Producer/Director

Jonathan Rockefeller is the co-founder of Rockefeller Productions, a company that combines film, theatre, animation, puppetry and television. He also devotes time to philanthropic work furthering childhood literacy and appreciation of the arts. The production of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show debuted to a sell-out season at the Sydney Festival January 2015, and has continued playing worldwide ever since in over 118 cities. Beyond the stage, Jonathan and Eric Carle Studios teamed up to produce and direct an animated version of 10 Little Rubber Ducks based on Eric Carle’s book of the same name and narrated by Bernadette Peters. The animation made its film festival debut at the UK’s Bath Film Festival last December and has since screened at six festivals.

General Manager

Carl Vorwerk has been a part of the Caterpillar family for the past year and a half and is excited to help bring the show to Seattle Children’s Theatre. After establishing his London based company, Selladoor Worldwide, in 2009, Carl has gone on to launch the New York office where he works as a Producer and General Manager. Of all the books he read with his parents growing up, The Very Lonely Firefly was by far one of his favorites. www.selladoor.com

Company Manager

Krista Robbins comes from a long line of “theater folk” and has worn many hats in the entertainment world. She has Company Managed more then 20 off-Broadway productions. She is also an event Stage Manager working with entertainers and politicians ranging from Lady GaGa to Hilary Clinton. She has toured the world with her parents company Bob Brown Puppets. She lives in Hell’s Kitchen, New York with her husband, 10 year old son, four dogs, two cats and a turtle.

Production Stage Manager

Hannah Delmore is a New York City base Stage Manager. She has been living and working in the city for the past five years and has recently finished the 9 month Off-Broadway run of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show as the Production Stage Manager and is very excited to be with them again at The Seattle Children's Theatre. Some of her other recent work includes PSM for Prurience at The Guggenheim Museum and Stage Manager for Sleep No More at The McKittrick Hotel in Chelsea. When she is not working she enjoys hanging out with her dog and boyfriend at their home in Astoria, Queens.

Stage Manager

Peter Brown has traveled all over the world with his parent’s company Bob Brown Puppets. He has performed and Stage Managed with symphony orchestras throughout the United States, Japan and Singapore doing shows such as Peter And The Wolf, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Carnival of The Animals and El Retablo Maese Pedro. He has been a part of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show since the beginning and is very excited to take it to Seattle.

Composer

Based in Sydney, Australia, Nate Edmondson is an international, multi-award winning Composer and Sound Designer for stage and screen. His theatre credits include; For Rockefeller Productions (US): That Golden Girls Show! [US], The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show [AU, NZ, US, UAE & UK]. For Sydney Theatre Company: The Harp In The South: Part 1 & 2, Blackie Blackie Brown (with Malthouse), Three Sisters, Cloud Nine, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Never Did Me Any Harm (with Force Majeure). For Belvoir: Mark Colvin's Kidney, Mortido (with State Theatre Company of South Australia), Seventeen, Kill The Messenger, Angels In America: Part 1 & 2, This Heaven. For Sydney Dance Company: Once We Were. For Bell Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, The Winter’s Tale, As You Like It, Macbeth.

Scenic and Lighting Designer

This is David Goldstein’s 6th time collaborating with caterpillars, after designing two off broadway runs, the UK tour, the West End production, and the Toronto production! He absolutely loves theatre for young audiences, and hopes to inspire a new generation to become artists! Credits include: Off Broadway: Emojiland, Church And State, That Golden Girls Show, Soul Doctor, The Portal, Stalking The Bogeyman, Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, I Know What Boys Want. Regional: Penguin Rep, Des Moines Playhouse, NCStage, WVPublic, Drake University. RLYcore4. Instagram: @davidgoldsteindesigns. davidgoldsteindesigns.com