CREATIVE TEAM
Tim Scott
writer, director Tim Scott is the Chief Executive and Artistic Director of Music Theater Heritage in Kansas City, where he leads the organization’s artistic vision and development of new work. As the creator and director of Moby Dick: A Sea Shanty, he focuses on bold, actor-driven storytelling that blends music and narrative into immersive theatrical experiences. His work emphasizes inventive staging, ensemble collaboration, and reimagining classic material for contemporary audiences.
Fritz Hutchison
Fritz Hutchison is a drummer and a singer and a songwriter and a guitarist and a producer and a bandleader and a friend and a sibling and a banjo player and he just wants to do a good job and make it fun for everybody. For Moby Dick: A Sea Shanty, he developed the show’s musical language, shaping traditional sea shanties and folk music into a dynamic narrative performed live onstage.composer, arranger
Moby Dick: a Sea Shanty received its world premiere at
Music Theater Heritage in Kansas City, Missouri on March 26, 2026.
The original production featured the following cast & creatives:
directed by TIM SCOTTmusic directed by FRITZ HUTCHISONchoreography by ELAINE KIMBLEscenic design by JACK MAGAWlighting design by SHELBI ARNDTcostume design by DANIELLA TOSCANOsound design by GIANNA AGOSTINOtechnical director IAN MILLERproduction manager BRIAN PADAVICstage manager LACEY WILLISassociate director EMILY SHACKELFORDphotos by CORY WEAVERFEATURING:
Angel Z Duong
Manon Halliburton
Katie Karel
Bob Linebarger
T. Eric Morris
Cody Proctor
Bradley J. Thomas
Morgan Walker
Connor Kelly Wright
SWINGS: Arthur Phog Clifford, Thomas Yambo-Rios, Drew Squire
MUSICIANS
Fritz Hutchison on guitar/banjo
Betse Ellis on fiddle
Brian Padavic on bass
Andrew Wilson on accordion asst stage manager ANNALEE DORSEY; production assistant LOG PERALEZ; a1/mixer FELECIA CHANCE; Carpenters KYLE WOMELDUFF; scenic charge artist ALY BATES; scenic painters LOG PERALEZ; electricians STRIPES WILSON, LOG PERALEZ; lighting supervisor SHELBI ARNDT; audio supervisor GIANNA AGOSTINO; wardrobe/soft goods supervisor STRIPES WILSON.