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Merkin Concert Hall Monday, September 24, 2012 at 7:30 pm

Kaufman Center presents Broadway Close Up

Bound For Broadway XII Liz Callaway, host Sean Hartley, artistic director

Featuring Songs from

The Dogs of Pripyat The Great American Mousical Murder For Two Rocket Science Watt?!?

With Appearances by

Jill Abramovitz Aron Accurso Sean Attebury Kellen Blair Alex Brightman Andy Einhorn Noah Galvin Alexander Gemigniani Gwen Hollander David Javerbaum Joe Kinosian Martin Landry Janice Mays Landry Ken Marks Brendan Millburn Jeremy Morse Lea Nardi Adam Overett Larry Pressgrove Jason Rhyne Aaron Riesebeck William Ryall Kristin Tarczynski Barbara Walsh Jason “SweetTooth”Williams Keith White

Act I

Murder For Two Book and Lyrics by Kellen Blair; Music by Joe Kinosian

“It Was Her” JOE KINOSIAN and ADAM OVERETT “He Needs a Partner” JOE KINOSIAN and ADAM OVERETT

Rocket Science Book by Patricia Cotter; Lyrics by Jason Rhyne; Music by Stephen Wiener Based on the by Jeffrey Blitz; Music directed by Andy Einhorn

“According to Kline” JEREMY MORSE and AARON RIESEBECK “Only Jenny” JEREMY MORSE “Williamsburg” STEPHEN BOGARDUS and BARBARA WALSH

The Great American Mousical Book by Hunter Bell; Lyrics by Marcy Heisler; Music by Zina Goldrich Based on the book by Edwards and Emma Walton

“Oh, For a Life in the Country” NOAH GALVIN and HEIDI BLICKENSTAFF “What Do You Think of That?” NOAH GALVIN “The Show Goes On” HEIDI BLICKENSTAFF

Intermission

Act Two

The Dogs of Pripyat Book by Jill Abramovitz and Leah Napolin; Lyrics by Jill Abramovitz; Music by Aron Accurso; Based on The Dogs of Pripyat by Leah Napolin; Music directed by Andy Einhorn

“To Be Someone’s Dog” ALEX BRIGHTMAN, ALEXANDER GEMIGNIANI, GWEN HOLLANDER, LEA NARDI, WILLIAM RYALL, KRISTIN TARCZYNSKI and KEITH WHITE “Dosvedanya” ALEX BRIGHTMAN, ALEXANDER GEMIGNIANI, GWEN HOLLANDER, LEA NARDI, WILLIAM RYALL, KRISTIN TARCZYNSKI and KEITH WHITE “You’ll Come Back” ALEX BRIGHTMAN

Watt?!? Book and Lyrics by David Javerbaum; Music by Brendan Millburn

“Watt?!?” KEN MARKS “That’s Your Department” JASON “SWEET TOOTH” WILLIAMS “This I Pray” LIZ CALLAWAY

About the Host

Tony nominee and Emmy winner Liz Callaway made her Broadway debut in ’s Merrily We Roll Along. She has gone on to star in Baby, , The Look of Love, The Three Musketeers, and for 5 years appeared as Grizabella in . The award-winning Sibling Revelry (created with her sister, ) played to great acclaim at the in London. Their new show, Boom! was recently recorded Live at Birdland for PS Classics, and is currently touring venues across the country. Liz can be heard on the soundtracks of numerous animated feature including the singing voice of the title characters in both The Swan Princess and the Oscar-nominated . Her extensive concert career has taken her to Beijing, Shanghai, Tasmania, , Barcelona, Estonia, France, Korea, Iceland and just about every major city in the United States. Liz has released four solo recordings, the most recent being Passage of Time on the PS Classics label.

