Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

In This Program

• Welcome & Patron Information
• About the Show
• Cast
• Who’s Who
• About Seattle Theatre Group
• Print Edition

Welcome

On behalf of Seattle Theatre Group’s staff, board, and volunteers, welcome to The Paramount Theatre for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child! This show kicks off our vibrant 2026/27 Season—we’ll celebrate a significant venue milestone, offer countless opportunities to experience the best of Broadway, and create even more ways for our community to engage in the arts. Whether this is the first time you’re attending an STG show or you’re a longtime subscriber, we’re excited to begin another season with you at our side. 

On September 24, we’ll raise a glass to The 5th Avenue Theatre’s 100th birthday! Part of STG’s nonprofit mission is to ensure our historic venues continue to serve the community. We’re proud to be the steward of this iconic theatre and are excited to usher it into its next 100 years of live performance. Celebrate The 5th’s centennial with us by catching the touring Broadway engagements of Operation Mincemeat and Maybe Happy Ending, which we’re presenting in partnership with our friends at The 5th Avenue Theatre Company.

Broadway joy will extend beyond The Paramount and 5th Avenue stages with our Broadway Inclusion Program (BIP). Anchored at Kerry Hall, our community arts center that’s home to our Education & Community Engagement programming, BIP provides theatre arts opportunities to neurodivergent and/or disabled community members and their families and caregivers. The arts are for everyone and we’re proud that we connect community members to the fabulous world of Broadway through this program. This season, BIP participants will step into the world of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and other shows to be announced.

All these things are at the heart of our mission—stewarding historic venues, making the arts accessible to diverse communities, expanding the impact of Broadway engagements beyond the stage—and could not happen without the support of our donors. Every gift makes a difference. Find out more about ways to give and our exclusive donor benefits at stgpresents.org.

Thank you for being here to share in the joy of the arts with our community. Now sit back, relax, and enjoy Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!

With appreciation,  

Josh LaBelle  
Chief Executive Officer  
Seattle Theatre Group

August 22 – September 12, 2026

SONIA FRIEDMAN
COLIN CALLENDER
HARRY POTTER THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS     

Present

BASED ON AN ORIGINAL NEW STORY BY
J.K. ROWLING, JACK THORNE & JOHN TIFFANY
A NEW PLAY BY
JACK THORNE

with

JOSH BATES
MARKCUS BLAIR
DANNY BÓ
TRE’ BOOKER
RILEY BOCCHICCHIO
NADIA BROWN
ASHLEY BUFKIN
CASEY BUTLER
ERIN CHUPINSKY
REESE SEBASTIAN DIAZ    
NICK DILLENBURG
JAMYL DOBSON
DAVID FINE
SIMON GAGNON
RYAN HALLAHAN
MATT HARRINGTON    
ABBI HAWK
LAURYN HAYES
NATHAN HOSNER
DANIELLE LEE JAMES
TORSTEN JOHNSON    
KATHERINE LEASK
RACHEL LESLIE
MACKENZIE LESSER-ROY
EVAN MALTBY
ADAM GRANT MORRISON
CHANTÉ ODOM
EMILY SCHULTHEIS
ELISE SOUTHWICK
AYLA STACKHOUSE
JENNIFER THIESSEN
TIMMY THOMPSON
RENÉ THORNTON JR.
LARRY YANDO
LAUREN ZAKRIN

Director
JOHN TIFFANY

Movement Director
STEVEN HOGGETT

Set Designer
CHRISTINE JONES

Costume Designer
KATRINA LINDSAY

Composer & Arranger
IMOGEN HEAP

Lighting Designer
NEIL AUSTIN

Sound Designer
GARETH FRY

Illusions & Magic
JAMIE HARRISON

Music Supervisor & Arranger
MARTIN LOWE

Casting
JIM CARNAHAN CSA & ALEXANDRE BLEAU CSA

Video Designers
FINN ROSS & ASH J. WOODWARD

Hair, Wig & Make-up
CAROLE HANCOCK

International Associate Director
DES KENNEDY

Associate Director
COLETTE ROBERT

International Associate Movement Director
NUNO SILVA

Associate Movement Director
CHELSEY ARCE

International Scenic Supervisor
BRETT J. BANAKIS

International Costume Design Associate
SABINE LEMAÎTRE

International Associate Lighting Designer
NICK SOLYOM

International Associate Sound Designer
PETE MALKIN

International Illusions & Magic Associate
CHRIS FISHER

Associate Costume Designer
MIRIAM KELLEHER

Associate Lighting Designer
BAILEY COSTA

Associate Sound Designer
WILL PICKENS

Illusions & Magic Associate
SKYLAR FOX

Hair & Wigs Associate
CARRIE ROHM

Make-up Associate
SARAH JORDAN

International Technical Director
GARY BEESTONE

Production Management
JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS

Production Supervisor
ROLT SMITH

Production Stage Manager
KATE McDONIEL

Company Manager
SUSAN BRUMLEY

General Manager
BESPOKE THEATRICALS

Executive Consultant
DIANE BENJAMIN

Executive Producer
MAXIMILLIAN BITTLESTON

Executive Producer
THOMAS SWAYNE

Associate Producer
DANIEL UNITAS

Global Marketing & Sales
SHANNON KINGETT
MADISON LYMER

Tour Marketing & Press
LAURA MATALON
JOHN GILMOUR
GABRIELLA GODÍNEZ

Ticketing
INSIGHT TIX

Social Media & Content
INDUSTRIA STUDIOS

Tour Booking Agency
THE BOOKING GROUP
MEREDITH BLAIR
KARA GEBHART

Harry Potter Publishing and Theatrical Rights © J .K. Rowling
Harry Potter characters, names and related indicia are trademarks of © Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved.
J .K. Rowling’s Wizarding World is a trademark of J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.

