Petro AP (Music and Lyrics/Co-Orchestrator)
is a multi/instrumentalist, record producer, andsongwriter based in Los Angeles, whose work spans pop music and musical theatre. He produced much of Reneé Rapp’s debut album, Snow Angel, including breakout hit “Pretty Girls.” His collaborators include One Direction (“Best Song Ever”), Grace Enger (“The Neighborhood”), Enrique Iglesias (“Only a Woman”), Martin Solveig & The Cataracs (“Hey Now ft. KYLE”), Dillon Francis, Cash Cash, Julia Michaels, and Alexander 23, with whom he has also toured as a musician. He is currently co-writing and producing albums with Madeline The Person and Avery Cochrane. His theatre credits include The Fast and the Furious: A Musical Parody, for which he co-wrote the music and lyrics and provided orchestrations. Find him on Instagram @petrorules
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Scott Hoying (Music and Lyrics)
is a three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning, EMMY® Award-winning, and Tony Award-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, and arranger from Arlington, Texas. While studying music at USC, he founded the a cappella group Pentatonix, which has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has worked on a wide range of projects, from Disney Parks nighttime spectaculars to the Super Bowl to Netflix original films, and is currently developing an original miniseries. He recently competed on ABC's Dancing with the Stars. He and his husband, Mark, are co-producers of the Broadway musical Titanique, write children's books together, including the USA Today bestseller How Lucky Am I?, and recently released a children's album, Little Birdie's Big Symphony, via Republic Records. GRIM is his musical theatre writing debut. Most of all, Scott is proud to be Mark's husband and a dad to his beautiful daughter, Birdie.
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Joey Orton (Book/Music and Lyrics)
is a songwriter, music producer, and librettist based out of Los Angeles. His professional music career started when Taylor Swift tweeted out a song he wrote, “New Obsession,” calling it a “song to make your life more awesome.” Since then, Joey has written songs featuring FRANKIE (RCA Records), Scott Hoying (RCA Records), and Marc E Bassy (Universal Republic), among others, which have amassed tens of millions of streams across platforms. Joey’s commercial music credits include ad campaigns for the NBA, Life 360, Chevrolet, Britney Spears’ “Fantasy Twist” fragrance, and Cisco. He is the co-creator of The Fast and the Furious: A Musical Parody, which runs monthly at the Dynasty Typewriter and has sold out every show since its inception. The Fast and the Furious: A Musical Parody was praised by feminist author Roxanne Gay, and was lauded on the Joe Rogan Podcast, a sign that it can unite a divided America. Outside of music and musicals, Joey holds a degree in Neuroscience, has taught Salsa dancing in downtown LA and abroad, and has at least three great Shark Tank ideas no one will listen to.
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Brad Silnutzer (Book/Music and Lyrics)
is a stand-up comedian, writer, producer, and director based in Los Angeles, but proudly from New Jersey. He’s been named one of Just For Laughs’ “New Faces of Comedy,” one of Comedy Central’s “Comics to Watch,” and a “Comedian to Watch” by more than one now-defunct comedy publication. He has a “Don't Tell Comedy” special on YouTube and can be seen doing standup on Comedy Central, Hulu, and shockingly on Disney+. Brad has written for comedians/hosts such as Joel McHale, Nikki Glaser, Daniel Tosh, Rebel Wilson, Ken Jeong, Nick Cannon, Jenny McCarthy, Penn and Teller, and David Dobrik. He has produced all sorts of reality shows from ABC’s The Bachelor, to Max/CW’s FBoy Island, to E!’s House of Villains, to The Masked Singer. Recently, he directed a series of comedy specials that have garnered over three billion views across platforms. Currently, Brad’s musical The Fast and the Furious: A Musical Parody is enjoying a string of sold-out performances in LA. Before making the jump to entertainment, Brad was a writer for Japan Times in Tokyo, a facilitator at Phillips Academy Andover, and a sailing instructor on Catalina Island. As a child, Brad was the Ovaltine Boy, but retired from acting after consuming far too much of the chocolate milk.
