JOSH RHODES (Director/Choreographer) Josh's choreography has been featured on Broadway, the West End in London, film, television, and in theaters all across the U.S. He has had the great pleasure of choreographing for some of musical theater's best actors and some of the dance world’s greatest dancers. On Broadway, he choreographed Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, First Date, It Shoulda Been You, and Bright Star. He was also the choreographer of Carousel on London's West End. Josh has directed and choreographed numerous productions at New York City Centre Encores, the MUNY, The Asolo Rep. and the Old Globe. As well as choreographing for English National Opera, and the European tour of Doctor Dolittle. Recently, Josh directed and choreographed Mack & Mabel at New York City Centre Encores, Sound of Music at the Asolo Rep., Paint Your Wagon at the MUNY, choreographed Scotland Pa at Roundabout Theater, Beau at the Adirondack Theater Festival and prior to Covid-19 was choreographing Knoxville at the Asolo Rep. with director Frank Galati.

JAMES CUNNINGHAM (Music Director) has music directed over 15 productions for the CLO summer season since 2017. New York credits include Avenue Q (conductor), music director for Bunnicula (TheaterworksUSA and original cast recording), Hot Mess In Manhattan (Araca Project), and Happy Birthday (TACT) for which he also provided original music. National Tours credits as pianist and/or conductor include: Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Spamalot, Evita and Cats. Other regional credits include productions for Arena Stage, Casa Mañana, North Carolina Theatre, Sharon Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Engeman Theater, Paper Mill Playhouse and The Muny. He is currently on the faculty at Point Park University.

J BRANSON (Scenic Design) has been a Chicago-based for more than 30 years, working coast to coast and in Canada.  National tour credits: The Music Man, Beauty and the Beast, Brigadoon and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Regional premieres: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, A Christmas Story, Hairspray, Mary Poppins and The Little Mermaid. Other regional work: Smokey Joe’s Café, Forever Yours, Patsy,  Jekyll & Hyde, Nunsense, Sunset Boulevard, Assassin’s and Chess.  Current projects this season are Bright Star, Five Course Love, Heathers and The Wizard of Oz.

PAUL MILLER (Lighting Designer) 6th Season for PCLO. Broadway: Amazing Grace, The Illusionists, Legally Blonde, Freshly Squeezed, Laughing Room Only. More than 30 Off-Broadway shows as well as productions at more than twenty major Regional Theatres, Internationally in London’s West End, Vienna, Milan (Teatro alla Scala), South Africa, China, Iceland, and São Paulo. Paul has been the Lighting director for the New Year’s Eve / Times Square broadcast for 24 years.

GREGG BARNES (Costume Designer) is a two-time winner of the Tony Award for Best Costume Design for his work on the Broadway productions of The Drowsy Chaperone (2006) and Follies (2011). He made his roadway debut with Side Show in 1997. Additional Broadway costume design credits include: Pretty Woman: The Musical, Mean Girls, Tuck Everlasting, Something Rotten!, Aladdin, Kinky Boots, Elf, Legally Blonde, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

ISABEL RUBIO (Costume Designer) Theatre: Fly, King Stag, Mr. Rogers’ Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. National Tours: Filming O’keefe, Superior Donights, Brush The Summer By, Clifford The Big Red Dog, Love Song, Tick, Tick, Boom, A Kid Pope, Peer Gynt. Dance: Dorrance Dance, Diana Vishneva, Beauty In Motion, Kings Of The Dance, Marrinsky Ballet. TV Credits: Madam Secretary, David Letterman Late Show, Law & Order, Post Cereal Commercials. Film: Land Of The Tarahumaras, Nomadas.
www.Isabelrubio.com 

JEFF KNAGGS (Hair and Makeup Designer) is taking a break from his day job as Head of hair and makeup for Norwegian Cruise Line Holding to return for his 4th season at CLO. For NCL, he has designed Kinky Boots, Footloose, Six, and After Midnight. Royal Caribbean: Hairspray, Flight: Dare to Dream. The Silk Road, Showgirl! Pittsburgh CLO: 2017, 2018, & 2019 Seasons. TUTS: Memphis, Dreamgirls, Into the Woods, How to Succeed..., The Rocky Horror Show, Million Dollar Quartet, Heathers, Mary Poppins, Sweet Potato Queens, Bonnie & Clyde, A Christmas Story, Music Man. Regional: Mamma Mia!, Peepshow, Young Frankenstein, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Dancing With The Stars, America’s Got Talent, and Into the Woods at The Hollywood Bowl.

