IT WAS THE SUMMER THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING.

ELEANOR BERGSTEIN (Original Screenplay, Book) is a novelist, screenwriter, producer and director. Her stories have been published in national magazines, ranging from Transatlantic Review to Redbook and Cosmopolitan. Her first novel, Advancing Paul Newman, about women and politics in the 1960s, was published by the Viking Press, and her first movie script was It’s My Turn, starring Jill Clayburgh and Michael Douglas. Her second novel, Ex-Lover, about sexual obsession, was published by Random House. She has worked on a variety of film projects, including the final script revision of Sister Act. She then wrote and directed Let It Be Me, which starred Patrick Stewart, Leslie Caron, Campbell Scott and Jennifer Beals.  

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Her most famous project was one of the most successful independent films of all time – Dirty Dancing, which she wrote and co-produced.  

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In 2004, she wrote and produced Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage, which premiered in Sydney, Australia. Since opening, Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story on Stage has played in 22 countries with 35 productions. The production has broken box office records around the world, including Germany, where it achieved the highest advance in European history, and the West End, where it opened in 2006 with a record breaking £15 million advance. The show was a complete sell-out for the first six months and went on to become the longest running show in the history of the Aldwych Theatre. The show has become a worldwide phenomenon over the last 21 years, with productions in markets as diverse as Hong Kong, Singapore, Sweden, Holland, South Africa, Mexico and throughout Europe, as well as in North America (US Tour and a Canadian production). The show will return to the London in 2026.

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Ms. Bergstein has just completed a collection of stories from her life. She is currently putting final touches on a new stage musical set a few years following Dirty Dancing. The era witnessed musicians like Paul McCartney, inspired by Elvis Presley, in turn inspiring young people and propelling them into a new world to find their own love, passion and honor. The musical centers around young Americans who face a moral crisis of their beloved country and seek to reconcile and embrace what it means to be American.

LONNY PRICE (Director) has been a consistent presence on and off Broadway, as a director, writer, and actor, for more than 40 years. As a performer, he made his Broadway debut in 1981, at the age of 22, in The Survivor and later that year starred as Charley Kringas in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along. His work on that production sparked a decades-long working relationship with the composer with Price going on to direct productions of Sweeney Todd (starring Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel, Emmy Award), Company (starring Neil Patrick Harris and Stephen Colbert), Passion (starring Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, and Michael Cerveris, Emmy Award), and the special event “Sondheim: The Birthday Concert” (Emmy Award).

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On Broadway, Price directed Beaches, Gabriel Byrne in Walking with Ghosts, the 2017 revival of Sunset Boulevard (starring Glenn Close), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (starring Audra McDonald), 110 in the Shade, and Urban Cowboy. He directed, starred in, and co-wrote the book for A Class Act, which earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical, and starred in Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold”…and the Boys (opposite Zakes Mokae and Danny Glover and later, James Earl Jones). He also co-wrote and directed the play Sally Marr…and her Escorts (written with and starring Joan Rivers).

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Off Broadway, he directed the Mitnick/Gwon collaboration Scoltand, PA, Visiting Mr. Green (starring Eli Wallach), and Athol Fugard’s Valley Song. Price made his opera directing debut at the Houston Grand Opera, directing Audra McDonald in Poulenc’s La Voix humaine and Michael John LaChiusa’s Send. His directorial film work includes Hal Prince: The Director’s Life, The Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened (New York Film Festival), and the HBO screen adaptation of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.

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As a film actor, he is best remembered as Neil, the grandson of resort owner Max Kellerman, in the classic Dirty Dancing.

DARRELL GRAND MOULTRIE (Choreography). A recipient of the Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship Award and SDC’s Joe A. Callaway Award for Excellence in Choreography, Moultrie’s work includes Saturday Church (New York Theatre Workshop), Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park), Goddess (The Public Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre), the Pulitzer Prize winning play Fat Ham (Broadway, The Public, Royal Shakespeare Company), Good Bones (The Public Theater), Disney’s new revival of the Tony Award winning musical Aida in the Netherlands for which he received a  Netherland Musical Awards “Best Choreography” nomination, Merry Wives (Shakespeare in the Park), Space Dogs (MCC), Daddy (The New Group), Witness Uganda (American Repertory Theater), Sugar In Our Wounds (MTC), Invisible Thread (Second Stage), Redwood (Portland Center Stage Theater), Evita and Pride & Prejudice (Kansas City Repertory Theatre), and El Public (Teatro Real - Madrid).

