Swept Away

JOHN LOGAN

Book

John Logan (Book) received the Tony®, Drama Desk, Outer Critic Circle, and Drama League awards for his play Red. This play has had more than 400 productions across the U.S. and over 160 foreign productions in 25 languages. He is the author of more than a dozen other plays, including Peter and Alice, I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers, and Never the Sinner. Musical theater work includes Moulin Rouge!, The Last Ship, Superhero, and Swept Away. He is the proud recipient of the O’Neill Theater Center’s 2019 Monte Cristo Award. As a screenwriter, John has been three times nominated for the Oscar and has received Golden Globe, BAFTA, WGA, Edgar, and PEN Center awards. His film work includes Skyfall, Spectre, Hugo,The Aviator, Gladiator, Rango, Alien: Covenant, Genius, Coriolanus, Sweeney Todd, The Last Samurai, Any Given Sunday, and RKO 281. He created and produced the television series Penny Dreadful and Penny Dreadful: City of Angels for Showtime.

THE AVETT BROTHERS

Music and Lyrics

The Avett Brothers (Music and Lyrics), three-time Grammy Award nominees, made mainstream waves with their 2009 major label debut, I and Love and You. In 2012, The Carpenter hit #4 on the Billboard 200, followed by Magpie and the Dandelion in 2013, which debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200. In 2016, the band was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame. The 2017 documentary May It Last: A Portrait of The Avett Brothers (co-directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio) chronicles the process of writing 2016’s True Sadness, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top Albums, #1 on Rock Albums, #3 on the Billboard 200, and scored two Grammy nominations. The film was released theatrically and on HBO to rave reviews and is available on DVD/Blu-Ray/VOD. In 2019, the band released their tenth studio album Closer Than Together featuring the single “High Steppin’” which reached #1 on the Americana Radio Singles Chart. The band’s latest album The Third Gleam debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart, #1 Rock Albums, #1 Vinyl Albums, and the single “Victory” hit #1 on the Americana Radio Singles Chart. The Avett Brothers stayed connected to fans amidst the COVID-19 pandemic by playing two sold-out drive-in shows at Charlotte Motor Speedway. They will close out the year with their 20th annual New Year’s Eve celebration at Raleigh’s PNC Arena.

MICHAEL MAYER

Director

Michael Mayer (Director) is a Washington, DC native and very happy to make his Arena Stage debut with this production. Recent work includes A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical and Little Shop of Horrors – both currently running in New York; the national tour of his recent Broadway hit Funny Girl and Jeanine Tesori’s opera Grounded at the WNO (which will open the Met Opera season next fall). He’s directed 20 Broadway shows including Spring Awakening, American Idiot, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, A View From the Bridge, Side Man, Burn This, Head Over Heels, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, as well as many shows in off-Broadway, regional, and international theaters. Film and TV credits include Single All the Way, The Seagull, A Home at the End of the World, and Smash (pilot and season one). Metropolitan Opera productions: Rigoletto, La Traviata, and Marnie. He’s the recipient of Tony®, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Jefferson, and Carbonell awards. He serves on the Board of SDC.

DAVID NEUMANN

Choreographer

David Neumann (Choreographer) This marks David’s return to Arena Stage after choreographing Cabaret with direction by Molly Smith. Broadway: Hadestown (Chita Rivera Award, Tony®, Drama Desk, Lortel nominations). David’s original work as artistic director of Advanced Beginner Group has been presented in New York at PS 122, New York Live Arts, The Kitchen, Symphony Space, Abrons Arts Center, The Chocolate Factory, and The Whitney. ABG has also performed at the Walker Art Center, Jacob’s Pillow, MASS MoCA, and the American Dance Institute, among others. Recent New York projects include directing Geoff Sobelle in The Object Lesson (New York Theatre Workshop, BAM) and choreography for Underground Railroad Game (Ars Nova), An Octoroon (Soho Rep), and The Antipodes (Signature Theatre). Film: I Am Legend, various Hal Hartley films, A Marriage Story, and White Noise (Noah Baumbach). David is the recipient of three NY Dance & Performance Bessie Awards, including Best Production in 2015 for I Understand Everything Better. He is currently a professor of theatre at Sarah Lawrence College.

