Kevin McCollum received the Tony Award® for Best Musical for Rent (1996), Avenue Q (2004) and In the Heights (2008). Current: SIX (Broadway, North American tour); Oh Mary! (Broadway); The Devil Wears Prada (West End); The Play That Goes Wrong (Off-Broadway). Additional Past Credits Include: The Notebook (Broadway); Days of Wine and Roses (Broadway); Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Broadway); Mrs. Doubtfire (Broadway and West End); Motown: The Musical (Broadway, West End, UK and US tours); The Drowsy Chaperone (Broadway, UK and US tours); Something Rotten! (Broadway, US tour); Hand to God (Broadway, West End); Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème; [title of show] (Broadway). West Side Story film (2021) directed by Steven Spielberg. Upcoming: Black Swan, Night At The Museum, 42 Balloons, Mrs. Doubtfire UK tour, Something Rotten! UK.

Tim Johanson is an award-winning producer and general manager based in the UK. His work in the West End includes Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) at the Criterion Theatre, and Dirty Great Love Story at the Arts Theatre. At Trafalgar Studios, Tim’s productions have included The Wasp by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, the Olivier-nominated Four Minutes Twelve Seconds by James Fritz, and BU21 by Stuart Slade. Tim’s portfolio extends beyond the West End, with notable works such as Superhero (winner of the Best New Musical at the Off-West End Awards in 2017) and David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish (Park Theatre). He also served as a producer for the Olivier Awards from 2011 to 2016. Tim’s extensive experience also includes producing Dinner With Friends (Park Theatre), Port Authority (Southwark Playhouse), Wingman (Pleasance Edinburgh, Soho Theatre, and tour), and Dirty Great Love Story (59e59 Theaters, New York). As an independent general manager, Tim has worked on Captain Corelli’s Mandolin in the West End and on tour, Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang at the National Theatre and the transfer of the Fringe First-winning Chef by Sabrina Mahfouz to the Soho Theatre. Tim has been developing and producing new musicals for over 15 years. Among the many projects currently in development are Mona Loser (by Two Strangers writers Jim Barne & Kit Buchan), Sunshine (by Kath Haling), My Life Without You (by Pippa Cleary and Jake Brunger) and Southbound (by Vikki Stone and Katie Mulgrew). He is also the founder of Sapling and Colt, a musical theatre artist development company that has fostered numerous successful collaborations—among them, Jon Brittain and Matthew Floyd Jones, whose work together includes Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder! In film, Tim has worked as an Associate Producer on Adult Children (Donmar Warehouse and London Film Festival). In addition to his producing work, Tim is the author of The Accidental Producer—How Anyone Can Get Their Show On Stage, a comprehensive guide for small scale theatre producing.

Glass Half Full Productions is an international theatrical production company dedicated to producing creatively ambitious, commercially, and artistically successful work that reflects our values. We work in the West End, on Broadway, and in Australia. Recent & upcoming Broadway highlights include: Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests the Muppets (Fall 2025, Broadhurst), Maybe Happy Ending, Pictures From Home (Studio 54), POTUS (Shubert Theatre), Betrayal (Harold Pinter and Bernard B. Jacobs, Broadway), and Seawall/A Life (The Hudson Theatre). Recent UK credits include: Reverberation (Bristol Old Vic), Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) (Criterion), Dr Semmelweis (Harold Pinter), Bleak Expectations (The Criterion), The Seagull (Harold Pinter), Cyrano de Bergerac (Playhouse, Harold Pinter, Glasgow Theatre Royal), 9 to 5: The Musical (The Savoy), Back to the Future: The Musical (the Adelphi), and The Wider Earth (Natural History Museum). Australian credits include: Peter and the Starcatcher, Holding Achilles, Shrek: The Musical, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Muriel’s Wedding the Musical, Matilda, and My Fair Lady on tour.

