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JEFFREY LANE (Book) TED SPERLING (Music Director, Incidental Music Arranger, Co-Vocal Music Arranger) BIOS JEFFREY LANE (Book) is best known for his work on such television programs as "Mad About You," "Ryan's Hope," "Lou Grant," "The AFI Life Achievement Award," "The Tony Awards," "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" and the miniseries "The Murder of Mary Phagan." He is the winner of five Emmys, three Writers Guild Awards, two Peabodys, a Golden Globe and the Christopher Award, and the relatively good-natured loser of many more. Back to top DAVID YAZBEK (Composer/Lyricist). Mr. Yazbek's first musical theatre outing, The Full Monty, earned him Tony and Grammy nominations, a Drama Desk Award for Best Score and, poignantly, the nickname "Silky." Until recently, he thought of himself primarily as a singer/songwriter whose first album, The Laughing Man, won the 1997 NAIRD Award for Best Pop Album. Other albums include TOCK and Damascus. Go to www.Davidyazbek.com for more on the above. As a TV writer, he's earned an Emmy for his work with "Late Night With David Letterman," co-created the groundbreaking yet cloying "Puzzle Place" for PBS and wrote the unrelenting theme song to "Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?" He's scored films and shows for HBO, NBC, Fox, Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel and as a songwriter and/or producer has worked with such artists as XTC, Tito Puente, Ruben Blades, Crash Test Dummies, The Persuasions, Savion Glover and They Might Be Giants. PHILIP WM. MCKINLEY (Director). In New York City, Mr. McKinley directed the five time TONY nominated musical THE BOY FROM OZ starring Hugh Jackman, the revival of THE MOST HAPPY FELLA starring Paul Sorvino, the 1999 Drama Desk nominated hip comedy THWAK, and the Off-Broadway musical ZOMBIE PROM. He was recently nominated for a Barrymore Award as Best Director of the new musical NERDS://A MUSICAL SOFTWARE SATIRE which played at the Philadelphia Theater Company this past spring. McKinley devised and directed Kenneth Feld's European style one ring BARNUM's KALEIDOSCAPE and conceived, directed and choreographed the 128th - 133rd and 135th editions of RINGLING BROS. and BARNUM & BAILEY'S THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. McKinley is presently working on the upcoming Broadway musical NERDS://A MUSICAL SOFTWARE SATIRE, slated to open on Broadway in the 2008 season. He will also direct and conceive with Kenneth and Nicole Feld his tenth production of the RINGLING BROS. & BARNUM AND BAILEY. He is also in development with producer Dean Zanuck on the original movie musical STATE OF AFFAIRS slated to begin production in 2008. Back to top VINCE PESCE (Choreographer) Choreography: "Grease: You're the One That I Want" (Series Choreographer/NBC); "Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed" (HBO); West Side Story starring Diana Degarmo (AMTSJ); The King and I starring Debbie Boone (AMTSJ); Victor/Victoria (Mexico City); Grease (Stages St. Louis); "Holiday Splendor" starring John Davidson (Disney Channel); Guys and Dolls (AMTSJ); Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Carousel). Back to top TED SPERLING (Music Director, Incidental Music Arranger, Co-Vocal Music Arranger). Broadway: The Light in the Piazza, The Full Monty, Titanic (original cast member), Kiss of the Spider Woman, How to Succeed..., My Favorite Year, Falsettos, Drood, Les Misérables, Sunday in the Park With George. Off-Broadway: A Man of No Importance, Wise Guys, A New Brain, Saturn Returns, Floyd Collins. As director: Striking 12, Old Globe; R Shomon, Williamstown; Charlotte: Life? Or Theater?, Peter Pan and Wendy, Lady in the Dark, Prince Music Theatre. Audra McDonald's music director since 1999. Back to top DAVID ROCKWELL (Scenic Design). For more than two decades, David Rockwell and his New York-based architecture and design firm, Rockwell Group, have crafted design experiences that surprise, delight and entertain. In projects such as the Kodak Theatre, W Hotels, the Mohegan Sun casino and Nobu, compelling narratives have been expressed through innovative design ideas. In Rockwell's Tony-nominated sets for Hairspray, as well as his designs for The Rocky Horror Show, Omnium Gatherum, All Shook Up and now Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the sets ingeniously advance the story through rich, compelling and unexpected visual languages. Most recently, Mr. Rockwell created the visual world for Matt Stone and Trey Parker's newest movie, Team America: World Police. Back to top GREGG BARNES (Costume Design). Broadway: Side Show, Flower Drum Song (Tony Award nomination). New York: Sinatra (Radio City), The Kathy and Mo Show, Pageant: New York's Nightly Beauty Pageant, The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, The Wizard of Oz, Madison Square Garden. New York City Opera: Cinderella, The Merry Widow. National tours: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, South Pacific, Disney's Princess Classics on Ice, Dora