Arthur Miller (1915–2005) was born in New York City and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays include The Man Who Had All the Luck (1944), All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), A View From the Bridge, A Memory of Two Mondays (1955), After the Fall (1964), Incident at Vichy (1964), The Price (1968), The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972), The Archbishop’s Ceiling (1977), The American Clock (1980) and Playing for Time. Later plays include The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991), The Last Yankee (1993), Broken Glass (1994), Mr. Peters’ Connections (1998), Resurrection Blues (2002) and Finishing the Picture (2004). Other works include Situation Normal, reportage (1944); Focus, a novel (1945); The Misfits, as a screenplay and cinema novel (1961); and the texts for In Russia (1969), In the Country (1977) and Chinese Encounters (1979), three books in collaboration with his wife, the photographer Inge Morath. Memoirs include ‘Salesman’ in Beijing (1984) and Timebends: A Life (1987). Short fiction includes the collection I Don’t Need You Any More (1967); the novella Homely Girl, a Life (1995); and Presence: Stories (2007). Essay collections include The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller (1978, 1996) and Echoes Down the Corridor: Collected Essays 1944–2000, as well as the individually published volume On Politics and the Art of Acting (2001). Among other honors, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the John F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Anna Fleischle is a multi-award-winning scenic and costume designer. Much Ado About Nothing (National Theatre); Hangmen (Broadway/Royal Court/West End, 2022 Tony Award Nominee, 2016 Olivier Award Winner for Best Set Design, Critics Circle Award for ‘Best Designer,’ Evening Standard Award for ‘Best Design’); 2:22 A Ghost Story (West End/Ahmanson LA); Once Upon A One More Time (Nederlander); The Collaboration (Young Vic/Broadway); Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (West End/UK tour/Ahmanson LA).
Sarita Fellows was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Her more recent works include Sweat (Guthrie Theater); Seize the King (Alliance Theatre); A Bright Room Called Day (Public Theater); Fefu and Her Friends (American Conservatory Theater). In the dance world, Sarita has worked with choreographers such as Liz Lerman and Edisa Weeks. MFA in design from Tisch School of Design. She recently was awarded Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design (The National Black Theater Festival 2022). Lily Award (2020).
Broadway: A Strange Loop (Tony Nomination), Birthday Candles, Lackawanna Blues, Grand Horizons, What the Constitution Means to Me, The Lifespan of a Fact, Eclipsed, Ghetto Klown. Current Tours: Blue Man Group. Opera: Die Fledermaus, Pearl Fishers (Metropolitan); Faust, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, La Traviata (Mariinsky, Russia). Obie for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design. Adjunct: SUNY Purchase. Mom: Henry. jenschriever.com
Broadway: Macbeth (Tony Nom.), Thoughts of a Colored Man. Off-Broadway: On Sugarland, Fairview (Drama Desk Nom.), Rags Parkland (Drama Desk Nom.), Sanctuary City (Drama Desk Nom.), The Thanksgiving Play, Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical. Recipient: Creative Capital Award, Henry Hewes Award, and CTG Sherwood Award. Head of Sound Design MFA program at Yale University. www.mikaal.com
Femi Temowo is a MOBO Award-nominated artist and a Black British Theatre Award-winning composer and producer. Raised listening to West African pioneers such as Fela Kuti and Sunny Ade, his exposure to Jazz in his late teens solidified his desire to make music his career path. Femi’s slick guitar sound has earned him a place beside many great artists from many genres including George Benson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Amy Winehouse, Courtney Pine, Taylor Swift, The Roots, and Omar.
Selected NY credits: Broadway’s Chicken & Biscuits; Richard III (Public Theater); Confederates (Signature Theatre); Nollywood Dreams (MCC Theatre); The Wedding Band (TFANA); Stew (Page 73); National Black Theater; Classical Theatre of Harlem; Goddess (Berkeley Rep); Grace (Ford's Theatre); The Glorious World… (Baltimore Center Stage). Awards: Henry Hewes Design Award, Antonyo Award, Drama Desk nominee. MFA: NYU Tisch Grad Acting. @our_black_tresses
Only what you do for Christ will last. 143 Monkey & MamaZoob. Writer, director, performer, producer. Broadway: Company. Upcoming: Cinderella (Broadway); Joy the Musical. Co-producer of the 2018 Oscar-nominated My Nephew Emmett. TaNisha Fordham Productions: 12 Mo’ Angry Men, Snatch Yo’ Free. Upcoming: Go Black Boy; Fly (narrative feature film). www.enlightenedvisions.org
Erica Hart: Broadway: Pass Over and Chicken & Biscuits. Television: “That Damn Michael Che,” “Bust Down,” and “The Girls on the Bus.” Film (Selected): The Surrogate (Artios Winner), Lapsis (SXSW), Cupids (Tribeca). Music Video: Fight for You by H.E.R. Thanks to Cindy Tolan, Daniel Swee, Camille Hickman + the DOAS family! For Mom + Dad, Nanie + Alison. Always.