The GHF team is made up of Gareth Lake (Producer), Victoria Weinberg (US Producer), Leila Sykes (UK Producer), Clemmie Forfar (UK Producer), Pip Brignall (UK General Manager) and Matt Colyer (Team Assistant and Office Manager). www.glasshalffullproductions.co.uk

Established in 2008, Jamie Wilson Productions (JWP) is one of the leading independent theatre production companies in the UK. JWP have produced or co-produced over 100 productions in London, Broadway, on tour throughout the UK, and internationally. The Stage 100 recognized Jamie as one of the top 20 most influential figures in the theatre industry, and in 2023, JWP was nominated for Producer of the Year at The Stage Awards. JWP have a 10-year agreement with the Shaftesbury Theatre, which sees Jamie take the role of lead producer and principal programmer for the venue. Current West End and Broadway productions include: Just For One Day (Shaftesbury, West End), The Devil Wears Prada (Dominion Theatre, West End), Two Strangers (Long Acre Theatre, Broadway). Recent West End productions include: The Last Laugh (Noël Coward Theatre), Just For One Day (Old Vic), Two Strangers (Criterion Theatre), Mrs. Doubtfire (Shaftesbury Theatre), Ain’t Too Proud (Prince Edward Theatre), Sister Act (Eventim Apollo and Dominion Theatre), South Pacific (Sadler’s Wells) and My Fair Lady (London Coliseum). Recent UK & Ireland touring productions include: Calamity Jane, The Last Laugh, Sister Act, An Officer and a Gentleman, South Pacific and My Fair Lady. Recent and up and coming international productions include: Sister Act (Australia, Germany, Netherlands), Mrs. Doubtfire (USA Tour, Germany, Australia), The Notebook (Broadway, USA Tour), The Last Laugh (NYC). JWP is proud of its ongoing commitment to charitable initiatives. In 2024, the company hosted a hugely successful fundraising gala for The Devil Wears Prada musical, raising over $1 million in support of the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Just For One Day (The Live Aid Musical), through donating 10% of each ticket to the Band Aid Trust, has so far raised over $1.5 million. JWP provides a range of services, including UK & International tour booking, general management, production management, creative development, executive producing, marketing, financing and accountancy services. JWP is led by Oliver Mackwood. In Jamie’s spare time, he co-owns George’s Dog Boutique in Wimbledon Village. The store and salon was inspired by his pooch George and is dedicated to bringing the highest level of service and care to dogs and their owners. www.jamiewilsonproductions.com @JWPOnStage.

Two Strangers is Buchan & Barne’s first musical, and comes to Broadway from the American Repertory Theater after opening at Kiln Theatre, London in 2023. Their folk-musical Catastrophe Bay, about a criminal village in Cornwall, was performed at the Bristol Old Vic in 2022 and again last year with NYMT. Mona Loser, a new musical about a fabricated pop star, held its first workshop in London this summer. Separately, Jim Barne has won the London Chamber Orchestra’s young composer competition, and Best New Score at the Horrorhaus Film Festival. Kit Buchan’s poems, meanwhile, have appeared in Poetry Review, Poetry London and elsewhere, and he is among the ten winners of the 2025 National Poetry Competition.  Jim and Kit met in 1997 when they were nine years old, and they have a combined height of 12’6”.

Soutra Gilmour has been recognized with five Olivier and two Tony Award® nominations. Recent theatre includes: Evita (The Palladium), Sunset Blvd. (St. James and Savoy), The Effect (NT and Shed), A Doll’s House (Hudson), Merrily We Roll Along (NYTW and Hudson), Cyrano de Bergerac (BAM and West End), Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Les Blancs, My Brilliant Friend (NT), &Juliet (Sondheim and West End), Betrayal (Jacobs and West End).

Jack Knowles won the Tony®, Olivier, and Drama Desk Awards for Sunset Blvd. Recent theatre: Every Brilliant Thing, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Best of Enemies, Beginning (West End); Sunset Blvd., Patriots, Caroline, or Change (Broadway); A Moon for the Misbegotten, 1536, Spring Awakening (Almeida); Top Girls, Barber Shop Chronicles, Cleansed (National Theatre); Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Venice Preserved (Royal Shakespeare Company).

Tony Gayle is a multi-award winning sound designer based in London. The Harder They Come; Black Power Desk; Come Fall In Love; Marie and Rosetta; Wild Rose; Becoming Nancy; Play On!; The Purists; Next to Normal; Gatsby; Two Strangers; Shifters; The Lonely Londoners; My Neighbor Totoro; Pygmalion; Beneatha’s Place; School Girls, Or, The African Mean Girls; Disney’s AIDA; Sylvia & many more.

Cheryl Thomas is an award-winning makeup artist from Atlanta, GA. With a commitment to excellence, Thomas has achieved numerous accolades in the industry. Broadway credits include: Hair/Makeup Designer – Waiting for Godot, Sunset Blvd.; Assistant Hair/Makeup Designer – The Lion King (worldwide). Cheryl is thankful for the support of family and friends and lives by the motto: “All things are possible if you believe.”

