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Monsters of the Villa Diodati

Cast and Creative Team Bios

Matt Conner (Music/lyrics) has been performing, composing, teaching and directing in the DC area for 25 years. Commissioned and Produced Works include Signature Theatre: Nevermore (2006), Partial Eclipse (2009), The Hollow (2011), Crossing (2013) and Silver Belles (2016). Creative Cauldron: The Turn of the Screw (2015), Monsters of the Villa Diodati (2016),

Kaleidoscope (2017), WITCH (2018), On Air (2019) The Christmas Angel (2021) Ichabod: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2023). Metro Stage: Find Your Light I & II: The Music of Conner and Smith (2023) Awards include American Musical Voices Project: The Next Generation by the Shen Family Foundation (2008-2009), Helen Hayes Award for Best Director (Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, 2020), Helen Hayes nomination for the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding Play/Musical Adaptation (2023, Ichabod: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) Upcoming: World Premiere of Whitechapel at Stillpointe Theatre in Baltimore, MD. (Fall 2024)

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Stephen Gregory Smith (Book/lyrics): Metro Stage: Find Your Light I & II: The Music of Conner and Smith (2023) Creative Cauldron: The Christmas Angel (2021), Ichabod: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (2022) - 2023 Charles MacArthur Outstanding New Work Nominee, On Air (2019), WITCH (2018), Kaleidoscope (2017), Monsters of the Villa Diodati (2016), The Turn of the Screw (2015) , Signature Theatre: Silver Belles (2016), Night of the Living Dead the musical (Richmond Shepard Theatre; NYC, Kensington Arts Theatre, MD, New Line Theatre, MO) Finalist in the Bernard Ebb Songwriting Award. Upcoming: World Premiere of Whitechapel at Stillpointe Theatre in Baltimore, MD. (Fall 2024)

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