About The Artists

Jill Abramovitz is the lyricist of Martha Speaks (with composer Brad Alexander and bookwriter Kevin Delaguila), which was commissioned by TheatreworksUSA and will begin a national tour this fall. She is a contributing lyricist on It Shoulda Been You, starring Tyne Daly and directed by (George Street, Village Theatre, Bound For Broadway 2010). She is also developing an adaptation of the Ken Loach film Bread and Roses with composer/husband Brad Alexander. She is incredibly proud of The Dogs of Pripyat, which was showcased at the 2011 NAMT Festival, Goodspeed’s Festival of New Artists, and was the recipient of the Weston Playhouse New Musical Award. Currently, The Dogs of Pripyat is in rehearsal for a developmental production at the University of Miami. As an actress, Jill has appeared on Broadway in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, 9 to 5, and will begin rehearsals in December for the upcoming Cinderella. Aron Accurso, Composer/Additional Lyricist: Strega Nona (commissioned by Weston Six productions including The Atlantic Theatre and a National Tour by Maximum Entertainment.) The Dogs of Pripyat (showcased at the 2011 NAMT Festival, Goodspeed’s Festival of New Artists, Weston’s New Musical Award, and the University of Miami.) Training: Dramatists Guild Fellow, BMI Workshop (Harrington Award). Broadway: (Associate Conductor), Little Mermaid (Keyboard 1), Billy Elliot (Casting, Rehearsal Pianist). Regional: Calvin Berger at George Street (Incidental Music/Music Director). Workshops: , Up Here, , Addams Family, Hello My Baby, Clay. TV: Regis and Kelly, and Wendy Williams with Finalists. Education: BA in Music Composition with distinction from St. Olaf College.

The events and details of Sean Attebury’s life cannot be highlighted here because he is in a witness protection program.

Hunter Bell earned an , a Drama League nomination and a Tony nomination for Best Book of a Musical all for the original Broadway musical []. Other credits include the books for Silence! The Musical, Bellobration! (Ringling Bros. Circus), Villains Tonight! (Disney Cruise Lines), Now. Here. This. () and the upcoming The Great American Mousical (Goodspeed). He is a co-creator of the web series the [title of show] show and recently co-created and co-wrote the Glass Houses for ABC Studios/ and Cherry-Wind Productions. Hunter has developed new works at the O’Neill Center, , PS 122, Weston Playhouse, Theatre Source, and the NYMF and NY Fringe Festivals. He is a distinguished alumnus of Webster University, a proud member of WGA, the Dramatists Guild and a MacDowell Fellow.

Kellen Blair is the co-creator of Murder For Two, the two-person murder mystery musical comedy that recently ran for over six months at Shakespeare Theatre (following productions at Moon Theater and the Adirondack Theatre Festival). Kellen also wrote lyrics for Pirates Don’t Change Diapers (Theatreworks, USA) and took part in the 2010 Johnny Mercer Songwriting Project. In 2011, Kellen and collaborator Joe Kinosian won the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical (Murder For Two). They were also recently featured in the ’s NEO Concert, which showcased the work of new writers. Kellen is an advanced member at the BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop and a proud member of the Dramatists’ Guild.

Heidi Blickenstaff appeared on Broadway in The Addams Family (Alice Beineke), The Little Mermaid (Ursula) and . She is proud to be a part of the original collaborative team that created [title of show] where she played herself. Off- Broadway: Now. Here. This. and [title of show] at the Vineyard Theatre, and Mosiac (Ruth) with Primary Stages. Regional: First You Dream: The Music of Kander and Ebb at The Kennedy Center and Meet John Doe (Ann Mitchell) at Ford’s Theatre (Helen Hayes Award). Tours: The Full Monty, Jekyll & Hyde, and ‘s Tommy. Heidi has performed many times at Merkin Concert Hall, singing in Broadway Close Up tributes to , James Taylor, Lennon & McCartney and Noel Coward & . She has also sung for audiences at Carnegie Hall, Joe’s Pub and The 92 Street Y. She is a graduate of Duke University.

