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Cross, and the community locally by assisting
with the March of Dimes and the OBX Marathon. In
his career he has worked on several feature
films including Chris Rock’s Head of State, Ted
Turner’s Gods and Generals, Disney’s Tuck
Everlasting with Sissy Spacek, The Farm with Al
Pacino, and Local Knowledge. He has designed
costumes for such television series: Ghost
Stories with Rip Torn, The New Detectives (Telly
Award), The FBI Files, The Prosecutors, Untold
Stories of the Navy Seals, and Daring Capers (Telly
Award); movies of the week The Killing Fields,
and Take the Money and Run; and television
pilots Commander in Chief with Geena Davis,
Georgetown with Helen Mirren and The End of
Civilization with Eric Idle. His Broadway
credits include The Producers (Tony Award),
Crazy for You (Tony Award), Guys and Dolls,
Private Lives, The Royal Family, and the
national tour of A Christmas Carol. His numerous
video designs have won various awards including
the prestigious Cindy Award, given for
distinction in video production. Carl’s crowning
achievement was receiving a 2003-2004 Primetime
Emmy Awards Nomination in the category of
Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or
Special for his work on the HBO Television Movie
Iron Jawed Angels starring Hillary Swank,
Patrick Dempsey, and Angelica Houston. He is a
member of the Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences. This summer marks his 18th summer with
The Lost Colony. He is a former recipient of The
Lost Colony’s Evelyn Russell Layton Award, which
recognizes promising theatre talent. He
dedicates his summer season to all those alumni
who like him began their professional careers in
The Lost Colony and continue to keep the dream
alive.
Jane
McCulloch , Director 
season with THE LOST COLONY. First associated
with the production at age eight, he joined the
company as a colonist boy. While his mother
performed in front of the footlights as Queen
Elizabeth I and his father worked as property
master, technical director and director, Mr.
Long spent numerous hours backstage under the
eye of costume designer Irene Smart Rains, whose
guidance and encouragement helped lay the
foundation for his career as a Broadway costume
designer. He holds an undergraduate degree in
history from The College of William and Mary and
a Master of Fine Arts degree in stage design
from Yale University. He currently has 4 shows
on Broadway: CURTAINS; GREY GARDENS; HAIRSPRAY
(Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards);
CHICAGO. Other credits include THE PRODUCERS
(Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Awards);
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (which marked Mr.
Long’s 50th design for the Broadway Stage);
SWEET CHARITY; LA CAGE AUX FOLLES; TWENTIETH
CENTURY; LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS; THE BOY FROM
OZ; CABARET; NEVER GONNA DANCE; CONTACT (Hewes
Award); THE MUSIC MAN; ANNIE GET YOUR GUN; THE
MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER; SWING; STEEL PIER; 1776;
SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ; CRAZY FOR YOU (Tony, Outer
Critics Circle Awards); GUYS AND DOLLS (Drama
Desk Award); A CHRISTMAS CAROL; SIX DEGREES OF
SEPARATION; LEND ME A TENOR (Drama Desk, Outer
Critics Circle Awards); NINE (Tony, Drama Desk,
Maharam Awards). His designs have also appeared
in performances for such artists as Mick Jagger,
Siegfried and Roy, and for choreographers Paul
Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Peter Martins, David
Parsons and Susan Stroman. Mr. Long was the
recipient of the RIHA’s Morrison Award (1992),
the UNC Chapel Hill Playmakers Award (1994), the
National Theatre Conference “Person of the Year”
award (2000), the Order of the Long Leaf Pine
(2001), the Distinguished Career Award from the
Southeastern Theatre Conference (2002), and the
2004 North Carolina Award presented by Governor
Easley. In January 2006 he was inducted into the
Theatre Hall of Fame.
(download William Ivey Long article)
Ken
is glad to be back on the familiar sands of
Roanoke Island. This is the sixth year Ken has
done the music for The Lost Colony. He is
thrilled to be joining Jane’s vision to breathe
new life in this enduring story. Ken makes his
home in New York. He is a music
director/conductor having swung the stick from
Maine to Minnesota, from Carolina to Florida and
several points in between. Ken is also a vocal
coach, having worked with the National tours of
Oliver!, The Full Monty, Rent, and Sweet
Charity— working with Molly Ringwald. He
recently prepared Jennifer Hudson for her role
in Dreamgirls-the movie. Ken has also coached
vocals for the Steinhardt School of Music at
NYU. Ken has written two full-length musicals
produced in Florida: Midnight Clear and a
musical version of A Christmas Carol. He wrote
the opening production number “Our Good Nature”
for the Tournament of Roses Parade with Kristin
Chenoweth. He wrote a children’s musical Being a
Bee produced by Macy’s Herald Square in New
York. His work has been heard at Walt Disney
World Orlando, Tokyo Disney, and the Disney
Cruise Line.
