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The Writer Stan
Richardson is a playwright, actor,
and director from St. Louis, MO living in NYC for the past 11
years. His plays include wHormone, Columbus, Play Without
Gravity, Mr. T. & Sympathy and The 52nd Annual Davenports Clan
Yearly Family X-mas Spectacular. Current projects include Ma Vie
En Rosewood (also with Hal Goldberg) and Used (with composer Lance
Horne). And/Or, an evening of his short plays, ran throughout
August as part of HotFest! at Dixon Place; Another Brief Encounter, one
of those plays, will be published in NYTE's Plays and Playwrights
2007. A graduate of NYU/Tisch School of the Arts and Edward
Albee's Playwrights' Workshop, Stan is presently a staff reviewer for
nytheatre.com and a proud member of The Writers Room and The Dramatists
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The Composer Hal Goldberg began
writing music for "THE CHILDREN" at NYU, with book
and lyric writer Stan Richardson. Hal
graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1999, with a BFA in
Drama from
CAP21, and a minor
in music. Most recently, Hal wrote the music to "NERDS://A MUSICAL
SOFTWARE SATIRE", with book and lyric writers Erik Weiner and Jordan
Allen-Dutton, which premiered at the New York Stage and Film Festival
in 2004
after a successful workshop at NYU, and went on to be selected as one
of the headlining
shows of the 2005 New York Music Theatre Festival.
The Philadelphia Theatre Company will be
presenting "NERDS" in February as part of their 2006-2007 Season. Hal proudly works for Jujamcyn Theaters as
the Theatre Manager of the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Broadway. |
The Director Tony Speciale is
currently pursuing his M.F.A. in directing at Columbia University. His
play, Delirium: The Myth of Arthur Rimbaud, was presented at the 2004
Edinburgh Festival Fringe where it was honored with a British Writers’
Guild Award. Directing Credits: pierced!, Criminal Genius,
Mildred Is…, Shadow Play, Slut-The Musical, My Martha Moment, Raw
Impressions Musical Theatre, Aunt Jack, and The Ex (30th Annual Samuel
French Short Play Festival winner). Tony has studied with the S.I.T.I.
Company, is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory and was a member of
the 1998-99 Acting Apprentice Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville.
He is also a proud recipient of The Shubert Presidential Grant and
Matthews Fellowship.
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The Producers Maffei
Productions LLC is
comprised of Gary and Charlie Maffei. Recent projects include Lonely
Street, Legally Blonde, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas and HATS!
(associate producer). Past involvement includes The Drowsy Chaperone (5
TONY awards), The Wedding Singer (8 TONY nominations), Once Around the
Sun, (producer), Brooklyn the Musical (associate producer) (Drama
League nomination), NEWSical (associate producer) (2 Drama Desk
nominations), Fanny Hill (associate producer) (2 Drama Desk
Nominations), Chita Rivera--The Dancer's Life (TONY nomination), A
Broadway Diva Christmas and Matza Boy - The Incredible Journey of Mark
Schoenfeld (executive producer). |
| General Manager Martian Entertainment Founded in 1997, Martian Entertainment is a
live entertainment production and management company based in New York
City. Producing and management credits include: ALTAR BOYZ ;
NAKED BOYS SINGING!; THE BLACK & WHITE BLUE; [TITLE OF SHOW];
DOG SEES GOD; THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS (THE MUSICAL!); PEOPLE ARE WRONG!
; SQUEEZE BOX ; MATT & BEN; LISTEN TO MY HEART: THE SONGS OF DAVID
FRIEDMAN; LOVE, JANIS; THE LAST SESSION; Mike Daisey’s 21 DOG
YEARS:DOING TIME @ AMAZON.COM ; THE WOMEN OF LOCKERBIE; CRISS ANGEL:
MINDFREAK and SUBMERGED; NAKED BOYS…(Nat’l tour); FIRECRACKER (China
Tour); HIGH INFIDELITY with Morgan Fairchild and John Davidson; FATHER,
SON & HOLY COACH (Nat’l Tour); THE YORK THEATRE COMPANY, and many
others. They are currently serving as the Interim Executive
Directors of the prestigious New World Stages.
