The Creative Team

Jamibeth Margolis (Director)

NYC directing credits include assistant director to Jerry Zaks on the 2006 Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial and also on A Bad Friend by Jules Feiffer at Lincoln Center Theatre. Jamibeth directed Plane Crazy and Far From The Madding Crowd at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, as well as developmental productions and readings of Owl Creek: A New Musical, Dreamweavers, Berlin, Great Googley Moo, Family Dinner, Dear Maudie, and Don’t Blame Me...I Voted For Helen Gahagan Douglas and more at prominent NYC venues. Recent regional directing credits include Do I Hear A Waltz? and Jekyll and Hyde at the Arvada Center in Denver. Jamibeth is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab and specializes in the development of new plays and musicals. She has a BA in Drama/Directing from Ithaca College and is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. She is also a professional casting director with twelve years of experience in NYC, including numerous shows on Broadway, Off Broadway and national tours. Jamibeth is pleased and honored to continue her association with John Atkins and William Wade and Warsaw. She has directed readings of Warsaw at the Museum of Jewish Heritage: A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, the New York Musical Theatre Festival and the 48th Street Studios.

William Wade (Composer, Orchestrator, Additional Lyrics)

William has written in a variety of forms and styles. Musicals: Warsaw (music) with John Atkins, Alice (music & lyrics) with Frank Blocker (BMI & York Theatre), and Wounded Knee which is currently in development; Ballets: The Empty Pot: A Chinese Fable, Mole Music, Madeline (presented at Symphony Space), and Snow White. William’s orchestrations have been used by the Broadway Theatre Project, National Dance Institute, and Rosie’s Broadway Kids. He has worked for ABT, Alvin Ailey, AMDA, Cedar Lake, Donald Byrd, The Julliard School, Mark Morris Dance Group, Metropolitan Opera, Swan Lake (Broadway), among many, and is a founding faculty member of the Professional Musical Theatre Workshop at Manhattan School of Music. BA in Music Composition, University of South Florida; BMI Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop.

John Atkins (Book & Lyrics)

John has previously written book and lyrics for the musical Stages and libretto for the opera Redemption. He is currently developing the musical Monster with Joan Ross-Sorkin and Andrew Abrams. He received a BA from Louisiana State University, and an MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University. He is an alumnus of the BMI Musical Theater Workshop.