{"id":17,"date":"2023-10-14T20:45:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T20:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelastdaysofcleopatra.com\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-05-12T12:26:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:26:48","slug":"creators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thelastdaysofcleopatra.com\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"Creative Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Author, lyricist, and composer:<\/strong> Charlie Barnett
Charlie Barnett an award-winning composer and playwright in Washington, D.C. His concert music career includes dozens of works for orchestra and chamber ensembles; his film scoring career stretches back 40 years; and his work in jazz includes eleven albums with the swing-fusion band Chaise Lounge.<\/strong>\u00a0Barnett’s plays include Twelveness<\/em>, Him and Jim<\/em>, and The Spectre of Death,<\/em> all of which premiered in Pennsylvania. He wrote the score for 19: The Musical<\/em>, which premiered in Washington, D.C., in 2019. He wrote both music and lyrics for When We Get There<\/em>, performed as part of the Musicals in Mufti series at the York Theatre in New York City in 2023. Barnett wrote the book, score, and lyrics for True North,<\/em> which received a staged reading in Washington, D.C., in 2023. charliebarnett.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive producer:<\/strong> Dan Markley (New York 2023)
Dan Markley has been a theater producer, manager, owner, and investor for 30+ years in New York City. He served as Executive Director of the New York Musical Festival from 2013-2018. He was a principle in the development of 37 Arts, which housed three theatres and the Baryshnikov Arts Center, and managed the center for several years. On and Off-Broadway Markley co-produced Oleanna<\/em> (original), Stomp<\/em> (Obie & Drama Desk Awards), Damn Yankees<\/em> (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), On the Waterfront, The Vagina Monologues, Lifegame, Shockheaded Peter, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, High Fidelity, Family Secrets<\/em> (revival), and Something Rotten!<\/em> (Tony and Drama Desk nominations). He also co-produced the Paul Rudnick feature film Jeffrey<\/em>, and a feature length documentary about D-Day entitled Bedford: The Town They Left Behind,<\/em> which was scored by Charlie Barnett. As an investor and investment manager he has participated in over forty commercial productions in New York, London, and tours including the Tony Award-winning musicals Rent, Avenue Q, and In the Heights, as well as Six, Wicked, Art, De La Guarda, Swan Lake, <\/em>and The Beauty Queen of Leenane.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director:<\/strong> Thomas Caruso (New York 2023)
Thomas Caruso is a New York Outer Critics Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award nominee, who recently directed Madwomen Of The West<\/em> by Sandra Tsing Loh (Off-Broadway), A Christmas Carol <\/em>at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles starring Bradley Whitford, Kate Burton and Alex Newell, the Off-Broadway musical Emojiland<\/em> (NY Times Critics Pick, 4 Drama Desk Award Nominations, and an Off-Broadway Alliance Award Nomination: Best Musical). He directed and co-conceived the musical Southern Comfort<\/em> (The Public Theatre, NY Times Critics Pick, 3 Lucille Lortel Award and 2 OCC Award nominations including: Best New Musical). In London, he directed the West End and World Tour of Dynamo: Seeing Is Believing<\/em> for the Illusionist Dynamo. He also directed the Asia Tour of David Blaine: Real or Magic<\/em> for the world-renowned Illusionist David Blaine. Caruso’s Broadway Associate Director credits include: Matilda, Groundhog Day, A Christmas Carol, Ghost, Mamma Mia!, Bombay Dreams, Follies<\/em> and Master Class.<\/em> He directed the Broadway National Tours of Matilda, Ghost, Master Class<\/em>, and Emojiland<\/em> as well as many new works at Barrington Stage, Bay Street, NY Stage & Film, Rattlestick, EST, Play Co, Williamstown Theatre Festival, TheatreWorks Palo Alto, Penguin Rep, Studio Arena Theatre & Gloucester Stage. ThomasCaruso.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music director:<\/strong> Matthew Smedal (New York 2023)
Matthew Smedal’s Broadway music direction credits include Mrs. Doubtfire<\/em> (he was also the music director of Doubtfire\u2019s Original Cast Album). Music Supervision: Annie<\/em> National Tour. Assoc. Music Supervision: Mrs. Doubtfire<\/em> First National. Music Direction, Off-Broadway: Clueless The Musical<\/em> starring Dove Cameron. National Tours: The Bodyguard, Matilda<\/em> First National, Ghost The Musical,<\/em> and Catch Me If You Can<\/em>. Toronto: Matilda<\/em> (RSC + Mirvish Entertainment). Elsewhere: Anne of Green Gables <\/em>(Goodspeed, World Premiere), The Bodyguard<\/em> (Paper Mill Playhouse), Jesus Christ Superstar<\/em> (North Shore Music Theatre). As a pianist: Op\u00e9ra de Rennes\u2019 presentation of Cole Porter\u2019s La Revue des Ambassadeurs,<\/em> and for Grammy-award nominee Deborah Cox at the US Open Women’s Singles Final between Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author, lyricist, and composer: Charlie BarnettCharlie Barnett an award-winning composer and playwright in Washington, D.C. His concert music career includes dozens of works for orchestra and chamber ensembles; his film scoring career stretches back 40<\/p>\n

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