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Sammi Cannold (Director)
is a Broadway, television, and live events director who is one of Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment, one of Variety's 10 Broadway Stars to Watch, one of Town & Country's Creative Aristocracy, and a Drama Desk Award winner. Most recently, she served as the Creative Coordinator on the 2026 Olympic Opening Ceremony, show directed an opening ceremony for the FIFA World Cup, made her episodic debut helming Episode 2204 of Grey's Anatomy, and was named a member of the Disney Entertainment Television Directing Program as well as a Sundance Writers Intensive Fellow. In theatre and opera, she has directed over 15 full-scale productions on Broadway, at the Kennedy Center (in the before times), at Lincoln Center, and beyond. Additional: A.R.T. Artistic Fellow, member of Cirque du Soleil's Creative Cognoscenti, Sundance Institute Theater Fellow, and work for CBS, ABC, Nickelodeon, and Apple TV+. B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Harvard University. sammicannold.com. @sammi.cannold
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Andy Blankenbuehler (Choreographer)
is a proud recipient of the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors for his work on the musical Hamilton. He is a three-time Tony Award winner for his choreography in the musicals Bandstand, In the Heights and Hamilton, for which he also received London’s Olivier Award. Other Broadway credits include Bring It On, 9 to 5, The People in the Picture, The Apple Tree, Annie, and the revival of CATS. Mr. Blankenbuehler made his writing debut with the Off-Broadway musical Only Gold (MCC). Upcoming projects include Broadway’s first revival of Kiss of the Spider Woman, as well as the new musicals The Warriors (Lin-Manuel Miranda) and The Princess Bride. On film and television, Mr. Blankenbuehler has choreographed the feature film Cats, starring Taylor Swift and Judy Dench, the Emmy-winning series Fosse/Verdon (FX), the TV remake of Dirty Dancing, America’s Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance, The Sopranos, MTV, Sesame Street featuring Janelle Monae, as well as many commercials including John Travolta performing “Greased Lighting” as Santa (Capital One). He has staged concert work for Elton John and Bette Midler, as well as the 2022 Met Gala featuring Lenny Kravitz. He is very proud to have staged two ballets which have been performed around the world (Remember Our Song and Never Alone). As a performer, Mr. Blankenbuehler has danced on Broadway in Fosse, Contact, Man of La Mancha, Saturday Night Fever, Steel Pier, Big and Guys and Dolls. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Blankenbuehler resides in New York City with his wife Elly and two children, Luca and Sofia.
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Ted Arthur he/him (Music Supervisor/Music Director)
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Music Director of Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York), Back to the Future: The Musical, Diana: The Musical. Other Broadway credits include The Prom, Once on This Island, Moulin Rouge!, Mean Girls, Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked. Associate Music Supervisor for Moulin Rouge! US and World Tours and Back to the Future: The Musical US Tour. Music Supervisor for Crazy Rich Asians currently in development. Ted is a proud member of MUSE (Musicians United For Social Equity) and on the Board of Trustees for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
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John Clancy (Co-Orchestrator)
Broadway: The Queen of Versailles, Wanted: The Legend of the Sisters Clarke, The Notebook, Kimberly Akimbo, Mean Girls, 1776 (2022 revival), Fun Home, Diana, The Prom, Tuck Everlasting, Shrek the Musical, Cats (2016 Dance Arr.). Regional: Dolly: A True Original Musical, A Transparent Musical, The Karate Kid, Secret Life of Bees, Soft Power (Dance Arr.), Fortress of Solitude.
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Cian McCarthy (Arranger)
La Jolla Playhouse: Lempicka. Broadway (as orchestrator): Lempicka; (as Music Director): Moulin Rouge! The Musical, The Book of Mormon. Off-Broadway/Regional (as orchestrator): Giulia, The Poison Queen of Palermo (PAC); Real Women Have Curves (A.R.T.); Only Gold (MCC); We’re Gonna Die (Second Stage Theater); Invisible Thread (co-orchestrations, Second Stage Theater); (as Music Director): Burn All Night (A.R.T.); Tales of the City (American Conservatory Theater); A Little More Alive (Kansas City Rep); Kingdom (The Old Globe). Recordings: Witness Uganda (Orchestrations, Original Cast Recording). Film: The Debut (song orchestrations); Something Like Summer (original score); The Upper Room (original score).
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Jason Sherwood (Scenic Designer)
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: The Fantasticks, Mix & Master (upcoming). Off-Broadway: The Baker’s Wife (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Award nominations), The View UpStairs (Drama Desk, Lortel noms), Bad Kreyol (Henry Hewes Award), Endlings (NYTW), Evita (Encores!), Table 17 (MCC). TV production design: 2020 Academy Awards (Emmy Award), Rent Live! (Emmy Award), A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter (Netflix), The Kennedy Center Honors. World tours for Sam Smith, Sara Bareilles, and the Spice Girls. Sherwood is a graduate of NYU. @JasonSherwoodDesign
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Paloma Young (Costume Designer)
La Jolla Playhouse: Peter and the Starcatchers, Current Nobody, The Squirrels, Hoover Comes Alive!. Selected Broadway: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, & Juliet, Bandstand, Real Women Have Curves, The Notebook, Lempicka. Selected Off-Broadway: Alice by Heart, Preludes, Permission, Fly by Night. Selected Regional: Bliss (5th Avenue Theatre); Heart of Rock and Roll (The Old Globe). Paloma works internationally and is the recipient of several honors and nominations including Tony and Lucille Lortel Awards. She is thrilled to return to her home city where she once played accordion in a band called Dreamtiger. Education: B.A. in American History from UC Berkeley, M.F.A. from UC San Diego.
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Amanda Zieve (Lighting Designer)
is thrilled to be back at La Jolla Playhouse after designing The Family Album, Working Girl, The Heart, 3 Summers of Lincoln, Velour: A Drag Spectacular, The Ballad of Johnny and June, The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical and Put Your House in Order. Other recent designs include Proof, The Who's Tommy (Broadway); Cabaret (Goodspeed); Into the Woods, Billy Elliot, Titanic (Signature Theatre); Little Shop of Horrors (South Coast Rep); Deceived, I Hate Hamlet (Maltz Jupiter); Sweeney Todd, Roof of the World (KC Rep). Her Playhouse Associate credits include Fly, Escape to Margaritaville, Hollywood, and Hunchback of Notre Dame. Other San Diego credits include Begin Again, Noises Off, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt. 2B, English, Crime and Punishment – A Comedy, Dial M for Murder, Hair, Tiny Beautiful Things, Barefoot in the Park, Native Gardens, The Wanderers and Rich Girl (The Old Globe); SpongeBob, Follies, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Evita, Cabaret, Rock of Ages (Cygnet). amandazieve.com
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Connor Wang he/him (Sound Designer)
La Jolla Playhouse: Fly (associate design). Broadway: Proof (2026 Revival), How to Dance in Ohio. Select Off-Broadway: Romy & Michele: The Musical (Stage42), Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares, Sorry for Your Loss (Minetta Lane). Select Regional: Iceboy! (Goodman), Noises Off, Huzzah! (The Old Globe), Co-Founders (A.C.T.), Amadeus (Steppenwolf), Mirror Crack'd (Asolo Rep), The Wizard of Oz (KC Rep). Assistant design for Hamilton, Hadestown, TINA, and The Cher Show. Education: B.F.A. from DePaul University. connorwangdesigns.com |
Krystal Balleza she/her and Will Vicari he/him (Wig, Hair & Makeup Design)