JAMYL DOBSON … Sorting Hat
JOSH BATES … Cedric Diggory, James Potter Jr., James Potter Sr.
DANNY BÓ … Yann Fredericks
NADIA BROWN … Rose Granger-Weasley, Young Hermione
ASHLEY BUFKIN … Madam Hooch
TRE’ BOOKER … Teacher 
REESE SEBASTIAN DIAZ … Karl Jenkins, Viktor Krum
NICK DILLENBURG … Harry Potter
DAVID FINE … Scorpius Malfoy
RYAN HALLAHAN … Draco Malfoy
MATT HARRINGTON … Ron Weasley
ABBI HAWK … Ginny Potter 
LAURYN HAYES … Polly Chapman
NATHAN HOSNER … Voldemort
CHRIS JARMAN … Voice of Phone Box
TORSTEN JOHNSON … Professor Mazoni
KATHERINE LEASK … Professor McGonagall, Professor Umbridge
RACHEL LESLIE … Hermione Granger 
MACKENZIE LESSER-ROY … Moaning Myrtle, Lily Potter Sr.
ADAM GRANT MORRISON … Albus Potter
EMILY SCHULTHEIS … Delphi Diggory
TIMMY THOMPSON … Craig Bowker, Jr.
PAUL THORNLEY … Voice of Ludo Bagman
RENÉ THORNTON JR. … Station Master
LARRY YANDO … Albus Dumbledore, Amos Diggory, Severus Snape
LAUREN ZAKRIN … Trolley Witch 

Other Roles Played By

JOSH BATES, MARKCUS BLAIR, DANNY BÓ, RILEY BOCCHICCHIO, TRE’ BOOKER, NADIA BROWN, ASHLEY BUFKIN, CASEY BUTLER, ERIN CHUPINSKY, REESE SEBASTIAN DIAZ, JAMYL DOBSON, SIMON GAGNON, LAURYN HAYES, NATHAN HOSNER, DANIELLE LEE JAMES, TORSTEN JOHNSON, KATHERINE LEASK, MACKENZIE LESSER-ROY, EVAN MALTBY, CHANTÉ ODOM, ELISE SOUTHWICK, AYLA STACKHOUSE, JENNIFER THIESSEN, TIMMY THOMPSON, RENÉ THORNTON JR., LARRY YANDO, LAUREN ZAKRIN

Movement Captain … Jennifer Thiessen
Assistant movement Captain … Simon Gagnon

Covers

Covers never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of appearance.

Craig Bowker, Jr.—RILEY BOCCHICCHIO, CASEY BUTLER
Polly Chapman—CHANTÉ ODOM, AYLA STACKHOUSE
Amos Diggory—NATHAN HOSNER, RENÉ THORNTON JR.
Cedric Diggory—RILEY BOCCHICCHIO, CASEY BUTLER
Delphi Diggory—MACKENZIE LESSER-ROY, LAUREN ZAKRIN
Albus Dumbledore—NATHAN HOSNER, RENÉ THORNTON JR.
Yann Fredericks—RILEY BOCCHICCHIO, CASEY BUTLER
Young Hermione—CHANTÉ ODOM, AYLA STACKHOUSE
Hermione Granger—ASHLEY BUFKIN, DANIELLE LEE JAMES
Rose Granger-Weasley—CHANTÉ ODOM, AYLA STACKHOUSE
Madam Hooch—DANIELLE LEE JAMES, AYLA STACKHOUSE, JENNIFER THIESSEN
Karl Jenkins—RILEY BOCCHICCHIO, CASEY BUTLER
Viktor Krum—RILEY BOCCHICCHIO, CASEY BUTLER
Draco Malfoy—SIMON GAGNON, TORSTEN JOHNSON
Scorpius Malfoy—DANNY BÓ, RILEY BOCCHICCHIO, TIMMY THOMPSON
Professor Mazoni—MARKCUS BLAIR, SIMON GAGNON, EVAN MALTBY
Professor McGonagall—ASHLEY BUFKIN, DANIELLE LEE JAMES
Moaning Myrtle—AYLA STACKHOUSE, LAUREN ZAKRIN
Albus Potter—JOSH BATES, CASEY BUTLER
Ginny Potter—DANIELLE LEE JAMES, LAUREN ZAKRIN
Harry Potter—TORSTEN JOHNSON, EVAN MALTBY
James Potter Jr.—RILEY BOCCHICCHIO, CASEY BUTLER
James Potter Sr.—RILEY BOCCHICCHIO, CASEY BUTLER
Lily Potter Sr.—AYLA STACKHOUSE, LAUREN ZAKRIN
Severus Snape—NATHAN HOSNER, RENÉ THORNTON JR.
Sorting Hat—MARKCUS BLAIR, SIMON GAGNON
Station Master—MARKCUS BLAIR, EVAN MALTBY
Trolley Witch—DANIELLE LEE JAMES, AYLA STACKHOUSE, JENNIFER THIESSEN
Dolores Umbridge—ASHLEY BUFKIN, DANIELLE LEE JAMES
Lord Voldemort—MARKCUS BLAIR, SIMON GAGNON, EVAN MALTBY
Ron Weasley—NATHAN HOSNER, EVAN MALTBY 

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will have one 20-minute intermission

JOSH BATES. Theater credits include Frankenstein and Amadeus (Cleveland Play House); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Alabama Shakespeare Festival). Training: B.F.A. Baylor; M.F.A. Case Western Reserve. Instagram: @joshbaetes.

