WHO’S WHO in the CAST
CHRISTOPHER GURR (Associate Music Supervisor)
is a NYC-based pianist, arranger and music
director. Currently Chris is the Arranger/Supervisor
on the new musical Beau and a keyboard sub at
Mean Girls. Other credits: Broadway: The Prom,
Bandstand. Off-Broadway: Merrily We Roll Along,
Jerry Springer the Opera, The View Upstairs,
Clinton the Musical, Invisible Thread. Regional:
Between the Lines (KCREP), In the Heights (Westport,
Conn.). Tour: Cinderella, Bandstand.
ELIZABETH ALLEN (Production Stage Manager).
NYC-based freelance stage manager. Most
recently on tour as PSM for American Girl Live.
Other credits: The Drowsy Chaperone, Fully Committed,
and Chapatti (Bristol Valley Theatre), Eugene
Onegin (Spoleto Festival USA) and Production
Assistant for Ain’t Too Proud, RENT (2016)
and White Christmas 2016 and 2018 (Work Light
Productions).
EMILY PATHMAN (Assistant Stage Manager)
is thrilled to be exploring the country with Bandstand!
Tours: Rent 20th anniversary international
tour. NYC: Sleep No More. Regional: Contemporary
American Theater Festival, Actors Theatre,
Huntington Theatre Company, A.R.T. and Boston
Ballet. Emily was a stage management apprentice
at Actors Theatre of Louisville and received her
B.F.A. from Emerson College.
MARK STUART (Original Associate Choreographer)
is a coach, speaker, director and architect
of magic. He served as Associate Choreographer of
Bandstand on Broadway (Tony Award Best Choreography).
As Producing Artistic Director of Mark
Stuart Dance Theatre, he created, directed and
choreographed the award-nominated Off-Broadway
dance-musical Standard Time: When Change
Comes. Stuart is a coach for Seth Godin’s altMBA
and a four-time Director of the World Musical
Concert series at Tokyo’s world famous Theatre
Orb. He believes you’ve got magic and can’t wait
to see what you do with it. Visit markstuart.org.
@markstuartdance.
JAIME VERAZIN (Original Assistant Choreographer)
loves plants and flowers, flying through the
air and helping others take deep breaths. Broadway:
Bandstand (Assistant Choreographer, Ensemble),
Finding Neverland (Assistant Choreographer,
Dance Captain, Swing; A.R.T.) Off-Broadway:
Standard Time (Co-creator, Performer). Awards:
Fred Astaire Nominee (Outstanding Female Dancer
Off-Broadway), Chita Rivera Nominee (Outstanding
Female Dancer On Broadway). Here’s to
spreading joy, one seed at a time. broadwaybotanist.
com @broadwaybotanist.
Rep, Cleveland Play House, Utah Shakespeare Festival.
Opera: Atlanta Opera, Glimmerglass Festival,
Central City Opera, Sarasota Opera, Kansas Lyric
Opera, Washington National Opera, Santa Fe Opera.
(1977–2019)
KATE LUMPKIN (Casting). NY Theatre: We Are
Here, We Are the Tigers, Afterglow, Cleopatra, The
Bad Years, EcoVillage, Unraveled, Single Rider,
safeword., Diaspora, The Other Side of Paradise,
Reunion ’69, Counting Sheep, The Excavation of
Mary Anning, Agent 355, Emma: A New Musical,
Love in Hate Nation, Sitting Bull’s Last Waltz, Five
Points, Hart Island, Eastbound, Interstate, Honey
Dipped Apocalypse Girls, Fefu and Her Friends.
Regional: Endlings (A.R.T), West Side Story (Kennedy
Center), Evocation to Visible Appearance +
A Christmas Carol (Actors Theatre of Louisville),
Reunion ’69 (Newman Center), Beau (Adirondack
Theatre Festival). U.S./Canadian casting team for
Celebrity Cruises. Head of Education at The Broadway
Collective. kate-lumpkin.com. @katelumpkin.
DAVID KREPPEL (Vocal Music Arranger) is currently
Assoc. Music Supervisor for The Lion King
(worldwide). Broadway conducting credits include
Aladdin, The Lion King, Sister Act, Rock of Ages,
A Chorus Line (revival) and work on Motown: The
Musical, Tarzan, The Little Mermaid, Saturday Night
Fever and others. Music Supervisor/Arranger for the
recent U.S. tour of Joseph…Dreamcoat. Music Supervisor/
Arranger for The Broadway Dolls, composer
of 1st and Ten and A Host of Sparrows. Graduate
of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music.
RANDY COHEN (Keyboard Programmer) and
Randy Cohen Keyboards have programmed over 75
Broadway shows, including Hamilton; The Book of
Mormon; Dear Evan Hansen; Frozen; Pretty Woman;
Ain’t Too Proud; Kiss Me, Kate; Be More Chill;
The Spongebob Musical; Summer; Once On This
Island; Anastasia; Kinky Boots; Bandstand; On
Your Feet; and Rock of Ages.
MILES PLANT (Music Director). Miles was last
seen on the The Sound of Music national tour as Associate
Conductor. He holds a Master’s in musical
theater/opera music direction from Arizona State
University. Regional: Phoenix Theatre, Arizona
Broadway Theatre.
ALICE RENIER (Acting Coach) is an actor,
teacher and acting coach specializing in Shakespeare
and heightened text. Recent projects include
Classical Theatre of Harlem’s Romeo and Juliet
and Mills Entertainment’s American Girl: Live!
She serves as a teacher and coach for The Public
Theater, Red Bull Theater and Columbia Universi-
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