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Musical Director
Paul Staroba is a native of Santa Rosa, California. He graduated in the Spring of 2005 from the Conservatory of Music at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California with a Bachelor of Music in piano performance. Paul began working as a theater musician at age fourteen, and has been part of over forty musical productions before moving to New York last September. East coast credits include Grey Gardens off-broadway (also featured on the cast recording), Pompeii: The Musical in Wilmington, NC, and a variety of readings and concerts throughout New York City. Paul also works as a private coach and audition pianist for Binder casting and Telsey casting, among others. |
Associate Producer
 Laurie Levy Issembert began her professional
career as Executive Assistant to Producer/Director Roger Corman,
Hollywood's king of B movies and horror films. Documentary television
production at the local, national and international level followed,
including four Emmy awards. Since 1999, Laurie has been the
Producer at The Musical Theater Center just outside Washington, DC, and
has produced over 30 works of musical theatre with pre-professional
children. Many of her former students are now theatre
professionals both on and off stage throughout the country. Last
summer, she produced The Last Days of Cleopatra for the 2005 New York
International Fringe Festival at Players Theatre.
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Production Associate Joseph C. Moran is an actor and producer who recently appeared in A Tribute to Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson at Symphony Space. As a founding member of MorGold Productions, he co-produced Zip Code, a new television pilot. Joe holds a bachelor's degree in Acting and Arts Management from Marymount Manhattan College. He works as a freelance desktop publisher, graphic artist and web designer. www.joemoran.info |
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Costume Designer
 Jacob
A. Climer New works include
Bloody Mary (Third Man Productions) (NY IT Award Nominee), Life in
Plastic at the Samuel French New Plays Festival, Welcome the “C’
District – a traveling street performance in downtown Pittsburgh. He
has also designed Tempest, A Mid-summer Night’s Dream: The Musical
(Dallas Shakespeare Festival) Footloose, Guys and Dolls (Hope Summer
Repertory Theatre) Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Carnegie
Mellon School of Music. Jacob has also had the pleasure of
assisting on many shows here in New York and other cities: All Shook Up
(National Tour / Designer: David Woolard) The Color Purple (Designer:
Paul Tazewell), Albert Herring (Gotham Chamber Opera – Designer: David
Zinn), and Tempest (Pittsburgh Public Theatre – Designer: Gabriel
Berry) Jacob A. Climer lives in New York.
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Sound Designer Daniel
von Erdberg is a New York based sound designer and director.
Current projects include directing Asia Apollo (workshop) and NY1: The
Musical, as well as sound design for White Noise, Rivers End and Magpie
(NYMF). Other
recent credits: As sound designer: Triple Threats (Independent Theater), Your Mom¹s Feet (Arts Annex), Bath Party (HERE), Circus Smirkus (Tour). As Director: Looking for Limbo (American Living Room Festival), Life Imitating Artist (4x4 Festival). Daniel is a proud graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in performance studies. |
Set Designer Court Watson Frankenstein (Wings Theatre), Blade to the Heat (Baruch College), Snake Lady, Rain Falls, and Landscape of the Body (New York University), Cherry Orchard (Columbia University), Betty’s Summer Vacation , 1st Place Design Southeastern Theatre Conference, 1st Place Barbizon Award Region IV American College Theatre Festival (Virginia Commonwealth University), 1940’s Radio Hour, Fully Committed (Barksdale Theatre), A Little Night Music, Tartuffe (Opera VCU). Assistant Set Design: Little Women, Lestat, The Opposite of Sex, The Great American Trailer Park Musical (Designer Derek McLane) The Laramie Project, Prelude to a Kiss (Designer, Ron Keller), Night Sky (Designer, Scott Bradley) Four seasons at The Lost Colony. M.F.A., New York University. |
Lighting Designer Lucas Benjaminh Krech NY:
Sake with the Haiku Geisha (Perry Street); Cupid and Psyche (Themantics
Group); Heliantha (PS 122); Fourth World (Ontological/Hysteric); The
Dust Project (HERE); Think Hard Darling Creatures (Culture Project);
Hitting the Wall (Clurman). Regional: House of Lucky (The Magic); Young
Zombies in Love (Emerald Rain Productions); and numerous productions
with Impact Theatre. Site specific: The Seven Deadly Sins: A Fire Opera
(Oakland, CA); Medea (San Juan, PR); and Foucault’s Pendulum (Nevada
Desert). Dance: Force/Quit (Niccolo Fonte); More Eather, Extra Instinct
(Sean Curran); Mother Goose! (Keith Michaels); and Blueprint (Johannes
Wieland). MFA from New York University. Website: www.LucasKrech.com
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Stage Manager
Heather
Davidson is
a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney,
Australia. Upon graduating from NIDA, Heather spent 12 months as the
Resident Stage Manager at The Street Theatre ( Canberra, Australia)
before touring nationally with Jigsaw Theatre Company. She has worked
as a stage manager and an event manager in theatre, special events, and
festivals in New York and Australia . An Aussie who now resides in New
York, Heather is currently working towards her MFA in Stage Management
at Columbia University. Credits include: The Lion King (Australian
Production) (Disney Theatrical Productions); Riverdance – The Show
(Australian Tour) (Abhann Productions); Cleansed (Columbia Stages);
4:48 Psychosis, The Lady from Dubuque, (NIDA); Rugby World Cup (Great
Big Events); Sydney New Year's Eve Celebrations (City of Sydney
Council); The Lost Thing, Vin (Jigsaw Theatre Company); Ana 3/11
(Century Productions).