MARKCUS BLAIR is extremely excited to make his national tour debut! Markcus is a proud graduate of Syracuse University, where he studied musical theater. He would like to thank his family and friends for being endlessly supportive! Huge shoutout to HCKR. @MarkcusBlair.

DANNY BÓ. National tour debut! Regional: Ride the Cyclone, The Great Comet of 1812, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. BWMT ’24. Infinite love and thanks to Mom, Dad, Waxie, The Sibbies, A&R and Carnahan casting. @dannybodelongaig.

RILEY BOCCHICCHIO. National tour debut…as a wizard! Training: Rider University ’25. For Mom. Love and thanks to family (Dad, Jenny and Reagan), friends, teachers/mentors, the lovely team at PMA, Carnahan Casting and, of course, his FairyGodMother. @rileybocchicchio. rileybocchicchio.com.

TRE’ BOOKER. National Tour debut! Off-Broadway: Blood/Love (Swing/Assistant Dance Captain). Regional: The Muny, Paper Mill Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, and J.W. Engeman. Former Carolina Panthers TopCat. Endless gratitude to his village. @artist.tre

NADIA BROWN she/her. Broadway: HPCC (Lyric Theatre). TV/Film: “Chicago Med” (NBC), “Law & Order” (NBC), “SUCCESSION” (HBO). Training: B.F.A. from Marymount Manhattan College and Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, U.K. Tik Tok and Instagram: @naughtya_or_nice.

ASHLEY BUFKIN is a Las Vegas native currently living in NYC. She thanks her reps, support system and the Harry Potter universe for making this possible. Dedicated to Marenda and Reggie Bufkin. TV: “And Just Like That.” “WeCrashed.” @bufkinsmuffins.

CASEY BUTLER. Broadway: Finding Neverland. National tour: Camelot. Regional: West Side Story, Newsies (Maltz Jupiter Theatre); On Golden Pond, Arcadia, Camelot (Palm Beach Dramaworks). TV: Paramount’s “1923” (featured dancer). Endless thanks to the fam, the homies and the Lord. @baseybutler.

ERIN CHUPINSKY (she/her). Ninth national tour! Credits: Cats (original/revival), Love Never Dies, A Chorus Line (CPITP), The Tempest (ASF), Chicago (Riverside). Western Michigan University, B.F.A. LAMDA (London). 34 marathons in 29 states, Yogi, Dog Mom. A gift to be here! @erinchupinsky.

REESE SEBASTIAN DIAZ. He/Him. Reese just finished originating the role of Michael Fitzhubert in Picnic at Hanging Rock Off-Broadway. Broadway: Dear Evan Hansen, Mary Poppins. National Tours: Dear Evan Hansen, Mary Poppins. TV: “Stumble”, “You”. Love to Mom, Dad, Valeria, and all friends and family. For Lola. @Reesesdiaz

NICK DILLENBURG. Broadway: The Real Thing. Off-Broadway: Mary Page Marlowe, Teenage Dick, Sleep No More. Select regional: The Guthrie, Chicago Shakespeare, Utah Shakespeare, Shakespeare Theatre (DC), Berkley Rep. Film: Fly Me to the Moon. Select TV: “Orange Is the New Black.” University of Connecticut.

JAMYL DOBSON. Broadway: HPCC; Select theater credits: One in Two (The New Group—Audelco Award); The Three Musketeers and Twelfth Night (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Washer/Dryer (Ma-Yi Theatre Co.); The Seven (NYTW); and Wig Out! (Studio Theatre). Film/TV: Bros, “Gotham,” “Manifest,” “The Path,” Wonder.

DAVID FINE. (he/him). Second year at Hogwarts on tour, after previously appearing in the ensemble. Education: B.A., UNC-Chapel Hill; LAMDA. Regional: PlayMakers Repertory Company, including Ragtime, She Loves Me and Tartuffe. With more gratitude than our word count permits. @davidjacksonfine.

SIMON GAGNON has been fortunate to have worked on many stages across Canada, including the Canadian production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Training: The National Theatre School of Canada. Big love to his family, agents T&M and Erica.

RYAN HALLAHAN comes from Chicago, where he’s appeared on stage at Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Writers Theatre, Goodman, Northlight, Indiana Repertory, Peninsula Players and Steep Theatre. Film: Pass Over (Spike Lee/Amazon), Working Man, Orpa. Television: “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire.”

MATT HARRINGTON. Broadway: Leopoldstadt, Mr. Wormwood in Matilda the Musical, Twelfth Night and Richard III (Shakespeare’s Globe), Harvey. Off-Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong. TV: “The Equalizer,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The Path,” “Instinct,” “Boardwalk Empire,” “Bored to Death,” “The Good Wife.” Training: M.F.A. NYU. @mattoverthere.

ABBI HAWK. Broadway and San Francisco: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Regional: Cymbeline, Julius Caesar, The Winter’s Tale, Arden of Faversham and many more as a resident company member of The American Shakespeare Center. Off-B’way: HERE Arts, The Queen’s Company.

LAURYN HAYES. She/her. Theater: HPCC (Broadway/First National), Hamlet (Shakespeare in the Park). Film: Murder Tapes (HBOMAX). Dance: La Traviata, Champion, X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X, and Tannhauser (Metropolitan Opera House). Print: Vogue España, U.S., and Italia, The New Yorker. Training: Marymount Manhattan College (BFA Dance, BA Business). @_laurynhayes.

NATHAN HOSNER. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (San Francisco), Peter and the Starcatcher (national tour). Nathan has performed extensively in Chicago, as well as regionally. His work includes four television shows and a feature film. Training: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

DANIELLE LEE JAMES. National tours: The Sound of Music, The Lightning Thief. Select regional/Off-Broadway: Barrington Stage Company, The York Theatre Company. TV: “Blue Bloods,” “Power Book III: Raising Kanan.” Love and thanks to Ma, Da, Pat, HKA and the entire HPCC team.

