DIRECTOR

MATT DICARLO directed the world premieres of Mischief's The Comedy About Spies(Winner of the 2026 WhatsOnstage Award for Best New Play), and Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, both in the West End, London.  He is the International Associate Director for Moulin Rouge! the Musical, and is proud to work on seven productions across North America and Europe.  Matt has recreated the original production of The Play That Goes Wrong on tour across North America, in Chicago, in Washington DC, and currently running off Broadway at New World Stages and at the Duchess Theatre in the West End.    Other Associate Director work includes Tick, Tick...Boom! at The Kennedy Center, Sing Street at The Huntington, the First National Tour of the Tony-winning revival of The Color Purple, and restaging the Broadway production of Beetlejuice the Musical in South Korea.  Matt is currently developing several new plays and musicals, and he is on the faculty at Columbia University.

CHOREOGRAPHER

JAY JACKSON (Laganja Estranja) is a world renowned LGBTQIA+ icon most known for her choreography, music and cannabis advocacy. A U.S. Presidential Scholar in The Arts, Jackson earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance and choreography from the California Institute of the Arts and launched to stardom after being selected to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race. Since then, Jackson has performed on numerous television shows and for artists such as Madonna, Sabrina Carpenter, Jennifer Lopez, and Christina Aguilera. Other choreography credits include Miley Cyrus, Brooke Candy, “Trixie & Katya Live,” “Miss Step,” and McDonalds.

BOOK

DARREN STEIN is an accomplished writer, director, and producer whose diverse body of work spans feature films, television, documentaries, and theater. He is currently adapting his 1999 cult-classic feature, Jawbreaker, into both a stage musical and a feature film remake for Columbia Pictures. Stein’s directorial and production credits include the LGBTQ+ indie favorites GBF and Sparkler (which he also co-wrote), as well as the horror-comedy All About Evil. On television, Stein penned the Lifetime feature Flowers in the Attic: Seeds of Yesterday and has developed original pilots for HBO, The CW, Fox, Freeform, and E! He has also served as a producer and recurring guest judge for eight seasons of the Emmy-nominated Shudder/AMC+ series, The Boulet Brothers' Dragula. Equally at home in non-fiction and short-form storytelling, Stein directed the acclaimed documentary Put the Camera on Me—featured on Ira Glass's This American Life—alongside award-winning fashion films and music videos. A recognized voice in queer cinema, he was honored with the 2023 Prism Legacy Award from the Austin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Stein is a faculty member at the American Film Institute.

COMPOSER

JEFF THOMSON is the recipient of the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, the Dramatists Guild Musical Theatre Writing Fellowship, the Dottie Burman Award, and was a finalist for the Fred Ebb Award. His musical TRAILS won the NYMF Award for Best Musical Score and the Stage Entertainment Development Award. Other projects include PUMP UP THE VOLUME, THE OLIVER EXPERIMENT, THE LAST SUPPER, THE LADIES QUICK: FAMILY IS MURDER, THE TIME MACHINE, MY LITTLE PONY LIVE, and two original songs for the jukebox musical ONE HIT WONDER. www.JeffThomsonMusic.com

LYRICS

JORDAN MANN received the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, the Dramatists Guild Musical Theatre Writing Fellowship and the Dottie Burman Award. In addition to his work on JAWBREAKER, he wrote the lyrics for the musical TRAILS which received top honors at NYMF as well as several regional productions. He is also the lyricist and co-creator of THANKSKILLING: THE MUSICAL based on the cult horror-comedy. Other projects include HORSEMEN, a new musical written with David Mallamud and Fred Souter and fatherhood.   Proud graduate of SUNY Buffalo and Northwestern University.

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER/CASTING DIRECTOR

TAL FOX is a Los Angeles-based producer, casting director, educator, and performer. She has produced and cast over 30 productions, concerts, readings, and live events throughout the US. Casting credits include Audible’s Moriarty, the national tours of Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock, Women of a Certain Age and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Christmas Story at Center Theatre Group/The Ahmanson, and productions with 5-Star Theatricals, Theatre @ Boston Court, Pacific Resident Theatre, Greenway Court Theatre, The Echo Theater Company, and more. Tal previously ran the Theater and Youth Division at KMR Talent. She is also a lecturer at UCLA and teaches aspiring performers throughout Los Angeles. Tal is passionate about developing new works and supporting emerging artists. www.talfox.online

LEAD PRODUCER

Zachary Harris has been producing and performing in theater around Los Angeles for over a decade now. Highlights include critically acclaimed productions of Into The Woods andA Little Night Music at The Greenway Court, Assassins and Next to Normal at The Pico Playhouse, and William Finn’s In Trousers at The Lounge Theatre. Last summer, he staged a ground-breaking workshop production of Jeff Thomson and Jeremy Desmon's Pump Up The Volume at the Hudson Theatre to rave reviews. This production has now partnered with Broadway & Beyond and Crossroads Live to create a tour for 2027. Proud LA native and graduate of The University of Pennsylvania where he studied communications and marketing.