Gary Griffin is a director whose Broadway credits include “Honeymoon in Vegas,” “The Color Purple” and “The Apple Tree.” He also directed Off-Broadway productions of “Saved,” “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” “Pardon My English” and “The New Moon.” He directed the Olivier Award-winning London production of “Pacific Overtures,” which also earned him an Olivier nomination for Best Director. He directed the Chicago productions of “Fun Home,” “Hand to God,” “Never the Sinner” and many more. He also directed numerous regional productions including “Into the Woods” (Muny, St. Louis) and “Moonshine” (Dallas Theater Center). Griffin is the recipient of 10 Joseph Jefferson Awards for Directing.

Steven Freeman is a musical director whose Broadway credits include “Matilda: The Musical,” “Billy Elliott,” Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas,” “Damn Yankees,” “Chicago” and “Grease” (with Rosie O’Donnell). He has musically supervised international companies of “Chicago” in Buenos Aires, Moscow, Montreal, Seoul and Tokyo. He conducted the New York premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s “Saturday Night.” After joining the original company of “Forever Plaid” Off-Broadway, he traveled to the west coast to open the show in LA where he received the LA Drama Critics Award for Best Musical Direction. He also served as music director for the UNCSA productions of “Side Show” and “The Drowsy Chaperone.”