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Gilles Chiasson wrote the musical play, chrysalis, conceived and contributed to Fishwrap, a living newspaper revue, and composed the musical Maps and the movie musical Move Ahead. His writing has been seen at the Adirondack Theatre Festival, the Alley Theatre, the New York Theatre Workshop, and Manhattan Theatre Club. His song, "Hands Holding Hands", received radio play across the country, and his song, "Sweet Mystery", written with Chris Roberts, was featured on LML Records' In Good Company. Gilles was seen on Broadway in the Original Casts of Baz Luhrmann's La Boheme, The Civil War (Outer Critics Circle Nomination), The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Rent, and won an Obie Award for his work in the original, off-Broadway production of Rent at NYTW. Gilles can be heard on numerous Original Broadway Cast Recordings, as well as on his solo CD, Slow Down, available online at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/gilleschiasson. Gilles is currently working with Oscar winning writer/director, Bobby Moresco (CRASH, 10th & WOLF, The Black Donnellys), as Director of Development at Moresco Productions. |
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Michael Scheman was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for his adaptation of The Pirates of Penzance which he staged on board the good ship Peking at the South Street Seaport. He has written the lyrics for numerous special events in NYC (the opening number for two consecutive Lucille Lortel Award ceremonies, the Easter Bonnet competition on Broadway, etc.). He is a member of SSDC, the Dramatist Guild, and the advanced workshop at the BMI musical theatre workshop. His first full length play, Running from the Rhyme, won the John Golden Prize, and was produced at TheatreFest. His new play, Did we Get the Times?, is currently in workshop. He holds an MFA in directing from Columbia University, and has studied playwrighting at Harvard University and the National Theatre Institute at the Eugene O' Neill Theatre Center. |
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Everett
Bradley is a Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter. Since graduating from music school at Indiana University, he has performed in and out of the studio with musical giants like Steve Wonder, Jon Bon Jovi, Quincy Jones, and David Bowie, topping the charts in Europe with his self-penned dance classic "I Luv U Baby", and was the first American to lead Stomp. He was co-writer, arranger, and star of the hit musical Swing, which won Tony and Grammy- nominations for best Broadway Cast recording. Everett's first full length CD, As Ever it Is, received rave reviews from both Billboard and People magazine and the haunting ballad "Whadify" was featured on "Dawson's Creek." His latest completion, an original self-produced Christmas CD entitled, Toy, is a collection of new Christmas tunes. Everett is also the musical director for Our Time Theatre Company, an artistic home for young people that stutter. He is currently producing an album for Our Time featuring world class pop recording artists singing the songs written by the kids of Our Time. |
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Peter
Morris is a playwright and lyricist. He is the
co-author and co-lyricist of Howard Crabtree's Whoop-Dee-Doo!,
winner of the 1994 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Revue. Other produced works include the musicals Escape
from Pterodactyl Island, The Remarkable Ruth Fields, Listen
to the Wind, Funny Business, and The Rose and the Ring,
as well the farce Frankly, Scarlett (co-authored with
Phillip George). Mr. Morris has contributed lyrics to several
revues and written numerous one-act plays. Mr. Morris is a member
of the Dramatists Guild, the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop and
the Westchester Arts Council. |
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Chris
Roberts is a singer/songwriter living in Nashville,
TN. He writes with The Magnet, a publishing house co-owned by
Larry Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers. Prior to writing songs
professionally in Nashville, Chris worked as an actor and a
singer in New York City. There he performed with City Opera
and the New York Philharmonic as well as New York's Ensemble
for Early Music. In addition he was seen in shows like The
Civil War, Godspell, The Return to the Forbidden Planet
and The Who' Tommy. His writing can be considerably
diverse and varied but most often falls into Americana/Country/Folk
styling. |
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Lori
Fischer recently had her ten-minute play, Clean Up Your Shit, included in the 2007 Kennedy Center Regional Play Festival. She performed her musical, Barbara's Blue Kitchen Off-Broadway at the Lamb's Theatre in 2006. Barbara's Blue Kitchen was also produced by Cincinnati Playhouse in 2002 and The Adirondack Theatre Festival in 2000. Off-Broadway, Ms. Fischer created the role of Lee in the hit musical Cowgirls. She also created the role of Mary in the Westbeth Theatre Center's production of The Life (directed by Joe Layton). She is a published songwriter, with her works ranging from a Top 40 Country hit ("It's Easy For You") to the children's CD/video Pat the Bunny Sing With Me! Released by Golden Books/Sony Wonder. She is also the author of the Golden Books children's book The Things That You Can Do! A two-time All American in Track and Field, she has sung the National Anthem for the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds. |
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