LEE WILKINS (Associate Director/Choreographer)
Broadway Associate Choreographer: Bright Star, It Shoulda Been You, First Date, Cinderella.  Other: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Jersey Boys, Paint Your Wagon (MUNY), Carousel (English National Opera), Mack & Mabel, Grand Hotel, and Big River (NYC Encores), Sound of Music, Evita (Asolo Rep.), Guys and Dolls (Old Globe & Asolo Rep.), Paint Your Wagon, SPAMalot (5th Avenue Theater), On the Town (L.A. Philharmonic), Company (Avery Fisher Hall). Direction: NBCUniversal Upfront 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022 (Radio City Music Hall), Little Mermaid (Casa Mañana), First Date (Straz Center), Divas For Democracy (StageIt).

EMILIE RENIER (Associate Director/Choreographer) Based in New York City, Emilie has choreographed and performed in productions nationally and internationally. Performing credits include: Rodger’s + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (National Tour), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (National/International Tour), Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, The Little Mermaid, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Singin’ in the Rain, Peter Pan, She Loves Me, A Man of No Importance, RENT, Kiss Me, Kate, Nine, and more. Choreography credits include: American Girl LIVE! (Choreographer/National Tour), Rodger’s + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Assoc. Choreographer International/National Tour), Hair (Asst. Choreographer), Kiss Me, Kate (Asst. Choreographer), Little Women, Elon University’s BC/EFA, and more. emilie.renier.choreographs@gmail.com

RENÉE RIMLAND (Production Stage Manager) is so happy to be back for another fantastic summer at Pittsburgh CLO! Broadway: Beauty and the Beast, Cabaret, Fosse, Jekyll & Hyde, Steel Pier. National Tours: 42nd Street, Beauty…, Les Misérables, Joseph ... Dreamcoat, The Phantom of the Opera, Savion! Footnotes, Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story, Evita, Bye Bye Birdie. PSM for over 11 seasons at PCLO.  For JRR, always! Proud AEA member.

HEATHER ANKLEY (Assistant Stage Manager) has been in the theater arts in Pittsburgh for over 20 years having the opportunity to work in a variety of entertainment mediums including Opera, Dance and Rock n’ Roll. Credits include: CLO’s 75th Anniversary Summer Season, Titanic, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, In The Heights, Brigadoon, Disney’s Newsies, Choir Boy, Scottsboro Boys, Wig Out!, Merchant of Venice, The Double-Threat Trio (World Premiere), Peter Pan, Once, Falstaff, Dead Man Walking, and Magic Flute.

KELLY HAYWOOD (Assistant Stage Manager) Pittsburgh CLO: Wizard of Oz, 75th Concert Celebration, In the Heights, Peter Pan, Mamma Mia, Million Dollar Quartet, Aida, Damn Yankees, South Pacific, Shrek, Monty Pythons Spamalot, A Musical Christmas Carol and 42ndStreet.  Pittsburgh Public Theater: Slow Food, Barefoot in the Park, Little Shop of Horrors, Born Yesterday, Noises Off and True West Kelly has also done several productions with the Pittsburgh Opera and Ballet.

JZ CASTING - Geoff Josselson, CSA and Katja Zarolinski, CSA are New York-based casting directors, handling productions for theatre, film and television. Recent work includes productions for Arena Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Baltimore Center Stage, Cape Playhouse, Denver Center, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Merrimack Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Paper Mill Playhouse, Pittsburgh CLO, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Round House Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Theaterworks Hartford, Weston Playhouse. For more information, please visit www.jz-casting.com

