JOE LANGWORTH (Director/Choreographer) recently helmed the 2019 MacDowell Colony National Benefit at Manhattan's historic Gotham Hall. On Broadway, Joe was the Casting Director and Associate Choreographer of Lincoln Center Theater’s South Pacific and the Associate Director of Geoffrey Naufft’s Next Fall. Joe directed Tony nominee Laura Osnes at Café Carlyle and Tony winner Paulo Szot at the Spoleto Festival in Italy. Regional premieres include Companion Piece by Kevin Armento and Once Upon A Pastime by Terry Cashman. Off-Broadway, Joe directed the NY premiere of The Book of Merman. Joe’s work has been nominated by BroadwayWorld (Carousel) and the LA Drama Critics Circle (West Side Story). Awarded Best Director at the 2018 New York Theatre Festival for the new play Suicidal Life Coach. www.joelangworth.com

ROBERT NEUMEYER (Music Director/Pianist) is thrilled to return to the CLO Cabaret for his seventh production. Previous CLO credits include Altar Boyz, The Toxic Avenger, Xanadu, Up and Away, Game On, The Wedding Singer, Legally Blonde, Spamilton and Rock of Ages. Robert has served as orchestrator and arranger for the CLO’s productions of Titanic, The Full Monty, Grease, Oklahoma! and Peter Pan as well as serving as the music director of the annual Gene Kelly Awards. Robert has provided special arrangements and transcriptions for Titus Burgess, Stephen Schwartz, Michael Cerveris, Chris Jackson, Clay Aiken, Jenn Colella and David Yazbek. robertneumeyer.com.

TONY FERRIERI (Scenic Designer) has designed over 550 regional and local productions over his nearly 40-year career. Awards include: “2018 Carol R. Brown Creative Achievement Award for Established Artist,” “New Works Festival Lifetime Achievement Award,” “Designer of the Year” Pittsburgh City Paper and Post-Gazette, “Frankel Award,” “Fred Kelly Award for Outstanding Achievement,” “Harry Schwalb Excellence in the Arts Award.” Some recent designs include: Perfect Wedding for CLO Cabaret, Feeding the Dragon for Primary Stages NYC and Hartford Stage CT, Pipeline for City Theatre and Sweeney Todd for LPPAC.

NICOLE WHITE (Lighting Designer) is ecstatic to be joining the Pittsburgh CLO team. After graduating from Point Park University with a BFA in theater arts, she went on to design plays, concerts, musicals and events. Her recent designs include Trapped the Musical by Alumni Theater Company, Texture Contemporary Ballet's Flying & Falling through Bob Steineck & Associates and My Traveling Song by Hiawatha.

JOHN McCORMICK (Costume Designer) is a Point Park University alum whose work has been seen locally at Pittsburgh Opera and Pittsburgh CLO. Favorite designs include costumes for Pittsburgh Opera Center’s Three Penny Opera and La Tragede de Carmen. Film: Costume Designer - The Lift; Production Designer - Achilles Love; Art Department Coordinator - Darrow, Bob Roberts and Gettysburg. Assistant to Production Designer on the film Serial Mom. Longtime costume coordinator for Pittsburgh CLO’s A Musical Christmas Carol.

NICOLE M. PAGANAO (Wig Designer) has worked professionally in the Wig, Hair and Makeup Industry for the past 17 years. Nicole has assisted the Wig Master and Makeup Designer of the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Operas, and has also worked in Ballet, Film and Television. Graduate of The Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in Wig and Makeup Design (BFA) and The South Hills Beauty Academy (Esthetician License).

TIM BRADY (Production Stage Manager) returns for his 15th season at the CLO Cabaret. As an actor, he has appeared in 11 productions of A Musical Christmas Carol and various Summer Season and CLO Cabaret productions with Pittsburgh CLO – most recently Xanadu. Other local theaters that Mr. Brady has performed with include The Pittsburgh Pops, Starlight Productions, The New Pittsburgh Jewish Theatre, Stage Right and The Theatre Factory. Mr. Brady was also the managing director of the Conley Inn Dinner Theater in Irwin for 17 years. Tim starred in the Jason Coll television pilot, “Munhall.”

LEO SCHWARTZ (Book, Music & Lyrics) is the Off-Broadway Producer of The Book of Merman as well as its composer/lyricist and co-book writer. A multi-award-winning composer of musical theatre, film, and concert music, his musicals have been recognized by numerous festivals. TILL (music and lyrics), his musical with book writer DC Cathro about Emmett and Mamie Till, was a finalist in the Greg Mosher season of the Mainstreet Musical Festival and a finalist in the 2019 New York Musical Theatre Festival. Under A Rainbow Flag, a musical, received two Joseph Jefferson Awards (“Best New Work” and “Best Musical Production” – a first in the 40 year history of the Jeffs). In 2007, the New York Musical Theatre Festival awarded his musical Naughty!, the Director’s Choice Award and was presented at the Acorn Theatre. In 2011, he won the Gold Medal for Film Scoring at the Park City Film Music Festival. Performances of his concert works have toured Europe and the United States. He is also the composer/lyricist for We the People, PEN, and RUNNING.

DC CATHRO (Book) is a Chicago-based playwright, originally from the Washington DC metropolitan area. In addition to writing, acting, and directing, DC has served as dresser, stage manager, backstage technician, sound designer, graphic designer, and improv teacher (among other things). In 2014, he became the only playwright to have two shows in the Pride Films and Plays Festival in Chicago, IL: the comedy Family Holiday and Pen, A Musical (written with Leo Schwartz). His musical Till (also written with Schwartz) was one of three winners in the 2016 Main Street Musicals Festival, selected by Gregory Mosher. DC’s works have been produced and read at theatres and festivals across the U.S., including The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, The William Inge Festival in Independence, Kansas, and St. Luke’s Theatre, Off-Broadway in New York City. He is an avid board game player and collector.