Jack Cahill-Lemme (Marc Chagall) Jack is thrilled to be making his Northlight Theatre debut and to be returning home to Chicago! He was most recently seen on Broadway and National Tour in Moulin Rouge! Select credits include: Gerry Goffin in Beautiful (John W Engeman), Barry Mann in Beautiful (North Shore MT), Sonny in Grease (Marriott Theatre, The Rev), Kenicke in Grease (Casa Mañana), Leonard Cowherd III in Letters Home (Griffin Theatre), Jack in What A Wonderful World (Timberlake Playhouse – World Premiere), Kinky Boots (Paramount Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Drury Lane), Seussical & Junie B. Jones (Marriott Theatre), and more. Jack would like to thank his family, the creative team, and Simon Casting. Jack is proudly represented by Gray Talent Group. Love to Kody.

Emma Rosenthal (Bella) makes her Northlight debut! Chicago: Fiddler on the Roof, Peter and the Starcatcher, West Side Story, Les Miserables, Beauty and the Beast (Drury Lane Oakbrook); Big Fish, Hello Dolly (Marriott Lincolnshire); Athena (Writers Theatre); The Fantasticks (Porchlight); The Tempest (Steppenwolf); Brigadoon, Candide (The Goodman). Off Broadway: The Threepenny Opera (Marvell Rep, Drama Desk Nomination: Best Musical); Liberty (Theatre80). Regional: Indiana Repertory Theatre, Peninsula Players, Huntington Theatre, Weston Playhouse, Cardinal Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival. A proud graduate of Northwestern University, Emma is also a competitive powerlifter and pastry chef (you may have seen her and her mom on Season One of Fox’s Crime Scene Kitchen). Endless thanks to Elizabeth, Daren, Northlight and the entire Flying Lovers crew, to the team at Gray Talent Group, and to Mom, Aaron, and Phil.

Elisa Carlson (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her Northlight premiere with such a phenomenal ensemble of talented humans! She holds a bachelor’s degree in piano performance and theater from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Chicago credits include: Once (Writers Theatre and Paramount Theatre), Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Porchlight Music Theatre), Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (American Blues Theater), One Man, Two Guvnors (Court Theatre), Pop Waits (Neo-Futurists), and American Idiot (The Hypocrites). Elisa is also a 20-year veteran of the solo and dueling piano bar scene in Chicago and around the world. elisacarlsonmusic.com

MICHAEL MAHLER (Music Director and Ensemble) is excited to make his Northlight debut. Chicagoland credits include The Last Wide Open, It’s a Wonderful Life, Buddy, Little Shop of Horrors, Side Man, Hank Williams: Lost Highway (American Blues), The Music Man, Holiday Inn, Honeymoon in Vegas, City of Angels, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Marriott Theater), Into the Woods (Writers), The March (Steppenwolf), and Working (Broadway Playhouse). Michael is the Jeff award-winning composer/lyricist of October Sky, Hero, Miracle, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, An American Tail, My Little Pony: A New Generation and others. Proud husband to Dara Cameron, father to Ezra, and ensemble member of American Blues Theatre.

DANIEL JAMIESON (Playwright) worked with Theatre Alibi in Exeter, UK for more than 30 years as associate writer and adaptor, performer and artistic director. His work as a writer for Alibi includes: River Land, Falling, Hammer and Tongs, Goucher’s War, Cobbo, Caught, One in a Million, The Freeze, Shelf Life, Little White Lies, The Swell, Sea of Faces and Birthday. In 2015 he won an ACA award for his writing for children with the company. Daniel’s play The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk was produced by Kneehigh Theatre and won the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award in 2017. Since then, The Flying Lovers has been produced in the States by Quantum Theater in Pittsburgh, Forward Theater in Wisconsin and Winnipeg Jewish Theater. Daniel has written five plays for BBC Radio 4 and has also written for Polka Theatre, London Bubble, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Northampton Theatres. In 2013, Daniel was Leverhulme artist-in-residence at the University of Exeter’s Mood Disorders Centre.

Ian Ross (Music) is a Bristol based multi instrumentalist, composer, and Head of music for The School for Wise Children. He leads the band Eleven Magpies. Theatre for Kneehigh includes: Brief Encounter, The Red Shoes, Don John, The Wild Bride, Tristan and Yseult, Dead Dog in a Suitcase, The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk. Theatre as Music Director includes: Girl from the North Country (Toronto 2019, Runway). Theatre as Composer includes: Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe); The Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk (Kneehigh), Wise Children, Malory Towers, Bagdad Café and Wuthering Heights (Wise Children); London Tide (National Theatre). Film as Composer includes: The Princess and Peppernose (RSA and Joe Wright) Nominations include: Dora Mavor Award for Outstanding Musical Direction 2020 (Girl from the North Country); Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play 2023 (Wuthering Heights).