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Real Women Have Curves, Yellow Face. Off-Broadway: Eurydice, Orlando (Signature Theatre); The Connector (MCC Theater); Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, Good Bones, The Tempest (The Public Theater); The Blood Quilt, Six Characters, At the Wedding (Lincoln Center Theater). Regional: Rhinoceros, Eden, Falcon Girls, Mojada (Yale Rep); West Side Story, White Christmas (Paper Mill Playhouse); Angels in America (Arena Stage). Opera: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, 2023–2027. Both hold B.F.A.s from Webster University and are co-owners of The Wig Associates. thewigassociates.com |
Whitley Theatrical, Peter Dunn & Benton Whitley, CSA (Casting)
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Current Broadway: Hadestown (Artios Award). Previous Broadway/NY: Moulin Rouge! (star casting), Blood/Love, Goddess, How to Dance in Ohio, Life of Pi, Chicago the Musical, Paradise Square, Rock of Ages, Lightning Thief, Great Comet of 1812, Elf, On the Town, Pippin, La Cage aux Folles, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. TV/Film: Netflix, 20th Century Fox, NBC, Lionsgate, Disney Channel. Lots of tours and regional productions across the U.S. In development for the stage: The Turning, You Brought Me the Ocean, Particle Fever, Eugene Onegin, Life on Mars, Deathless. Follow: @whitleytheatrical & whitleytheatrical.com. |
Kamille Upshaw-Darrington (Associate Choreographer)
Born and raised in Washington, DC! Kamille is a graduate of The Juilliard School and The Baltimore School for the Arts. She is so happy to be back at LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE! La Jolla Playhouse credits: Fly. Associate Choreographer credits: Warriors, Hell’s Kitchen, The Baker’s Wife (CSC), I Dream. Broadway Credits: Hamilton, MJ The Musical, Mean Girls. Tour: Hugh Jackman World Tour 2019, 1st National Flashdance the Musical. Other: Nine (The Kennedy Center). Much love to my husband and family! Thank you Lakey Wolff for being the best Manager! @kamilleupshaw |
Matthew Kurtis Lutz (Production Stage Manager)
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Broadway: Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Suffs, Some Like It Hot, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Frozen, Aladdin, Ain't Too Proud, Clybourne Park. Pre-Broadway Chicago: The Devil Wears Prada. Selected Off-Broadway: The Public Theater, Signature Theatre Company, NYTW. Multiple Corporate Events around the country. Education: B.F.A. from UIUC. Love to Susan, Coop, family and friends. For Dad. |
Alexa Burn she/her (Assistant Stage Manager)
La Jolla Playhouse: The Family Album, Purpose, The Recipe, Working Girl, The Heart, Indian Princesses, Your Local Theater Presents..., Derecho, Primary Trust, 3 Summers of Lincoln. Select credits include Clyde’s (ASM) at the Denver Center; The Royale (SM) at American Players Theatre; Bald Sisters (SM) at San Jose Stage; Intimate Apparel (ASM), The Three Musketeers (ASM), Chicken & Biscuits (ASM), The Great Leap (ASM), Grand Horizons (ASM), Hood (ASM) at the Asolo Repertory Theatre; and The Code (SM) at American Conservatory Theatre SF. Alexa was also a stage manager at the Disneyland Resort for many years, working with the Disneyland Band, Dapper Dans, and many more. |
Jack Ganguly he/they (Assistant Stage Manager)
is a South-Asian American stage manager based in NYC. La Jolla Playhouse: The Family Album, Indian Princesses. Broadway credits include The Outsiders, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Our Town. Off-Broadway: Indian Princesses, The Reservoir, I’m Assuming You Know David Greenspan, Cornelia Street, The Far Country, I’m Revolting (Atlantic Theatre Company); Gatz, Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge (The Public Theater); Caroline, The Connector (MCC); Amahl and the Night Visitors (Lincoln Center Theater); Monsoon Wedding (St. Ann’s Warehouse); Breaking the Story (Second Stage); Public Obscenities (Soho Rep). Education: B.F.A. from NYU Tisch. Much love to their Mom, this mighty team, and to the Playhouse. |
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