WINSTON-SALEM – What would you do if your show had just been nominated for 14 Tony Awards?  

Come to the North Carolina School of the Arts, of course!

Peter Lawrence, who is the associate director and production stage manager of “Monty Python’s Spamalot” on Broadway, will bring part of his team of former NCSA School of Design and Production students back to Winston-Salem to talk to current students about how a Broadway show comes together and the importance of team management in the world of theatre. The seminar will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 16, in the Catawba Theatre of Performance Place on the NCSA campus, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem.

Joining Lawrence from the “Spamalot” production crew will be NCSA School of Design and Production alumni Rachel Wolff, stage manager (B.F.A. 2002, stage management), and Will Sweeney, properties (B.F.A. 1983, technical direction).

Currently playing at the Shubert Theatre in New York City, “Monty Python’s Spamalot” is breaking attendance records and sweeping up awards and nominations. In addition to the 14 Tony Award nominations handed out on May 10, the show picked up 12 Drama Desk nominations and eight Outer Critics Circle nominations (winning three, including Outstanding Broadway Musical).

In addition to Wolff and Sweeney, NCSA School of Design and Production alumni who are part of the “Spamalot” team are Scott “Gus” Poitras, automation (B.F.A. 1996, lighting design); Mary Katherine Flynt, production assistant (former assistant stage manager, now working as personal assistant to “Spamalot” director Mike Nichols) (B.F.A. 2004, stage management); and Gary Arave, wigs and makeup (Master of Fine Arts 1996, wigs and makeup). In addition, Maura Giannini, a 1967 high school graduate of the NCSA School of Music and niece of founding NCSA President Vittorio Giannini, is first violin in the “Spamalot” orchestra.

Peter Lawrence has worked with legendary film and theatre director Mike Nichols on seven original stage productions and one television series. He directed the national tours of “The Graduate,” “Sunset Boulevard,” “Social Security,” “Lost in Yonkers,” “Broadway Bound” and “Rumors.” He was executive producer for both “Miss Saigon” and “Les Misérables” and originated 17 Broadway productions as production stage manager.

An arts conservatory of international renown, the North Carolina School of the Arts was the first state-supported, residential school of its kind in the nation. It was founded in 1963 by the North Carolina Legislature. Today it enrolls more than 1,000 students from middle school through graduate school in five professional schools: Dance, Design and Production (including a Visual Arts Program), Drama, Filmmaking, and Music. For more information, visit the School’s website at www.ncarts.edu.

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(Editor’s Note: This event is not open to the public; however, media are welcome to attend.)