S.E. (Susie) Hinton is one of the most popular and celebrated authors of young adult fiction today. Published when she was just 18 years old, The Outsiders has sold over 15 million copies and been translated into dozens of languages, in addition to being adapted to the screen. She won the American Library Association’s Margaret Edwards Award for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature.  Susie lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Adam Rapp is the author of numerous plays, which include Nocturne (New York Theatre Workshop), Finer Noble Gases (26th Humana Festival), The Metal Children (The Vineyard), and Red Light Winter (Barrow Street Theatre), for which he won Chicago’s Jeff Award for Best New Work, an OBIE, and was named a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize. The Sound Inside received its world premiere at the 2018 Williamstown Theatre Festival and was named one of The New York Times best plays of 2018. It premiered on Broadway at Studio 54 in the fall of 2019 and went on to be nominated for 6 Tony Awards, including Best Play. His playwriting honors include Boston’s Elliot Norton Award, The Helen Merrill Prize, The 2006 Princess Grace Statue, a Lucille Lortel Playwright’s Fellowship, The Benjamin H. Danks Award, the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation Award, and a 2021 Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Justin Levine’s rProjects include The Outsiders (three- time Tony Award nominated), Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Tony Award; Broadway, international), Here Lies Love (Broadway, The Public Theater, National Theatre, Seattle Rep, Mass- Moca), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Dela- corte, Drama Desk nom.), Met Gala, VEVO X LORDE: Melodrama (conceived by Lorde, Electric Lady Studios), Contemporary Color (conceived by David Byrne; Barclays Center), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (The Public Theater, Broadway), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Delacorte), The Robber Bridegroom (with Martin Lowe, Roundabout) and Murder Ballad (Manhattan Theatre Club). @justinlevine

Nominated for two Tony Awards and a Grammy Award for their score and orchestration work on The Outsiders musical, Jamestown Revival has performed at iconic music festivals, including ACL, Coachella & Lollapalooza, and alongside the likes of The Avett Brothers, Brandi Carlile and Willie Nelson. They’ve released four critically acclaimed albums (Utah, The Education Of A Wandering Man, San Isabel, Young Man) and two equally praised EPs (A Field Guide To Loneliness, Fireside With Louis L’Amour).

Danya Taymor is a Tony and Obie award-winning director. Recent direction on Broadway includes The Outsiders (Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Director), John Proctor is the Villain (Tony nomination, Drama Desk + OCC Awards) and Pass Over. Off-Broadway/International: Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Playwrights Horizons, Callaway + Obie Awards), Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (New Group), Trophy Boys (MCC), Jonah (Roundabout), Endgame (Gate Theater, Dublin), and “Daddy” (Almeida, London + New Group/ Vineyard). Her production of Pass Over was filmed in collaboration with Spike Lee, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is streaming on Amazon Prime. BA: Duke University. Teenagers are for Real.

Broadway choreography: The Outsiders (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC, and Chita Rivera Award nominations), The Last Five Years. Also: Emursive’s Life & Trust (as co-directors & choreographers), Alice by Heart (MCC; Lortel, Chita Rivera, and Callaway Awards for Outstanding Choreography), Cyrano (with Peter Dinklage, Goodspeed/The New Group), Alien/Nation (Williamstown), Phish at MSG, The Count of Monte Cristo (St. Petersburg, Russia), Peter Pan (Beijing, China), The Light Princess (ART/New Victory; NYT Critics’ Pick). Film: Dicks: The Musical (A24), Silent Retreat (Miramax). TV: “Living with Yourself” (Netflix). Other theater as directors: Roll! (Ars Nova), Dispossessed (HERE), Smile (FringeNYC). BAs: Harvard & Princeton. kupermanbrothers.com

Tony-nominated collective founded by Brett J. Banakis and Christine Jones to amplify emerging and underrepresented designers by engaging in equitable collaborations. The Outsiders features Brazilian-Armenian designer Tatiana Kahvegian. As AMP: The Outsiders (Tony Nom.), John Proctor is the Villain, Hamlet Hail to the Thief. As Jones/Banakis: The Cher Show, Harry Potter (Tony, Olivier Awards).

