Tour cast to be announced!
Shaina Taub
Book, Music & Lyrics
Shaina is an Obie Award-winning songwriter/performer and an Artist-in-Residence at the Public Theater, where Suffs first premiered. Broadway debut! She created and performed in musical adaptations of Twelfth Night and As You Like It at Shakespeare in the Park with the Public Works community that have since been produced by London’s National Theatre, the Young Vic, and hundreds more theaters and schools worldwide. Taub has won a Jonathan Larson Grant, Kleban Prize, and Fred Ebb Award. She performed Off-Broadway in Hadestown, Great Comet (Lortel nom),
Leigh Silverman
Director
Broadway: Yellow Face (upcoming); Grand Horizons; The Lifespan of a Fact; Violet (Tony nom), Chinglish; Well. Recent: Harry Clarke (West End, BRT, Vineyard/Audible); Suffs (Public); Merry Me
Mayte Natalio
Choreographer
Broadway: How to Dance in Ohio, for colored girls (Associate Choreographer). Off-Broadway: Measure for Measure (The Public Theater/ Mobile Unit). Favorite regional choreography credits: The Winter’s Tale (DTC/ Public Works), Into The Woods (Barrington Stage), Love in Hate Nation (Two River Theater), Hair (The Old Globe), Kiss My Aztec_
Andrea Grody
Music Supervisor
Broadway: The Band’s Visit, Tootsie. Select Off-Broadway/Regional: Suffs, Public Works’ As You Like It and The Tempest, The Great Immensity, Fortress of Solitude (all Public Theater), The Band’s Visit (Atlantic), Assassins (Yale Rep), Unknown Soldier (Williamstown), Robin Hood as Composer/MD (Williamstown). As writer/composer: Strange Faces. Olivier Award nominee for The Band’s Visit. Associate Director at New York Vocal Coaching. Creator of WordWaves (singwordwaves.com). B.A. Princeton University, M.A. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Christine Peters
Scenic Design
Riccardo Hernandez
Original Broadway Scenic Design
Recent: Florencia en el Amazonas (Metropolitan Opera); Carmen (Glyndebourne Festival) Jagged Little Pill; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Indecent; The Thanksgiving Play; Porgy and Bess; Lempicka. Théâtre de l’Odéon Paris, Festival Automne, La Colline-Theatre National Paris, Cour D’Honneur, Avignon Festival, Teatro Real Madrid, Moscow Art Theater, Theater an der Wien, Estates Theater Prague, Oslo National Theater, Young Vic. Obie for Sustained Excellence of Scenic Design, Henry Hewes Design Award, Princess Grace Statue Award. Co- Chair and Associate Professor at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. riccardohernandez.com
Paul Tazewell
Costume Design
Broadway: Hamilton, MJ, Ain’t Too Proud, Summer, In the Heights, The Color Purple, Memphis, Caroline, or Change, Side Show, A Streetcar Named Desire, Jesus Christ Superstar, A Raisin in the Sun, Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk. Film: Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story (2022 Academy Award nomination), Harriet, Wicked (release November 2024). 2016 received Tony Award for Hamilton, and Emmy Award for The Wiz Live, NBC.
Lap Chi Chu
Lighting Design
Broadway: Camelot (Tony Nomination). Recent works: Poor Yella Rednecks at Manhattan Theatre Club and The Coast Starlight at Lincoln Center Theater. Off-Broadway: Public Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Signature Theatre, Roundabout. Regional; Geffen Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Rep, Goodman Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, among others. Awards: Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design, Lucille Lortel Award, Ovation Award. lapchichu.com/
Jason Crystal
Sound Design
Broadway design debut! 15+ Broadway associate credits, including Hamilton (worldwide), Sweeney Todd (2023), Tina, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Addams Family. Sound Designer for: The Public Theater, Carnegie Hall, Second Stage Theater, The Old Globe, others. TV/streaming: The Tony Awards, Annie: Live!, Times Square New Year’s Eve, the Democratic National Convention (2020). System Engineer and Broadcast Mixer for the Metropolitan Opera. Grateful for Bethany; proud Dad to his girls.
Charles G. Lapointe
Hair and Wig Design
Award-winning designer who maintains a highly successful career on stages throughout the U.S. and abroad. Numerous Broadway, Touring, Regional Theatre, International productions including: Hamilton (Make-Up Artists/ Hair Stylist Guild Award); MJ; The Wiz; Tommy; Beetlejuice; The Cher Show (Drama Desk Award); SpongeBob SquarePants (Drama Desk Award). Television: Emmy Nominations for The Wiz Live! and Jesus Christ Superstar Live!
Joe Dulude II
Makeup Design
Broadway/West End: Wicked, Beautiful, MJ the Musical. Broadway: KPOP The Musical, Beetlejuice, Torch Song, SpongeBob SquarePants, Summer, Sunday in the Park With George, Anastasia, Allegiance, If/Then, Follies, etc. Off-Broadway: Fly, Sweet Charity, Into the Woods, The Wild Party, Show Boat. Television: “Annie Live,” “Jesus Christ Superstar Live” (Emmy nomination), “The Gilded Age,” “Julia,” “Castle Rock” Season 2. Film: The Holdovers, Hocus Pocus 2, Don’t Look Up, About Fate, Godmothered, The Discovery, Ghostbusters. www.joedulude2.com IG: dulude2.
Michael Starobin
Orchestrations
A New Brain, Adrift in Macao, Annie, Assassins, Bernarda Alba, Dogfight, Falsettos, First Daughter Suite, Flying Over Sunset, Freaky Friday, Gardens of Anuncia, Glorious Ones, Grinch, Hello Again, Hunchback of Notre Dame, If/Then, In Trousers, Kid Victory, Leap of Faith, Little Miss Sunshine, My Favorite Year, Next to Normal, Once on This Island, People in the Picture, Queen of the Mist, Renascence, Sondheim on Sondheim, Spelling Bee, Sunday in the Park with George, Tom Sawyer.
Shaina Taub & Andrea Grody
Vocal Arrangements
Shaina Taub, Andrea Grody & Michael Starobin
Incidental Music Arrangements
Lori Elizabeth Parquet
Associate Director
Lori is an actor, director, and writer from New Orleans, LA. She is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut with Suffs. Off-Broadway Directing Credits: Suffs, The Tempest, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, Promenade. Off-Off-Broadway: White on White. Awards: NYIT Outstanding Leading Actress. Thank you Mama and Daddy.
The Telsey Office: Rachel Hoffman, CSA
Casting