TORSTEN JOHNSON. Theater includes Second Stage, Acting Company, Guthrie, American Players Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Mixed Blood, Montana Shakespeare. Television includes “Succession,” “Dr. Death,” Hallmark’s “A Holiday Spectacular.” Training: UMN/Guthrie, Interlochen Arts Academy. Host of “When Crit Happens,” a D&D podcast.

KATHERINE LEASK. Umbridge, San Francisco HPCC company premiere cast. National tour, Edinburgh Festival: The Exonerated. Off-Broadway: The Right Kind of People, The Exonerated. Regional: Guthrie Theater, Arena Stage (Helen Hayes Award nominee), Old Globe, Long Wharf, Cincinnati Playhouse, Rep Theatre of St. Louis.

RACHEL LESLIE. HPCC (Broadway). Crow’s Theatre, The Public, Keen Company, Yale Rep., Arden Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse. TV: “FBI: MW,” “Billions,” “Law & Order,” “Difficult People,” “Unforgettable,” “Alpha House.” The Actor’s Center ensemble. President of EAG, providing emergency financial assistance to NYC performers. actorsguild.org.

MACKENZIE LESSER-ROY (she/her). Honored to be on the road with this extraordinary company. National tours: Once (Girl), Elf (Jovie). Select regional: Bucks County Playhouse, SpeakEasy Stage Company. TV: “Rise” (NBC). Training: The Boston Conservatory. “All my love to Mom, Dad and Skye.” @mackenzielesserroy.

EVAN MALTBY (he/him). Off-B’way: The Magnificent Seven, Our Man in Santiago, Only Human. NY/regional: The Cake, Rent, Assassins, Puffs, Kapow-i GoGo, Sweet Charity, Big River. Workshops: Playwrights Horizons, Two River Theater, Portland Stage Company. VO: “Pokémon,” “Yu-Gi-Oh!,” Audible, Netflix. @maltbysfalcon.

ADAM GRANT MORRISON. Training: B.M. music theater, Oklahoma City University. Adam is so grateful to everyone at Cursed Child, his hardworking team @tpgagency and his unbelievably supportive friends and family! Thank you to Sophie, Austin, Sierra and Mom. Much love. @adamgmorrison.

CHANTÉ ODOM. Trained at St. John’s University and AADA, this versatile performer is a cirque artist (contortionist, aerialist, pole), stunt performer, actor. Joined Harry Potter and the Cursed Child SF in 2021 after touring with Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom.

EMILY SCHULTHEIS. Select Theatre Credits: Broadway: Almost Famous (OBC); Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Moaning Myrtle). National/International Tours: Wicked (Elphaba Standby); Bat Out of Hell (Raven). Regional: The Drury Lane (Sandy in Grease); Almost Famous (The Old Globe). Training: Indiana University. @em_schultheis

ELISE SOUTHWICK. Cirque Dreams (by Cirque du Soleil), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (San Francisco), circus artist for Aida Cruise Lines. Training: New England Center for Circus Arts. @elise.southwick.

AYLA STACKHOUSE (she/her). Broadway: The Book of Mormon. Tour: MJ The Musical, The Book of Mormon, Motown The Musical. Regional: Star of Freedom (Ivoryton Playhouse). Training: AMDA NY. Other: “American Idol” Season 13, Shanghai Disney Resort MSA Tiana. @aylastackhouse.

JENNIFER THIESSEN is a proud Aussie! Fav credits: …Cursed Child (Mirvish), Beaches (Assist. Choreo, Theatre Calgary), Saturday Night Fever (national tour), West Side Story (Rainbow Stage), The Drowsy Chaperone (Drayton Ent), Masters of Illusion. Love to Brent and this entire team! @jenniferclarethiessen.

TIMMY THOMPSON is making his national tour debut at Hogwarts! B.F.A., University of Michigan. Regional: Cats, Ragtime, Beauty and the Beast (MT Wichita); Spring Awakening (Vanguard). Film: Mikey’s Army (dir. Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Outfest), Up on the Roof (writer-director, Chicago International Film Festival).

RENÉ THORNTON JR. (he/him) has performed professionally in all plays in Shakespeare’s Folio. Shakespeare Theater Co., Classical Theatre of Harlem, REP at UD, Utah Shakespeare Festival. 13 years and 118 productions at American Shakespeare Center. M.F.A., University of Delaware. B.F.A., University of Utah.

LARRY YANDO. Notable roles: Scar/The Lion King, Roy Cohn/Angels in America, 15 seasons as Scrooge/A Christmas Carol and King Lear. A five-time Jeff Award-winner, Sarah Siddons recipient, Lunt-Fontanne Fellow and the Wall Street Journal’s Performer of the Year.

LAUREN ZAKRIN. Broadway: Once Upon a One More Time, …Cursed Child, …Great Comet…, Rock of Ages. Off-Broadway: Romy and Michele, We Are the Tigers, Cruel Intentions. Tours: Wicked, Grease, Legally Blonde. San Fran: HPCC. Chicago/NZ: Lord of the Rings. @laurenzakrin.

J.K. ROWLING (Original Story) is the author of the enduringly popular, era-defining Harry Potter book series, as well as several stand-alone novels and a crime fiction series written under the pen name Robert Galbraith. The seven Harry Potter books were made into eight smash-hit movies, and have now sold over 600 million copies worldwide and been translated into 80 languages. She has also written companion volumes for charity, one of which was the inspiration for the Fantastic Beasts film series, and two books for younger children, The Ickabog and The Christmas Pig.

