CHARLES NEWELL (Director/Artistic Director) has been Artistic Director of Court Theatre since 1994, where he has directed over 20 productions. He made his Chicago directorial debut in 1993 with The Triumph of Love, which won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Production. Directorial credits at Court include The Romance Cycle, James Joyce’s "The Dead," Hamlet, Piano, The Invention of Love, The Little Foxes, The Cherry Orchard, Nora, Misanthrope, and Travesties. Mr. Newell has also directed at the Guthrie Theatre (Resident Director: The History Cycle, Cymbeline), Arena Stage, John Houseman’s The Acting Company (Staff Repertory Director), the California and Alabama Shakespeare Festivals, Juilliard, and New York University; he is the recipient of the 1992 TCG Alan Schneider Director Award and is a multiple Jeff Award Recipient/Nominee. He sits on the Board of Directors of Theatre Communications Group and has served on several panels for the National Endowment for the Arts. He made his directorial debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago this fall with Marc Blitzstein’s Regina.

DOUG PECK (Music Director) is delighted to continue his relationship with Charlie Newell and Court Theatre, having music directed James Joyce’s “The Dead” (2003). Other music direction credits include The Last Five Years (Syndicate Productions), Into the Woods (Triton College), This Just In: The Waa-Mu Show 2003 (Northwestern University), and two summers as Music Director of the Wagon Wheel Theatre, with favorites like Phantom, Titanic, and Hello, Dolly! Peck is a Northwestern graduate, and also works as a vocal coach for theatre and opera singers.

TAMMY MADER (Choreographer) includes among her Chicagoland credits: Kiss Me Kate (Jeff Nomination), Anything Goes (Jeff Nomination), and My One And Only (Jeff Award) for Drury Lane Theater Oakbrook and Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? for Drury Lane Evergreen Park. Regional credits include Singin’ In The Rain, Grand Hotel, 42nd St., Pump Boys And Dinettes, Meet Me In St. Louis, and Swingin’ On A Star: The Johnny Burke Musical for Theater at the Center in Munster, Indiana. She also teaches dance in the theater department at Columbia College.

DEBORAH WOLFSON (Assistant Director) is thrilled to work on Guys and Dolls. Previously, she assistant directed JoAnne Akalaitis’s Phèdre at Court and worked on Tina Landau’s Beauty at the La Jolla Playhouse. She will be graduating from the University of Chicago in June, having spent four years studying art, film, and theater. Deborah would like to thank her family for being great and Charlie for such an amazing experience.