the Explorer Live. Also, nine seasons as resident designer for Paper Mill Playhouse. Back to top PHILIP WATSON (Lighting Design) was born in Hong Kong. Despite this geographical challenge he grew up to become an Englishman. Philip's work in England includes UMIST Theatre, The Barn Theatre Company, Aylesbury Opera, Pendley Shakespeare Festival, and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Design work here in the U.S.A. includes Virginia Opera, Circus Flora at the Spoleto Festival U.S.A., The Theatre of the Millennium-Va., Shakespeare & Co. with Virginia and Buffalo Symphonies, Surflight Theatre-N.J., Riverside Theatre-Fla., Sierra Repertory Theatre-Calif., Stagedoor Theatre-Fla., Virginia Ballet Theatre, Space Coast Ballet-Fla, Second Wind Dance Company-Va., West Virginia Public Theatre and the National Tour of Hello, Dolly!. Philip's other work in the last 18 months includes Lighting Supervisor for the National Tour of Nobody Don't Like Yogi with Ben Gazarra, and a U.K. tour with Mark Morris Dance Group. Back to top ERIC STAHLHAMMER(Sound Design). Sound design credits include productions at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arizona Theatre Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland's Playhouse Square Center, Dallas Theater Center, Denver Center Attractions, Denver Center Theatre Company, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theatre and the Seattle Repertory Theatre. For Columbia Artists Management, Columbia Artists Theatricals and Eastern Talent Alliance he has designed productions and tours in the United States, Canada and Japan. Back to top DAVE CLEMMONS CASTING (Casting) is Dave Clemmons C.S.A., Joy Dewing and Bekah Nutt. Broadway: Ring of Fire, In My Life, The Boy From Oz, The Civil War, Brooklyn; National and International tours include: Movin' Out, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Producers, Evita, West Side Story, Cats, 42nd Street, The King and I. Off-Broadway: How to Save the World, Mimi Le Duck, Altar Boyz, Bare, Bat Boy, The Ark, Bingo, Cpt. Louie, Zanna Dont!. DAVID RUTTURA (Assistant Director). Assistant Director Credits include Nerds: II A Musical Software Satire, directed by Philip Wm. McKinley (Philadelphia Theater Company), Irving Berlin's White Christmas, directed by Walter Bobbie, Most Happy Fella, directed by Philip Wm. McKinley (New York City Opera), The Wiz and Zhivago, both directed by Des McAnuff (LaJolla Playhouse). Recipient of a 2005 SDCF Observership Grant. STEPHEN BOURNEUF (Associate Choreographer). Director: AMTSJ's West Side Story, The King & I, Guys & Dolls, CDT's Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Stages' High School Musical. Choreographer: CDT's Grease, Stages' The Full Monty and A Chorus Line. Associate: Broadway's Prince of Central Park, HBO's "Tracey Ullman: Live and Exposed." Broadway Performer: eight shows including A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls and Hello, Dolly! JACK O'BREIN (Original Production Director). Broadway: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tony nomination); Henry IV (2004 Tony Award*reg;); Hairspray (2003 Tony Award®); Imaginary Friends; The Invention of Love (Tony nominations, Best Director and Play); The Full Monty (Tony nominations, Best Director and Musical); More to Love; Getting Away With Murder; Pride's Crossing; The Little Foxes; Hapgood (1995 Lucille Lortel Award for Direction); Damn Yankees (Tony nomination, Best Musical Revival); Two Shakespearean Actors (Tony nominations, Best Director and Play); Porgy and Bess (Tony Award®); St. Louis Woman; The Most Happy Fella. Artistic director of the Old Globe Theatre, San Diego, since 1981. Productions include Twelfth Night, The Full Monty, The Seagull, The Magic Fire, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Henry IV, Much Ado About Nothing, Oleanna, Damn Yankees, King Lear, Ghosts, Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, Breaking Legs, Emily. TV: six movies, all for PBS's "American Playhouse." Recent awards: 2004 Thomas Degaetani Award (USITT), 2002 "Mr. Abbott" Award (SDCF), 2001 Joan Cullman Award for Extraordinary Creativity, 2001 Joe A. Callaway Award (SDCF), the Drama League's Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing, 2001. Member, College of Fellows of the American Theatre; Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, University of San Diego. HAROLD WHEELER (Orchestrations). From the time he conducted the Broadway musical Promises, Promises to the year Dreamgirls won six Tony Awards, Harold Wheeler has been in the front ranks of entertainment as a conductor, composer, arranger and performer. He received Tony nominations for Little Me, The Life, Swing!, The Full Monty and Hairspray. Back to top KEITH LEVENSON (Music Supervisor, additional Vocal Arrangements and Orchestrations) Annie, Dreamgirls, Tommy, Best Little Whorehouse, Grease, Wonderful Town, Jesus Christ Superstar, Peter Pan and many others. Conductor/Arranger: Kiss, The Who, Meat Loaf, Yes. Pleased to have worked with many talented folks…and now Yazbek & Co. KEVIN CASEY (Conductor). Originally from Huntington Beach, Calif, Kevin spent ten years as Resident Music Director at the Orange County High School of the Arts before embarking on a life as an itinerant musician. Others tours: Crazy For You, Titanic, Miss Saigon and Tommy. "Thanks to Mom, Dad, Kim and Slugger." COLUMBIA ARTIST THEATRICALS, LLC (Tour Direction) is represented by Aldo Scrofani and Gary McAvay. Mr. McAvay, President of CAT, has represented numerous national tours including Annie, Evita, Grease, Tru, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Master Class, Cats, Chicago, Stomp, Tap Dogs, Ragtime, Copenhagen, South Pacific and Jesus Christ Superstar. Co-producing credits include Born Yesterday, The King and I, Starlight Express, Carousel and Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring In 'Da Funk. Mr. McAvay is the 2004 recipient of the League of American Theatres and Producers Lifetime Achievement in Touring Broadway award. TMG-THE MARKETING GROUP (Tour Marketing). Experts in creating and implementing strategic marketing partnerships, promotions, awareness/branding campaigns and sales initiatives targeting the upscale consumer both in New York and throughout North America. With offices in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, TMG currently represents the Broadway productions of Rent, Mamma Mia!, Curtains, Legally Blonde, Radio Golf, The Pirate Queen, The Drowsy Chaperone and Grey Gardens as well as the tours of Wicked, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Avenue Q, The Drowsy Chaperone, Sweeney Todd, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Twelve Angry Men, Mamma Mia!, Rent, The Producers, Hairspray, Stomp, Annie and Irving Berlin's White Christmas. www.themarketinggroup.net PAUL M. RAMBACHER (General Manager) has represented productions and events for over 25 years. Specializing in national tours, some of his credits include: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels; Wonderful Town; Love Janis; Nobody don't like Yogi starring Ben Gazzara; Stand by your Man; the U.S. deput tours of the International Shakespeare Globes Measure for Measure and Twelfth Night starring Mark Rylance; Elaine Stritch At Liberty, Savion Glover's productions of Classical Savion, Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk and Footnotes; Richard Little in The Presidents; Julie Harris in The Belle of Amherst; Tap Dogs; Copenhagen; AEROS and the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Paul's clients include AT&T, FCB Marketing, 2Luck Concepts, Coca-Cola USA, Kraft Foods, Boston Pops, US Concepts, Lonn Entertainment, Stern-Hall and Show Star Entertainment. GRETCHEN PFARRER (Associate General Manager) has been involved in the entertainment industry for over 17 years. Company managing national tours, some of which include: Tap Dogs, Jekyll and Hyde, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk starring Savion Glover, Copenhagen and is currently the tour manager for Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance. She has worked at the EJ Nutter Center in Dayton, the Palace Theatre in Louisville and the Pioneer Center in Reno, before starting her life on the road. Currently she resides in Las Vegas with her husband. BRIDGET WELTY (Production Manager). Previous shows include; Wonderful Town, Tap Dogs, ll Trovatore, Barber of Seville, Tap Dogs Rebooted, and a variety of shows at the New Jersey Performance Arts Center such as Steve Harvey, Anthony Hamilton, Gypsy Kings. Bridget is a native Bostonian who received her Bachelor's degree in Technical Design from Emerson College (1995) and went on to receive her M.F.A. in Design from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (1998). DEE WICKERT (Stage Manager). Production Stage Manager. International tours: The Full Monty, Blue's Clues Live!, Dora the Explorer, Dora's Pirate Adventure. Off-Broadway: BE by Mayumana (Drama Desk nomination). 2LUCK CONCEPTS (Producer). John Luckacovic and Eleanor Oldham, Directors. In six short years, among their many projects, John and Eleanor produced, booked and/or managed the inaugural North American tours of the celebrated George Piper Dances/Ballet Boyz; Akram Khan's Kaash, MA and the recent Sacred Monsters featuring Akram Khan and Sylvie Guillem; the first-ever North American tours of London's Shakespeare's Globe Original Practice productions of Twelfth Night and Measure for Measure; the critically acclaimed inaugural North American tour of Stan Won't Dance in Sinner; the first U.S. tours of the controversial New York contemporary ballet company Cedar Lake; and a 12 week/50 city tour of Moscow's Helikon Opera. Upcoming projects include former Globe Artistic Director Mark Rylance's company Phoebus Cart, continuing Mark's dedication to Original; the first-in-10 years tour of Mazowsze (coordinated with a major public television special); the Irish physical theatre company Cois Ceim; an encore tour of Sinner; and a new project featuring Akram Khan and Juliette Binoche.
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