JACK THORNE (Original Story & Playwright). Plays include The Motive and The Cue, After Life, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, A Christmas Carol, Hope, When You Cure Me, and Let the Right One In. Television includes “Adolescence”; “Toxic Town”; “Best Interests”; “Help”; “His Dark Materials”; “National Treasure”; “This Is England” ’86, ’88 and ’90; “Don’t Take My Baby”; and “The Fades.” Films include Joy; Enola Holmes 1 and 2, The Swimmers, The Aeronauts, Wonder and The Scouting Book for Boys.

JOHN TIFFANY (Original Story and Director) studied theater and classics at Glasgow University and was a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard. He received Tony and Olivier awards for his work on Cursed Child. He directed Once at NYTW and on Broadway, for which he received a Tony Award. For the National Theatre of Scotland, his work includes Let the Right One In and Black Watch, for which he received an Olivier Award. He directed The Glass Menagerie at A.R.T. and Broadway.

STEVEN HOGGETT (Movement Director). Broadway and West End credits include HPCC, Sweeney Todd, A Beautiful Noise, Angels in America, The Crucible, The Last Ship, Once, The Curious Incident…; Wild Rose (Edinburgh Lyceum); Let the Right One In, Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland); Nye, The Ocean at the End of the Lane (National Theatre). As director: Hamlet: Hail to the Thief (Factory International/RSC), Burn (National Theatre of Scotland), Social! (Park Ave. Armory), Close to You (NYTW/West End).

CHRISTINE JONES (Set Designer) is a designer, director, and Artistic Director of Theatre for One. Designer: The Outsiders (with AMP—Tony nomination), HPCC (Tony and Olivier awards), American Idiot (Tony Award), Spring Awakening (Tony nomination). Opera: Rigoletto, La Traviata (Met). Director: Queen of the Night (Drama Desk Award); Social! with Steven Hoggett and David Byrne (Time Out Best Event 2021). 2015 Obie for Sustained Excellence in Set Design. Artist in Residence at The Park Avenue Armory, Adjunct Faculty at NYU. 

KATRINA LINDSAY (Costume Designer) is a scenic and costume designer working internationally in theater, opera, ballet and film. For HPCC, she won the Tony and Olivier awards for Best Costume Design. Select costume credits: Mean Girls, The Motive and the Cue (West End); The Lehman Trilogy (worldwide); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Broadway; 2008 Tony Award). Katrina is an associate at London’s National Theatre, where her many credits include set and costumes for Small Island, Mosquitoes and London Road.

IMOGEN HEAP (Composer and Arranger). Self-produced British recording artist of 30 years, releasing four solo albums and another as Frou Frou. A two-time Grammy winner, Heap has collaborated with Taylor Swift, Deadmau5, Jeff Beck and others. Music appears in TV, film and viral culture and is widely sampled. Beyond music, Heap pushes boundaries through tech, whether with her MiMU gloves for gestural performance or, more recently, in developing her digital accomplice, ai.Mogen, to help enhance creativity and work-life flow.

NEIL AUSTIN (Lighting Designer). Broadway: Tammy Faye (Palace); Leopoldstadt (Longacre); Company (Jacobs); Ink (Friedman); HPCC (Lyric); Travesties (American Airlines); Hughie, The Seafarer (Booth); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Rodgers); Evita (Marquis); Red (Golden); Hamlet (Broadhurst); Frost/Nixon (Jacobs). Other: Frankenstein (STC Washington); The Hunt, Julius Caesar (St Ann’s Warehouse); Macbeth (Park Avenue Armory); The Night Alive (Atlantic Theatre); Parade, Red (Mark Taper Forum); The Sunshine Boys (Ahmanson). Recipient of three Tonys, two Drama Desks, two Oliviers.

GARETH FRY (Sound Designer) trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He is the author of Sound Design for the Stage. Awards include an Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child; a Special Tony Award, Drama Desk, Helpmann and an Evening Standard Award for The Encounter (with co-designer Pete Malkin); an Olivier and Helpmann Award for Black Watch; a Olivier Award for Waves.

JAMIE HARRISON (Illusions & Magic). Recent credits: Flight commissioned by the Edinburgh International Festival; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on the West End; Tomorrow for Brighton Festival; The Wheel and Peter Pan for the National Theatre of Scotland; Dragon for the Edinburgh International Festival; A Christmas Carol and The Cherry Orchard for the Dundee Rep Theatre; A Conversation with Carmel for the Barrowland Ballet; and Pinocchio for the Royal Lyceum. Co-artistic director of the award-winning theater company Vox Motus.

MARTIN LOWE (Music Supervisor & Arranger). Martin Lowe’s theater credits include Once, Mamma Mia! (West End); Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, The Light Princess, War Horse, Jerry Springer the Opera and Caroline, or Change (all at the Royal National Theatre); Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival, Abba Voyage at the Abba Arena in London. Martin won a Tony, a Grammy and an Olivier award for his work on Once, and a Golden Reel Award for his work on Mamma Mia! The Movie.

JIM CARNAHAN, C.S.A. (Casting Director) has cast over 150 Broadway shows. Recent work includes Swept Away, Our Town, Doubt, Appropriate, Patriots, Shark Is Broken, A Doll’s House, Leopoldstadt, A Beautiful Noise, Funny Girl, New York New York, Lehman Trilogy, Moulin Rouge!, Harry Potter. Off-Broadway: The Doctor, Little Shop of Horrors, Medea, Apologia. Recent London includes Stranger Things: The First Shadow, An Enemy of the People, Plaza Suite, Lemons, Best of Enemies, Eureka Day, Mad House. Film: Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid.