LISA LAMBERT (Music & Lyrics) Stage credits include: The Drowsy Chaperone (2006 Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards); Big Rosemary (book by Blake Edwards); Cole Escola: First Gay President (Duplex Cabaret); Stars of David (DR2 Theater); The Ant and the Elephant (Work Light Productions); Honest Ed: The Bargain Musical (Poor Alex Theater); and several shows for The Fringe of Toronto Festival and Second City. For film and television: Slings & Arrows; Sensitive Skin; Michael Tuesdays and Thursdays; Highway 61; Blue; The Boy Who Smells Like Fish (Rhombus Media); Skippy's Rangers: The Show They Never Gave; The Joe Blow Show (Comedy Network); Portrait of a Serial Monogamist (directed by John Mitchell); Pete's Christmas (ABC TV); Getting Along Famously (CBC TV); Pippi Longstocking (Nelvana Ltd.); Battery's Down; and Skinnamarink TV. Upcoming: Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day (music by Greg Morrison, book by Robert Harling); and a film adaptation of The Drowsy Chaperone.

GREG MORRISON (Music & Lyrics) U.S. Credits: The Drowsy Chaperone (Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre; NAMT's 2004 Festival of New Musicals). Canadian Credits: Composer/musical director for Hello...Hello (Tarragon Theatre_; Pochsy's Lips; Oh, Baby; Citizen Pochsy an Pochsy Unplugged (Toronto Fringe, Canadian/U.S. tours); The Drowsy Chaperone (Toronto Fringe, Theatre Passe Muraille, Mirvish Production, Winter Garden Theatre, Toronto); Mump and Smoot in Something Else (Canadian Stage, Yale Repertory Theatre); Mump and Smoot in Flux (Canadian Stage); An Awkward Evening With Martin & Johnson (Tim Sims Playhouse); The Age of Dorian (Artword Theatre). TV sonwriter credits: "Slings and Arrows" (Rhombus Media for Showcase/Sundance), "Getting Along Famously" (CBC), "The Joe Blow Show" (Comedy Network). Other: musical director for the Secon City National Touring Company, Alumni Café (Tim Sims Playhouse), "The Chumps and the Muchrakers" (CBC Radio).

BOB MARTIN (Book) has been working as an actor and writer in Canadian theatre, film and television for over 3 decades. He has had a long association with the Toronto Second City, where he co-wrote and performed in four Second City revues, directed three, and had a stint as Artistic Director. He is a co-creator of The Drowsy Chaperone, and has performed in many of its incarnations including Ahmanson Theatre (Los Angeles), Marquis Theatre (Broadway), Novello (London). Bob has won a number of awards for his work including an LA Drama Critics Circle Award, an L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award, a Drama Desk Award, a Theatre World Award, and a Tony Award. He is also co-creator of the critically acclaimed dramatic series Slings & Arrows. Recent TV projects include Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays I & II (CBC), Sensitive Skin I & II (HBO), and Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas (NBC). Recent theatre projects include Elf (Broadway), Minsky's (Ahmanson LA), and in dev., Gotta Dance, The Sting, and Millions. Bob reunited with Elf collaborators Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin to create the new musical The Prom, which ran on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre and was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical.

DON McKELLAR (Book) has continually collaborated on and produced engaging and provocative work in film, TV and theatre - whether acting, writing, directing or all three.  He made his directorial debut in 1992 with two short films, 'Blue' (starring David Cronenberg) and 'Bloody Nose', then in 1998 completed 'Last Night', his feature directing debut (which he also wrote and4 starred in), for which he won the Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival.  He continued directing with his TV series 'Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays' in 2012 and is currently working on a remake of La Grande Séduction'. He has numerous screenwriting credits to his name including the screen adaptation of 'Blindness' from Nobel Prize–winning author José Saramago's novel, co-writing the critically acclaimed 'Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould', 'Red Violin' and Bruce McDonald's early films 'Roadkill' and 'Highway 61'. Particularly memorable for his acting roles as anti-hero,TV-watching agoraphobic Curtis in 2 seasons of 'Twitch City', voicing the character 'Jack' in 5 seasons of Odd Job Jack and as pretentious theatre director Darren Nicholls in 'Slings and Arrows'. McKellar has even covered the musical genre with his co-written play 'The Drowsy Chaperone' which won him a Tony Award, touring Toronto, London and New York and currently has plans to create another musical.