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Assistant Stage Manager David Marcus Stage Management: A Taste of Freedom, Remember the Dream, Ellis Island, Barrymore’s Ghost, Theater Double. Acting: Off-off Broadway:
Margo Veil, An Entertainment; A Heartbeat to Baghdad;
Design Your Kitchen (The Flea Theater, 2004 Drama Desk
Award, outstanding company); The Long Arm of Science, Magnetic
North; Big Sticky Blue Box at D Lounge. Regional: Just
the Boys, Theater Double. TV/Film: MTV “Spankin New”
promo; Williamsburg, Cadillac Films. Artistic Director,
Blue Box Productions whose 10 minute play series “Sticky” goes up
monthly at Galapagos Art Space.
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Assistant Director/ Fight Choreographer Adam Rihacek is an actor, director, and
improv/sketch comedy artist from Perrysburg, Ohio who recently made his
NY debut in Stan Richardson's And/Or (understudy) at Dixon Place. He
made his professional theatre debut assistant directing the premier of
Joseph Thalken and Barry Kleinbort's Was (Human Race Theatre). Adam
recently appeared in Left of Center's sketch comedy pilot and J. Todd
Anderson's film "My Mummy" (currenly in post production). He is a
founding member of (Judith Blazer's) The Artist Crossing, a certified
stage combatant, and holds a BFA in Acting from Wright State University.
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Production Assistants Lex Friedman is currently a
film/drama student at Bennington College where she has worked as a
director, writer, and actress on various theater, film and video
projects. This is her first professional theater production.
Jamie Hastings is a recent graduate of the State University of New York, College at Geneseo, where she studied Musical Theatre with a concentration in vocal performance, and minored in Business Studies. Along with her numerous performance credits from SUNY Geneseo, Jaime has also worked with Hofstra USA Productions and the Rochester Opera Factory. She currently holds an exciting internship position with Casting Director, Cindy Tolan, here in New York. Jaime is delighted for the opportunity to work with the talented Creative Team of "The Children," and thanks Gary and Charlie for this most valuable experience. |
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Casting
Michael Cassara NYMF: The Woman Upstairs, Six Women With
Brain Death, Bingo City, Bump In The Road, Project Footlight, and
others. Other recent projects have included Captain Louie
(National Tour) The Gig (York Theatre Concert/Cast Recording on JAY
Records), Red (2005 Richard Rodgers Award Winner) Joy (off-Broadway)
and countless readings and workshops. Michael presently serves as
the resident casting director for the Epic Repertory Theatre Company,
the Hinton Battle Theatre Laboratory and the Kitchen Theatre Co. of
Ithaca, NY. He is a native Clevelander and a graduate of the
musical theatre program at Otterbein College. Please visit
http://www.michaelcassara.net
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Music Arranger Nadia DiGiallonardo |
Dramaturg Sam Thielman is a second-year
MFA candidate in the Dramaturgy and Script Development program at
Columbia Univeristy. He holds a Bachelor's degree in English from
Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, and is a fellow of the
O'Neill Critics Institute in Waterford, Connecticut. He has written on
theater for Newsday, Back Stage, The Washington City Paper, and The
Washington Theater Review .
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Publicist
Kampfire Films
Marketing & PR has been involved with the
entertainment industry in New York City, since 1995. As a
publicist and marketing expert, they have skillfully implemented
various campaigns in film, theatre, and dance. Their roster of clients
include: The Bridge Theatre Company, Brooklyn International Film
Festival, Four Eyed Monsters, Groove With Me, The Lady Cavalier Theatre
Company, The New York Innovative Theatre Awards, NY Neo-Futurists,
Pascal Productions, Sign-A-Song, Third Man Productions, United Stages,
Von Ussar Danceworks, Watermark Ensemble, WET’s Risk Taker Film Series,
and Woodshed Collective. For more information on Kampfire Film PR
please visit our website at www.kampfirefilmspr.com.
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Joe Moran