ALEXANDRE BLEAU, C.S.A. (Casting Director).  Broadway: Swept Away, Appropriate, Shark Is Broken, A Doll’s House, Harry Potter, Lehman Trilogy, Moulin Rouge!, Plaza Suite, Betrayal, Burn This, Ferryman. San Francisco: Harry Potter, Swept Away. London: Plaza Suite (Savoy), Lemonsx5 (Harold Pinter), Eureka Day (Old Vic), Mad House (Ambassadors).

FINN ROSS (Video Designer) is a Olivier and Tony award-winning designer. Recent work: Hello, Dolly! (West End); Back to the Future (West End); Frozen (international); Mean Girls (Broadway); The Tempest (RSC); The Curious Incident… (Broadway/West End); American Psycho (Broadway and Almedia); Jagged Little Pill (A.R.T. Boston); Chimerica (Almeida and West End); The Death of Klinghoffer, The Damnation of Faust, The Magic Flute (ENO); Master and Margarita, All My Sons, Shunkin (Complicité); Hansel and Gretel, A Dog’s Heart, The Magic Flute (Netherlands Opera).

ASH J. WOODWARD (Video Designer). Harold Fry (CFT); Manhunt (Royal Court); Ballet Shoes, The Witches, Dear England, Hex (National Theatre); Patriots (Noël Coward/Broadway); Fangirls (Lyric Hammersmith); The Artist (Theatre Royal Plymouth); HPCC (worldwide); Local Hero (CFT); Famous Five the Musical (Theatr Clwyd); The 47th (The Old Vic); The Glass Menagerie (Duke of York’s); Can I Live (Complicité); The Beauty Parade (Wales Millennium Centre); Armadillo (The Yard); Molly (Squint Theatre). Other design work for live music, exhibitions and art installations.

CAROLE HANCOCK (Hair, Wigs, & Makeup). Select theater: Country Girls, One Love, …Virginia Woolf?, Hamlet, A Christmas Carol, Women on the Verge…, Mojo, wonder.land, Anything Goes, Pygmalion, Much Ado…, Six Degrees…, The Low Road, In Basildon, Chicken Soup and Barley, Paperdolls, The Most Incredible Thing. Associate Hair and Make-up Designer for The Lion King international productions. Fashion: Jasper Conran, Autumn 2008. Film/TV: War Horse, Batman, The Dark Knight Rises, Snow White and the Huntsman, Thor, Captain America and “Game of Thrones.”

DES KENNEDY (International Associate Director). Artistic Director of the Everyman Theatre in Cork. Credits include Good Vibrations (Irish Arts Center New York); Piaf (Gate Dublin); Teenage Kicks (Derry); How the World Began (Out of Joint); Prophet of Monto (Flea); Dying City (Rough Magic); Woman and Scarecrow and Scenes From The Big Picture (Solas Nua). Film: The Girl at the Window (BBC).

COLETTE ROBERT (Associate Director) is a director and playwright from Los Angeles, based in New York. Credits include the world premieres of Stargazers, The Cotillion, Stew and Behind the Sheet, as well as the first NYC revival of Crumbs from the Table of Joy.

NUNO SILVA (International Associate Movement Director) is an original cast member of the original London production. He played the role of Bane. Credits include A Darker Shade of Fado (Director), Ragtime, Aida, Tannhäuser (Assistant Movement Director) and the roles of Audrey II, Bernardo, EmmCee (Performer).

CHELSEY ARCE (Associate Movement Director). Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (associate movement director), Sweeney Todd (associate choreographer). Select credits: Henry VI (choreographer), Wanted (choreographer), Bartleby Fiasco workshop (choreographer), Gun & Powder (associate choreographer), Paramour, ’Twas… (assistant director/choreographer; Cirque du Soleil).“GNTM” (associate choreographer).  

BRETT J. BANAKIS (International Scenic Supervision) is a theater, opera, film and environments designer based in Brooklyn, NY. Brett and Christine Jones are co-founders of AMP Scenography, a design collective created to amplify emerging and underrepresented designers by engaging in equitable collaborations. Broadway: The Outsiders (as AMP, Tony nom.), John Proctor Is the Villain (as AMP), The Notebook, The Cher Show. NYU Tisch Faculty. brettjbanakis.com. @brettjbanakis.

SABINE LEMAÎTRE (International Costume Design Associate). Credits include Mean Girls (West End); Hamlet (with Benedict Cumberbatch, Barbican); Hex, Mosquitoes, wonder.land, Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Royal National Theatre); Wendy & Peter Pan, Much Ado About Nothing (Royal Shakespeare Company); Porgy & Bess (Regent’s Park Theatre); Chroma, Infra (Royal Ballet); Terry Gilliam’s Damnation of Faust (English National Opera); La Traviata (Royal Opera House). Editorial work includes U.S. Vogue.

NICK SOLYOM (International Associate Lighting Designer). Recent lighting designs: Take the Lead (co-design with Justin Townsend), The Hollow, Westerly Breath, Imaginary Comforts, The Christians and The Prince of Players. Recent associate lighting designs: Death Becomes Her, The Outsiders, Moulin Rouge! and The Music Man. Nick is originally from Los Angeles and lives in New York City. solyomdesign.com.

PETE MALKIN (International Associate Sound Designer). The Encounter (co-designed with Gareth Fry)—winner of Special Tony, Drama Desk, Evening Standard and Helpman awards for Sound Design; Othello and Death of England Trilogy (National Theatre); Robin/Red/Breast (Factory International); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (RSC); The Time Traveller’s Wife (West End); The Chairs and Otherland (Almeida). The 2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremony with Gareth Fry.

