The Burnt Part Boys - Off-Broadway Creative Team

Mariana Elder is a multi-talented artist who has made a name for herself in the world of theater, television, and film. Born in Texas, Elder grew up with a love for the arts and studied theater at the University of Texas at Austin. She then went on to earn her MFA in playwriting from the Yale School of Drama. Elder made her Broadway debut in 2008 as the book writer for the musical "The Burnt Part Boys." The show received critical acclaim for its unique blend of bluegrass music and coming-of-age story. Elder's writing was praised for its authenticity and heart, ... read more Chris Miller is an American actor, singer, and dancer who has made a name for himself on Broadway and beyond. Born in 1980 in New York City, Miller was raised in a family of performers and began his own career at a young age. Miller's first major stage role came in 2002, when he was cast as Mark Cohen in the national tour of the hit musical Rent. He went on to perform in the show on Broadway, earning critical acclaim for his portrayal of the struggling filmmaker. Miller also appeared in the Broadway productions of The Phantom of the Opera ... read more Molly Ranson most recently starred in the Broadway revival of Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite, opposite Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker. Prior to, she starred in Manhattan Theatre Club’s Prayer for the French Republic, written by Joshua Harmon and directed by David Cromer. She was also featured in MTC’s production of Linda, Larry David’s Broadway comedy Fish in the Dark, and was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for her critically acclaimed performance in Roundabout Theater Company’s play, Bad Jews. Scott Brown of New York Magazine called her “pitch-perfect and marvelously restrained.” Charles Isherwood of The New York Times also ... read more Roundabout’s director of artistic development. Shows cast for Roundabout: Anything Goes, The Road to Mecca, Man and Boy, The Importance of Being Earnest, Sondheim on Sondheim, Bye Bye Birdie, Sunday in the Park…, 110 in the Shade, The Pajama Game, Twelve Angry Men, Assassins, Twentieth Century, Nine, Big River, Cabaret. Other Broadway: The Mountaintop, On a Clear Day…, Jerusalem, Arcadia, The Scottsboro Boys, La Bête, American Idiot, The Seagull, Spring Awakening, Boeing-Boeing, Curtains, The Pillowman, La Cage, Chitty…, Democracy, Fiddler on the Roof, …Millie. Film: A Home at the End of the World, Flicka. TV: “Glee” (Emmy nom). ... read more Bruce has orchestrated nearly 100 musicals and operas the world over including War Paint, The Light in the Piazza (co-orchestrator; Tony Award), 9 to 5, Grey Gardens, Urinetown, The Wild Party (Broadway), Assassins (London), Floyd Collins and Giant. Awards: Tony Award (plus two nominations), Obie, Drama Desk (plus eight nominations). ... read more Vadim Feichtner is a musical director and conductor. Credits include Falsettos, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. ... read more Gardner also serves as casting director for the Roundabout. Broadway: The Book of Mormon; Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson; American Idiot; Spring Awakening (also national tour), Mrs. Warren's Profession, The Philanthropist, A Man For All Seasons, Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Off-Broadway: Tigers Be Still, The Language Archive, The Burnt Part Boys, Ordinary Days, The Understudy, The Language Of Trees, Distracted, Speech & Debate, Marriage of Bette & Boo, The Overwhelming, 10 Million Miles. ... read more Broadway: War Paint, Groundhog Day, Fool for Love, Act One, Venus in Fur, God of Carnage, Long Day's Journey Into Night (with Redgrave and Hoffman), Exit the King, numerous others. Off-Broadway: Public, LCT3, Signature, Playwrights Horizons, others. Regional/international: Goodman, Westport, Two River Theater, Williamstown, others. Royal National, Royal Shakespeare Company. Film/TV: numerous. Faculty: Juilliard. ... read more Lindsay Jones is a composer and sound designer for theatre and film. Off-Broadway: Through the Night (Union Square/Westside Theatres), The Brother/Sister Plays (Public Theater), The Burnt Part Boys, (Playwrights Horizons/Vineyard), Top Secret (New York Theatre Workshop), In The Continuum (Primary Stages) and many others. Regional: Guthrie, Center Stage, American Conservatory Theatre, Hartford Stage, South Coast Repertory, Alliance, Goodman, Arena Stage, Yale Repertory, The Old Globe, Chicago Shakespeare, Steppenwolf, Lookingglass and many others. International:: Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Canada), Royal Shakespeare Company (England), as well as productions in Austria, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Scotland. Awards: five Joseph Jefferson Awards and 16 nominations, ... read more Recent Broadway: Lennon, Sweeney Todd, The Producers, Beauty & the Beast, Hairspray, Movin’ Out, Sweet Charity, Good Vibrations, Dracula, Caroline or Change, Little Shop…, Thoroughly Modern Millie, 42nd St, Urinetown, Nine, La Boheme, Big River, Boys From Syracuse, Look of Love, Urban Cowboy, Never Gonna Dance, Thou Shalt Not, By Jeeves, Follies, Oklahoma!, Jekyll and Hyde, Rocky Horror Show, Seussical, The Music Man, Fosse, Swing!, Parade, Footloose, Kat and the Kings, Civil War, Triumph of Love. Studio Musician (bass): Michael Jackson, Madonna, Portishead, Eric Clapton, BB King, Sinatra, Carly Simon, Celine Dion, Smashing Pumpkins, Pete Seeger, NY Philharmonic. ... read more