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Janet Hood Composer
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Bill Russell Bookwriter
Lyricist
Shanna Allison Assistant Stage Manager
AEA Stage Manager. ... read more Amy holds a BA in Psychology with Honors from the University of Kansas and a MFA in Directing from Penn State University. Amy was the associate/resident director of Escape to Margaritaville for Christopher Ashley on the pre-Broadway tour and also on Broadway. She served as Mr. Ashley’s Associate Director on Disney’s Freaky Friday. Amy directs mostly new musicals, including the NYC Off-Broadway and London premieres last year of Unexpected Joy. Amy’s work has also been seen at Asolo Rep, The Guthrie, Goodspeed, and ACT (SF). Favorite directing credits include: 21 Chump Street (European Premiere), I Am My Own Wife (NYC ... read more Stephen DeAngelis is known for The Farmer and the Belle: Saving Santaland (2020), Shelter (2016) and Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2020). ... read more
Julian Evans Sound Designer
Julian is a Brooklyn-based sound designer, providing mixes for theatre and cinema. Building off a background in classical trumpet and music theory, his designs and mixes are informed by a heightened awareness of dynamics, tone, and rhythm. Off-Broadway: Tick, Tick… BOOM! / John & Jen / Phoenix Rising (Theatre Row), I Like it Like That! (Pregones Theater), Soulographie (La MaMa), Touch / The Good Girl / In the Summer Pavilion (59e59). Off-off Broadway: Two Intimate (Abingdon Theater), The Golden Year (WorkShop Theater), Hard Times (The Cell), Paradox of the Urban Cliché (Wild Project), Parade / A Man of No Importance ... read more
Beth Falcone Music Director
Beth Falcone is a New York based composer/lyricist, pianist, conductor and singing voice teacher. Her musical, Wanda’s World, was produced off-Broadway at the 45th St. Theater (Amas, in association with Terry Schnuck) received two Lortel Award nominations, including best musical, a Drama Desk Award nomination for best book, and she is a Kleban prize winner for Most Promising Lyricist. The show was released on Broadway Records in December of 2019 with album producer Michal J. Moritz, Jr. and has been licensed by Theatrical Rights Worldwide. For more information, visit: WANDASWORLDMUSICAL.com. Her work has been featured in Broadway Bound (Merkin Hall), Lincoln Center Library's ... read more
Deb Gaouette Props Master
Julianne Menassian Production Stage Manager
AnnMarie Milazzo Vocal Arranger
A.R.T.: Finding Neverland, Prometheus Bound. Broadway (Vocal Designer): A Beautiful Noise, Almost Famous, 1776, Once On This Island, Spring Awakening, Next to Normal, If/Then, Finding Neverland. Off-Broadway: Carrie, Bright Lights Big City, Superhero; (Orchestrator, with Michael Starobin): Once on this Island (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle nominations). Regional: Dangerous Beauty, Some Lovers, Dave, A Walk on the Moon, Almost Famous. Other credits include The Radio City Rockettes’ Summer Spectacular 2016 (co-arranger/lyricist, co-composer); Cirque du Soleil’s Le Rêve and La Perle. Film: Pretty Dead Girl (Composer and Lyricist; Special Jury Award, Sundance Film Festival). Milazzo is the Grammy-nominated female vocalist ... read more
James Morgan Set Designer
Matthew Pachtman Costume Designer
Ken Wills Lighting Designer

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