The Playbill - Walnut Street Theatre

JIM JACOBS (Book, Music and Lyrics) Duringhigh school, Jacobs played guitar and sang with aband called DDT & the Dynamiters. In 1963 hebecame involved with a local theatre group thatincluded Warren Casey. For the next five years heappeared in more than 50 theatrical productionsin the Chicago area, working with such people asThe Second City founder Paul Sills, while earninga living as an advertising copywriter. Jacobs’Broadway acting debut was in a 1970 revival ofthe play No Place to Be Somebody, followed bythe national tour. At the same time, he and Caseywere collaborating on Grease. Jacobs served asa judge on the NBC reality series Grease: You’rethe One That I Want! in 2006 designed to cast thelead roles in an August 2007 Broadway revival ofGrease via viewer votes.BRUCE LUMPKIN (Director) began hiscareer as resident director for Theatre Underthe Stars. Under Tommy Tune, he worked ascollaborator on productions My One and Only,Nine, Grand Hotel and co-directed the WestEnd production of Grand Hotel. Favorites:Dodsworth and Grossingers (world premieres),Off-Broadway Summer of ’69. WST: La Vieen Bleu (American premiere), Grease, WhiteChristmas, Miss Saigon, Fiddler on the Roof(Barrymore nomination), Forbidden Broadway,Man of La Mancha, Carousel, Godspell, WestSide Story, Evita, La Cage Aux Folles, Rags,Good-Bye Girl, Grand Hotel, and Cabaret(Barrymore Winner, Best Director and BestMusical). Thanks to Michelle, Ash and Lyla forall of their love and support.Who’s WhoMICHELLE GAUDETTE (Choreographer)is excited to be back at the Walnut StreetTheatre. Her choreography career began withthe show Texas Legacies in the Palo DuroCanyon. Choreography credits include: Grease, RICHARD WINKLER (Lighting Design)Grand Night for Singing (Barrymore nomination), designs for Broadway, Off-Broadway, regionalAspects of Love, Fiddler on the Roof (Barrymore theatres and national tours. Designs include:nomination), Miss Saigon, Forbidden Broadway, New York: 3 Mo’ Tenors, The Property KnownState Fair, Man of La Mancha, Carousel as Garland, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s(Barrymore nomination), Godspell, and West Cinderella (NYC Opera). National Tours: 3Side Story. Regional performing credits: Mo’ Divas, Evita, Fame. Regional: Camelot,Swing, Copacabana, La Vie En Bleu, Evita, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Dreamgirls.Funny Girl, Victor/Victoria, Will Rogers Follies PLAYBILL.COM Kennedy Center Concerts: Vanessa Williams,(National Tour), Tokyo Disneyland, Cruise Patti Lu Pone, Angela Lansbury. BroadwayShips and nine years as a Radio City Rockette producing credits include: Nice Work…, RodgersPLAYBILLVAULT.COMin NYC. Thanks to Bruce, Ash and Lyla for allof their love and support.PLAYBILLVAULT.COMDOUGLASS G. LUTZ (Music and VocalDirection) has conducted more than 125productions across the United States andinternationally. WST credits include Fiddleron the Roof, The Producers, Les Misérables,Carousel, Miss Saigon (all Barrymorenominations), Love Story, and West Side Story,among others. Doug won the Carbonell Awardfor outstanding music direction of The MostHappy Fella at The Jupiter Theatre. Manythanks to Bernard, Mark, Bruce, and Michelle.Love to Renee and Audra.CLIFF SIMON (Scenic Design) designed theoriginal Off-Broadway production of Fame andsets for Playwrights Horizons and T. SchreiberStudios in NYC; George Street Playhousein NJ; Cleveland Play House; Rude Mechs,Zilker and Zach Theatre (winner Austin’s B.Iden Payne Award for Present Laughter) inAustin; at Riverside Theatre in Florida. He alsodesigns edibly painted cakes (cliffcakes.com)and teaches young and upcoming designers atthe University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sohappy to be at Walnut Street.LISA ZINNI (Costume Design) Broadway(associate designer): Rent (all U.S./internationaltouring companies); Hair (touring/U.K.companies); A Christmas Story the Musical.Additional credits: Roundabout TheatreUnderground (Ordinary Days), OrlandoShakespeare Theatre (Titus Andronicus, KingLear, The Imaginary Invalid), PennsylvaniaShakespeare Festival (11 seasons. Favorites:Sweeney Todd, Antony and Cleopatra, Amadeus,Irma Vep). NY Shakespeare Festival, TheArden, Two River Shakespeare, Cape PlayhouseMA, Peoples Light, Syracuse Stage, RiversideTheatre Vero, Bristol Riverside. LisaZinni.comand Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Hands On AHard Body and Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike.