Such Good Friends

Noel Katz spends most of his time writing musical comedies: Twelve have been produced, most recently Our Wedding: The Musical, which was actually his wedding to Joy Dewing, got full page coverage in The New York Times and Theatremania and the CD sells at www.WeddingMusical.com. He’s had four productions in Great Britain, including Murder at the Savoy (or, Pulley of the Yard) which sold out at the 50th Edinburgh Festival, getting five stars from The Scotsman. Evenings of his songs have been presented at Don’t Tell Mama, The Triad and The Donnell Library. His other musicals include Area 51, The Christmas Bride, On the Brink, The New U. and The Heavenly Theatre.

Noel also spends much of his time improvising: He’s done the scores for a variety of Second City (NY) improv-based revues, including We Built This City on Rent Control, A Time For Heroes and Hoagies, Generation F’d and the all-improvised revue, And Then He Wrote. He’s utilized song improvisation at Fairleigh-Dickinson University, Circle-in-the-Square and National Dance Institute. He accompanies the long-running Sunday Night Improv Jam and Chicago City Limits. Over the years he’s played for improv groups such as The Chainsaw Boys, Centralia, Burn Manhattan, Upright Citizens Brigade and with the then-undiscovered Robin Williams at Off the Wall.

KIM VASQUEZ Executive Producer and General Manager founded GRAY LADY ENTERTAINMENT, INC. in 2000 as a theatrical producing company which brings to the stage adaptations of classical drama and literature along with original plays and musicals. Gray Lady has nurtured drama in both commercial and non-profit settings for a wide array of audiences. Kim is a producing partner on PTERODACTYL ISLAND by Peter Morris, with music by Michael Jeffrey and MAXINE, MYSELF AND I a new musical by J. Matthew Riopelle and Rob Gurlach. She is also the Executive Producer of EMERALD MAN book, music and lyrics by Janet Cole Valdez, Tom Valdez and Marc Bosserman which was part of the NYMF 2006 next link series, winning honorable mention in Excellence in Design. EMERALD MAN was also chosen for the 2007 ASCAP/Disney workshops at Disney Studios. Other producing credits include: FOOLS AND LOVERS, an original Shakespeare musical comedy and JULIUS CAESAR both with Moonwork Theatre Company. She received her B.F.A. in Acting from the University of Minnesota and is a graduate from The National Shakespeare Conservatory and The Commercial Theatre Institute, Class of 2001. She is also a founding producer for the New York Musical Theatre Festival.

Currently the Associate Director of LEGALLY BLONDE and GREASE on Broadway, Marc makes his NYMF directing debut with this production. He has worked with Jerry Zaks, Kathleen Marshall, Walter Bobbie and Jerry Mitchell on twelve Broadway productions including Tony winning revivals of THE PAJAMA GAME and LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, HIGH FIDELITY, WONDERFUL TOWN, SWEET CHARITY, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (also staging the National Tour), SWING!, THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, 45 SECONDS FROM BROADWAY. Marc also stages two productions of Irving Berlin's WHITE CHRISTMAS annually for Walter Bobbie, this year in Boston and Toronto. He has worked at City Center Encores! on BYE BYE BIRDIE and 70, GIRLS, 70 and has also worked at Williamstown, MTC, Goodspeed, NYSF, and LCT Director's Lab. Additional directing credits include SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS at the MUNY. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College.

Off-Broadway: WALMARTOPIA. NYC: DIE HARD THE PUPPET MUSICAL (NYMF 2007), FRESHLY TOSSED (Special Event NYMF 2007), Creator of SCHOOL DAZE, A NEW DANCE COMEDY (NYMF 2006), CHEER! (Richard Frankel Productions), BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER (2005 NYMF), TREY PARKER’S CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL (Kraine Theatre) THE GREAT CONJURER (Kirk Theater, Theater Row), THE SILENT CONCERTO (14th St. Theater), A Train Plays (New World Stages) Family Matters (Dance Theater Workshop), St. Mark's Remember Project DRA (St. Marks Church) www.wendyseyb.com

Michael is the resident music director of the St Louis MUNY, America's largest outdoor theatre.
He has toured with several Broadway shows including 42nd Street, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Cinderella, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Chicago with Chita Rivera and Ben Vereen.
He also "sails with the stars produced by the Theatre Guild where he has played and conducted for Lee Roy Reams, Patricia Neal, Judy Kaye, and Leslie Uggams. He is also music director for the Toronto production of White Christmas as well as the previous productions in Boston, Detroit and St Louis.

Broadway: HAIRSPRAY, MOST HAPPY FELLA* (Tony, Drama
Desk, Outer Critics circle award nominations, LA Drama
Logue award) ROCKY HORROR SHOW, DAMN YANKEES,
STARMITES*, SMELL OF THE KILL, ANNIE, FIDDLER ON THE
ROOF, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.
Off and road: A NEW BRAIN* (Lincoln ctr), LOMAN FAMILY
PICNIC & NEW YORKERS (MTC), BINGO*, LITTLE BY LITTLE*,
SUNDAY IN THE PARK... (Helen Hayes Best actress award)
BABY (Helen Hayes nomination)
TV: Nine years on LAW & ORDER (Jaime Reed), THIRD
WATCH (Ginger), SOPRANOS, SEX & THE CITY, CONVICTION,
SVU, CRIMINAL INTENT, MY GUYS (series regular)
DEADLINE, THE STREET, EXILED (M.O.W.)
Husband: Sal Sons: Alessandro (11), Joey (7)
*Original cast recording.

Brad Oscar received a Tony nomination for his performance as Franz Liebkind in The Producers, later assuming the role of Max Bialystock on Broadway, in London, Las Vegas and on tour. Other Bdwy credits include Aspects of Love and Jekyll and Hyde.

Jeff Talbott has been seen on Broadway in Sly Fox, Fortune's Fool, off-Broadway in Home of the Brave and has worked extensively regionally (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Yale Rep, Indiana Rep, Florida Stage, Syracuse Stage, Virginia Stage and many others). He has also been on television (The Sopranos, all the Law & Order's, As the World Turns, One Life to Live) and has written a couple of plays. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

LYNNE WINTERSTELLER (Vivian March) â€" Broadway/Off-Broadway: Grand Night For Singing, Annie; Closer Than Ever (Drama Desk Nomination); A Letter To My Love; Nunsense; Richard Cory (NYMF Best Actress); Magi. Television: Law & Order; Chappelle’s Show; Total Security; Big Brother Jake. Recordings: Closer Than Ever, Grand Night For Singing, Broadway Sings Christmas, Lost In Boston III, Unsung Musicals II. www.lynnewintersteller.com

Joshua James Campbell- National Tour: Sky in "Mamma Mia" (Vegas). Regional Favs: Danny in "Baby" (Penn Center Stage), Bobby in "Urinetown" (Gallery Players-NYC), and a bunch in Chicago. Graduate Loyola University-Chicago.

Michael Thomas Holmes appeared as Ali Hakim in the Broadway revival of Oklahoma!
and toured nationally and in LA with Jason Alexander & Martin Short in The
Producers. Regionally, Michael's appeared at The Hangar, The Arden, Theatre
Aspen, The Ordway, with The Acting Company, at Utah Shakes, Goodspeed, Westport
Country Playhouse and just completed a run as John Adams in 1776 at The Guthrie.
Michael can also be seen on "L&O" and in The Producers movie musical as
Stormtrooper Rolf.

Broadway: Samantha in IN MY LIFE. NY productions: OEDIPUS FOR KIDS! (NYMF 2006), workshops of PRAIRIE and IN MY LIFE, .22 CALIBER MOUTH (Ohio Theater), VROOOMMM! (SPF 2007). Origins: Saginaw, MI. Love to Mike and many thanks to Geoff Josselson!

DIRK LUMBARD: Broadway: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Imaginary Friends; Music Man;
On Your
Toes; Barnum; Sugar
Babies. TV/Film: Made for Each Other; Home Improvement; Deadline. Awards:
Joseph
Jefferson Award; Stage
Door Award; Guthrie Award.

Shannon M. O'Bryan (Virginia Pepper)- Broadway/New York Theatre-
'42nd Street' (u/s Peggy Sawyer); City Center Encores! productions-
'Follies', 'Face the Music', and 'Of Thee I Sing'. National Tours-
'White Christmas' (Judy Haynes); '42nd Street' (Peggy Sawyer).
Other Favorites include 'Grease' (Sandy); 'Gypsy' (Dainty June);
'Peter Pan' (Tiger Lily); 'West Side Story' (Graziella). Proud AEA
member. Thanks to Bruni and Horsley. Yay NYMF!

Blake Whyte

NYC Theatre: Only Children, Lincoln Center Director's lab. The Fearless, The
Summer Play Festival. Perfect Harmony, Fringe Festival. Let's Face It, 45th
Street Theatre. Regional: Big River, Syracuse Stage. Love's Labour's Lost and
Light Up The Sky at the Chautauqua Theatre Company.

