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Brief Encounter - Broadway Creative Team


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Noel Coward Playwright
Source Material
(Based on play)
Source Material
(Based on screenplay)
Noel was an English playwright, composer, actor, producer and director. His plays include The Vortex (1924), Hay Fever (1925), Private Lives (1930), Blithe Spirit (1941), Present Laughter (1943) and This Happy Breed (1943). He produced, wrote, starred in and co-directed (with David Lean) the Academy Award-winning film In Which We Serve (1942) as well as writing the screenplay for one of the most beloved British films of all time, Brief Encounter (1945). He wrote many songs now considered classics, including "Mad About the Boy", "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", "I’ll See You Again" and "20th Century Blues" and in 1955 performed ... read more
Emma Rice Adaptor
Cineworld Producer
(In Association With)
Simon N Baker Sound Designer
Most recent credits include Lord Of The Rings (Toronto and London – 2007 Olivier Nomination for Best Sound), Boeing Boeing (London and Broadway – 2007 Tony Nomination for Best Sound), God of Carnage, Our House (UK Tour), The Norman Conquests (London and Broadway), Arcadia (London), The Birds (Dublin), Bridge Project 2010 (BAM/Old Vic/). The Real Thing (London), Late Middle Classes (London), La Bete (London and Broadway) and Deathtrap (London). Brief Encounter (London/UK Tour/US Tour/St Anne's Warehouse and Broadway – 2008 Olivier Nomination for Best Sound and 2010 Tony Nomination for Best Sound), Don John (RSC/UK Tour/BAC) The Red Shoes ... read more
Stu Barker Composer
(Original Music)
Steve Beers Technical Supervisor
Sydney Beers Roundabout General Manager
Sydney Beers joined Roundabout Theatre Company in 1995. She has held various positions at the organization, including Director of Sales and Director of Administration. As Roundabout’s General Manager, she oversees the company's Broadway and off-Broadway productions across five venues. She is also the Executive Producer on all of Roundabout's musicals. Prior to Roundabout, she had worked at the Shakespeare Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre Company and Delaware Theatre Company. Sydney is a graduate of Catholic University and has studied theatre abroad at various intuitions such as Oxford University, the Royal Shakespeare Company and London University. She is proud to be member ... read more
Boneau / Bryan-Brown General Press Representative
Jim Carnahan C.S.A. Casting
(U.S.)
Gemma Carrington Projection Designer
Michael Clark Associate Scenic Designer
Designs film and video for live events. Credits include Ring of Fire (Studio Arena Theater); 700 Sundays (Broadway and La Jolla); Dracula, The Musical (Broadway and La Jolla); The Elephant Man (Broadway); Manon Lescaut (Washington Opera); Allegro; One Red Flower and Hedwig (Signature Theater); Last Five Years (Philadelphia Theater Company) Company; Sunday in the Park With George and Merrily We Roll Along (Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration), Spider-Man Live (national tour), Music From a Sparkling Planet (Drama Dept), Aeros (national tour) and Dinner with Friends (ACT). ... read more
Denise Cooper Company Manager
Denise Cooper is the General Manager of Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre. ... read more
Jon Driscoll Projection Designer
Trained: National Film and Television School and Croydon College of Art. Theatre: Wizard of Oz (The Palladium), Birdsong (Comedy), Love Never Dies (Adelphi), Enron (Noel Coward) - Olivier Nomination for Best Projection Design, The Prisoner of Second Avenue (Vaudeville), Earthquakes in London, Nation, The Power of Yes, All's Well that Ends Well, The Observer, Gethsemane, Her Naked Skin, Fram, A Matter of Life and Death, The Reporter (NT), Midnight's Children (RSC), Frost/Nixon (Donmar), Complicit (Old Vic), The Lightning Play, Whistling Psyche (Almeida), Darwin in Malibu (Hampstead), Some Girls are Bigger than Others, Lady Into Fox (Lyric Hammersmith), The Last Cigarette (Chichester), ... read more
Scott Ellis Roundabout Associate Artistic Director
Ellis is the Associate Artistic Director of Roundabout Theatre Company. His Broadway credits include She Loves Me (Tony Award nomination, Outer Critics Circle nomination), You Can’t Take It With You (Tony Award nomination, Outer Critics Circle nomination), On the Twentieth Century (Outer Critics Circle nomination), The Elephant Man (Outer Critics Circle nomination), The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (Tony nomination), Harvey, Curtains (Tony nomination), The Little Dog Laughed (Lortel nomination), Twelve Angry Men (Tony nomination), The Man Who Had All The Luck, The Rainmaker, 1776 (Drama Desk, Tony nomination), Company, Steel Pier (Tony nomination), She Loves Me (First Revival, Tony nomination), ... read more
Wes Grantom Associate Director
Lynne Gugenheim Gregory Roundabout Director of Development
Peter Hanson Production Stage Manager
Sam Jones Casting
(U.K.)
Stephen Kopel Casting
(U.S.)
Jon Krause Stage Manager
David Pugh Producer
(In Association With)
David Pugh (died 2022) was a British actor, probably best known for playing opposite Rosamund Greenwood and Roy Evans in an acclaimed early film by director Tony Scott, Loving Memory, which was shown at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. Other film roles included Daft Jamie in Burke & Hare (1971), one of the leads in the 1972 sex comedy The Love Pill, and a creditor in Christine Edzard's 1987 Dickens adaptation, Little Dorrit. Among his stage credits were Lock Up Your Daughters (Mermaid Theatre, 1969), Yepihodov in The Cherry Orchard (Riverside Studios, 1978) and a 1978-79 spell at London's National Theatre, ... read more
Emma Rice Director
Emma Rice is a British director, writer, and performer who has made a significant impact in the world of theatre. Born in 1967 in London, Rice grew up in Cornwall and went on to study drama at Manchester University. She began her career as a performer, working with companies such as Kneehigh Theatre and the Wildworks Theatre Company. In 2003, Rice became the artistic director of Kneehigh Theatre, a position she held for a decade. During her time at Kneehigh, Rice directed and adapted a number of productions that received critical acclaim, including "Tristan & Yseult," "The Red Shoes," and "Brief ... read more
Malcolm Rippeth Lighting Designer
Dafydd Rogers Producer
(In Association With)
David B. Steffen Roundabout Director of Marketing & Sales Promotion
The Kneehigh Theatre Producer
(Original)

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Awards and Nominations

2011 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Outstanding Director of a Play: Emma Rice was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lighting Design: Malcolm Rippeth was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Lighting Design: Malcolm Rippeth was nominated but did not win.
Outstanding Set Design: Neil Murray won.

2011 Tony Awards
Best Sound Design of a Play: Simon Baker was nominated but did not win.

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