BRIAN USIFER

Music Supervisor / Music Arrangements & Orchestrations

Brian Usifer (Music Supervisor / Music Arrangements & Orchestrations)’s Broadway credits include A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical (Arrangements, Orchestrations), Disney’s Frozen (Music Director, Additional Arrangements), Kinky Boots (Music Director, Additional Arrangements, Associate Music Supervisor – Tour, London, and Toronto), and The Book of Mormon (Associate Music Supervisor). Regional credits include Chess at The Kennedy Center, Swept Away at Berkeley Rep, The Heart of Rock & Roll at The Old Globe, Afterwords at Seattle 5th Avenue, and Mr. Chickee's Funny Money at the Atlantic. Other highlights include An Evening with Kristen & Bobby Lopez at Lincoln Center, NBC’s Annie Live! (Additional Orchestrations), and The Wiz Live! (Additional Orchestrations). Brian can be heard as a pianist on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon. www.brianusifer.com Instagram: @brianusifer

CHRIS MILLER

Music Arrangements & Orchestrations

Chris Miller (Music Arrangements & Orchestrations) DC native, Arena debut. He is the composer ofTuck Everlasting(Broadway), The Burnt Part Boys (Playwrights Horizons/Vineyard, Lortel nominee for Best Musical), Fugitive Songs (Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Revue), and Dreamland, for the EdTA and Concord Theatricals, cast albums available everywhere. He contributed songs to PBS’s The Electric Company, Sesame Street, andElmo’s World, and scripts for two Barnum & Bailey Circuses. In progress: book, music & lyrics for Ravello (Signature Theatre’s American Musical Voices Project),andThe Goats, a commission for Barbara Whitman/Grove Entertainment;Prairie Songs and April Twilights, for soprano and orchestra setting the poetry of Willa Cather; with Nathan Tysen, Revival, based on a story by Willa Cather, for Playwrights Horizons/TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, and Blown Sideways Through Life (book by Claudia Shear). Instagram: @ckevinmiller

WILL VAN DYKE

Music Director

Will Van Dyke (Music Director/Conductor/Piano/Accordion) is a Grammy-nominated music producer, songwriter, music director, orchestrator, and arranger working in theater, television, and film. Most recently Will served as the Executive Music Producer for the film Theater Camp. Will has penned the score to The Messenger, Ass, and i at Pioneer Theater Company, as well as The 64 Keys (Cleveland Play House), The Gravedigger’s Lullaby (off-Broadway), Straight (off-Broadway), The Lion King Experience titles (Disney), among others. Will is the Music Supervisor/Orchestrator/Arranger for the hit revival of Little Shop of Horrors. Will also Supervised/Orchestrated/Arranged Pretty Woman on Broadway and Fly at La Jolla Playhouse. Other credits: Kinky Boots, Rent, The Addams Family, Grease, and Wicked. Will writes musicals with Jeff Talbott. For more: www.willvandyke.com or @wvdmusic.

RACHEL HAUCK

Set Designer

RACHEL HAUCK (Set Designer)’s recent work includes the Broadway productions of Hadestown, Good Night, Oscar, How I Learned to Drive, What the Constitution Means to Me, and Latin History for Morons; Sonya Tayeh and Jenn Freeman’s Is It Thursday Yet? (Perelman Arts Center), Hansol Jung’s Merry Me (NYTW), and Jill Sobule and Liza Berkenmeier’s F*ck 7th Grade. She is the recipient of Princess Grace and Lily Awards, an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence, a Tony® nomination and Jeff Award for Good Night, Oscar, and a Tony® Award for the design of Hadestown. Rachel serves on the American Theater Wing Advisory Committee and the Eastern Regional Board of USA829.

