CREATIVE TEAM

Steven is an Emmy® Award-winning producer and Emmy®-nominated composer. He has scored films for HBO, PBS, BBC, ABC, and Showtime. Steven has recorded six highly acclaimed solo piano improvisational albums, composed songs for Sesame Street and animations for Children’s Television Workshop, and has had musicals produced and staged by University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Smith College, Northampton, MA. His staged musical readings have been produced by The York Theatre Company, Goodspeed Opera House, Mass MoCA, National Sawdust, Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, and CAP 21. His classical compositions have been performed throughout the United States and Canada, and he has received Massachusetts Cultural Artist grants and numerous Meet-the- Composer grants. He is currently working on two music-theatre projects and continues to perform solo piano improvisational concerts. He makes his home in the small New England town of New Salem, MA, with his wife, children’s book author and lyricist Jane Schoenberg, and their dog, Gus. https://stevenschoenberg.com

Richard Michelson’s books have been listed among the Ten Best of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and The New Yorker; and among the best Dozen of the Decade by Amazon. Michelson has received a National Jewish Book Award (and twice been a finalist), two Sydney Taylor Gold Medals from the Association of Jewish Libraries. Michelson served two terms as Poet Laureate of Northampton and his oeuvre chosen to represent the Commonwealth at the 2018 Library of Congress National Book Festival. Michelson was the sixth recipient of the Samuel Minot Jones Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement.
As a gallerist, Michelson has stewarded the careers of artists as diverse as Leonard Baskin (who originally commissioned Michelson to write about Munch), Leonard Nimoy, Mo Willems, Virginia Lee Burton, and Jerry Pinkney. Art originally exhibited at R. Michelson Galleries now hangs in many of the most prestigious museums in America, including New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the National Gallery of Art.
Richard and his wife, Jennifer, own an Oak Bluffs Campground Cottage, where he can often be found writing on his porch after each morning’s Polar Bear Swim.

Kevin Newbury is an opera, theatre and film director. Career highlights: three PBS Great Performances Broadcasts: Bernstein’s MASS (Ravinia Festival) and the world premieres of DOUBT (Minnesota Opera) and BEL CANTO (Lyric Opera of Chicago); dozens of other world premieres, including KANSAS CITY CHOIR BOY (starring Courtney Love, Prototype Festival / National Tour), GRAMMY-winner THE (R)EVOLUTION OF STEVE JOBS (Santa Fe, Seattle, San Francisco Operas), the Pulitzer-Prize winning LIFE IS A DREAM (Santa Fe Opera), UNHOLY WARS (Spoleto Festival USA, Opera Philadelphia’s O Festival), THE GOOD SWIMMER (BAM Next Wave Festival), and five operas with composer Gregory Spears: FELLOW TRAVELERS (Cincinnati Opera; NY Times “Best of 2016”), PAUL’S CASE, O COLUMBIA, CASTOR & PATIENCE (Cincinnati Opera, NY Times “Best of 2022”) and THE RIGHTEOUS (Santa Fe Opera). Theatre includes CANDY & DOROTHY (GLAAD Media Award Winner) and CANDIDE (with Bradley Cooper & Carey Mulligan, Philadelphia Orchestra); TV/Film: AppleTV’s DICKINSON, dozens of music videos, short films, and film festival awards, including the Times Square Midnight Moment. Creative Director: Liz Phair's EXILE IN GUYVILLE 30th Anniversary National Tour. Co-Founder: Up Until Now Collective. kevinnewbury.com

Select Credits: TITANIC, BRIGADOON, THE NEW YORKERS (New York City Center Encores) ANTONY & CLEOPATRA, CHAMPION (The Metropolitan Opera), Street Scene (Oper Köln), Bernstein’s MASS (Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, PBS Great Performances), CANDIDE (Cincinnati Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra), WEST SIDE STORY (NHK Symphony Tokyo), LES MAMELLES DE TIRESIAS (Théâtre de la Monnaie, Festival d’Aix en Provence), THE DREYFUS AFFAIR (BAM), THE SECRET GARDEN (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), CAROUSEL (NY Philharmonic, Live from Lincoln Center), GUYS & DOLLS (Carnegie Hall). Among numerous credits throughout his home of New York, Timothy has had the privilege of performing in all three halls at Carnegie as well as the halls of Lincoln Center; The Met, Alice Tully, David Geffen, and the Koch. Off the stage, he is a dedicated vocal coach with studios in New York and Los Angeles, and is on faculty at the Manhattan School of Music and Bard College. He is a proud Juilliard grad, son of Sandy and Pat & husband to Cameron. Forever grateful to this marvelous team. www.timothymcdevitt.com @tim_mcdevitt