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Moultrie has created and staged works for dance companies across the world including American Ballet Theatre, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Ballet X, Atlanta Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, BalletMet Columbus, Ailey 2, Tulsa Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet, The Juilliard School, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, and NBA Ballet in Japan among others.  Moultrie also served as a choreographer on Beyonce’s record-breaking Mrs. Carter Show World Tour.

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A native New Yorker, Moultrie is a graduate of LaGuardia High School and The Juilliard School.

BRETT J. BANAKIS (Set Design). Designer for theater, opera, film, and environments based in NYC. Brett is a co-founder of AMP Scenography, a design collective created to amplify emerging and underrepresented designers by engaging in equitable collaborations. Broadway: The Outsiders, John Proctor Is the Villain, The Notebook, The Cher Show. Nat'l Tour: An Officer and a Gentleman. International Scenic Supervisor for all worldwide productions of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Faculty at NYU Tisch. www.brettjbanakis.com @brettjbanakis

LINDA CHO (Costume Design) is a two-time Tony Award winning costume designer based in NYC. She received the Tony Award for The Great Gatsby and A Gentleman’s Guide toLove and Murder and was nominated for a Tony, Outer Critic’s Circle, and Drama Desk Award for Anastasia. Theatre, opera, and dance work has been seen extensively across the US and internationally. Broadway: Ragtime; Schmigadoon! (upcoming); The Great Gatsby;ART; Pirates! The Penzance Musical; Doubt; Summer, 1976; Take Me Out; Grand Horizons; Anastasia (Tony nomination); POTUS; Harmony; The Great Society; The Lifespan of a Fact; Velocity of Autumn.  Numerous Off Broadway, international, and regional theatre productions. Opera:Turandot (Washington National Opera), Samson and Dalila (The MET). This Korean-born designer is the recipient of the Irene Sharaff Young Master Award and serves on the Advisory Committee of the American Theatre Wing and a judge for the Susan Blackburn Playwrighting Prize. M.F.A. Yale School of Drama; B.A. McGill University and Paris American Academy. www.lindacho.com

JAPHY WEIDEMAN (Lighting Design) is a five-time Tony Award nominee. Broadway: Shucked; The Heart of Rock and Roll; The Piano Lesson; Summer, 1976; Dear Evan Hansen; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Bright Star; The Nance; Of Mice and Men; The Heidi Chronicles; Macbeth (Ethan Hawke); Airline Highway; The Visit. West End/UK: Come Fall in Love (the DDLJ musical), Nice Fish, Blackbird. Tours: Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville, Hasan Minhaj's The King’s Jester (Netflix).

KAI HARADA (Sound Design). Broadway: Ragtime; Dead Outlaw; A Wonderful World; Once Upon a Mattress; The Days of Wine and Roses; Merrily We Roll Along (Tony nomination); New York, New York (Tony nomination); Kimberly Akimbo; The Old Man and the Pool; Mister Saturday Night; Head Over Heels; The Band’s Visit (Tony, Drama Desk Awards); Amélie; Sunday in the Park with George; Allegiance; Gigi; Fun Home; On the Town; First Date; Follies (Tony, Drama Desk nominations); and Million Dollar Quartet. Many other musicals around the world.

DAVID BENGALI (Video Design) is an award-winning projection, media, and lighting designer based in NYC. Broadway credits include Good Night, and Good Luck (2025 Tony Award nominee); Water for Elephants (2024 Tony Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee); Eureka Day (Manhattan Theatre Club); The Thanksgiving Play (Helen Hayes Theater); and 1776 (A.R.T., National Tour, Roundabout). Off-Broadway credits include We Live in Cairo (A.R.T, NYTW), Here There Are Blueberries (NYTW, La Jolla Playhouse, Signature D.C.; Hewes and Helen Hayes Awards), Twilight: LA 1992 (Signature Theatre; Henry Hewes Award, Drama Desk Nomination), Anthony Rapp’s Without You (New World Stages), The Visitor (The Public Theater, Lucille Lortel Award Nominee), Circle Jerk (Obie Award, Drama League Nomination), Einstein’s Dreams (Prospect Theatre, 59E59; Drama Desk Nomination), Van Gogh’s Ear (Signature Theatre, Drama Desk Nomination), and The Great Leap (Atlantic Theatre Company).  He was a 2017-2019 Arts Fellow at the Princeton University Lewis Center for the Arts and received his M.F.A. at New York University.

