Colin Escott was born in England and currently lives near Nashville, Tennessee. He co-wrote Million Dollar Quartet.

Tasha Spear is a New York based theatre maker who holds a BA in Critical Theory & Social Justice from Occidental College and an MFA in Theatre Directing from the University of Essex. Some previous credits include: Grímnismál (Director- Command Fringe Festival), Miss Julie (Director- Thunder Bay Theatre), Who’s on Zoom? (Director- Lake Placid Center for the Arts), Grease (Assistant Director- Marriott Theatre Lincolnshire), Cabaret (Assistant Director- East 15) and Polyphemus (Director- Stagebrush Theatre).

Tasha Spear (Associate Director) is thrilled to be back working on Million Dollar Quartet Christmas. She was a part of the World Premiere team last year, as well. Tasha is a New York based director and choreographer. She holds a BA in Critical Theory & Social Justice and an MFA in Theatre Directing. Some credits include Death Deadlines (Director), Miss Julie (Director), Grímnismál (Or, the Magpie Play) (Director), Polyphemus (Director and Co-Developer), Grease (Assistant Director), Cabaret (Assistant Director), and Footloose (Choreographer).

Scott Weinstein is an award-winning Director and Writer based in New York City. His work as a director has been seen at major regional theaters around the country and he recently won the Joseph Jefferson award for his Actor-Musician, chamber style re-conception of Ragtime with Griffin Theatre, where he is an ensemble member. Scott was the Associate and Resident Director for the Broadway National Tour, Las Vegas and Chicago productions of the hit musical Million Dollar Quartet. He has developed new work at the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, Pittsburgh CLO, The American Music Theatre Project, The Marriott Theatre, Route 66 Theatre, The Rev, Norwegian Creative Studios and others. Graduate of Northwestern University and proud member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. He is represented by William Morris Endeavor.

Chuck Mead is best known for being one of the founding members of three time Grammy nominated, Country Music Association Award winning country music group BR5-49. Between 1996 and 2005 the band released seven successful records before disbanding. In 2006 he started work as Music Supervisor/Director of the Tony Award winning Broadway musical “Million Dollar Quartet.” A member of the original creative team, he shaped the music for the Chicago, Broadway, West End, Las Vegas, and National Tour productions of MDQ all the while touring the world with his band and releasing four critically acclaimed solo albums. In 2017, Mead oversaw the music for the CMT television series “Sun Records” and in 2021 worked as Music Supervisor for the upcoming feature film “Neon Highway.”

Jonny Baird is excited to be a part of the Million Dollar Quartet family as the associate music director and co-music arranger.  For the past 5 years he has been Music Supervisor for Norwegian Cruise Line. Shows includes Million Dollar Quartet, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, After Midnight, Winelovers the Musical. Broadway: Annie Revival. Tours: Bring It On, Sister Act. Jonny also orchestrates and arranges music throughout New York City.  He was an orchestrator for the Virginia Symphony.  Favorite shows he has music directed: Jersey Boys, Ragtime, Bat Boy, The Who’s Tommy, Les Miserables, Double Threat Trio.  He holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theatre at Shenandoah Conservatory.  He would like to thank everyone at the Phoenix Theatre Company and Madison Wells Live for having him. He’d also like to thank his family and friends for the countless support.

Diego is a musician, sound engineer and music producer, with only 10 years of experience, he has worked in music and entertainment industry, producing and designing audio content for commercial brands like: Coca Cola, Pepsi, Toyota, Chevrolet and more. As sound engineer he works for Norwegian Cruise Lines doing the engineering of their new builds, he has worked as associated sound designer and production audio for Jersey Boys onboard Norwegian Bliss and Kinky Boots onboard Norwegian Encore. Diego is currently working as head of sound for the new cruise ship Norwegian PR1MA which will have several productions including SUMMER The Donna Summer musical.

Izumi Inaba is so excited to be working on this production with Scott after such a long wait! She is originally from Tokyo, Japan, and now based in Chicago, where she has designed over a couple hundred projects. In recent years, she also enjoys working on regional productions that she gets to collaborate with new artists. In 2019, she was chosen to exhibit at Prague Quadrennial as one of the featured designers of the United States. Upcoming projects include Dishwasher Dreams at Writers Theatre and Nightwatch at Goodman Theatre.

dots is a design collective based in New York City specializing in designing environments for narratives, experiences and performances. Hailing from Colombia, South Africa and Japan, we are Santiago Orjuela-Laverde, Andrew Moerdyk&Kimie Nishikawa. We approach every project with diversity of thought and burning curiosity and, above all, we believe in the value of the whole being greater than the sum of its individual parts.

Broadway- Thoughts of a Colored Man. National Tour: Juke Box Hero, A Night with Janis Joplin, Vocalocity and The Little Prince. Various productions for Cirque du Soleil, Norwegian Cruise Line, Tokyo Disney Sea, New York City Opera, Paper Mill Playhouse, Walnut Street Theatre, Drury Lane- Chicago (2019 Jeff Nomination), TUTS, Baltimore Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, North Carolina Theatre, Bucks County Playhouse, Signature Theatre DC, Laguna Playhouse, New Victory Theatre, Lincoln Center Festival, Capital Repertory Theatre and Bristol Riverside Theatre (2016 Barrymore Award). Associate Lighting Designer for over 25 Broadway productions, currently: Aint’ too Proud, Come from Away, and Hamilton. O’Gara graduated from NCSA.

Ryan J. Stofa is New York based Lighting Designer, but his hometown is Newark, DE! His recent credits include: Lighting Design: Till it Stops, Culture Lab BIC; This is About My Mother, New York Winterfest; The Gifts of the Magi, The Walnut Street Theatre. Associate Lighting Design: Blippi Live! National Tour; The Fre, The Flea Theater. Ryan is a graduate of The University of the Arts with a BFA in Theatre Design & Technology. He would like to thank his Mother, Father, and fiancé, Cara, for their endless support. Thanks again to OG and HB.