CHRIS FISHER (International Illusions & Magic Associate). Recent Broadway: Stranger Things—The First Shadow (for which Chris received a special Tony Award), Back to the Future, Company, Angels in America. West End: Dr Strangelove; Ballet Shoes; The Time Traveller’s Wife; Back to the Future; 2:22 A Ghost Story; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; Company. UK: Paranormal Activity, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. 

MIRIAM KELLEHER (Associate Costume Designer). NYC and Ireland-based, designing for both theater and film. Short films: Metanoia, Resignation, Xenos. Feature: Empire of Dirt. Theater: Corruption (Signature), The Unbelieving (59E59), SOMS (Samuel Beckett Theatre). Broadway: Gutenberg, Camelot, Jagged Little Pill and the Tony-winning The Ferryman.

WILL PICKENS (Associate Sound Designer). Broadway: Good Night, and Good Luck (Winter Garden); Gypsy (Majestic); Appropriate (Belasco/Hayes); Cabaret (August Wilson); HPCC (Lyric). Off-Broadway: Here We Are (The Shed), A Raisin in the Sun (The Public). Proud Member of USA 829 and TSDCA. willpickens.com.

SKYLAR FOX (Illusions & Magic Associate). Obie Award-winning director, writer and designer, and the co-artistic director of Nightdrive. Broadway designs: Once Upon A Mattress, Fat Ham; associate designer for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Back to the Future and A Beautiful Noise. skylarfox.com.
nightdrive.org.

GARY BEESTONE (International Technical Director). Founder of Gary Beestone Associates. GBA is the production company behind some of the best theatrical productions in the world. Project Director for Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club and International Technical Director for Stranger Things: The First Shadow and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Gary was recently Technical Director for and Producer of the CWG Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS (Production Management) is proud to be a part of this Tony Award-winning production. JSP was formed in 1998 and has managed more than 120 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national tours. Other select Tony Award-winning productions include The Outsiders, Stereophonic, Kimberly Akimbo, Parade, Topdog/Underdog, A Strange Loop, Moulin Rouge!, The Band’s Visit, Come From Away, Fun Home, Memphis, Grey Gardens and The Producers. juniperstreet.com. 

ROLT SMITH (Production Supervisor). 25+ years on Broadway, including HPCC (plus San Francisco and Toronto), Stranger Things—The First Shadow, Kinky Boots, Fish in the Dark, Bullets Over Broadway and The Nance. City Center’s Encores!: On the Town, Stairway to Paradise, Face the Music. Lincoln Center Theater: South Pacific, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. First national tour: The Producers.

KATE McDONIEL (Production Stage Manager) is pleased to be back on the Hogwarts Express! Kate also stage managed the San Francisco production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Other notable projects include the first national tours of Moulin Rouge!, Disney’s Aladdin and Kinky Boots; Our Town at Barrow Street Theatre in NYC; and over 40 productions with the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta.

BRAE SINGLETON (Stage Manager). Broadway: Allegiance, The Cripple of Inishmaan. Tour: Frozen (first nat.), Aladdin (first nat.), Something Rotten! (first nat.), Newsies, A Christmas Story. Off-Broadway: The Ruins of Civilization, Tales from Red Vienna (MTC). Regional: Romeo and Juliet, Private Lives (Hartford Stage); Crowns (The Goodman).

BARI JAMES BELLARD (Assistant Stage Manager) (he/him). National tours: The Lion King, Aladdin, Cats, The Color Purple. Regional: Eclipsed; All The Way; A Doll’s House, Part 2; The Wolves (Southern Rep). B.A., Loyola University New Orleans. “Love to my family and friends! Live your dream!”

WENDY BLACKBURN EASTLAND (Assistant Stage Manager). Credits include the Arden Theatre Company, People’s Light, Dallas Theater Center, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Trinity Rep and American Players Theatre. Tours: Hamilton Angelica Tour (Stage Manager), sub stage manager on Wicked Munchkinland Tour. “Love ya too, sweets!”

LISA ANN CHERNOFF (Assistant Stage Manager). Broadway: Once Upon a One More Time, The Great Society, My Fair Lady, Oslo, The King and I, Bridges of Madison County, Golden Boy, Catch Me If You Can, Women on the Verge…, Ragtime, Shrek. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, San Francisco. 

BESPOKE THEATRICALS (General Manager). Partners Amy Jacobs, Devin Keudell, David Roth and Danielle Saks manage Broadway musicals, plays and tours. Current productions: Mamma Mia!, MJ, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Stranger Things: The First Shadow and Back to the Future: The Musical. General managers in the firm include Kate Egan, Matty Cogliano and Michael Demniak.

SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS (SFP) (Producer) is an international production company responsible for some of the most successful theater productions around the world. SFP has developed, initiated and produced over 200 new productions and has won 63 Olivier Awards, 39 Tonys and three BAFTAs. Current and forthcoming productions include Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (global); The Book of Mormon (West End, U.K. and international tour); Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a co-production with Netflix (West End). Visit soniafriedman.com for full details.

COLIN CALLENDER (Producer). Broadway: Nora Ephron’s Lucky Guy, Harvey Fierstein’s Casa Valentina and Tony winners Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Dear Evan Hansen. Television: the Emmy-winning adaptation of the RSC’s “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby,” Golden Globe and BAFTA-winning miniseries “Wolf Hall” and the acclaimed recent adaptation of James Herriot’s “All Creatures Great & Small.” Received a knighthood in 2016 for services to British film, theater and television in the U.S. playgroundentertainment.com.

HARRY POTTER THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS LTD (Producer) was founded by J.K. Rowling and Neil Blair in 2013 to develop and produce the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany. The team from Harry Potter Theatrical Productions Ltd has worked closely with Sonia Friedman Productions and Colin Callender’s Playground to produce the play, and also in controlling the international rights for the production.