Off Broadway: Journey to the West, Transatlantic Liaison. Selected New York: Lion, Witch, Wardrobe; Christmas Carol, With and Without, Havana Bourgeois. . Selected Regional: I Love… Now Change, Crowns, Little Night Music,, Ordway Music Theatre, TheatreWorks, Worcester Foothills Theatre.

Broadway: Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me; New York: Chelsea Opera, Adrienne Celeste Fadjo Dance, Dreamlight Theatre. San Francisco: Magic Theatre, Oakland Ballet, ODC/SF, San Francisco Opera Center. BFA, Theatre Arts â€" SF State University

Jeff Hinchee: New York designs include sets for Clown (WATproject), and The Gifts of the Magi (Vital Theatre Company), costumes for The Lepers of Baile Baste (Bosakowski Theater), and Bent (Push Productions). Associate Set Design: The Year of Magical Thinking, Howard Katz, Pig Farm. Assistant Set Design: Cry Baby, The Coast of Utopia, The Vertical Hour, Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, The Wedding Singer, Phantom of the Opera (Las Vegas). Associate Costume Design: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Assistant Costume Design: Lady Windermere’s Fan, Romeo et Juiet, Le Nozze Di Figaro, Cosi Fan Tutte, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom. Graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.

Lisa Zinni (Costume Designer)
Lisa Designed The Emerald Man for NYMF last year. She serves as the
Associate Designer for the Broadway and touring companies of RENT; and for many of the previous international companies of RENT, including China, The Italian language production produced by Pavarotti, the French language production in Montreal, The Toronto and London companies. Her regional credits include 11 seasons with The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, favorites; Hamlet, Amadeus and My Fair Lady. The Orlando Shakespeare, Syracuse Stage, The Cape Playhouse, and Bristol Riverside Theatre. Lisa invites you to view her work at Lisazinni.com

James Milkey â€" NY: Fair Game, Emerald Man, Such Good Friends (NYMF), Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (Fractured Atlas), Lounge Act (Lunatic Theatre Company), Pygmalion (NY Baroque Dance Company). Regional: Castro’s Beard, The Shape of Things, Ear’s on a Beatle (Barrington Stage Company), The Wild Party, Johnny Guitar (Speakeasy Stage Company). He is also the associate on Irving Berlin’s White Christmas and assistant FX designer on the Spamalot Tour and Spamalot Vegas.

NICK BORISJUK (Sound Design) â€â€œ Broadway: The Drowsy Chaperone (assistant), Inherit the Wind (system Design), Coram Boy (associate) Tour: The Drowsy Chaperone (associate), Irving Berlinâ€â„¢s White Christmas (assistant) Off-Broadway: The Milliner, Wrecks, Clean House (associate), Wave. Regional: A Moon for the Misbegotten (Alley Theatre, Hartford Stage), Long Wharf Theatre: A Moon for the Misbegotten, Guys and Dolls, A New War, Sixteen Wounded, Black Nativity, The Waverly Gallery. Williamstown Theatre Festival: Villa America, Front Page, Herringbone, Opposite of Sex, A Nervous Smile, Anything Goes, Tough Titty, Sugar Syndrome. Berkshire Theatre Festival: American Primitive, Assassins, Tommy, Peter Pan, Enter Laughing.

Teresa Hull (Props Master). Teresa also works as a Lighting Designer and as a Production Coordinator for theatre, television, corporate events, industrials and special events in New York City and beyond. And when her hands aren't getting dirty from working in the entertainment industry, Teresa can usually be found getting her hands dirty on a horse farm somewhere.

Craig Caccamise (Technical Director)
Has worked as a Electrician, Head Electrician, and Production Electrician on Broadway, Off Broadway, and Industrials. Some shows include: Avenue Q, Urban Cowboy, Our Town, Noises Off, Riverdance, Jesus Christ Superstar, Waiting in the Wings, Dame Edna, Beauty Queen of Leenane, Side Show, Fool Moon, Rent, The Donkey Show, IBM, CBS Paramount, News Corporation and FOX.

Geoff Josselson (Casting Director) most recently cast Sympathy Jones
and Going Down Swingin' for NYMF and the York Theatre's Fall Musicals
in Mufti Series. Over the past three years, Geoff has cast numerous
projects including AltarBoyz, Mimi Le Duck, West Side Story and Carmen.
Thanks to James, Paul and Erica for the hospitality.

Choreographer: "Sherlock Holmes - The Early Years" NYMF 2007
Director: Prospect Theater Company, NYC
"Sure Thing" & "Variations on the Death of Trotsky" by David Ives
"The Duck Variations" by David Mamet
Resident Director / Dance Captain: European Tour "West Side Story"
Assistant Director: European Tour "Jesus Christ Superstar"