Originally from Elizabeth City, NC, Barbara
spent many summers in Manteo performing in the
Lost Colony as a colonist child and, later, as a
dancer. After dancing for a year with the San
Antonio Ballet, Barbara received a BFA in Acting
and Directing from UNC-G and now choreographs
and performs for professional theatres, touring
companies, theme parks, cruise ships, and
Universities around the country. She most
recently just finished a four-year stint
performing and working as a staging specialist
for Walt Disney World. Barbara performed on
Broadway with Chita Rivera, danced at the White
House with Baryshnikov, toured nationally in Me
and My Girl, toured Europe as Ado Annie in
Oklahoma! and can be seen as an orphan in the
movie Annie. Barbara’s family has been involved
in the show for many years, starting with her
great grandmother, who was a costumer in the
original 1937 production. Barbara’s mother,
Marjalene, has played every female role in the
show, with the exception of Agona and was
honored to have last year’s 2006 season
dedicated to her. Barbara’s father, Harry, was
lighting designer for many seasons and her
brother, Hunt, played Wano at age 5, became
stage manager and sound engineer, and is
currently on the Alumni Committee. Barbara’s
husband, Tim, has also been involved with the
show. He served as Box Office Manager for two
seasons and worked as Administrative Assistant.
This past fall, Barbara and her husband, Tim,
started their own entertainment company,
Shoreline Entertainment, which currently
produces musical reviews on the Outer Banks.
Barbara would like to thank her family and
friends for their unending love and support and
God for his constant guidance and blessings. She
would also like to thank Carl Curnutte and the
Board of Directors for allowing her to continue
to “keep the dream alive!” 
he created an original orchestral score and
sound design for Macbeth and The Comedy of
Errors at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival. He
has toured Europe and the United States with a
production called An Alphabet, a newly completed
John Cage work produced by the John Cage Trust.
He wrote an orchestral score for Louisiana Tech
University’s original production of The Leafmen
and the Brave Good Bugs, presented in the Spring
of 2001. Michael has composed musical scores for
some of the nation's largest outdoor dramas
including Blue Jacket and The Legend of Daniel
Boone. Michael composed music and sound for the
1998 and 1996 Humana Festivals for New American
Playwrights at Actors Theatre of Louisville and
for The New York Shakespeare Festival in New
York City. He has worked with some of America’s
most innovative playwrights including Naomi
Wallace, Jane Martin, John Patrick Shanley,
Donald Marguilles and William Mastrosimone. As a
performer, Michael has provided keyboards and
vocals for local Louisiana bands and has
performed at two New Orleans Jazz and Heritage
Festivals. In 2003, Michael was recognized as
the Louisiana State Funded Theatre Artist by
receiving the Artist Fellowship Grant in Theatre
presented by the Louisiana Division of the Arts.
former
Lost Colony production company member. Chris
works for Busch Entertainment Corporation having
designed lighting for dozens of productions at
Busch Gardens, SeaWorld and Sesame Place theme
parks. He designed the lighting for Crazy Horse
Memorial – a mountain in the Black Hills of
South Dakota. In Branson, Missouri Chris has
designed lighting for numerous productions
including Christmas Dreams at the Grand Palace
and Celebrate America! at the Mansion America
Theatre. He also designed the lighting for Dixie
Stampede in Branson, Myrtle Beach, Orlando and
Pigeon Forge. Chris has designed lighting for
Radisson Seven Seas Cruises and Princess Cruise
lines on multiple ships in the US and Europe.
Additional design credits include: Theatre
Virginia, Alabama Theatre, Cincinnati Children’s
Theatre, Mt. Holyoke College, Tallahassee
Ballet, LEGO Land California and Dollywood Theme
Park. He has previously taught at Cornell
University and Florida State University.
Returning to the Outer Banks and designing the
lighting for The Lost Colony is a personal
favorite project for Chris.
