Executive Producer Howard Pechet
Executive Producer Howard Pechet
Executive Producer Howard Pechet
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The Director<br />
PHIL NERO • Choreographer<br />
Phil is thrilled to be making his Stage West Calgary debut with Chicago. Previously<br />
Phil directed and choreographed Stage West Mississauga’s production of A<br />
Chorus Line. Other credits include Assistant Choreographer for The Lord of the<br />
Rings in London’s West End, 5 seasons as choreographer at the Citadel Theatre<br />
in Edmonton, Chicago at the Neptune Theatre in Halifax and Big Time Operator<br />
at Sheridan College which was an original show he created. Thanks to a fantastic<br />
cast and crew and everyone at Stage West.<br />
STEPHEN WOODJETTS • Musical Director<br />
In his thirty-nine years in theatre, Mr. Woodjetts has worked as a music director/conductor, composer, actor, and<br />
director. Selected music direction credits include The <strong>Producer</strong>s for Stage West Calgary, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels<br />
(Theatre Calgary), Dreamgirls (Manitoba Theatre Centre/Theatre Aquarius/Stage West Calgary), Urinetown<br />
(CanStage), The Mikado (National Arts Centre). He has composed for the Stratford Festival for 14 seasons,<br />
original music for the “Wingfield” series of plays, as well as creating the musicals 9 Months, 9 Months Two, and<br />
Adam and Eve. Directing credits include Carousel and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (University of Windsor),<br />
Jacques Brel … (National Arts Centre), and The Happy Prince (Hermione Presents). Stephen has appeared<br />
as an actor in How To Get Rid of a Monster, Billy Bishop Goes to War, and as Kemp, in Vigil at the River Run<br />
Centre. He has taught master classes at the Birmingham Conservatory in Stratford,University of Manitoba,<br />
University of Windsor and Sheridan College, and received his training from the National Ballet School, the<br />
Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, and every theatre along the way. Mr. Woodjetts is the recipient of four<br />
Betty Mitchell Awards (Cabaret, Berlin to Broadway, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and last year’s Vertigo Theatre<br />
production of Sweeney Todd) and a Dora Mavor Moore award for Urinetown all for outstanding music<br />
direction. He was also nominated for a Betty Mitchell award for his work on The <strong>Producer</strong>s at Stage West.<br />
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