CHARLES G. LAPOINTE (Hair & Wig Design). Award-winning designer who maintains a highly successful career on stages across the U.S. and abroad. Numerous Broadway productions include Hamilton (Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Award); Death Becomes Her, The Cher Show, and SpongeBob SquarePants (Drama Desk Awards); MJ, Beetlejuice, Titanique, Pirates! The Penzance Musical!, Suffs (Drama Desk Award Nomination); Tommy, SIX, Jersey Boys, A Gentleman’s Guide…,In the Heights. Television: Emmy nominations for “The Wiz Live!” and “Jesus Christ Superstar Live!”

THE TRC COMPANY / CLAIRE BURKE, CSA & PETER VAN DAM, CSA (Casting). Led by partners Claire Burke, Kevin Metzger-Timson, Xavier Rubiano, and Peter Van Dam. Broadway: Beaches, Mamma Mia!, Dead Outlaw, BOOP! The Musical, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, Buena Vista Social Club, Death Becomes Her, Left on Tenth, The Outsiders, SIX, Aladdin. National Tours: The Phantom of the Opera, Water for Elephants, Beauty & The Beast, The Wiz, Back to the Future, Les Misérables. The TRC Company is proud to continue the casting legacy of Tara Rubin Casting and Johnson-Liff Associates.

JOSEPH JOUBERT (Music Supervision & Arrangements). Broadway: Pirates: The Penzance Musical (Drama Desk nom.); The Wiz; Caroline, or Change; Disaster; The Color Purple (Drama Desk nom.); Violet; Leap of Faith. Off Broadway: Carmen Jones (Orchestrations/Musical Supervisor), Violet (Drama Desk nom.), Hercules at Paper Mill (Orchestrations). Arena Stage: American Prophet. Ford’s Theatre: Shout Sister Shout, Grace. TV: “Smash.” PBS: Orchestrations for “A Capitol Fourth,” “National Memorial Day,” “Memorial Day,” “Three Mo’ Tenors,” “Three Mo’ Divas.” Film: Respect, Nights in Rodanthe. Broadway (Music Director): Caroline, or Change; Motown The Musical. Encores: Tap Dance Kid. Recording: Broadway Inspirational Voices, Patti Labelle, Ashford & Simpson, Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, Cissy Houston, Jennifer Holiday, Norm Lewis, Tom Kitt, Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson, Stephanie Mills. Grammy and Emmy Award nominee.

ALCHEMY PRODUCTION GROUP (General Management) is headed by partners Carl Pasbjerg, Lauren Tucker, and Alex Stone. Select credits include: Beaches, Little Bear Ride Road, Redwood,Come From Away (Broadway, North American Tour, Toronto, West End, Australia), The Music Man, To Kill a Mockingbird, Melissa Etheridge – My Window, Memphis (Broadway, West End and North American Tour).

SHOWPATH ENTERTAINMENT (Producer), the live stage division of The Path Entertainment Group, is fast becoming a global force in live entertainment. The company partners with major studios and brands to create bold, immersive productions that push the boundaries of theatrical storytelling. Alongside Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular, Showpath’s growing international portfolio spans North America, Australia, Asia, and Europe, with recent highlights including the West End launch of The SpongeBob Musical and the Sydney Opera House co-production of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS The Twenty-Sided Tavern.

LIONSGATE GLOBAL PRODUCTS & EXPERIENCES (Producer) is a division within Lionsgate Studios Corp. (Nasdaq: LION), one of the world’s leading standalone, pure-play, publicly traded content companies. By leveraging the studio’s world-class portfolio of film and television brands and franchises, the division drives incremental revenue and builds consumer engagement via live shows and experiences, location-based entertainment destinations, games, physical and digital merchandise, and select strategic partnerships and investments.

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The group announced multiple stage productions (Wonder, Nashville and La La Land for Broadway, and The Hunger Games - now open in London), integrations with marquee games (Call of Duty, Dead By Daylight, Roblox, and Fortnite), and collaborations with best-in-class consumer products licensees (LEGO, American Classics, Hot Toys, Funko, and more). Attractions based on Lionsgate’s top franchises The Hunger Games, John Wick, SAW and other iconic IP can be found at theme parks and destinations in Asia, the United States, United Kingdom, and the Middle East, with the highly anticipated JOHN WICK EXPERIENCE now open in Las Vegas.

MAGIC HOUR PRODUCTIONS (Co-Producer) is a company founded by Eleanor Bergstein and Michael Goldman in 1994 to facilitate, develop and produce Ms. Bergstein’s diverse works. Tomoko Minami joined the company in 2001. Magic Hour has helped produce Dirty Dancing stage musical since its very inception, from readings to workshops to the world premiere in Sydney, Australia, in 2004. Magic Hour has been a co-producer on every Dirty Dancing stage musical worldwide.