Broadway: The Outsiders, The Who’s Tommy, How to Dance in Ohio, For Colored Girls… (Tony Award Nominee), Pass Over. Selected Regional: The Heart (La Jolla), A Wrinkle in Time (Arena Stage), The Preacher’s Wife (Alliance Theatre), Peter Pan (Tour). Education: BA, Adelphi University.

6 TONYs icl. The Outsiders, The Book of Mormon, Into the Woods. Dance: Joffrey ABT, Tere O’Connor Dance, Merce Cunningham, Lar Lubovitch, Metropolitan Opera: The Enchanted Island, Doctor Atomic.  Director, Between Riverside and Crazy : DC, Proof : NY and Spring Awakening at UMD.

Select Credit. Broadway: The Last Five Years, Romeo and Juliet, Job, The Outsiders (Tony Award). Co-Design Broadway: Gutenberg! The Musical!, Here Lies Love, The Pee-wee Herman Show. Off-Broadway: Energy Music Curfew Hour, Broadway Bounty Hunter. Off-Broadway Co-Design: Trevor, Here Lies Love (Lortel Award). Regional:  David Byrne’s Theater of the Mind.

Broadway: The Outsiders, Redwood, Real Women Have Curves, The Old Man And The Pool, Summer 1976. Off-Broadway: Sumo, The Harder They Come, Eve’s Song. New music/opera: L’Orfeo, Sweet Land, The Anonymous Lover Awards: Tony Awards, Princess Grace Award, Sherwood Award from CTG among others www.hananow.com

A Queer Mexican Californian & dog dad to Yeobo. Broadway: The Outsiders. Off-Broadway: Sumo (Drama Desk nomination). Regional: La Jolla Playhouse, Arena Stage, Pasadena Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, SD Opera, Seagle Music Colony. Daniel, familia & amigos, Gracias for your unwavering support. “Here to amplify underrepresented voices; Representation matters.” IG: @saboralbee

Broadway: The Outsiders (Designer), Beetlejuice (MU Sup.), The Lion King (MU Artist). Tours: Beetlejuice (Assoc. Designer), Wicked (MU Sup.). Former Professor of Makeup Design at Pace University. Tish is passionate about storytelling and making space on Broadway for people who look like her.

Taylor Bense is a composer and sound designer for TV, film, and theater. Credits: Sound Effects specialist for The Outsiders (Broadway) composer & music director of  Life & Trust (Off-Broadway).

Three decades as creative director/senior VP of Jujamcyn Theaters, developing projects for the company; two decades as artistic director of NY City Center Encores!; conceiver: Smokey Joe’s Café, After Midnight, The Prom; dramaturg: Hairspray, Dear Evan Hansen, A Christmas Story. Author of The Secret Life of the American Musical.

Matt Hinkley was invited to join The Outsiders in 2017 and every day since has been amazed and grateful to be among this extraordinary, life-changing group of artists and humans.  At The Outsiders, Matt is the Music Director (Conductor/Keys) for the Broadway production, Co-Orchestrator (Tony nom.), and Co-Producer of the original cast recording (Grammy nom.). Other Broadway productions: Days Of Wine & Roses, SpongeBob Squarepants, Bandstand, Finding Neverland, Violet, First Date, Godspell. Other regional and NYC include Chess (Kennedy Center), Water For Elephants (Alliance, Suzi Bass nom.), Camelot (Bay Street), Clint Black’s Looking For Christmas (Old Globe), Mrs. Miller Does Her Thing (Signature DC, Helen Hayes nom.), The Burnt Part Boys(Playwrights Horizons) 35mm; Joe Iconis’s Bloodsong Of Love, Things To Ruin and Rock ‘n’ Roll Jamboree, and concerts on guitar with Sutton Foster (Lincoln Center), Jessica Vosk (Carnegie Hall), and others. Studio work includes much of the above along with Bubble Boy (MD/piano), Glory Days OCBR (guitar), and albums with Jonathan Reid Gealt, Natalie Weiss, and others. Matt is particularly thankful for his long-standing collaboration with Caissie Levy, both in studio and performance. As with many theater artists, Matt has spent a significant amount of time within the developmental and creative processes of numerous shows, whether as a sideman, music director, copyist, or arranger; favorites include The Bridges Of Madison County, The Heart Of Rock ’n’ Roll, Swept Away, Redwood, Millions, and The Lost Boys. Love to Kym & Madeline and special thanks to Justin Levine.