Stephen Bogardus has appeared on Broadway in Irving ’s White Christmas, Old Acquaintance, , James Joyce’s The Dead, , King David, Love! Valour! Compassion! (Tony nomination, OBIE Award), , Grapes of Wrath, Les Misérables and . Off-Broadway credits include Sweet Adeline and Allegro (City Center Encores!), Love! Valour! Compassion! (MTC), Go Back to Where you Are, and (Playwrights Hor-izon), Genesis and Umbrellas of Cherbourg (NYSF) and The Pavilion (Rattlestick). Regional: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown (Goodspeed), God of Carnage (Huffington), The Exorcist (Geffen Playhouse). Alex Brightman (Boychik) has performed on Broadway and also really far off. He loves to get his hands on great new musical theatre, which he believes this show absolutely is.

Patricia Cotter’s plays include The Break Up Note-book (Renberg Theater, Los Angeles; GLAAD Award nominee, starring actress Jane Lynch); Three; Best/Worst; Flawed; The Girls. (Apartment A Theatre - playwright in residence) Her musicals (librettist/adaptations) include: The Break Up Notebook a Lesbian Musical, (based on her play) (Revision Theatre, Asbury Park, NJ September 2011, Hudson Theatre, LA); , Jr. (adaptation, additional lyrics, based on the Disney film Mulan with music and lyrics by Matthew Wilde, , Stephen Schwartz, and ) licensed through MTI; she is currently developing Rocket Science: A Musical, (a Development Award 2010, composer Stephen Weiner, lyricist Jason Rhyne). Reading held at , New York, NY (directed by ), The Los Angeles Festival of New American Musicals and ASCAP’s staged reading, August 2011. Patricia co-wrote the show, “So Far – ”(Joe’s Pub, NYC, The Triad, NYC, Upright Cabaret, LA).

Andy Einhorn’s credits include Broadway: (Assistant Conductor), Brief Encounter (Music Director), Sondheim on Sondheim (Conductor), The Light in the Piazza. National tours: , , The Light in the Piazza, , Mamma Mia! Music director: Audra McDonald (Fall 2011 concert tour, Carnegie Hall) and (Feinstein’s) Regional: 92nd Street Y “Lyrics and Lyricists,” Goodspeed (Radio Girl), Signature Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre , PaperMill Play-house, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Houston Grand Opera. Cast Recordings: Sondheim on Sondheim (Grammy nom), Stage Door Canteen (DRG Records), Evita. Honors graduate, Rice University. Upcoming projects include (Public Theatre, Music Director) and Cinderella (Broadway, Music Director).

Noah Galvin’s favorite credits include Yosemite (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), ’s (Barrow Street Theater), Playwrights Horizons’ and the Vineyard Theater’s copro-duction of The Burnt Part Boys ( Nomination) and the premiere year of Cirque Du Soleil’s Wintuk. He is a founding Member of EPBB. Noah played the Fool opposite ’s King “Mama” Lear, the third national tour of Les Miserables, and Ace: The Musical directed by Stafford Arima (St. Louis Rep., Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, and The Old Globe) for which he received a Kevin Klein Award, a Cincinnati Entertainment Award and an Acclaim Award. This Fall, the PBS short film, Promised Land, in which Noah starred will be released, and he will originate the role of in The Great American Mousical (Goodspeed Opera House) conceived and directed by Julie Andrews.

Alexander Gemigniani appeared on Broadway in Les Misérables (Valjean, Drama League nomination), Sweeney Todd (Beadle, Drama Desk nomination), (Hinckley, ), The People In The Picture (Moishe), Sunday in the Park With George (Boatman/Dennis). Off-Broadway: at the Public (Addison Mizner, Drama League nomination) and (Brian). Concerts: Sondheim! The Birthday Concert with The N.Y. Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, The N.Y. Pops at Carnegie Hall and The L.A. Philharmonic at The Hollywood Bowl. TV/Film: Homeland, The Good Wife, Empire State (pilot), (Live From ), South Pacific (Great Performances) and the film . His solo show, All At , premiered at the Kennedy Center as a part of Barbara Cook’s Spotlight Series in 2011.

