Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise

KEN LUDWIG

Playwright

KEN LUDWIG (Playwright) has had six shows on Broadway, seven in London's West End and many of his works have become a standard part of the American repertoire. Lend Me a Tenor won two Tony Awards and was called “one of the classic comedies of the 20th century” by The Washington Post. Crazy For You was on Broadway for five years and won the Tony Award for Best Musical. In addition, he has won two Olivier Awards (England’s highest theater honor), a Helen Hayes Award, the Edgar Award for Best Mystery of the Year and the Edwin Forrest Award for Contributions to the American Theater. His other plays include: Moon Over Buffalo (starring Carol Burnett); Twentieth Century (starring Alec Baldwin); Be My Baby (starring Hal Holbrook); Baskerville, A Comedy of Tenors, Shakespeare in Hollywood, A Fox on the Fairway, Leading Ladies and a stage version of Murder on the Orient Express written expressly at the request of the Agatha Christie Estate. His book How To Teach Your Children Shakespeare won the Falstaff Award for Best Shakespeare Book of the Year in 2014. His work has been performed in over 30 countries in more than 20 languages, and his plays are produced throughout the United States every night of the year. www.kenludwig.com.

JACKIE MAXWELL

Director

JACKIE MAXWELL (Director) previously directed Arena Stage’s Junk, Watch on the Rhine and Good People. Jackie most recently directed a critically acclaimed production of August: Osage County for Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre. Other recent productions include the world premiere of Paradise Lost for the Stratford Festival and the Canadian premiere of The Humans for the Canadian Stage/Citadel Theatre. In 2016, she finished a 14-year tenure as artistic director of The Shaw Festival. Some favorite productions directed there include Uncle Vanya, Sweeney Todd, The Divine (world premiere), Come Back Little Sheba, Major Barbara, Ragtime and Saint Joan. Jackie has worked extensively throughout Canada and in the U.S. and was artistic director of Toronto’s Factory Theatre for eight years. She has received many awards including two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for directing, two honorary degrees and the Order of Ontario. Upcoming projects include a remount of Paradise Lost for the Centaur Theatre Montreal and a return to the Shaw Festival to direct Playboy of the Western World.

BEOWULF BORITT

Set Designer

BEOWULF BORITT (Set Designer)

LINDA CHO

Costume Designer

LINDA CHO (Costume Designer)

JASON LYONS

Lighting Designer

JASON LYONS (Lighting Designer)

LINDSAY JONES

Original Music and Sound Design

LINDSAY JONES (Original Music and Sound Design)

KURT HALL

Stage Manager

KURT HALL (Stage Manager)

RACHAEL DANIELLE ALBERT

Assistant Stage Manager

RACHAEL DANIELLE ALBERT (Assistant Stage Manager)