Les Créateurs

The Cast

Book & Lyrics

Mindi Dickstein

Award-winning lyricist and bookwriter best known for the Broadway musical Little Women. Other works include Benny & Joon (Old Globe; San Diego Critics Award nominee, Best Musical), Maiden Voyage (Southwark Playhouse), Witnesses (San Diego Critics Award, Best Production), Toy Story: The Musical (Disney), and Trip (Playwrights Horizons). A Jonathan Larson Award winner, her songs have been performed worldwide and developed at Goodspeed, Rhinebeck, and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.

Music

Nolan Gasser

Critically acclaimed composer, pianist, and musicologist (notably the architect of Pandora Radio's Music Genome Project), Nolan Gasser holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from Stanford. His compositions have been performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. Theatrical works include Benny & Joon (Old Globe; Papermill Playhouse) and The Secret Garden, commissioned by San Francisco Opera. His bestselling book Why You Like It: The Science and Culture of Musical Taste is the basis of a PBS special airing across the U.S.

Director

James Bonas

Director of theatre, opera, and dance whose work spans major international stages. Recent opera productions include Sondheim's Company touring France (Théâtre du Châtelet), the world premiere of Albouker's L'Archipel(s) at L'Opéra Comique, Bernstein's Candide at Welsh National Opera, and Abrahamsen's Snow Queen at Opéra national du Rhin. Dance collaborations include Dutch National Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Canadian National Ballet, and Scottish National Ballet.

The Company of Artists

ChoreographerEwan Jones

Set DesignFrancis O'Connor

Music DirectorCharity Wicks

CostumesNathalie Pallandre

SoundUnisson Sound Design

Executive ProducerViolaine Crespin

In Their Words

[Here we need a short paragraph from Mindi herself, about why this show, why now, what is the significance to her and her artistic landscape.]