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WHO’S WHO
the Seven Dwarves (Churchill Theatre); Peter Pan
(North Wales Theatre).
STUART CROSS (Associate Lighting Designer)
has worked professionally in the theatre industry
for over 25 years. He started his career in Rep and
spent many years touring on some of the largest
musicals, and for more than 10 years, he has been
freelance, mainly working as a Programmer. West
End Theatre includes: The Comedy About A Bank
Robbery, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Elephant
Man, Hair, Million Dollar Quartet, Rock of
Ages, The Commitments, I Can’t Sing, Evita, The
Bodyguard (West End, UK Tour & Cologne),
CATS (Russia, West End & Paris). Television
includes: “Laughs in the Park 2011.” Comedy
includes: Eddie Izzard’s Stripped (international
tour). Music includes: Kate Bush’s Before the
Dawn (Hammersmith Apollo).
TOM MARSHALL (Associate Sound Designer)
has acted as an associate on around thirty shows
in the U.K. and Europe. Prior to this, he worked
as Head of Sound on numerous large West End
shows over the past two decades. As a freelance
mix engineer, Tom has had the privilege of
working on countless events, such as the 2012
Olympic stadium athletics and with many artists
including: The Coral, The Bees, The Lightning
Seeds, Elaine Paige, Lewis Taylor, Martina-
Topley-Bird and the internationally acclaimed
PJ Harvey. Now as a Sound Designer himself, he
has worked on equally as many productions, from
intimate drama soundscapes to full scale lavish
musicals. tmsd.me
CAMPBELL YOUNG ASSOCIATES
(Hair, Wigs & Makeup Designer) Broadway:
Front Page, The Crucible, Misery, Sylvia, Fish
in the Dark, A Delicate Balance, The Last Ship,
It’s Only A Play, Betrayal, Les Misérables, One
Man Two Guvnors, Spider-Man, Annie (tour).
West End/Broadway: Les Liaisons Dangereuses,
American Psycho, The Cripple of Inishmaan,
Matilda, Ghost, Mary Stuart, Billy Elliot, Private
Lives, Rock ‘n’ Roll. West End: Groundhog Day,
Funny Girl, The Master Builder, The Lorax,
Gypsy, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The
Bodyguard, Guys and Dolls. Opera: Don Carlo,
L’enfant et les Sortilèges (Bolshoi, Moscow),
Anna Nicole (New York City Opera), Film/TV:
The Americans, House Of Cards, Orange is the
New Black.
ROSS EDWARDS (Associate Set Designer)
trained at Kent University studying Drama and
Theatre, and mastered in Set Design. He has
assisted many established designers, and has been
the resident assistant at the Royal Opera House
in Covent Garden. Ross has assisted Tim Hatley
on several designs for the National Theatre,
Royal Ballet and West End. He is the Associate
Designer for The Bodyguard U.K. Tour, Germany
and Korea.
JACK GALLOWAY (Costume Supervisor)
Theatre includes, as costume designer: Batman
Live (world arena tour); Calendar Girls (UK
tour); Walker Dance Park Music (Royal Opera
House); Love Song, Candoco, Girl in the Red
Dress and The Barber of Seville (NI Opera). As
associate designer: Shrek The Musical (produced
by Dreamworks in London and New York); Dirty
Dancing (London, Hamburg, Utrecht and Berlin);
Hairspray (London and UK tour); Jersey Boys
and High School Musical.
LEON DOBKOWSKI (Associate Costume
Designer-U.S. Tour) Seussical (St. Louis Theater
Circle Award), Tarzan (Judy Award), The Wizard
of Oz, Mamma Mia!, (Muny); South Pacific
(Asolo Rep); The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde
(Music Theatre of Wichita); The Wiz (Maltz
Jupiter); Mickey and Minnie’s Doorway to Magic
(Feld Entertainment); First Date (Blumenthal
Performing Arts); Vanya and Sonia and Masha
and Spike (Papermill); Peter and the Starcatcher
(Weston Playhouse); George M! (Westchester
Broadway Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (Yale
Rep); The Weir (Irish Rep); The Leopard and
the Fox (Alter Ego, NYIT Award Nomination);
Claudio Quest (New York Musical Theatre
Festival, 2015 Outstanding Design). MFA Yale
School of Drama. LeonDobkowski.com
MATTHEW SMEDAL (Musical Director)
National Tours: Matilda The Musical (First
National Tour), Ghost, Catch Me If You Can.
Toronto: Matilda The Musical. Elsewhere:
Big Fish, Man of La Mancha, 1776 (Musical
Theatre West), Singin’ in the Rain, Mary Poppins
(Ogunquit Playhouse), Jesus Christ Superstar
(North Shore Music Theatre). All social media
and web @matthewsmedal.
TALITHA FEHR
TL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL
(Music Coordinator) strives daily to carry on
the contracting traditions of her mentor, Sam
Lutfiyya. Broadway: A Christmas Story. National
tours: Sister Act, Annie, The Wizard of Oz, Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ghost
The Musical, West Side Story, Evita, Catch Me
If You Can, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Come
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