Carlyn is thrilled to be making her Martha's Vineyard Playhouse debut. She was recently nominated for a Connecticut Critics Circle Award for her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in Tea at Five, a one-woman play by Matthew Lombardo. Additional regional credits include Titanic (Alice Beane, North Shore Music Theatre), Cabaret (Fräulein Kost, Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Company (Sarah, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina), The Great Gatsby (Jordan Baker, Ivoryton Playhouse), Fun Home (Helen Bechdel, Mill Mountain Theatre), and The Sound of Music (Elsa Schraeder, Virginia Opera). Carlyn has performed as a soloist with orchestras in the US, Canada, and across Asia, and is the co-founder of Marquee Digital. Love always to Mom, Dad, Devin, Melissa, and Ronan, and endless thanks to Kevin, Steven, Rich, David, and Tim for this incredible opportunity. www.carlynconnolly.com IG: @carlyn_connolly

David Sytkowski is a sought-after pianist, vocal coach, and music director in opera, art song, cabaret and musical theater. He has appeared at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Joe’s Pub and Feinstein’s San Francisco, among others. He was recently appointed Artist in Residence at Bard College, where he has taught since 2018. Recent 2025 projects include WOO GIRL MIRACLES! with Justin Vivian Bond at Joe’s Pub (NYC), Handel’s GIULIO CAESARE with director RB Schlather at Hudson Hall (Hudson, NY) and Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s ASSASINS at Fisher Center at Bard (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY). VOWEL MOVEMENTS, a subversive classical/cabaret/drag collaboration with Pretty Lamé, premiered at Hudson Hall in June 2023, made possible by a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts, and was remounted at ICA Miami in February 2024.

Mac is an Island-born-and-raised theatre artist. Recent local work includes BILLY BALOO and Shakespeare's MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING at the Tisbury Amphitheater. He has acted, built, designed, and directed for such Boston area companies as ArtsEmerson, Imaginary Beasts, Whistler in the Dark, New Rep, Huntington Theatre company, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Fiddlehead Theatre, Lyric Stage, Wheelock Family Theatre. Most recently designing set and projections for AIN'T NO MO at SpeakEasy Stage.

B.A. Fashion Merchandising; B.A. Fashion Design Oregon State University. She spent several summers working at Shakespeare festivals. For years she was proprietress of a design and alteration studio. Love of theater and design brought her to Martha's Vineyard Playhouse, where she has designed many shows over the years

Katy Atwell is a NYC based Lighting Designer. Credits include: A Wonderful World (Assoc LD), All In (Assoc LD), Brooklyn Laundry (Assoc LD), The Outsiders (ALD), Moulin Rouge (ALD), New York City Ballet - Asst Lighting Director (2016-2022). At MVP, she previously designed Billy Balloo (2024) and Kansas City Swing (2014). She is the Design Consultant for Brooklyn Art Haus. More Information: KAtwellDesign.com or Instagram: Lightkat35

THEATER: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS The Old Globe, JOSEPH, ALL SHOOK UP, FOOTLOOSE, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, The Muny; MAMA MIA!, NEWSIES TUTS; MAN OF LA MANCHA, LADY MOLLY OF SCOTLAND YARD, Asolo Rep, THE VAGRANT TRILOGY, The Public Theater OPERA: CHAMPION, FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES The Metropolitan Opera, LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST NCPA Beijing, M. BUTTERFLY, TRISTAN, THE RIGHTEOUS,Santa Fe Opera; CONCERT: Liz Phair Exile in Guyville Tour FILM: feature film Amador County has No Coroner (upcoming), Camp Wedding, Behind-the-scenes documentaries: Julie Taymor's The Tempest & Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. MINORapocalypse.com

Tim is pleased to return to Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse for another season, where he has stage managed over two dozen productions since 2003. In addition, he has worked at numerous regional theaters including Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, NY; Cleveland Play House, Kansas City Rep; San Jose Rep and fifteen years at Arizona Theatre Company. A member of AEA since 1974, he has been a summer island resident since 1992 and an annual Vineyard visitor for fifteen years prior to that.