Nicole Kidman

MARLA MINDELLE earned the Lucille Lortel Award and Obie Award for her performance as Céline Dion in the hit musical Titanique, which she also co-wrote; the show later won an Olivier Award for its West End run. Broadway credits includeSister Act (Outer Critics Circle nomination), Cinderella, and South Pacific. Off-Broadway, she co-created and starred inThe Big Gay Jamboree. On screen, Marla appears as Olivia in the Emmy-nominated Netflix series “Special” and recently filmed the feature I Play Rocky.

Cate Blanchett

JOSH SHARP is a New York-based actor, writer and comedian. He recently concluded the off-Broadway run of his solo show Josh Sharp: ta-da! He is one of the stars, writers and executive producers of a24's Dicks: The Musical. He directed Michael Cruz Kayne's Sorry For Your Loss at the Minetta Lane Theater. He has also appeared in The Opposition With Jordan Klepper (Comedy Central), Search Party (HBO), At Home With Amy Sedaris(TruTV), Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas? (Showtime), 2 Dope Queens (HBO) and The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show (Netflix).

RENÉE ALBULARIO is delighted to help deck the halls of A Kidman Carol. Originally from California, now firmly a New York actor/director, she’s been busy on Broadway as assistant director (Just in Time), assistant choreographer (Here Lies Love), and a singing dancing human in David Byrne’sAmerican Utopia. Other favorites: City Center’s The Wild Party, JRB’s The Connector,Reefer Madness, and the Untitled B52s Project. Regional credits include Seattle Rep, Weston Playhouse, NCT, and Ogunquit. On screen, you may have spotted her on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” “One Life to Live,” MTV, or Ricki & the Flash. Huge Kevin Zak fan. Proud NYU/Tisch grad. @rennie11

ROBI HAGER Broadway:Spring Awakening, How to Succeed…, Bye Bye Birdie and Doctor Zhivago. Tour and Regional: Spring Awakening, Fun Home, Jonathan in tick, tick…Boom!Night Side Songs, and others. As a composer, his musical Little Duende was accepted at the O’Neill Center for their ‘21 NMTC, ‘21 NAMT festival, Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat, and Lortel 121 project. His other musicalSiluetas was also accepted the following year at O’Neill Center’s 2022 NMTC and received a world premiere production in Philadelphia June ‘24. @robihager

PHILLIP TARATULA’s credits include Broadway’s The Skin of Our Teeth (LCT) and Off-Broadway’s Ginger Twinsies (The Orpheum), The Beastiary (Ars Nova), and Becomes a Woman (Mint Theater Co.). He has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, New Victory, and regionally at Barrington Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and others. Film/TV: Almost Love, And Just Like That, Dr. Death, FBI, High Maintenance. National tour: What the Constitution Means to Me. BFA, Boston University.

Writer & Director

KEVIN ZAK is the writer and director of the Off-Broadway comedy Ginger Twinsies. He is also recently provided additional material for Rob Lake Magic with Special Guests The Muppets on Broadway. He’s been involved either as an actor or creative on such productions as Death Becomes Her, Waitress, Clinton the Musical (Lucille Lortel Nom.), and Silence! The Musical (Off-Bway and 2024 UK production). He is also writing the book for the musical adaptation of The NY Times best-selling memoirRunning With Scissors, by Augusten Burroughs. Currently, Kevin is developing television pilots with Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells, Victor Quinaz, and Tim Federle. @kevinjzak

Costume Design

Credits include: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego 2026 (Metropolitan Opera), Ginger Twinsies, Real Women Have Curves, The Tempest (Shakespeare in the Park),  Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, The Jungle Book (Drosenorberg Sweden) and RuPaul's Drag Race. 2025 TDF Young Ascending Artist. Emmy nominated ACD on Marvel's "Moon Knight.” @wilberthgonzalez

Wig Design

Broadway: Real Women Have Curves, Yellowface. Designs include Atlantic Theater Company, The Public Theater, MCC, WTF,  Signature, Lincoln Center, A.R.T., Paper Mill, Yale Rep, Arena Stage, and NY Philharmonic. Opera: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis (2023–2026).

BFA: Webster Conservatory. thewigassociates.com

Lighting Design

MATT LAZARUS (Lighting Design) is based in New York City. He’s especially proud of his work on Beaux Church (Are Nova), I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire (Watermark Productions, the cell), and Tracks (59e59). See more of his work at MattLazarusDesign.com or @LazMattarus

Stage Manager

Broadway: Here Lies Love (also Public Theater; consultant at National Theatre - London). Off-Broadway:Prince Faggot(Studio Seaview & Playwrights Horizons/Soho Rep); Little Shop of Horrors (current revival); 9 premieres at Playwrights Horizons; Pretty Filthy (Civilians); Hundred Days, Mary Jane (NYTW).  Regional: The Bedwetter (Arena Stage); Barrington Stage. @rye.gohsman

Deck Stage Manager

Gracie Carleton B’Way: English. Off-B: The Comedy Series, Five Models in Ruins, 1981 (LCT3); Ginger Twinsies (Baseline); Little Shop of Horrors (Westside Theatre); The Beastiary (Ars Nova); The Cotillion (New Georges/The Movement Theatre Company). Regional: ¡VOS!, Hair (Two River Theater); Curse of the House of Atreus (Bread Loaf, VT).

General Manager

The Unknown starring Sean Hayes, A Kidman Carol, We Shall Someday, Parade (2022 Broadway revival and 2025 national tour), Into the Woods(2022 Broadway revival and 2023 national tour),Job (2025 Broadway and Off Broadway), How to Dance in Ohio (Broadway), A Christmas Carol (Broadway, 2021 LA national tour and San Francisco sit-down), Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes starring Hugh Jackman (Audible Theater, 2025), Creditors starring Liev Schreiber (Audible Theater, 2025), The Jimmy Awards(2022-2025), Curtain Up! (2021-2022), and Trisha Paytas on Broadway (2025).

BENSON DRIVE PRODUCTIONS is a New York-based production company developing projects from the mind of George Strus (they/them), who grew up on Benson Drive dreaming of making theatre. BDP recently produced TRISHA PAYTAS’ BIG BROADWAY DREAM starring Trisha Paytas, Sutton Foster, Ben Platt, Joy Woods, and Rachel Zegler, raising over $150,000 for the Entertainment Community Fund. Additionally, BDP produced a reading of Mathilde Dratwa’s A PLAY ABOUT DAVID MAMET WRITING A PLAY ABOUT HARVEY WEINSTEIN directed by Leslye Headland and starring Abbi Jacobson, Billy Eichner, and Helené Yorke, raising over $15,000 for NYCLU. Upcoming projects include Amber Ruffin’s BIGFOOT (premiering off-Broadway in February 2026), a.k. payne’s FURLOUGH’S PARADISE, a musical adaptation of THE DANISH GIRL, Neil Simon’s RUMORS and over 20 projects in various stages of development. Strus' independent co-producing credits include Stephen Sondheim’s HERE WE ARE (off-Broadway), ILLINOISE (Tony nomination), OH MARY! (Tony nomination), ROMEO + JULIET (Tony nomination), EVITA (West End), and the upcoming CATS: THE JELLICLE BALL (Broadway), PROOF (Broadway), and END OF THE RAINBOW starring Jinkx Monsoon (UK). Strus also founded the Obie Award-winning Breaking the Binary Theatre, was a 2024 recipient of the prestigious Prince Fellowship, is a proud member of the 2025 Shubert Organization Artistic Circle, and was recently inducted into the Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2026 in Hollywood and Entertainment.