BIOS/STAFF musical in history, Mel Brooks’ The Producers; the worldwide hit Mamma Mia!; and the groundbreaking musical Rent. TBG is committed to bringing the best of Broadway to North America and beyond. KARY M. WALKER (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks since 2001 and formerly was executive producer at the Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre in Chicago. He’s a founding board member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and a Vietnam veteran. Walker has been in show business for 40 years and has produced more than 150 shows. He is delighted to have just celebrated two years of legal marriage to his partner of 34 years, James Morvay. SETH WENIG (Executive Producer) has been with NETworks since its inception in 1995. He spearheaded the international tours of Fosse with Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall and has produced Lincoln Center Theatre’s production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific and the National Theatre’s War Horse. Together with Cameron Mackintosh, Wenig executive produced both the U.S. and U.K. tours of the National Theatre’s My Fair Lady, the 25th anniversary U.S. tour of Les Misérables and the new The Phantom of the Opera tour. He is most proud of his greatest productions — Marlo and Camden. NETWORKS PRESENTATIONS LLC (Producer) has been an industry-leading producer and manager of touring musical theater productions since its inception nearly 20 years ago, and remains committed to delivering quality entertainment to audiences worldwide. NETworks has toured more than 60 productions throughout North America, and is now expanding into many international markets, including South America, Greece, Italy, Turkey and Southeast Asia. Current touring productions include Cameron Mackintosh’s The Phantom of the Opera, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (domestic and international productions), Dirty Dancing, Blue Man Group and Elf the Musical. Upcoming touring productions include Bullets Over Broadway, Once the Musical and an international tour of Shrek the Musical.
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STAFF FOR BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Executive Producer Kary M. Walker & Seth Wenig General Management Gentry & Associates Inc. Gregory Vander Ploeg Bobby T. Maglaughlin, Tyler Soltis, Mary K. Witte Production Management NETworks Presentations LLC Jason Juenker Laura Dieli, Hector Guivas, Dave Burch Tour Marketing Broadway Booking Office NYC Steven Schnepp, Temah Higgins, Kent McIngvale, Jenny Bates, Zach Stevenson, Scott Praefke Tour Direction THE BOOKING GROUP Meredith Blair Mollie Mann, Kara Gebhart, Brian Brooks, Rich Rundle www.thebookinggroup.com Casting Patricia Gentry and Bob Cline Company Manager Colin Byrne ______________________________________ Production Stage Manager . . . . . . Jess Gouker Ass’t. Stage Manager . . . . . . . . Emily White Head Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Steele Ass’t. Director . . . . . . . . . .Michael Whitney Ass’t. Choreographer . . . . . . . Chandon Jones Ass’t. Company Manager. . . . . . . Dan Fisher Assoc. Scenic Designer . . . . . Christine Peters Assoc. Lighting Designers. . . . . . .Sean Beach, Jon Goldman, Peter Hoerburger, Daniel Walker Lighting Programmer . Sean Beach, John Dunkle Assoc. Costume Designer . . Christopher Vergara Ass’t. Costume Designer . . . . . .Abigail Hahn Assoc. Sound DesignerTylor Foster, Eric Talorico Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . Keefe Kennedy Flyman . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert DiCandia Head Electrician . . . . . . . . . Michael Latocha Production Electricians . . . . . . . Barb Bartel, Matthew Charles Hrinko, Trevor Maynar, Erik Plath Ass’t. Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Petito Head Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Motley Ass’t. Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gavin Little Head Properties . . . . . .Anna Katharine Mantz Head Wardrobe . . . . . . . . . . . . Dani Lamb Ass’t. Wardrobe . . . . . . . . Shoshana Latocha Wigs/Hair Supervisor . . . . . . Crysta Menefee