I Come for Love

Terrence Atkins (Composer/Lyricist/Bookwriter/Producer)

Terrence Atkins is an actor, playwright and director from Los Angeles. He wrote and directed the short film, "Missing" which screened across the country. It was voted "Best of 2002" at the New York Horror Film Festival, and is included in the DVD, "Killer Hits, Vol. 1." He has served on the board of directors for the Company of Angels Theatre in Los Angeles. Past roles include Mickey in "After the Fall," Stanley in "Streetcar Named Desire," and Felix in Horton Foote's "Blind Date" (Dramalogue Award). Directing credits include "The Glass Menagerie," "They Dance Real Slow in Jackson," "Twenty-seven Wagons Full of Cotton," and "Zip, Zam, Boom!" written by twin brother Gavin Atkins and starring his mother, Patricia Atkins. His and Gavin's band, "Bradley's Brew," has played throughout Los Angeles. His song "Pitter Patter" was acquired for the feature film "Saint Patrick's Day." He co-wrote his first musical, "April Came in December," with Patricia Atkins (book) and Gavin Atkins (music and lyrics. It was presented as a staged reading at the Madrid Theatre in Canoga Park, California in 1999. He joined the Academy for New Musical Theatre in Los Angeles in 2003. There, he co-wrote music and lyrics with Jeffery Lyle Segal for the short musical "The Scout" with bookwriter Megan Wygant. "The Scout" was performed in the spring of 2004 at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, California, and was the source material for the "B" plot of "I Come for Love," with book, music and lyrics co-written by Jeffery Lyle Segal. "I Come for Love" received its debut presentation as part of the Kansas City Festival of New Musicals in 2007. It was also presented at the Thousand Oaks Festival of New Musicals ‘07.

Jeffery Lyle Segal (Composer/Lyricist/Bookwriter/Producer)

Jeffery Lyle Segal is a multitalented theatrical and visual artist, best known for his work in special effects makeup and the paramedical arena of permanent cosmetics. He is happy to be returning to his roots in the theater after a long hiatus. As a musical theater performer, his roles have been as diverse as Doody in "Grease" at Beef and Boards, Paul in "Carnival" with North Shore Theater Company, and as understudy to John Saxon for "Man of La Mancha" at the Little Theater on the Square. He has directed "The Threepenny Opera" for Little Theater on the Square, "Not Like Him" for Equity Library Theater, and the midwest premiere of "Sea Marks" at Pegasus Players and Theater Building Chicago. He is proud to have been the Executive Director of Chicago's acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company during its debut professional season. In film, he has worked in both casting direction and special effects makeup for independent features, including Chicago's best known indie film , "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer." Meanwhile, he kept his hand in music by writing, producing and performing "Forever Mine," the end title theme to the independent horror film, "Trapped!" He spent time writing in Nashville, and his song, "Somebody Else," was first place winner in the country category of the Music City Song Festival. He was writing and performing his original cabaret songs in Los Angeles in 2003, when he joined the Academy for New Musical Theater writers workshop. There, he co-authored music and lyrics for the one act musical "The Scout" with Terrence Atkins (book by Megan Wygant), and has since continued his collaboration with Terrence as co-author of book, music and lyrics for "I Come for Love". He has also written the book, music and lyrics for the new musical "Scandalous Behavior!" based on the classic English comedy, "The School for Scandal." He conceived, directed and performed in the world premiere of the musical revue "Duly Noted" at the Steinway Hall in Los Angeles, featuring songs by ANMT member writers. He is currently working his way back east to stay.

Lisa Dozier (General Manager/Line Producer)

Terry Berliner (Director & Choreographer)

Terry Berliner (Director/Choreographer) In 2008 Ms. Berliner received the San Francisco Critic's Circle Award for her direction of Bingo and a Roe Green Artist Grant for direction of the new musical Beneath the Surface. Her Broadway credits include The Lion King, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, The Sound of Music and The Red Shoes. Off Broadway: Time and Again, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Captains Courageous, Violet and Merrily We Roll Along. Other New York Theatre: Room 407, Emma (NYMF 2007), The Mercy Seat, TheatreWorks Gala, Spine, seven seasons of the Drama Desk Awards Show and Allegro (City Center Encores!). Regional: Beneath the Surface, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Carmen (with Franco Dragone), Bingo, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Little Shop of Horrors, Daddy’s Dyin’, Who’s Got the Will?, Urinetown, A Little Princess, Five Course Love, Getting To Know You, Theophilus North, Phantom, Love Letters, Guys and Dolls, The Fantasticks, A Little Night Music, A Chorus Line, The Royal Family, Once On This Island, Gypsy and The Music Man at such theatres as the La Jolla Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, Geva Theatre Center and Arena Stage. For more than 14 years Ms. Berliner has written, directed and choreographed corporate theatrical events for clients such as MasterCard, the PGA Champions and many others. In the spring of 2006 her six-part feature article on new musical theatre development, “A Game of Love and Chance,” was published in American Theatre magazine and she wrote the script for the New York City Drama Desk Awards Show hosted by Harvey Fierstein. Ms. Berliner is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

Jen Rogers (Production Manager)

Matthew Melchiorre (Production Stage Manager)

Jeremy C. Doucette (Scenic Designer)

International credits: Guys & Dolls, Chicago, Broadway Rhythm 2002 (Asian premieres, Macau, China), Die Zauberflöte (scenic supervisor Beijing & Macau, China). New York and Regional credits include: The Drama Desk Awards - 2003-2008 (Nationwide Telecast and Webcast with hosts Kristin Chenowith, Harvey
Fierstein, Chita Rivera, Antonio Banderas), Backwards in High Heels (Florida Stage & Blowing Rock Stage Company), South Pacific, Dames at Sea (New Jersey Performing Arts Center), The Seagull (McCarter Theatre Center), What the Butler Saw, Stinkin¹ Rich, A Delicate Balance (Two River Theatre Co.). Other companies include: Abingdon Theatre Co., NJ Repertory Co., Theatre Lila, The Hartt School of Music, Opera at Rutgers. Theme Park designs include: Six Flags, Hershey¹s Dutch Wonderland, Lake Compounce, Santa¹s Village, Canobie Lake Park. Corporate event designs include: MasterCard International, Samsung,
Quintiles, Google, Bayer Diagnostics, Royal Bank of Scotland, Class Productions and The Republican National Convention. Event venues have ranged from NYC to China and Hawaii to Monte Carlo. Jeremy is one of the resident designers for Princeton University and a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829.

Paul Miller (Lighting Designer)

David Margolin Lawson (Sound Designer)