Credits include music supervision and arrangements for Lempicka (Broadway & La Jolla), We’re Gonna Die (Second Stage), Witness Uganda (Wallis & ART), Invisible Thread (Second Stage). As music director: A Christmas Carol (1st National Tour), Book of Mormon (1st National Tour), Ride the Cyclone (MCC). As music producer: OBCR of Lempicka and Witness Uganda (Sony Masterworks)

Credits include The Outsiders, Merrily We Roll Along, Death Becomes Her, Some Like It Hot, Cabaret, Hell’s Kitchen, Suffs, Water for Elephants, Six, Queen of Versailles and Back to the Future.

Randy Cohen has programmed over 100 Broadway shows, including Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, In The Heights, and Kinky Boots. TV includes “Sesame Street”. Thanks to Sam, Nick, Tim, and Drew.

Italian-made and NYC-based, award-winning composer, music producer and electronic music designer whose genre-bending work spans global stages—from Havana to China to Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen, The Outsiders, Hell’s Kitchen, The Who’s Tommy and Death Becomes Her.

Recent Direction: Furlough’s Paradise (Theater Alliance, Helen Hayes Award Winner, Outstanding Director – Helen). As Associate (Selected): John Proctor Is the Villain (Broadway), Home (Broadway), Jonah (Roundabout). BFA: the illustrious Howard University. autumnangelettie.com

Miranda Cornell is a Jewpanese theater director. Directing credits include  ‘The Annunciation’ at Playwrights Horizons (World Premiere, Spring 2027), ’Indian Princesses’ (Atlantic/Rattlestick/La Jolla Playhouse), ‘The Heart Sellers’ (Stages Houston). Fellowships/affiliations: Clubbed Thumb, NYTW 2050, Van Lier at A4, Roundabout Directors Group, Mercury Store. BA: Vassar. mirandacornell.com

NYC-based director and choreographer. Broadway: The Outsiders, The Last Five Years. Other credits: Tate McRae’s Seven, Urinetown (NYCC), Cyrano (The New Group), Life & Trust (Emursive), Alice by Heart (MCC), Then She Fell. For you, Daddio. @kristencarcone.

Broadway: The Outsiders, Moulin Rouge!, Gutenberg! The Musical!, Beetlejuice, Gypsy, Elf. Off-Broadway/regional favs: The Comedy of Errors, Kowalski, …Spelling Bee. TV/film favs: “The Gilded Age,” “Only Murders in the Building.” Northwestern University. @nancyreneebraun.

John Proctor Is The Villain, Good Night & Good Luck, Stereophonic, Between Riverside and Crazy, Cost of Living; Prayer For The French Republic, The Minutes, Clyde’s, Slave Play, Pass Over, Linda Vista, Royal Shakespeare Company; Arts Professor, Tisch, NYU

Recipient TONY Honors for Excellence in Theatre.  Supervisor for national tours of The Wiz; Summer: The Donna Summer Musical; A Bronx Tale.  Over 30 years on Broadway, over 30 productions.  Mom. Wife. Howard grad.  Life is good. AVID!

Tours: Hamilton (North America, Asia, Australia, Middle East), A Beautiful Noise, The Bodyguard, The Color Purple. NYC/Regional: St. Ann’s, BAM, Park Avenue Armory, Weston Playhouse, Glimmerglass. BFA: Memphis. MFA: CCM. Love to Joshua. For Jim. smtravis.com

Regional: Nobody Loves You, A Strange Loop, Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical (American Conservatory Theater); Mexodus, Cambodian Rock Band, Let the Right One In, Goddess (Berkeley Repertory Theatre). “Much love to my family for their support.”