Zina Goldrich (along with lyricist Marcy Heisler) was honored with the 2009 Award for excellence in songwriting. She is currently working on the musical adaptation of , with director Kathleen Marshall, which will open on Broadway in 2013. Her score for The Great American Mousical, directed by Julie Andrews and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli will debut at Goodspeed’s Norma Terrace Theatre this November. She earned a Drama Desk Nomination for Best Music for her work on the off-Broadway show Dear Edwina, which has had three successful Off-Broadway runs at the DR2 Theatre. She also composed the score for Junie B. Jones, which was nominated for the Lucille Lortel Award and tours nationwide. She composed the score of Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred) for the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C, which was nominated for three Helen Hayes Awards. She has composed for numerous television shows, including Wonderpets for Nickelodeon, Johnny and the Sprites and Pooh’s Learning Adventures for Disney and Third and Bird for the BBC. She has also been a staff songwriter for Feature Animation. With Heisler, she is writing the score for Freakin’ Fabulous, a new musical with book by stylemaker Clinton Kelly, from TLC’s What Not To Wear. Other scores include Allison Under the Stars and Adventures in Love, which premiered at St. Paul’s Ordway Theatre. She studied under at the USC Scoring for Motion Picture and Television program. She is the reci-pient of ASCAP’s Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award, the Seldes-Kanin Fellowship, a grant and numerous scholarships. Goldrich has played keyboards on Broadway for Avenue Q, Bombay Dreams, Oklahoma! and , where she also conducted. She has published Goldrich and Heisler: Songbook Volume 1 (now in its fifth printing), Goldrich and Heisler Songbook Volume 2, and has recorded the album Marcy and Zina: The Album for Yellow Sound Label.

Marcy Heisler has been writing lyrics since 1989. She received the Kleban Prize this June for most promising theatre lyricist, and the Fred Ebb Award in 2009 for outstanding songwriting (with longtime composing partner Zina Goldrich). Marcy is the bookwriter and lyricist of TWUSA/Off-Broadway’s Junie B Jones, nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award in the category of Best Musical, and is also the co-creator of Dear Edwina, which played Off-Broadway for three seasons at ’s DR2 theatre, received Drama Desk nominations for Best Music and Best Lyrics and is currently licensed by Music Theatre International. Also licensed by MTI is her Helen Hayes Award-nominated musical farce Snow White, Rose Red (and Fred), commissioned by the John F Kennedy Center for their 2010 season. Among her and Goldrich’s musicals currently in development are an adaptation of the 1998 film Ever After in collaboration with director Kathleen Marshall, Screaming Like A Fool, a collection of romantic comedy songs, and The Great American Mousical, written with bookwriter Hunter Bell, premiering in November at Goodspeed Opera House’s Norma Terris Theatre. The production will be directed by Julie Andrews, choreographed by Christopher Gatelli and designed by Tony Walton.

Gwen Hollander’s favorite credits include Broadway/Tour of Little Women (Amy, Carbonell Award), National Tour of 101 Dalmatians, directed by (Perdita), Les Miserábles (Eponine, Carbonell Award), Avenue Q (Kate Monster/Lucy T. Slut), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Olive), Legally Blonde (Margot), (Hope), Footloose (Rusty) at Cape Playhouse and North Shore Music Theatre, Great American Trailer Park Musical (Pickles), Beauty and the Beast (Belle), the premiere of See Rock City and Other Destinations at Barrington Stage, and a recent reading of the Broadway bound new musical Ever After, directed by Kathleen Marshall. TV/Web: “From Earth to the Moon” (, HBO), Nickelodeon’s The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, and the webseries “Acting School Academy.”

David Javerbaum is an 11-time Emmy Award winner for his work as writer, head writer and executive producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He was the co-author of its two best-selling books America (The Book) and Earth (The Book), and is the ghostwriter of last year’s The Last Testament: A Memoir by God. His work in musical theater includes writing the lyrics for the 2008 Broadway show Cry-Baby, and his Emmy-nominated opening song for the 2011 , “Broadway: It’s Not Just for Gays Anymore.” His hobbies include the succinct encapsulation of his achievements.