Daniel Swee: As Casting Director for Lincoln Center Theater, he has worked on over 125 productions, most recently, Becky Nurse of Salem, The Nosebleed, Epiphany, and The Skin of Our Teeth. Credits include upwards of 60 Broadway shows and national tours, as well as numerous films. Grateful to collaborate with Erica and Camille. Member of CSA.
Broadway: The Skin of Our Teeth, The Parisian Woman, Hand to God, The Heidi Chronicles, The Performers, Golda’s Balcony and Metamorphoses. Other credits include 25 years of Off-Broadway, regional and international work, educator and mentor. Many thanks to my family and this one, too.
1776, A Beautiful Noise, Almost Famous, Beetlejuice, The Book of Mormon,Frozen (Australia, Germany, London, Japan, North American tour), Hadestown (tour), Into the Woods, Mean Girls (tour), Leopoldstadt, The Kite Runner, The Music Man. Aurora has been providing technical supervision and production management to the entertainment industry since 1989.
DKC / O&M has represented a peerlessly eclectic roster of cultural happenings, institutions and figures from coast to coast since the 2006 founding of O&M by Rick Miramontez. Current clients include Almost Famous; Ain’t No Mo’; A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical; Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol;Hadestown; Into the Woods; KPOP; MJ; The Music Man; The Piano Lesson; and Walking With Ghosts.
Over 140 Broadway shows including A Beautiful Noise, MJ, Mrs. Doubtfire, Ain’t Too Proud, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Oklahoma!, Summer—The Donna Summer Musical, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Waitress and Jersey Boys. Studio musician (bass) for Leonard Cohen, Madonna, Bette Midler, Eric Clapton, Carly Simon, BB King, Portishead, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan and Michael Jackson. johnmillerbass.com
President of Snug Harbor Productions, a producing, general management and theatrical consulting company. Credits include Broadway: The Band’s Visit,Elaine Stritch at Liberty, Ring of Fire, George Gershwin Alone, Death of a Salesman (starring Brian Dennehy), and Fool Moon. Off-Broadway: Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish; Murder for Two; and Almost, Maine. Director of the MFA concentration in theatre management & producing and professor at Columbia University School of the Arts.
Lisa M. Poyer: Broadway credits include Indecent, Once, A Steady Rain, The Crucible, Death of a Salesman (50th anniversary production), Freak, An Ideal Husband, Angels in America (original Broadway production), Fences (original Broadway production). Adjunct assistant professor, Columbia School of the Arts. Harvard College and Law School. Member, New York Bar.
Thompson Turner Productions: Led by David Turner, Adam Miller and Rebecca Habel, TTP currently manages Leopoldstadt, The Book of Mormon and Mean Girls. Previous: Company, The Jungle (Curran Theatre), Sweat, Six Degrees of Separation, The Present, King Charles III and consulting for Springsteen on Broadway. TTP was founded by Stuart Thompson and David Turner in 2015.
Miranda Cromwell makes her Broadway directing debut with Death of a Salesman. She is an Olivier-winning director and the recipient of two Black British Theatre Awards. Directing credits include: Death of a Salesman (West End/Young Vic); Rockets and Blue Lights (National Theatre/Manchester Royal Exchange/BBC radio 3); and breathe… (Almeida Theatre); Half Breed (BBC iplayer, Talawa Theatre/Soho Theatre/Edinburgh Fringe Festival/India tour); The Magic Elves; Hey Diddle Diddle; Sense (Bristol Old Vic); Pigeon English (Edinburgh Fringe Festival/Bristol Old Vic); The Rest of Your Life (Bush Theatre); Death and Treason (Bristol Old Vic/UK tour). Associate Directing credits include: Angels in America (National Theatre/Broadway); Company (West End); A Monster Calls (Old Vic/Bristol Old Vic). Cromwell also serves as the Artistic Director for Twisted Theatre, a diverse collective of artists making theatre in immersive and site responsive ways.