Creative Team
Kevin P. Hill - Writer, Director
Kevin commenced his career in the performing arts as a dancer, singer, and an actor, featuring in the National Touring productions of Hello, Dolly! alongside Carol Channing, Leslie Uggams, and Michele Lee, as well as Anything Goes and the International Touring Company of A Chorus Line. He has directed and choreographed over 200 productions throughout the United States, including notable works such as Titanic, Sunset Boulevard, Jersey Boys, The Sound of Music, A Christmas Carol, Young Frankenstein, Mary Poppins, Sister Act, Mamma Mia!, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Grease, and others. Kevin has had the honor of collaborating with renowned artists including Alice Ripley, Marin Mazzie, Jeannette Bayardelle, Joanne Worley, Kathleen Turner, Josh Groban, Jonathan Groff, and Tony Award winner Cady Huffman. In New York, he served as the assistant to the director for On the Twentieth Century at the New Amsterdam Theatre and as an assistant/observer to Sergio Trujillo during the revival of Guys and Dolls. Kevin has received nominations for Best Director/Choreographer for his contributions to Titanic, Sunset Boulevard, Smokey Joe's Café, Rent, The Full Monty, Chicago, and Edwin Drood, and he was honored with the NH Theatre Award for Best Choreography for West Side Story at the Papermill Theatre. Additionally, he has been recognized with six Broadway World awards and two Motif awards for his productions of Mamma Mia!, Mary Poppins, and Young Frankenstein. As a Professor of Dance, Kevin has taught at Pennsylvania State University, Kansas State University, and The Boston Conservatory of Music. Together with his husband Matthew, he has established their own production company, Chappell Hill Productions, which is co-producing the new Broadway musical Gun & Powder. Chappell Hill Productions is also the lead producer of an innovative theatrical format known as Dance Night. Kevin is a proud member of SDC, AEA, the Dramatist Guild, and a former member of Dance Masters of New England, Chapter 5. He currently holds the position of Producing Artistic Director at North Shore Music Theatre and Theatre By The Sea.
Andy Peterson - Composer
Andy Peterson is an award-winning New York based composer, musical director, arranger and orchestrator originally hailing from the Land Down Under. He holds a Bachelor of Music (Composition) from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Andy was a co-creator on the hit musical audio series THE WORLD TO COME for which he wrote over 50 original songs and over 3 hours of musical scoring. He also wrote the music for the critically acclaimed two person musical RAZORHURST which played successful runs in Sydney and New Jersey and STALKER: THE MUSICAL which played runs in New York, Chicago and Sydney as well as the film musical MAKE AMERICA SAFE which won Best Score 2019 at the World X Short Film Festival in Rome.
As a musical director, Andy set up a selection of live shows for the opening of UNIVERSAL STUDIOS BEIJING. He also has served on Broadway as the Associate Conductor and Keyboard 1 for TOOTSIE (starring Santino Fontana and Lilli Cooper at the Marquis Theatre) and the rehearsal pianist for Roundabout’s concert of MY ONE AND ONLY (starring Sutton Foster and Gavin Creel at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre) as well as playing on shows such as A BEAUTIFUL NOISE and DANCIN’ and SUFFS
Other selected New York theatre: RED ROSES, GREEN GOLD (Musical Director/ Arrangements/Orchestrations at Minetta Lane Theatre with Music Supervision from Jeff Chimenti of Dead and Company), ATOMIC (Musical Direction/Arrangements/ Orchestrations at Theatre Row). NIGHT TIDE (Musical Direction/Arrangements/ Orchestrations at Playwrights Horizons), MORE THAN ALL THE WORLD (Musical Direction/Arrangements/ Orchestrations at Theatre for the New City), SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED (Musical Direction/ Arrangements/ Orchestrations at The Django and The Cutting Room), BABY FAT (Musical Direction/Arrangements/ Orchestrations at La Mama). INTERNATIONAL: SINBAD: THE MUSICAL(Arranger/Orchestrator for the Malaysian Tour), KISS ME, KATE (Conductor for the Chinese Tour). FILM: HAPPY YUMMY CHICKEN [starring Taryn Manning from Orange Is The New Black]. He is a founding member of the ICONOCLAST THEATRE COLLECTIVE.