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| Bass, Jeremy
(music, Olsen Terror)
- is a singer, guitarist, composer, poet, and teacher. His diverse
musical interests take him from rock clubs to concert halls. Olsen
Terror is his first musical. This Spring marks his Carnegie Hall
debut as one half of Duo Empyrius. back to top |
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| Campbell,
Mark (States of Confinement)
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Feldman,
Michelle (book/lyrics, lovesick)
- a Texas transplant who has dabbled in writing,
singing, programming, and
working for evil monopolists, Michelle has written a jazz play, High
Standards, and pop songs for a local label. While acting as DP
Veteran Series house manager and assistant curator for the WNFB Festival
in 2004, Michelle co-wrote and directed The Merry Swinger Show,
a short musical farce setting the 2000 election scandal in the guise
of a raunchy talk show. She is also curator of this year's WNFB festival. back to top |
| Ginsberg,
Rose (direction, Wake
Her Up) - studied modern European history at Barnard College
but spent most of her time in various blackboxes. In addition to numerous
performing credits, Rose has assistant-directed two shows and directed
three. Her production of Michel Marc Bouchard's The Coronation
Voyage marked the play's NYC debut. Rose is currently working
with Janine on a new production of their rock'n'roll show, The
Band Behind the Curtain. back to top |
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| Gordon,
Gabriel (music/lyrics, Pearl's
Gone Blue) - a visionary artist in the field of music, is
currently touring Europe performing solo shows and playing with artists like Andrew Roachford. Gordon is recording his fifth album to date for Universal Records. He has toured for years with Natalie Merchant and will be working with Meshell N'degeocello in the autumn. back to top |
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| Horne,
Lance (States of Confinement)
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Horowitz,
Susan (music/book/lyrics, Doctor
Dick) - Projects: Musical: Boulevard X ; Plays:
The Golden Heart (1st Prize), Angelface (1st Prize);
Screenplay: Planet of the Ticklebops (Cine Golden Eagle);
Queens of Comedy (based on interviews with famous comediennes);
Read With Me (Children’s Book of the Month Club); Songs:
“Sailing” (ASCAP-MAC showcase); Poetry Book: I Am
Loved. Susan is an adjunct professor at BMCC. www.drsue.com back to top |
| Jackson,
Michael (book/lyrics, Only
Children) - holds an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing and a
BFA in Dramatic Writing from the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. His
plays have received productions at Developing Artists’ Theatre
Company, the New Professional Theatre, the Henry Street Settlement
and the Flea Theatre. He is writing lyrics for a new musical, Menu,
produced independently by David Kolatch. back to top |
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| Jannucci,
James (music, lovesick)
- Pieces for musical theater include: Empathy, Perfume
(presented by All Seasons Theatre Company), and The Merry Swinger
Show (which appeared in the WNFB Fesitival in 2004). Other works
include: Mass, The Brief Interval of Life and Death,
String Quartet, and The Magic Cycle. He studied
composition at Columbia University and the Aaron Copland School of
Music, CUNY. back to top |
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Kess, Mitch
(book/lyrics/music, Sad Damn:
The Musical (Part II)) - A playwright, lyricist and composer
with a political soul, Mitch Kess is pleased to be developing his
latest political rock musical at Dixon Place. Past DP productions
have included The Universal Mind and Saddamn the Musical.
Mitch's work has been produced by The Public Theater at Joe's Pub,
Makor, and the Medicine Show Theater. For show excerpts see www.thelastamerican.org. back to top |
| Kramer,
Leslie (book/lyrics, Pearl's
Gone Blue) - is currently expanding her musical Give
Me Space, which was produced at Raw Impressions Musical Theater
and at Ensemble Studio Theater as part of the Sloan Foundation’s
First Light Festival. Other plays include Tennessee Descending,
One Dead Soldier and the musical Ophelia and the Players.
She is a graduate of The Yale School of Drama. back to top |
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| Lapine,
Sarna (direction, lovesick)
- has spent the past decade living in Seattle, WA. She came to New
York in February 2005 as the assistant director for the Tony Award-winning
Lincoln Center Theater production of The Light in the Piazza.
My Saraab, a short documentary that Sarna produced and directed,
premieres this winter. Sarna is currently working towards her MFA
in filmmaking at Columbia University. back to top |
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Macias,
Brett (music, Tuesday)
- wrote music for his first musical, Three for a Match, in
high school. He’s composed music for Webster University, the
Encores! Organization, and the St. Louis Repertory Theatre. He also
wrote the book and contributed music to the St. Louis Gay Men’s
Chorus’ musical, Broadway Bound! At NYU's Graduate
Musical Theatre Program, Brett wrote the music for Fishing the
Moon, The Lavatory, and Tuesday. back to top |
| May,
David (book, Olsen
Terror) - David May has been living in New York for about
a year now, writing and studying languages. A veteran waiter and bank
teller, he graduated from Northwestern University, where he received
a major grant for his original play, Hangin' Out. He conceived
the idea for Olsen Terror with friend George Newman. back to top |
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| McGuire,
Janine (music/lyrics, Wake
Her Up ) - was that weird kid who wrote musicals instead
of doing normal things. She studied music at Columbia and founded
a musical theater writing organization there. Favorite projects include
her "rock/theater experience" The Band Behind The Curtain
and managing rock band Van Davis. She has interned on Caroline,
or Change and The Lion King and now works at Disney
Theatrical Productions. back to top |
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| Merritt,
Kevin (book/direction, The
Victor Woo Project) - Kevin was a senior talent coordinator
for CBS's 75th Anniversary, the Tony Awards, and the Democratic National
Convention. He served as assistant director for the National Tour
of R&H Cinderella and MTC's workshop of The Wild
Party. Currently he's working on the NFL Kickoff, VH1's HipHopHonors
and the development of a flame-throwing pipe organ powered by dancing
for the Burning Man Festival. back to top |
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| Mirto,
Chris (production, Olsen
Terror ) - recently finished performing in Richard Foreman's
The God's Are Pounding My Head. Mirto has directed work at
PS 122, Evidence Room (LA) and Theatre of Note (LA). Recent New York
productions include Nicky Silvers' Pterodactyls and The
Lovers by Brian Friel. In the upcoming year, Chris will be producing
Jacqueline Wright's Eat Me and directing her play Bing
for Ostara Theater Company. back to top |
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Murphy,
Caroline (book/lyrics, Tuesday)
- received her BA in Theatre and Philosophy from Hampshire College.