Kat C. Zhou is a lighting designer for theatre, dance, and opera, currently based in New York City. Her designs have been seen at the American Modern Opera Company, Company ONE, Speakeasy Stage, the Greater Boston Stage Company, and the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre. She is also the inaugural recipient of the Howell Binkley Fellowship (2021). Formerly, she served as the artist-in-residence at the Signet Society (2018-2020), and was the president/managing director of the Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert & Sullivan Players (2013-2017). She holds an MFA in lighting design from Boston University and an AB in mathematics from Harvard College.

Jonah Camiel is a New York City based Moving Light Programmer from Boston, MA. Broadway: Thoughts of a Colored Man, King Lear, True West. Off-Broadway: Cambodian Rock Band, Octet, Twelfth Night, Miss You Like Hell, Kings. Regional: The Sound of Music (Asolo Rep), Next to Normal (Bristol Riverside), What the Constitution Means to Me (The Kennedy Center), Show Boat (Shubert Theatre Boston). Cruise Lines: Virgin Voyages & Norwegian Cruise Lines.

Ashton Michael Corey has worked extensively as a lighting and sound designer in NYC and Arizona for the last decade and is thrilled to be back at it. Recent sound design and associate/production audio credits include Come Back Once More (NYC), Medicine The Musical (Off-Broadway), The Vanity (Off-Broadway), Tick, Tick… BOOM! (Off-Broadway Revival), and Soundtrack 63 (Concert). Amidst a busy freelance schedule, Ashton also served as an audio supervisor at Lincoln Center before returning to Arizona last year. He is thrilled to be back at Phoenix Theatre and is grateful for the dedicated audiences who are helping theatre return.

NYC: Project Theater, Fallen Swallow/Laughing Pigeon, The Juilliard School & Playwright Horizons. Regionally: Adventure Theatre, Round House Theatre, Kennedy Center Family Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Ford’s Theatre, Folger Theatre, Signature Theatre, Muhlenberg Summer Musical Theatre, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, Town Hall Arts Center, Vintage Theatre, Lincoln Community Playhouse, Childsplay, Arizona Broadway Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company & The Phoenix Theatre Company. He also presented Dead Man’s Cell Phone as part of the World Stage Design exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan. Douglas is a member of the United Scenic Artists local 829. MFA – University of Maryland, College Park.

Hannah Davis is a freelance costume coordinator and wardrobe supervisor who lives in Northern Maine with their partner Bryant and pup Presley, The Production Pup. Most recently Hannah was the Costume Shop Manager at The Barnstormers and The Arkansas Repertory Theatre. Hannah's other theatre credits include We Are The Tigers (off Broadway), A Charlie Brown Christmas, Live on Stage, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. Hannah dedicated this performance and every performance here on out to Jim. Thanks for putting a paintbrush in my hand. Much love to Bryant and Presley who continue to welcome me home with open arms and puppy kisses.

Jasmin is thrilled to join the World Premiere of Million Dollar Quartet Christmas, the national tour! Jasmin is a Professional Stage Manager & Events Manager with a career that spans many genres including Regional Theatre, Theme Park, Cruise Ships, Cirque, Aerial and Opera. At, thirteen Jasmin wanted to Tap Dance & Act but while performing in her first professional theatrical production, she was more interested in what was happening offstage than on it. Jasmin holds her BFA in Stage Management with a minor in Hospitality Management from the University of Central Florida.  For the past nine years, Jasmin worked as a Production Stage Manager for Norwegian Cruise Line; traveling around the world to over 100 countries. Favorite show credits onboard include: Million Dollar Quartet, After Midnight, Legally Blonde, Burn the Floor and Le Cirque Bijou. Prior to Cruise Ships Jasmin stage managed for over 10 years, with various theatres and productions all over the world. She is skilled in management of Trade Shows, Large-Scale Events, Dance, Theatre and Festivals. Some of her past stage management credits include Playhouse on the Square, Circuit Playhouse, Dallas Theatre Center, Adrienne Arsht Center, Olympia Theatre, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Orlando Shakes Theatre Company, Mad Cow Theatre and Walt Disney World.

Evan Bernardin Productions is a full-service theatrical management company that provides general and production management for productions and immersive experiences. Select credits include: Fairycakes,Seven Deadly Sins, Million Dollar Quartet (Tour), Charlie Brown Christmas (Tour), Afterglow, and We Are The Tigers. Additional collaborative projects have included performances at Lincoln Center, The United Nations, The Harvard Club, The White House, Cornell University, Georgetown's Gaston Hall, The Culture Project, The Ohio Theatre and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Mayson is delighted to be joining the tour of Million Dollar Quartet Christmas. Mayson is a Company and Stage Manager from Taiwan who thrives in an innovative, collaborative and high energy environment. For the past few years she has been working internationally with different Cruise Companies and is now making her way back to land. Past credits include productions at: Norwegian Cruise Line, Weston Playhouse, Holland America Cruise Line, Fountain Theatre, Big League Productions, and the Gateway Playhouse. She would like to thank her family for their support and the team at Evan Bernadin for giving her this opportunity.

Marquee Digital is a New York-based tech startup innovating the theatre industry with ground-breaking digital program solutions. The Marquee is a paperless program for the 21st century, employing contactless, eco-friendly, and ADA-compliant technology to create an interactive and highly intuitive experience for audiences at the theatre, opera, art fairs, conferences, and concerts. In the company’s first year, Marquees had been opened in venues across the United States and in more than 80 countries around the globe.