SUSAN HILFERTY

Costume Designer

Susan Hilferty (Costume Designer) has designed costumes and scenery for over 400 productions across the globe. At Arena: Swept Away and Turn Me Loose. Broadway credits include Wicked, Funny Girl, Present Laughter, Spring Awakening, Lestat, Into the Woods, and August Wilson’s Radio Golf. Her many directorial collaborations include Athol Fugard (over 40 productions), Joe Mantello, Yaël Farber, James Lapine, Michael Mayer, Richard Nelson, Tony Kushner, JoAnne Akalaitis, Arin Arbus, Des McAnuff, Rebecca Taichman, and the late Garland Wright. Hilferty has also designed for opera (Rigoletto, Traviata, and the upcoming Aida for the Metropolitan Opera); dance (Love Stories for Alvin Ailey), and live music events (Taylor Swift’s Speak Now world tour). Hilferty’s many honors include the USITT Lifetime Achievement Award, the Irene Sharaff Award for Lifetime Achievement, an Obie for Sustained Excellence in Design, the Lilly Award, the Ruth Morley Design Award, and Tony®, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama Desk awards forWicked. Hilferty received a 2023 Tony® nomination for Best Costume Design of a Musical for Parade. Hilferty is on the Graduate Design faculty at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, having served as chair for 25 years. www.susanhilferty.com

KEVIN ADAMS

Lighting Designer

Kevin Adams (Lighting Designer) has designed music videos for Meatloaf, Dokken, Janet Jackson, The Little River Band, The Roches, Arsenio Hall, and Debbie Allen.

JOHN SHIVERS

Sound Designer

JOHN SHIVERS (Sound Designer)’s credits include Shucked (2023 Tony® and Drama Desk Award nominee), Beauty and the Beast (worldwide), Pretty Woman (worldwide), Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Kinky Boots (2013 Tony® Award recipient), Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, Leap of Faith, Bonnie and Clyde, Sister Act, 9 to 5, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Mermaid, Tarzan, Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays. International: Wicked, Tarzan, The Lion King (Shanghai) and (Singapore), Regional: The Muny (2015-present), Trading Places, The Wanderer, 42nd Street, Heart of Rock & Roll, First Wives Club, Nutty Professor, Tales of the City, Emma, Robin & the 7 Hoods, Ace. Associate: Mary Poppins, Hairspray, The Producers, The Lion King, Titanic, Big, How to Succeed…, The Who’s Tommy, The Buddy Holly Story. Other credits: Savion Glover, Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach, Gregory Hines, and engineering at Electric Lady Studios.

JIM CARNAHAN, C.S.A.

New York Casting Director

JIM CARNAHAN, C.S.A. (New York Casting Director) has cast over 150 Broadway shows. His recent Broadway work includes Merrily We Roll Along; Doubt; Appropriate; Shark is Broken; A Doll’s House; Leopoldstadt; A Beautiful Noise; Funny Girl; New York, New York; Lehman Trilogy; Moulin Rouge!; Harry Potter as well as off-Broadway’s Little Shop of Horrors. Recent/upcoming London includes: Enemy of the People, Plaza Suite, Sinatra: The Musical, Lemonsx5, Best of Enemies, Eureka Day, Mad House. Film: Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid.

JOSEPH PINZON

DC Casting

Joseph Pinzon (DC Casting) is the founder and creative producer of the contemporary circus company Short Round Productions and its award-winning show Filament. With over 25 years of performing experience, he has worked internationally with renowned companies such as Cirque Éloize, Compagnia Finzi Pasca, Cirque du Soleil, and The 7 Fingers. He holds an MS in Arts Leadership from USC, a BA in Psychology from UCLA, and graduated from the National Circus School in Montreal with a specialization in aerial techniques. He was the casting and resident director for Chamäleon Productions (Berlin) and Constellation Immersive (CAA’s experiential affiliate). He is also a member of the Creative & Independent Producer Alliance and a founding board member of the American Circus Alliance. You can see him causing chaos on season 6 of Nailed It! on Netflix, where (spoiler alert) he is a part of the series’ first three-way tie.