Her plays have been shown at Hampshire College, Shakespeare and Company
(the Berkshires), the Here Arts Center in New York City, as well as
in the NY Intl. Fringe Fest and the Philadelphia Fringe Fest. At NYU's
Graduate Musical Theater Program, Caroline co-wrote Fishing The
Moon, Branded and Graced, and Tuesday. back to top |
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Ortiz,
Ricardo (music/book/lyrics, Eggmobile)
- has been writing and performing music for the past twenty years
in Puerto Rico, New Orleans, and New York City. He has worked as a
bassist for various rock bands including TK and The Allmighty Buck,
and was musical director for the Feed The Herd (from Robert
and The Dawn). He is presently performing songs from his new spanish
rock opera La Batutera. back to top |
| Paul,
Emily (book, Wake Her
Up) - graduated from New York University two years ago, where
she studied Dramatic Writing and Mythology. Her short play, The
Shocker Show, was recently seen as a finalist in NYC's 8 Minute
Madness Playwright's Festival. Emily also freelances for an online
entertainment magazine. back to top |
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| Peters,
Rachel (music, Only
Children ) - holds an MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from
the Tisch School of the Arts and a double BA in music and theatre
from Brandeis University. Other works include settings of Mamet and
Roald Dahl, f2m, Apis mellifera, and Public Domain, which was performed
at NOMTI’s Birth of a Musical Festival. Rachel is working with
librettist Susan Bernfield on Jumping Songs. back to top |
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| Plotkin,
Gary (music/book/lyrics, BFG)
- GARY PLOTKIN, aside from his musical based on Roald Dahl’s
The BFG, is co-writing an original musical, The Texas
Tango. Previously, he wrote a musical of Columbia Pictures’
The Front. He also has written music for Herbert Mark Newman
Theater’s Crossing Lines and Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Paramount Pictures’ Funny About Love, and an independently
produced film, Tom’s Midnight Garden. back to top |
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| So,
Kevin (music/lyrics, The
Victor Woo Project) - Performing almost 200 shows per year
since 1995, Kevin So has made a name for himself as a boundary-stretching
singer/songwriter. So's original blend of pop, rhythm & blues,
and hip hop has garnered the attention and praise from Billy Bragg,
Martin Sexton, Mary Lou Lord, Richie Havens, David Wilcox, and most
recently Keb Mo. back to top |
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| Teitlebaum,
Sherry (direction, Pearl's
Gone Blue) - works as a director and acting coach. She has
directed over 60 shows in Off-Off Broadway and regional venues. An
alumna of The Lincoln Center Theater Directors’ Lab, Sherry
trained with theater visionaries Tina Packer, Anne Bogart and Joe
Chaikin. Pearl marks her sixth collaboration with a music theater
team to develop original work. back to top |
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| Tom Wojtunik - (direction, Tuesday) directed and co-created The Miss Education of Jenna Bush, starring Melissa Rauch, in the NY International Fringe Festival (Best Solo Show & Audience Favorite). He was a member of the LCT Directors' Lab in June, where he directed a reading of Love Is Good. He produced the 2002 Festival of New Musicals for the NAMT and is a member of Emerging Artists Theatre. | |
| Wells,
Chris (book/lyrics, Olsen
Terror ) - a professional actor for over twenty years and
creative artist, Wells aspires to create performances that exist at
the crossroads of the sacred and the profane, the popular and the
profound, hoping to find meaning in the trivia of the modern world.
Previous work includes Liberty!; Nowhere to Run,
a Buddhist pop-opera; and The Secret City, where art is liturgy
and artists are holy people. back to top |
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Zimmerman,
Jay Alan (music/book/lyrics, Deaf
Man Mocking) - Music commissions: Edinburgh FRINGE FIRST
winners Booth and Our Brutus, Grand Prix International
Video Danse winner Do Not Call It Fixity, and First Run Fest.
Best Score winner The Last Leaf. Original works: award-winning
film musicals Love Burns and Pawns, multimedia show Evil Eye (Dixon Place/Makor), and song cycle Punctuated Thoughts (Tom O’Horgan, director). Jay's become deaf to speech but still hears some music. www.JayAlanZimmerman.com. back to top |