Together with Kellen Blair, Joe Kinosian created the musical Murder For Two, which, after developmental productions at the Adirondack Theatre Festival and 42nd St. Moon in , went on to a record-breaking run of 171 performances at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Murder For Two received the Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical, and Joe was honored with a nomination for Best Leading Actor. Joe and Kellen recently performed a solo show at the Kennedy Center, as as being featured in the most recent Bound for Broadway concert here at Merkin Hall. Joe has received an ASCAPlus Award, and, through the BMI Foundation, the Jerry Harrington Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement. NY: Dear Edwina (DR2), The Hudsucker Proxy (Manhattan Theater Club), Beatsville (National Alliance for Musical Theatre). Regional: with Emily Skinner (Hangar Theater), Of Mice & Manhattan (Kennedy Center).

Martin Landry’s Off-Broadway credits are Twilight: The Musical (Aro/Asst. MD), Dear Edwina (Joe Spoonapple/Pianist/Conductor),Brunch-The Musical (Chef/MD) and The Ohmies (TiDo/MD) as well as the upcoming musical Son of a Gun on Theatre Row. He also appeared in the world premiere of Of Mice and Manhattan at the Kennedy Center, debuting previously unheard songs. Other theatrical credits include L.M. in Pump Boys and Dinettes, Smudge in Forever Plaid, Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf in , Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Officer Lockstock in Urinetown. Additionally, Martin is a published composer/lyricist, and a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. For Janice, always.

Janice Mays Landry has appeared Off-Broadway in National Pastime (Karen) and Dear Edwina (Edwina). Other credits include The Irish...And How They Got That Way, Ocean In A Teacup, Southern Rain, Beauty and The Beast, Dr. Faustus and The Madwoman of Chaillot. TV/film: Good Morning America, Guiding Light and Sunday to Sunday. Much love to Martin!

Ken Marks has been performing in and around NYC and beyond for almost 30 years. He made his Broadway debut in 1992 as Michael in the Tony Award Winning Dancing at Lughnasa. Also on Broadway: (Wilbur Turnblad, opposite Fierstein), , Mamma Mia! (Bill Austin, original cast), Spring Awakening, ’s The Fall and Tom Stoppard’s Rock and Roll. Currently he plays Uncle Ben, the role he originated in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Off- Broadway: Editor Webb in the recent Our Town (), Laurence Olivier in Orson’s Shadow (Barrow Street), Stuff Happens (Public Theater, for Best Ensemble), Henry V (NYSF), The Internationalist (Vineyard), When They Speak of Rita (Primary Stages), Bright Lights, City (NYTW), A Bright Room Called Day (NYSF), Little Fish (Second Stage). Regional work at the Guthrie, Long Wharf, Seattle Rep, McCarter, ACT, Mark Taper, Actors Theatre of Louisville and others.

Brendan Millburn is a keyboardist, singer, arranger, record producer, writer of musical theater and stay-at-home dad whenever possible. From adolescence through his late twenties, he vacillated wildly between playing in a rock band (GrooveLily) and pursuing a musical theatre writing career. Born out of necessity, Striking 12, a concert with a story for GrooveLily to perform (Off-Broadway 2006, Lucille Lortel Nomination for Outstanding Musical, Bay Area Theatre Critic’s Choice Award) was the point where these parallel pursuits converged, and its success has led to other regional theatre work: Toy Story The Musical (Disney); Sleeping Beauty Wakes (Deaf West Theatre/Center Theatre Group/McCarter Theatre/, Ovation Award for Best World Premiere Musical); Wheelhouse, the second GrooveLily concert-musical (TheatreWorks of Silicon Valley); Long Story Short (City Theatre of Pittsburgh/TheatreWorks of Silicon Valley/San Diego Rep); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (McCarter Theatre/); Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (commissioned by Theatre-Works of Silicon Valley/La Jolla Playhouse); Beautiful Poison (, in development); Watt?!? (w/ David Javerbaum); The Behavior of Broadus (w/The Burglars of Hamm). In addition, Brendan and his wife and collaborator Valerie Vigoda have written many songs for Disney films: Tinker Bell & The Lost Treasure, Tinker Bell & The Great Fairy Rescue, Tinker Bell & The Pixie Hollow Games (2011 Award nomination for Music in a Television Production), The Secret of The Wings, Planes 2, Quest for the Queen. Brendan and Valerie are the proud recipients of the Jonathan Larson Award (2006 and 2008), and the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award (2009).

