway credits include: URINETOWN THE MUSICAL (Tony Nomination), James Lapine's DIRTY BLONDE, Terrance MacNally's LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION! DANCE OF DEATH with Ian Mckellan and Helen Mirren, DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES and GOOD VIBRATIONS, which he also directed. He received a TONY NOMINATION for his work collaborating with Stephen Sondheim on ... read more
Russell H. Champa Lighting Designer
Stew Cutler Guitar
Jay Duckworth Prop Designer
Jay Duckworth is the founder of the Prop Summit a yearly meeting of Broadway, off - Broadway, LORT theaters and Academic prop professionals and student . He has been the Keynote Speaker for The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival as a guest of United States Institute of Theater Technology 2011 & 2015. Headed Master classes in Properties at numerous Universities. The roll call of shows he has create original work for starts in remastered Classic Greek Theater, re-imagined Shakespeare plays and musicals including Hamilton and stark Brechtian shows and continues with contemporary and ink wet works at his ... read more
Ryan C. Durham Assistant Stage Manager
Randall Eng Musical Supervisor
Jim Findlay Scenic Designer
Jennifer Garvey-Blackwell Executive Director
Erik James Piano
Musical Director
Brett Jarvis Sound Designer
Gerrard Kelly Hair Designer
Graham Kindred Assistant Lighting Designer
Becky Lasky Assistant Costume Designer
Bob McGrath Director
Sam Rudy Media Press Representative
Ben Morris Production Manager
Laura Mroczkowski Assistant Scenic Designer
Paul Ossola Acoustic Guitar
Reed Ridgley General Manager
Megan Jeannette Smith Production Stage Manager
MEGAN JEANNETTE SMITH is an actor, director and producer formerly in NY, now living in Los Angeles. Her latest acting credits include: SEVERED HEADS by Justin McDermott (Online Monologue Series), DUTCHMAN by Amiri Baraka (Secret Theatre), IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS (Under St. Marks), a documentary theatre piece about women who served in Vietnam and LET’S GET WEIRD! (The PIT) an all-female comedy show she produces and performs in. Her producing and directing credits include JOCASTA (Gallery MC) by Sandra Perlman, an all-female retelling of the Oedipus Rex story from Jocasta’s perspective and SUBURBANITES, a John Waters homage and short film about ... read more
Sarah Stern Associate Artistic Director
Jeff Sugg Scenic Designer
Mr. Sugg is an award-winning designer and theater maker with over 20 years experience in the performing arts. Mr. Sugg has designed for a wide range of productions from Broadway to regional theater to international concert halls. Mr. Sugg has been a collaborator with music/theater artists including The Wooster Group, Julia Wolfe, Cynthia Hopkins, Jim Findlay, and Mikel Rouse. Select theater credits include: Broadway: Tina the Musical (fall 2019), All My Sons, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (broadway, Tour, Australia), Sweat, Bring It On, 33 Variations. West End: Tina the Musical. His off-broadway and regional credits include Second Stage, The ... read more
Vineyard Theatre Producer
Mattie Ullrich Costume Designer
Mattie has designed costumes for opera, theater, film, musicals, dance, and print. Recent opera productions include the world premiere of David T. Little and Royce Vavrek's new work JFK at Fort Worth Opera and Opera de Montreal, LA CLEMENZA DI TITO at LA Opera , SATYAGRAHA at the Ekaterinburg State Opera and Ballet (Russia), DON GIOVANNI at the Norwegian Opera & Ballet (Oslo, Norway), I DUE FOSCARI for Theater an der Wien (Vienna, Austria), Palau des Artes (Valencia, Spain) and LA Opera, THE ORESTEIA for Bard Summerscape Festival, Eliogabalo for Gotham Opera (performed at the elusive NYC ... read more
Daniel Zippi Dramaturg

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Awards and Nominations

2008 Drama Desk Awards
: Jim Findlay was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Book of a Musical: Ben Katchor was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Director of a Musical: Bob McGrath was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lyrics: Ben Katchor was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Music: Mark Mulcahy was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Musical: The Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Projection and Video Design: Jeff Sugg was nominated but did not win.

2008 Obie Awards
Design Set & Projection: John Findlay won.
Drawings Design: Ben Katchor won.
Set & Projection Design: Jeff Sugg won.

2008 The Hewes Awards
Notable Effects - Projections: Jim Findlay won.
Notable Effects - Projections: Jeff Sugg won.

2008 The Lortels
Outstanding Director: Bob McGrath was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Musical: Vineyard Theatre was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Scenic Design: Jim Findlay won.
Outstanding Scenic Design: Jeff Sugg won.

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