The Prom Creative

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Director/Choreographer
Patrick McCrossan
Patrick has worked as a Theater teacher in Mansfield MA for the past 14 years and joined TYT in 2019. He has over 20 years of experience directing, choreographing, and music directing with different children’s and community theaters and is thrilled to be bringing The Prom to TYT!
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Director/Choreographer
Jessica Strunin
Jessica is an award-winning theater educator, director, and choreographer. She has taught in public and private schools for 20 years and has been directing at TYT since 2021. Her most recent productions include Little Shop of Horrors, Matilda the Musical, Peter and the Starcatcher, and Shrek.
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Music Director/Producer
David Renoni
David has been working with TYT since 2000 in several different capacities including music director for the high school productions and was named Executive Director in 2017.
Lighting Designer
Austin Genannt
Stage Manager
Grace Guglielmi

Original Creative Team

Chad Beguelin (Book & Lyrics)

Chad Beguelin is a four-time Tony nominee whose works include Disney’s Aladdin (Tony Award nomination for Best Book and Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Lyrics and Best Book) and The Wedding Singer (Tony Award nomination for Best Book and Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Lyrics) He also wrote the lyrics for the Broadway musical Elf. Chad is the recipient of the Edward Kleban Award for Outstanding Lyric writing, the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award, the Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Musical Theater Award and the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizon Award. Chad is a graduate of New York University’s TISCH School of the Arts Graduate Dramatic Writing Program.

Bob Martin (Book)

Bob Martin has been working as an actor and writer for over three decades. He has received many awards in both Canada and the US, including a Tony for The Drowsy Chaperone. Recent TV projects include Slings & Arrows (TMN, Sundance), Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays (CBC), Michael: Everyday (CBC), Sensitive Skin (HBO) and “Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas” (NBC). Recent theatre projects include Encores! Hey, Look Me Over (NY); The Sting (Paper Mill); HALF TIME (Chicago, Paper Mill); THE PROM (Atlanta); Elf (Broadway, Dublin, London); The Drowsy Chaperone (Toronto, Broadway, London); and Second City Toronto (Performer, Director, Artistic Director).

Matthew Sklar (Music)

Tony, Emmy, and Drama Desk Award-nominated composer of the Broadway musicals Elf and The Wedding Singer (Tony nomination for Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Music). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction for the critically acclaimed NBC stop-motion animated TV Special “Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas.” Additional TV/film credits include Sesame Street, Wonder Pets, and PBS’s American Masters. Awards include the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, the Gilman/Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Award and the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation.