The Queen of Versailles - Broadway Creative Team

Lindsey Ferrentino is an American playwright with three world premieres in the 2024 season including The Artist (co-adapted with Drew McOnie, Theatre Royal Plymouth), the new musical The Queen of Versailles (book by Lindsey Ferrentino, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, starring Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham, The Colonial Theater), and The Fear of 13 (book by Lindsey Ferrentino, directed by Justin Martin, starring Adrien Brody, The Donmar Warehouse). Her other produced plays include Ugly Lies the Bone (The Lyttleton - National Theatre, UK, Roundabout Theatre Company, NY, over 100 productions worldwide), Amy and the Orphans (Roundabout Theatre Company), This ... read more Michael Arden is a Tony-nominated director for his revival of Spring Awakening. The acclaimed production transferred from Deaf West Theater in Los Angeles to Broadway in fall 2015. He also won the Outer Critics Circle for Outstanding Director of a Musical and was nominated for a Drama Desk award for the production. Michael made his Broadway debut in Deaf West Theater and the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Big River. Other directing credits include My Fair Lady at Bay Street Theater; Merrily We Roll Along at the Wallis Annenberg Center in Los Angeles, where he is currently the Artist in ... read more Lindsey Ferrentino is an American playwright with three world premieres in the 2024 season including The Artist (co-adapted with Drew McOnie, Theatre Royal Plymouth), the new musical The Queen of Versailles (book by Lindsey Ferrentino, music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, starring Kristin Chenoweth and F. Murray Abraham, The Colonial Theater), and The Fear of 13 (book by Lindsey Ferrentino, directed by Justin Martin, starring Adrien Brody, The Donmar Warehouse). Her other produced plays include Ugly Lies the Bone (The Lyttleton - National Theatre, UK, Roundabout Theatre Company, NY, over 100 productions worldwide), Amy and the Orphans (Roundabout Theatre Company), This ... read more Broadway: The Book of Mormon, MRS. Doubtfire OBC. West End: The Book of Mormon. National Tours: Wicked, 9 to 5, The Wedding Singer. Chicago: Something Rotten! (Marriott-Lincolnshire). Film/TV: “Blacklist,” “Sweetbitter,” “Snuggle Buddies.” Proud graduate of Wright State University. More info on Insta (@kjhippensteel) Endless love to Brooke, Josh, Mom, Dad, and my beautiful boys, Huck, Shep, and Coby. ... read more Diana is an actor, singer, voice-over artist and activist. She received a Helen Hayes Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Kim in Signature Theatre's MISS SAIGON as well as a Gregory Award for Best Actress for playing Ariel in the National Tour of DISNEY'S THE LITTLE MERMAID. She made international headlines for combating racism over her casting as Ariel and her activism in equality in the arts. ... read more Natasha Katz is a New York-based lighting designer. She is a six-time Tony Award winner who has designed extensively for theatre, opera, dance, concerts, and permanent lighting installations around the world. Her recent Broadway credits include: Diana, The Music Man, All My Sons, Burn This, The Prom, Frozen, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Cats, School of Rock, An American in Paris, Aladdin, Skylight, The Glass Menagerie, Once, Follies, The Coast of Utopia: Salvage, and Aida. ... read more Broadway: set and costumes for Deaf West's Spring Awakening, set for Fool For Love. Recent off-Broadway: set and/or costumes for Rancho Viejo, Indian Summer, The Christians, Iowa (Playwrights Horizons), Sell.Buy.Date (Manhattan Theatre Club), Homos, or Everyone in America (Labyrinth), The Harvest, (Lincoln Center), The Glory of the World (B.A.M. Harvey), Cloud 9 (Atlantic) and other work at Roundabout, Second Stage, Vineyard Theatre, Lincoln Center Theatre, MCC, SoHo Rep, Rattlestick, Transport Group and many others. Regional work at The Humana Festival, Mark Taper Forum, Shakespeare Theatre, The Old Globe, Huntington Theatre Company, The Wallis Annenberg Center, Denver Center, Goodspeed, Woolly Mammoth, ... read more Broadway: Sing Street, It Shoulda Been You, Once (Baruska), Sunday in the Park with George (Nurse, Mrs., Harriet), Chicago (Matron Mama Morton), Assassins (Emma Goldman), Thoroughly Modern Millie (Miss Flannery), Ragtime. Off-Broadway: Broadway Bounty Hunter (Greenwich House Theater) Once (NYTW), Wings (Second Stage), Music In The Air (Encores!) Road Show (The Public Theater), Swingtime Canteen. National tours: Chicago (Carbonell Award) Les Miserables, Aspects of Love. Regional: Lucinenne in A Flea In Her Ear (Kansas City Rep), Charlotte in Falsettos at both The Huntington and George Street Playhouse) as well as La Jolla Playhouse, Barrington Stage Co, Vineyard Arts and ... read more Greg Nobile is on the producing team for Moulin Rouge!, Just For Us, Parade, POTUS, Side Show, Funny Girl, and more. ... read more Ryan is a costume designer who lives and works in New York City. He has spent the majority of the past ten years as an associate to Catherine Zuber, distinguished costume designer. Ryan has been the associate/assistant designer on over twenty Broadway productions including Mrs Doubtfire, Warpaint, The King and I (LCT) Fiddler on the Roof, Gigi, The Bridges of Madison County, as well as operas at The Chicago Lyric, The English National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, The Metropolitan Opera, and The New York Philharmonic. Ryan’s career also encompassed TV, and short film: NBC Upfronts, Sound of Music and Peter ... read more Stephen Schwartz was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama. Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as an A&R producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter began to work in the Broadway theatre. His first major credit was the title song for the play BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE; the song was eventually used in the movie version as well. In 1971, he wrote the music ... read more