Robert Hupp+ (he/him)

FIFTH SEASON

Jessica Chen+ (she/her)

THIRD SEASON

Jessica Chen is a Bessie-nominated choreographer and Artistic Director of J CHEN PROJECT. Her previous productions at Weathervane include Jersey Boys, Beautiful: A Carole King Musical, and Cabaret. Recent credits include choreographing Cameron Crowe’s reimagined Almost Famous with composer Tom Kitt, The Wizard of Oz at Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and Peter and the Starcatcher at Montclair State University. She served as Assistant Director on SUMO at The Public Theater (Drama Desk Award for Fight Choreography). She is a recipient of the 2025 SDCF Lynnette Barkley Fund. Her show AAPI Heroes tours nationally in 2026. She is a proud member of SDC. www.jessicachen.co

Irene Sankoff & David Hein

IRENE SANKOFF & DAVID HEIN are the Olivier-award winning, Tony and Grammy nominated, Canadian writing team behind the worldwide award-winning hit Musical Come From Away, currently playing to over 100 countries on Apple TV+, and around the world.

Their first show, My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding, based on David’s mother’s true story, has won Best Musical awards across North America, with Sankoff and Hein performing in many productions.

Together, they have written for Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros., HBO and the CW as well as Marvel Comics and the Canadian government. They are the recipients of the FourFreedoms Good Neighbor Award and the Meritorious Service Cross of Canada which recognizes Canadians’ exceptional accomplishments.

Music Theatre International

Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world’s leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form.

MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 100,000 professional, community and school theatres in the US and in over 150 countries worldwide.

MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior® shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students.