Jeremy Morse is excited to be a part of Rocket Science in this year’s Bound for Broadway concert. Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as Lo Cocodrilo/Hick in ’s Bloodsong of Love at Ars Nova. Recent credits: The Trouble With Doug (Doug) at TheatreWorks Palo Alto; North Carolina Theatre: Hello Dolly! (Barnaby). Gateway Playhouse: (Patsy). Barring-ton: Ridiculously Talented…, Joe Iconis & Family, The Niko Songbook and Hellraisers. John W. Engeman: (Mordred), (Rocky), A Wonderful Life (Ernie/Dance Capt). Ogunquit: . Much thanks to Steve, Jason and Sean! NYU Steinhardt.

Leah Napolin (Book, The Dogs of Pripyat) made her Broadway playwrighting debut in 1975 with Yentl, produced by Cheryl Crawford and the Chelsea Theatre Center. In 2003, Yentl returned to New York for a successful run at the Folksbiene Yiddish Theater, and in 2012 The Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida finished a successful three-month run of Yentl, with contemporary music by Jill Sobule. In 1979, Ms. Napolin completed her second play, Lost Island, about monks and nuns in the eleventh century, followed by Trash and Treasures (1981), Aristophanes’ Retreat (1985), Split at the Root, a Novel in Three Acts (2010) and Twister (2011). She is a member of P.E.N. and the Dramatists Guild, and the winner of the John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award for The Dogs of Pripyat (2004).

Lea Nardi’s regional appearances include Play-house on Park’s Company (April), and Goodspeed Festival of New Artists The Dogs of Pripyat (Bublik). Educational: Time After Time (Amy), Pippin (Catherine), Summer of ‘42 (Aggie) and Into the Woods (Little Red Ridinghood). Lea is a recent graduate of The Hartt School where she received a BFA in Musical Theatre.

As an actor, Adam Overett has appeared on Broadway in The Light in the Piazza (Fabrizio, Giuseppe u/s), on national tour in The Light in the Piazza (Fabrizio u/s and perf.) and Dirty Dancing (Neil Kellerman) and in many other productions throughout NYC and the U.S. Composer/lyricist/bookwriter: Popesical (deve-lopmental workshop at the Lyric Theatre in Los Angeles), My Life Is A Musical, Dramatists Guild Fellow 2010-11, Call It Courage, based on Armstrong Sperry’s novel (, Austin, TX) and other works. Co-writer of We The People: America Rocks! (2011 Lortel nominee, Best Off-B’way Musical.) BMI Musical Theatre Workshop (Harrington Award). B.A., Yale University.

Larry Pressgrove was music director/arranger for the Tony-nominated [title of show] for its premier at the Vineyard and on Broadway. He is music director/arranger for the most recent collaboration by that team – Now. Here. This which premiered at the Vineyard in April, 2012. He was music director/arranger for Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas at Goodspeed Opera House with Christopher Gatelli as director and was music director for Cats (Broadway) and Les Misérables (national tour). He conducted ’s last staged performance of Les Misérables in Shanghai. With playwright/lyricist Rachel Lampert, he composed the scores for The Angle of the Sun (NYMF 2007) and Waiting for Spring which premiered at the Kitchen Theater in Ithaca last spring. He is currently Music Director at La Guardia High School of Music and Performing Arts.