NEIL BLAIR (Producer) is J.K. Rowling’s agent, chairman of Pottermore and co-founder of entertainment agency, The Blair Partnership. With over 25 years of collaboration, Neil’s been integral in managing J.K. Rowling’s literary, entertainment and brand endeavours. Previously, Neil served as VP and Head of Business Affairs, Europe at Warner Bros. Neil co-produced Harry Potter and the Cursed Child through Harry Potter Theatrical Productions and for many years chaired Lumos, J.K. Rowling’s international children’s charity. Additionally, Neil chairs Brontë Film and TV, J.K. Rowling’s production company, overseeing projects such as Robert Galbraith’s Strike series and The Casual Vacancy.

Opening Night: September 26, 2024 

STAFF FOR
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD

SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS

Sonia Friedman
Diane Benjamin
Anya Winful
Molly Reisman
Caoimhin Callan
Charlotte Tooke

PLAYGROUND

Colin Callender
Associate Producer … Daniel Unitas

THE BLAIR PARTNERSHIP

Partner … Neil Blair
Group Managing Director … Jenny Phillips
Harry Potter Managing Director … Kiran Jeffery
Group Director of PR and Communications … Clara Nelson
Director of Creative Development … Ross Fraser
Head of Marketing … Katie Munro

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD GLOBAL

Thomas Swayne
Maximillian Bittleston
Shannon Kingett
Madison Lymer

U.S. GENERAL MANAGEMENT

BESPOKE THEATRICALS
Amy Jacobs
Devin Keudell 
David Roth
Danielle Saks
Associate General Manager … A.J. Orth

COMPANY MANAGER

Susan Brumley
Associate Company Manager … Michael Rudd

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT

JUNIPER STREET PRODUCTIONS
Hillary Blanken
Guy Kwan
Victoria Bullard 
Carolyn Bonaccorsi
Ana Rose Greene
Ross Leonard
Sadie Alisa
Hannah Wilson
Abby Filliagi 
Christopher Childs
Burkett Horrigan
Laura Zamsky

Marketing and Communications

Laura Matalon
John Gilmour
Gabriella Godínez

Tour Booking Agency

The Booking Group
Meredith Blair
Kara Gebhart
Laura Kolarik
Stephanie Ditman
thebookinggroup.com

CASTING

JIM CARNAHAN CASTING
Jim Carnahan, CSA
Alexandre Bleau, CSA

RESIDENT VOICE & DIALECT COACH

Lisa Anne Porter 

INSIGHT TIX

Tony Lance
Olivia Baddeley
Gregory Lipson
Mady Johnston

CREDITS

Scenic Construction by Daedalus Design and Production Inc. Global Scenic Services, Inc. Scenic Construction, Show Control and Scenic Motion Control by PRG Scenic Technologies. Additional Scenic Construction by Silicon Theatre Scenery. Performer Flying by Flying by Foy. Lighting Equipment by Christie Lites. Sound Equipment by Masque Sound. Props Construction by Brenbri Properties, Joe Cairo, Daedalus, Prop and Paint Creative Studios, R. Ramos Upholstery, Rob McFadyen, Tanya Seeman, Souvenir Scenic Studios, Christopher Sakamoto Kavanah, J.P. Carrier, Turning Star, Black Paint Productions, Mary Halliday, IWEISS, and MoreGood Productions. Projection Equipment by 4Wall Entertainment, Inc. Illusions/Special Effects by Image Engineering, ART FX 23, Aaron Merriman, Aelish Fisher, Artem Ltd, Dave Treanor, Folkstone 3D Printing, Howard Eaton Lighting Ltd, Lamp and Pencil Ltd, Light Initiative Ltd, Luminous Show Technologies Ltd, Paradigm Effect Ltd, Q1 Lighting and scenic Inc, Thorsten Griese-Franck. Costume Construction by Arel Studio, Inc., Amanda Brennan, Mark Costello, Karen Crichton Ltd, Mandy Dorrington , Emma Jealouse Costumes, Sasha Keir Ltd, Donna Langman, Kat Ramshaw, Phil Reynolds Costumes, Karen Sharp Costume, Timberlake Studios, Hilary Wili, Eric Winterling Inc, Shana Albery, Artur & Tailors Ltd, Colin Davis Jones Studios, Gill & Parkinson Costumes, Top Hat Imagewear, Tricorne, Inc, Giliberto Designs. U.K. Knitting by Jessye Boulton, Gina Pinnick, Heroic Knitters Ltd, Hilary Sleiman Knitting. U.K. Costume Props by LC Props & FX Ltd, Robert Allsopp @ RAProps Ltd. U.K. Millinery by Liz Crossman Millinery, Simon Dawes, Albertus Swanepoel. U.S. Millinery by Arnold S. Levine Inc. U.K. Footwear by Theatre Shoes Ltd (Gamba), Schuh Heigl GmbH, Natacha Marro Shoes, Australian Footwear, Steppin’ Out. U.K. Dye, Screen/Digital Printing and Textile Effects by Schultz & Wiremu Textile Effects Ltd, Nicola Kileen Textile Effects Ltd, Hochi Asiatico Studios, Hatley Digital Print Ltd). U.S. Paint/Dye by Hochi. U.K. Leatherwork & Gloves by The Belt Studio Ltd, Cornelia James. U.K Costume Admin by Event Support UK Ltd. 

SPECIAL THANKS

The Stage Managers and Crew of the Broadway Production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Conner Wilson, Deirdre Murphy and Grace Murray, and the Staff at GBA.

Thank you to our Generous Broadway Sponsors

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