BEN ANDRON (book) had his first play, White’s Lies, produced Off-Broadway in 2010. His other plays include Breaking Bobby Stone, Broken Snow (2017 Carbonel Award nominated for Best New Work), and Bar Mitzvah in Birmingham (musical). Ben worked closely with Disney TV Animation developing the animated series “Hunachi” for Jetix/ABC Family and wrote numerous episodes for the BBC animated series “Friends and Heroes.” As EVP and head of AV at BOND (Clio Entertainment Agency of the year 2019, 2020/2021), Ben has been creatively involved in the releases of major Hollywood films and TV series, including the Batman, Under the Banner of Heaven, Joker, Tiger King, Cobra Kai, HBO’s Watchmen, and has won numerous Clio Entertainment awards, most recently the Grand Clio for “Matrix Resurrections”. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Michelle and their five children.

JOHN McDANIEL (music) is a Grammy and Emmy Award winning Music Director, Composer, Director, Arranger, Orchestrator & Producer and is an Artistic Director at the Tony Award winning Eugene O’Neill Theater Center.   Recently, John participated in a live Playbill concert event in Times Square welcoming back Broadway, featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessica Vosk and Chuck Schumer. McDaniel produced and directed a virtual concert of Sticks & Stones, for which he is also the composer, starring Audra McDonald & Javier Muñoz.  He is also a camp director of Kristin Chenoweth’s Broadway Boot Camp.  John directed Into The Woods & Hair in Concert at the historic Patchogue Theater, Sondheim Originals at 54 Below and Piano Men at Birdland,  Broadway music credits include Bonnie and Clyde (Drama Desk Nomination, Best Orchestrations), Catch Me If You Can, Brooklyn (Producer and Orchestrator), Annie Get Your Gun (Grammy Award), Taboo, Chicago, Grease, Patti LuPone on Broadway and Company – the Original Cast in Concert at Lincoln Center.  On Television:  “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” (2 Emmy Awards & 8 nominations).  John has collaborated with Cab Calloway, Shirley MacLaine, George Burns, Joel Grey, Carol Burnett, Betty Buckley, Bette Midler and has guest conducted at 15 Symphony Orchestras across America, including 5 concerts with his hometown St. Louis Symphony.  John received a BFA in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University

JONNIE ROCKWELL (additional music) is the spiritual grandchild of renowned early 20th Century Czech opera composer & folklorist, Leoš Janáček. Jonnie Rockwell studied music & art at Skidmore, is a classically trained pianist and a preeminent synthesizer programmer. She toured for ten years with several progressive orchestras & rock bands, prior to her commitment to Brave New World. She received critical acclaim for composing the music for off-Broadway's 2014 The Anthem. She is also a successful & well-respected physician.  Dr. Rockwell's love of Huxley and the idea of a future free from disease, poverty and old age inspired her to go on this theatrical journey.

BILL RUSSELL (lyrics) received Tony Award nominations for the book and lyrics of the original Broadway production of Side Show (1997). The critically praised revised version played the La Jolla Playhouse, the Kennedy Center and received an acclaimed Broadway revival in 2014 and a London premiere at the Southwark Playhouse in 2016. Mr. Russell co-wrote the book and lyrics for Off Broadway’s long-running musical Pageant and directed it in the Fringe and West End in London and at theaters around America.  He authored the book and lyrics for Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (music by Janet Hood), directing it in London’s Fringe and West End, among many others. At the end of 2020, he co-directed a streamed version featuring 51 stars of theater, tv and film including Nathan Lane, Cynthia Nixon, Cherry Jones, Fran Drescher, JK Simmons, Seth Rudetsky, Varla Jean Merman and Norm Lewis as a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Other musicals for which he authored book and lyrics include Up in the Air (Kennedy Center) and the off-Broadway musicals The Last Smoker in America, Lucky Duck, Fourtune and The Texas Chainsaw Musical. Unexpected Joy premiered in New York and London in 2018. He has honorary doctorates from the Boston Conservatory and Morningside College and was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 2016. More at www.billrussell.net

STEPHEN DeANGELIS (Casting Director) has worked with over 100,000 performers across all entertainment mediums throughout his career. His contributions have been seen in New York and regionally in over 300 theatrical productions as well as in numerous workshops and readings.  He has cast over 3600 network television and radio commercials for Manhattan's leading advertising agencies. Stephen has also produced over 300 different Broadway concerts at venues in New York and across the United States featuring a multitude of Broadway stars including many Tony Award and Drama Desk Award winners and nominees, stars from hit television series and films whose roots are on stage and Broadway's fastest rising young performers.