Elizabeth Margolius (Stage and Movement Director) Jeff Award winning stage and movement director, Elizabeth Margolius, most recently won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Director of a Musical for Shattered Globe’s London Road, and she is excited to be making her debut at Northlight. A five-time Jeff Award nominee, Elizabeth’s selected directorial credits include work with Drury Lane Theatre, American Stage, Opera Southwest, Peninsula Players, Renaissance Theaterworks, Firebrand Theatre, Chicago Opera Theater, Underscore Theatre, Chicago Folks Operetta, American Theater Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Assistant Director), City Lit Theater, and Bohemian Theatre Ensemble. Elizabeth is a proud member of the American Guild of Musical Artists and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. elizabethmargolius.com

Scott Penner (Scenic Design) For Northlight: Fireflies, Intimate Apparel. Selected Credits: Job (Broadway, Helen Hayes Theater); The Extinction Therapist, ShirleyValentine (Theatre Aquarius); Cymbeline (Stratford Shakespeare Festival); Rasheeda Speaking (Jeff Nomination, Shattered Globe Chicago); Shakespeare’s Will (Indiana Rep); Body Politic (Buddies in Bad Times, Toronto); Hair, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Grand Theatre London); Constellations, The Merry Wives of Windsor, A Raisin in the Sun, Love’s Labour’s Lost, (American Players Theatre); Happy Days, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Flint Rep); DION: A New Musical (Coalmine Theatre Toronto); Guys & Dolls (Arts Club Vancouver); Small Mouth Sounds, The Little Prince (Theatreworks Colorado Springs). Scott is a member of Iatse Local ADC 659. @scottpennerdesign

RACHEL LAMBERT (Costume Design) is delighted to be back at Northlight working on this incredible show, having previously designed Mothers and Sons there. Her other design credits include work with The Goodman, The Second City, Remy Bumppo Theatre, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, The Gift, American Blues Theatre, First Folio, The Artistic Home, Eclipse Theatre, DePaul School of Music, Redtwist Theatre, The Factory Theatre, and many others. Regionally she has designed for Peninsula Players, Montana Shakespeare and the Texas Shakespeare Festival. She has been nominated for six Jeff awards.

CHARLES COOPER (Lighting Design) is thrilled to collaborate with Elizabeth on their fifth project together and is thrilled to return to Northlight where his previous credits include Eclipsed, She Stoops to Conquer, and The Chalk Garden. Other Chicago and Regional credits include work with Chicago Opera Theatre, Chicago Folks Operetta, Salt Creek Ballet, Indiana Rep, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Rep, Steppenwolf, Drury Lane, Peninsula Players, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Writers Theatre, Rivendel Theatre, Shattered Globe, and The Gift Theatre, 16 productions for TimeLine Theatre (Associate Artist). Charles has been nominated for seven Joseph Jefferson awards, winning one in 2016 for Murder Ballad at Bailiwick Chicago. He lives in Oak Park with his wife Angela and children Ethan and Gavin. Member: United Scenic Artists. Cooperportfolio.com.

Willow James (Sound Design) is a Chicago-based artist, educator, arts leader and DJ who centers his work around exploring Black identity, new works, and activism. He is currently the Civic Engagement Director at Definition Theatre (where he is also an ensemble member), a Court Theatre teaching artist and Adjunct Faculty at DePaul University. Chicago: The Hot Wing King (Writers Theatre); Stokely: The Unfinished Revolution (Court Theatre); The Nacirema Society (Goodman Theatre); Twelfth Night (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Chlorine Sky (Steppenwolf Theatre); An Educated Guess (Definition Theatre). Regional: TheatreSquared, American Players Theatre, NAATC, Alleyway Theatre, and Phoenix Theatre Indianapolis. Representation: Michael Moore Agency worksbywillow.com | @worksbywillow

Katie Klemme (Production Stage Manager) Northlight credits include The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk, Brooklyn Laundry, Dial M for Murder, The Porch on Windy Hill, Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, Intimate Apparel, Mr. Dickens’ Hat, The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, Landladies, and You Can’t Take It With You. Chicago: The Hot Wing King, Eurydice, A Distinct Society, Tiger Style!, Wife of a Salesman, Into the Woods (Writers); Notes from the Field (TimeLine); Villette (Lookingglass) and productions with Victory Gardens, Theater Wit, About Face Theater and American Theater Company. National: Hamilton (Eliza Tour Sub); Sorin: A Notre Dame Story (Tour). Regional: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Geva Theater Center, ArtsEmerson.