Broadway: SIX, The Notebook. Nat’l Tour: The Notebook, SIX. Off-Broadway: Table 17 (MCC). Regional: Two Strangers (ART), Williamstown Theatre Festival (Consultant), The Notebook (Chicago Shakes). TV: “South Park”: Pandemic Special (Writers’ Room Consultant). Asmeret is also an actor whose credits span Broadway, Off-Broadway, West End, TV, and film.

Lux Pyramid is a producer, songwriter, and orchestrator based in London. Theatre projects include The Lorax and Cover My Tracks at the Old Vic. He has worked at Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Productions in LA, scored fashion films for Mario Testino and Victoria’s Secret, and achieved multiple classical No. 1s for Universal Records. Collaborators include Yungblud, Mimi Webb, and Suki Waterhouse.

Music director of Back to the Future: The Musical, Diana: The Musical. Other Broadway credits include The Prom, Once on This Island, Moulin Rouge!, Mean Girls, Dear Evan Hansen, Wicked. Associate music supervisor for Moulin Rouge! (Tour) and Back to the Future: The Musical (Tour). Music supervisor for Crazy Rich Asians, currently in development.

Over 140 Broadway shows, including: Chess, MJ, The Great Gatsby, A Beautiful Noise, Shucked, Ain’t Too Proud, Tommy, Tina, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Studio musician (bass) for Leonard Cohen, Eric Clapton, BB King, Bob Dylan, and Michael Jackson. johnmillerbass.com

Over 100 Broadway productions/tours. Recent: Waiting for Godot; Maybe Happy Ending; Oh, Mary!; Hadestown; Hamilton; Aladdin. HTA is led by Stephen M. Kaus, and includes Hudson Scenic Studios, Franklin Swann, Brianne Tabak, Sean Gorski, Brianna Stankiewicz, Bridget Van Dyke, and Irene Wang.

Broadway: The Queen of Versailles, The Great Gatsby, English, & Juliet, The Roommate, Shucked, Moulin Rouge, Gutenberg!, Good Night Oscar, The Play That Goes Wrong, Jagged Little Pill, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Trouble in Mind, Caroline or Change, Sunday in the Park…, Beautiful.

Broadway: The Outsiders, The Notebook, SIX, Mrs. Doubtfire, Come From Away. Off-Broadway: Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!, Smokey Joe’s Café, Stomp. National Tour: The Notebook. Proud graduate of Ithaca College. Thanks to my family and friends who have carried me along the way.

Broadway: Days of Wine and Roses, Dear Evan Hansen, IF/THEN, Next to Normal, Grey Gardens. Also, many other productions Off-Broadway and Regionally including Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) at A.R.T.

Broadway: Real Women Have Curves, Bad Cinderella, 1776, Trouble in Mind, The Play That Goes Wrong. Select Off-Broadway & Regional: SIX, Evita, Endlings, Arrabal!, Safety Not Guaranteed, The Light and the Dark, Twelfth Night. Love to my Nathan & Josie.

Broadway: A Beautiful Noise, The Who’s Tommy, Days of Wine and Roses. Select Off-Broadway & Regional: Grief Camp, Take the Lead, Jersey Boys. M.F.A – Columbia University and B.F.A – Emerson College. Gratitude and love to Mom, Dad, Victoria, and Andrew.

Manage live entertainment globally. Represented on Broadway by SIX, and across North America by SIX and The Notebook. Recent productions include The Play That Goes Wrong, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Devil Wears Prada, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Days of Wine and Roses, and 42 Balloons.

West End: As Supervisor – Back to the Future (Additional & Vocal Arrangements), The Time Traveller’s Wife, Dreamgirls, Memphis, Les Misérables (UK Tour), The Book of Mormon (Associate), Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia!, Avenue Q. As Conductor – Dreamgirls, Book of Mormon, Jersey Boys, Avenue Q, Acorn Antiques, Tonight’s The Night, Tell Me on a Sunday, Rent. Recordings: Co-Producer/Supervisor – Time Traveller’s Wife, Back to The Future.

NYC: Merrily We Roll Along (Tony® & Olivier Award – Best Revival), The Least Problematic Woman in the World (Lortel). Selected West End: Something Rotten! (WhatsOnStage Award – Best Concert), Two Strangers, A Christmas Carol, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Stepping Out, Saturday Night, Kean, Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Nom. – Best Company). Choreographer for Neil Patrick Harris as The Toymaker in “Doctor Who: The Giggle.” Tim read Music at Oxford and specializes in development of new work. @timjcreative.