JOHANNA McKEON

Associate Director

JOHANNA McKEON (Associate Director) Broadway: Funny Girl, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, King Kong, American Idiot, War Paint, Grey Gardens. Broadway Tours: Funny Girl, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Idiot, Rent. Directing credits include Henry V, Unseen, and Anonymous Biography at The Old Globe and Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Olney Theatre. She directed the premiere of Anne Washburn’s I Have Loved Strangers (Clubbed Thumb, WTF) and the East Coast premiere of Mona Mansour’s We Swim, We Talk, We Go to War (Vineyard Playhouse). She co-founded The Susan Sontag Prize for Translation and is a recipient of Drama League, Boris Sagal, and Fulbright fellowships. MFA UT Austin.

BRIAN MUNN

Associate Choreographer

BRIAN MUNN (Associate Choreographer) is thrilled be working at Arena for the first time and to continue being a part of the journey of Swept Away, having served as the associate choreographer for the world premiere at Berkeley Rep. As an actor, he has appeared onstage both on and off Broadway, in national tours, and at a number of other NYC and regional theaters, as well as a few TV shows. Grateful to David Neumann for the opportunity, much love to wife Eva, and in memory of Mom.

MATT DEITCHMAN

Associate Music Director

MATT DEITCHMAN (Associate Music Director) is thrilled to work with Arena Stage for the first time. Previously in DC: Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Theatre – Music Director & Cast). Matt is a NYC-based music director, multi-instrumentalist, actor, composer, and orchestrator. As an orchestra musician, he has played for Broadway productions including Parade, A Strange Loop, and Almost Famous. Off-Broadway, Matt was the MD and conductor of Trevor (Stage 42 & Disney+). Recent regional credits include Once (Writers Theatre – Jeff nomination, Music Direction & Ensemble) and Buddy (Marriott Theatre – Jeff nomination, Music Direction). Additional regional work includes Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Lyric Opera of Chicago, South Coast Repertory Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Paramount Theatre, American Stage Theatre, Ogunquit Playhouse, and many others. Northwestern University alum. mattdeitchman.com Instagram: @mattydeitch

MATTHEW LEINER

Stage Manager

Matthew Leiner (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be making his Arena Stage debut with Swept Away after working on the world-premiere production at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. His Broadway credits include productions of Hollywood Arms, The Phantom of the Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, Wicked, If/Then, Finding Neverland, School of Rock, King Kong, and West Side Story. He toured for 11 years with productions of The Phantom of the Opera, Sister Act, Mary Poppins, Wicked, and Jersey Boys. Love to Claudia and Archer.

ALICE M. POLLITT

Assistant Stage Manager

Alice M. Pollitt (Assistant Stage Manager)’s Broadway credits include Ain’t No Mo’, A Strange Loop, West Side Story, King Kong, A Bronx Tale, American Psycho, Noises Off, and Aladdin, as well as the First National Tour of Finding Neverland. Other credits include Disney Theatrical Group, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Public Theater, New York City Center Gala, and Westport Country Playhouse.

MARNE ANDERSON

Assistant Stage Manager

MARNE ANDERSON (Assistant Stage Manager)’s other Arena Stage highlights include American Prophet, August Wilson’s Seven Guitars, Disney’s Newsies, Jubilee, Indecent, Dave, Two Trains Running, The Great Society, A Raisin in the Sun, Moby Dick, All the Way, King Hedley II, Five Guys Named Moe, Metamorphoses, Arabian Nights, and Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies. Additional DC credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Folger Theatre); Angels in America: Parts 1 and 2 (Round House); and Here There Are Blueberries, King Lear, Jane Anger, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Amen Corner (Shakespeare Theatre Company). She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

JALON PAYTON

Assistant Stage Manager

Jalon Payton (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be returning to Arena Stage for the 2023/24 Season, after being a part of last season’s The High Ground. Recent Baltimore/DC credits include Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville (Everyman Theatre); The Swindlers: A True-ish Tall Tale, The Folks at Home (Baltimore Center Stage); and 10 Seconds (Imagination Stage). Other credits include The Royale, Anton’s Shorts, The Brothers Size, and A Raisin in the Sun at American Players Theatre. Jalon has also stage-managed play readings/workshops with Arena Stage, Taffety Punk Theatre, and Round House Theatre. Jalon is a graduate of the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

MATTHEW MASTEN

Commercial Partner

MATTHEW MASTEN (Commercial Partner) is a theater and film producer based in New York City. He received a Tony® nomination in 2012 as part of the producing team of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man starring Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones. Most recently, he served as Executive Producer of Michael Mayer’s film adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull, adapted for the screen by Stephen Karam and starring Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, and Elisabeth Moss. Past Broadway and Off-Broadway productions include Bill Condon’s acclaimed revival of Side Show, Of Mice and Men starring James Franco and Chris O’Dowd, Buyer & Cellar starring Michael Urie (Off-Broadway and National Tour), My Name is Asher Lev (Outer Critics Circle Award), and the 2014 Original Cast Recording of Side Show. Matthew is a proud graduate of Elon University. he/him/his

SEAN HUDOCK

Commercial Partner

SEAN HUDOCK (Commercial Partner) is a theater, audio, and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY. Producing work includes the creation and development of original award-winning plays which have been seen at Arena Stage, Amphibian Stage, Primary Stages, Ars Nova, Berkeley Rep, and beyond. In 2020, he co-founded the immersive audio company Knock at the Gate which has since been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, American Theatre magazine, on NPR, and Good Day New York. As an actor, on screen he starred opposite Seth Numrich, Matt Doyle, and Hale Appleman in Private Romeo, The Chaperone opposite Elizabeth McGovern and Haley Lu Richardson, Comedy Centralr’s Alternatino with Arturo Castro, and on stage in leading roles at Cleveland Play House, SoHo Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Sean has been developing Swept Away alongside Matthew Masten since 2015.

MADISON WELLS LIVE

Commercial Partner

MADISON WELLS LIVE (Commercial Partner) is the live entertainment arm of Madison Wells, Gigi Pritzker’s award-winning, independent production company with a strong bias towards stories for, by, and about badass women and people who push boundaries. Led by Executive Producer Jamie Forshaw, Madison Wells Live focuses on producing purpose-driven projects through collaboration with partners who are aligned in the belief that great storytelling can provoke, inspire, and move audiences around the world. Broadway credits include Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, Water for Elephants, Shucked (Tony® nomination), Company (Tony® Award), The Old Man and The Pool, Pass Over, Hadestown (Tony® Award), The Inheritance (Tony® Award), Million Dollar Quartet (Tony® nomination). West End: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Old Man and The Pool, The Motive, and The Cue. Off-Broadway: Seven Deadly Sins (Drama Desk Award). Regional: Swept Away (Arena Stage/Berkeley Rep). For more information about Madison Wells Live, visit madisonwellsmedia.com.

DOLPHUS RAMSEUR

Avett Brothers Management

DOLPHUS RAMSEUR (Avett Brothers Management) Born and raised in North Carolina, music manager and record label owner Dolphus Ramseur has managed The Avett Brothers since 2003 while also fostering the creative visions of musicians including Carolina Chocolate Drops, Sierra Ferrell, Rhiannon Giddens, Heartless Bastards, Amythyst Kiah, Langhorne Slim, and Steep Canyon Rangers. His artists have sold out prestigious venues including Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, Barclays Center, and Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Ramseur was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame in 2018 and currently acts as the organization’s Chairman of the Board of Directors. Learn more about Ramseur and his company at ramseur.com.

BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE

BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE has grown from a storefront stage to an international leader in innovative theatre and has provided a welcoming home for emerging and established artists since 1968. Berkeley Rep’s shows have gone on to win six Tony Awards, seven Obie Awards, nine Drama Desk Awards, one Grammy Award, one Pulitzer Prize, and many other honors. Berkeley Rep received the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre in 1997. The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work was launched in 2012. The Berkeley Rep School of Theatre helps build the audiences of tomorrow with its nationally recognized teen programs. Learn more at berkeleyrep.org.