“O” by Cirque du Soleil

Guide: Guy Laliberté
Writer & Director : Franco Dragone
Director of Creation : Gilles Ste-Croix
Set Designer: Michel Crète
Costume Designer: Dominique Lemieux
Composer & Musical Director : Benoît Jutras
Choreographer : Debra Brown
Lighting Designer : Luc Lafortune
Sound Designers: François Bergeron, Jonathan Deans

Fifth Annual One Night for One Drop

Producer: Cirque du Soleil, Jerry Nadal (Sr. Vice-President, Resident Shows Division)
Writers & Directors : Nicky Dewhurst & Laetitia Dewhurst
Director of Creation: Krista Monson
Production Manager: John Barnett
Composer & Musical Director: Jean-François Blais
Set & Props Designer: Jacob Muehlhausen
Choreographer : Laetitia Dewhurst
Costume Designer: Bethany Nordstrom Silva
Hair, Wig, Make-up Designer: Roger Stricker
Lighting Designer: Stephanie Weiss with Donald Leffert
Director of Video Content Design: Tommy Crews
Comedy Director: Nicky Dewhurst
Comedy Writers: Nicky Dewhurst & Shannan Calcutt
Coaches: Marina Pavlovsky, Al Light & Manu Durand
Production Stage Manager: Victoria Arranz
Technical Director: Todd Toresdahl
Sound Designer: Dave Robertson
Assistant to Director of Creation: Justin Sullivan
Talent Advisor: Ross Gibson
Act Designers: Wayne Skivington, Arthur Morel Van Hyfte, Kelly Tucker Guyard, DareDevil Chicken, Noriko Takahashi, Justin Sullivan, JD Davenport, Jonathan Meehan, Song Gao, Tian JinFan, Eve Diamond, Kristina Vorobeva, Rustem Osmanov, Paul Cameron
Featured Guest Artists: William Shatner, The Tenors, Grace VanderWaal, Redfoo, Malevo, Sky Angels, DareDevil Chicken

World Humanitarian Summit

Producer: United Nations Foundation
Producing Director: Patricia Padilla
Creative Director & Choreographer: Krista Monson
Producing Coordinator: Hazami Barmada
Assistant Director & Production Stage Manager: Gabriel Dubé-Dupuis
Lighting Designer: Arek Nisanyan & Burcu Top
Video Design & Production, Set, Props Designer: Illusionist
Costume Designer: Canan Goknil Eryurt
Make-up Designer: Derya Ergun
Props Designer: ModusArt
Music Composition: Ibrahim Ozmen
Casting & Assistant Choreographers: Yildiz Sanli, Burak Sanli
Technical Advisor: Eric Pelletier
Special Guest Artists: Daniel Craig, Forest Whitaker, Ashley Judd, Victor Ochen, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Inna Modja, Victoria Arnaiz-Lanting, Dr. Adeeb Ateeq

Concert and Events

Céline Dion: Guest Choreographer, Caesars Palace Las Vegas
Producer: AEG
Artistic Guide: Gilles Ste-Croix

Jackie Evancho : Creative Associate & Creative Director, North American Tour
Producer: Marc Johnston

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Logo Unveiling: Artistic Coordinator “O”, Choreographer
Producer: International Olympic Committee, Local Host Committee (Vancouver)
Imagined by: Cirque du Soleil

 IAAF World Championships in Athletics: Choreographer, Opening & Closing Ceremonies
Producer: International Olympic Committee, Local Host Committee (Edmonton, Canada)
Executive Producer: Marty Kulich
Director: Kevin Cottam
Music Director: Jan Randall
Production Designer: Brock Lumsden

Corporate Experiences

Hunger Games The Exhibition: Experience Director, MGM Grand Las Vegas
Producer: CityNeon Victory Hill Exhibitions
Group Chief Creative Officer: Welby Altidor
Creative Director: Gene Lubas

Sony E3 2016: Segment Creative Director & Acrobatic Choreographer
Producer: Sony E3
Producing Manager: VegasRigg

Cisco Live! 2016: Creative & Stage Director, Opening Act
Producer: SpotOn Productions
Event Creative Director: Dan Smith

Theatre

Directed/Choreographed/Produced over 50 productions across Canada and the United States in Music Theater, Music, Concert, and Multi-disciplinary art forms. Recipient of two Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards for Outstanding Choreography. Created and collaborated on work at professional level (Actors' Equity), Post-Secondary, Children's Theater in addition to collaborations with symphony orchestras. Produced and tour directed US/Canada tour of show RhythMatix (co-created by Krista Monson and Doug Blackley). Adjunct instructor and master class instructor at Grant MacEwan College (Theater Arts), Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA).

Selected (Actors’ Equity, Canada/USA)

Cabaret: Choreographer, Neptune Theater
Dir: Ron Ulrich

Rocky Horror Show: Choreographer, Neptune Theater
Dir: Ron Ulrich, Starring: Steven Sutcliffe (World Theatre Award on Broadway)

CATS: Assistant Director/Choreographer, Neptune Theater
Dir: Ron Ulrich

Oliver!: Choreographer, Citadel Theatre
Dir: Bob Baker

Grease: Choreographer (Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Outstanding Choreography), Citadel Theatre
Dir: Bob Baker

Little Shop of Horrors: Choreographer (Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Outstanding Choreography), Citadel Theatre
Dir: Bob Baker

The Sound of Music: Choreographer, Mayfield Theatre
Dir: Ron Ulrich

 I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change: Choreographer, Mayfield Theatre
Dir: James Brewer

 Guys N’ Dolls: Choreographer, Mayfield Theatre
Dir: Ron Ulrich

 Co-Creator/Director/Producing Director: RhythMatix, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

 Co-Creator/Director/Producing Director: RhythMatix, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

 Co-Creator/Director/Producing Director, RhythMatix, US/Canada Tour

Post-Secondary & Theatre for Young Audiences

Me & My Girl: Choreographer, Grand MacEwan Theatre Arts College
Dir: Tim Ryan

Anyone Can Whistle: Choreographer, Grand MacEwan Theatre Arts College
Dir: Tim Ryan

BIG: Choreographer, Grand MacEwan Theatre Arts College
Dir: Tim Ryan

Secret Garden: Choreographer, Grand MacEwan Theatre Arts College
Dir: Tim Ryan

The Club: Choreographer, Grand MacEwan Theatre Arts College
Dir: Maralyn Ryan

West Side Story: Choreographer, St. Albert Children’s Theatre
Dir: Janice Flower