Jason Rhyne is a recipient of a Jonathan Larson grant for his work as a composer-lyricist, and wrote the lyrics for a musical adaptation of the HBO film Rocket Science (music by Stephen Weiner, book by Patricia Cotter), which was awarded a 2010 Richard Rodgers Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Rocket Science has received staged readings at Playwrights Horizons (director, Kathleen Marshall), the Village Theatre and the LA Festival of New American Musicals. Other credits include music and lyrics for the The MacGuffin, presented at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and book, music and lyrics for an adaptation of the children’s novel Littlejim. Jason is an alumnus of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop and a member of ASCAP.

Aaron Riesebeck was most recently seen as Henry in Theatreworks USA’s Henry and Mudge.Other credits include Pete in Academy (DIMF, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, The York Theatre), Mickey in Sky Boys, as well as various workshops and readings in NYC. A proud member of AEA. Love to Mom, Dad, Christina, Stef, Andy, Holden and Maddie.

William Ryall is currently appearing on Broad-way in Chaplin. Other credits include , , How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, , High Society, How to Succeed…, , Whorehouse Goes Public, , Amadeus and (in concert). NYC Opera: Most Happy Fella. National Tours: Phantom of the Opera, Some Like It Hot, , Grand Hotel, South Pacific, Evita, My One And Only, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Television Credits include One Life to Live, Another World, Oz, Dellaventura, The Equalizer, The Rosie O’Donnell Show and the 1987, 1990, 1995, 2009 and 2011 Tony Awards Broadcasts. American Academy Of Dramatic Arts Graduate.

Kristin Tarczynski has appeared in reg-ional theater in Hartford Stage Company’s A Christmas Carol (Rats Ghost/Nichola), Goodspeed Musical’s Festival of New Artists 2012 and The Dogs of Pripyat (Sofya). Educational: Pippin (Fastrada), Ah, Wilderness! (Belle), Children of Eden (Snake/Ensemble), Oklahoma! (Ensemble) and more. Kristin is a 2012 graduate of The Hartt School with a BFA in Music Theatre.

Barbara Walsh’s credits on Broadway include Falsettos (Tony, Drama Desk nominations, LA Ovation Award), Company (Drama Desk nomination, PBS Great Performances), -spray, Big, , , Rock ‘n Roll: the first 5,000 years, and (Mother, Chicago company). Off-Broadway: 1,000 Words Come to Mind, Normal, Birds of Paradise, Reading Under The Influence and . Regional: , , , Creating Claire, 33 Variations, Dinner With Friends, The Sisters Rosensweig and . Film and television: Life With Mikey, Law & Order and One Life to Live. Married to director Jack Cummings III.

Steven Weiner wrote the music for the up-coming world premiere of The Honeymooners (Lyrics by Peter Mills, Book by Bill Nuss & Dusty Kay), directed by Jerry Mitchell. Off Broadway, regional and workshop: Iron Curtain, Once Upon A Time In , newyorkers, Rocket Science, The Hudsucker Proxy and Spittin’ Image. In the works: The Revels, based on the 1775 play The Rivals with book and lyrics by . He is a two-time Richard Rodgers Award winner, recipient of the Jonathan Larson Award, ASCAP New Horizons Award and New York Innovative Theater Award. He has also received Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk and Obie nominations. Dramatists Guild and ASCAP member.

Jason “SweetTooth” Williams has been seen in Bloodsong of Love (ars Nova), The Black Suits (SPF-), ReWrite (Urban Stages), The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks (theatreworksUSA) Things to Ruin (2nd Stage) and Mac Wellman’s Harm’s Way (newFangled theatReR). He just returned from TheatreWorks, Palo Alto, where he was seen in The Trouble With Doug. BFA Acting degree from Emerson College. AEA

Keith White was last seen with the dogs at the Goodspeed Opera House earlier this year where he played Strelka. He is a recent graduate of The Conservatory with a B.F.A in Musical Theatre. Thanks to Aron and Jill for creating this awesome show and to the Dosve for the laughs and the love.