I Love You, Madam President (2008)

Broadway: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, many performances as Caractacus Potts, National: The Phantom of the Opera 1st National Company, THE PHANTOM (Joseph Jefferson Award Nom.; Ragtime, (Chicago Company), Henry Ford; Parade, Governor Slaton; Selected regional credits: Herbie in GYPSY at Westchester Broadway Theatre and American Musical Theatre of San Jose; Lumiere in Beauty and The Beast at Westchester; Nathan Detroit in GUYS & DOLLS at AMTSJ; At Arvada Center for the Arts, Claude Pichon in THE DINNER PARTY, The Husband in PUTTING IT TOGETHER, Bela Zangler in CRAZY FOR YOU, Nicely-Nicely in GUYS & DOLLS, Oscar Lindquist in SWEET CHARITY. Dance: Eleven years as a principal dancer with Chicago’s HUBBARD STREET DANCE COMPANY.

Broadway/NY credits include Roundabout/Deaf West's revival of BIG RIVER (Cast Recipient of the 2004 Tony Honor), BYE BYE BIRDIE (City Center ENCORES!), BEHIND THE LIMELIGHT (NYMF '06). Tours: THE BOY FRIEND directed by Julie Andrews, BIG RIVER (U.S./Japan), Principal Soloist for DISNEY ON CLASSIC (Tokyo Philharmonic). Regional credits include Carmen Ghia in THE PRODUCERS (Pioneer Theater), Scooter in HAPPY DAYS (Papermill Playhouse - Original Cast Recording), Cosmo Brown in SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, Buggins in HALF A SIXPENCE and ME AND MY GIRL (all at Goodspeed Opera House). Graduate of Wagner College and the Orange County High School of the Arts.

Off-Broadway: Annie (Grace u/s) at Madison Square Garden. National Tours: Jekyll and Hyde (Lucy), Annie (Grace u/s). European Tour: Evita (Eva Peron). Regional Theatre: Gypsy (Louise), Carousel (Carrie), Anything Goes (Reno), Nunsense (Robert Anne), Evita (Eva Peron), Miss Saigon (Ellen), Guys and Dolls (Adelaide), The Full Monty (Vicki), The Philadelphia Story (Liz). BFA from Syracuse University. www.lizpower.com

Broadway; Jacey Squires in The Music Man(2000 revival/Susan Strohman, dir.), Eddie in Blood Brothers(opposite Carole King), Doody in Grease!(1993 Rosie O’Donnell revival), Starmites and Roy Cohn in Senator Joe(Tom O’Horgan, dir.).

off-Broadway; The Priest in A New Brain(Lincoln Centre/Graciella Daniele, Dir.), title role in The Jazz Singer(Jewish Rep.), revival of Chess(Master Theatre), the Narrator in Gifts of the Magi( Lambs Theatre).

Tours; National’s of Starlight Express, Grease!, Leader of the Pack(2001 revival with Mary Wilson), Matt in The Fantastick’s(30 year anniversary tour with author, Tom Jones, as the old actor, and composer, Harvey Schmidt, on piano).

TV; TheRosie O’Donnell, The Today Show, Fox After Breakfast, 1997 Tony Awards.

Regional Theatre; Principle roles at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Sacramento Music Theatre, Houston’s TUTS, Houston Grand Opera, North Shore Music Theatre, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Ford’s Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Westport Country Playhouse, North Carolina Theatre, The Bushnell.

Film; Disney’s animated feature Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Teacher; Teaches Musical Theatre on staff at NYU’s Tisch School of the Art’s CAP21 and gives Master Classes and Group Workshops in Musical Theatre in NYC and around the country. Ric Ryder also maintains a Private Voice Studio in Manhattan. www.RicRyder.com

Favorite roles include: Philia in A Funny Thing… Forum (Denver Center Theatre), Charity in Sweet Charity (Sierra Repertory Theatre), Kathy Seldon in Singin’ in the Rain (Seaside Music Theatre), Original Cast of Reluctant Pilgrim (with Stephen Schwartz – NYMF), All Female Roles in Idols of the King (Alabama Shakespeare Festival/ Barter Theatre) and Prudie Cupp in Pump Boys and Dinettes (National Tour). Chris has a BFA from New York University in Drama.

Beth is very excited to be a part of ILYMP! Her credits include the Broadway Company of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (final company), national tours of Some Like it Hot, (starring Tony Curtis), A Chorus Line and Beauty and the Beast, and regional productions of Irving Berlin's White Christmas (DCTC), Mack and Mabel (Goodspeed), Sweet Charity, Chicago, Animal Crackers and Over Here! Beth was born in Buffalo, NY, and graduated Summa ***** Laude from the University of Buffalo with a BA in Theatre and Dance. In addition to her work as a performer, she also works as a Creative Life Coach and a Reconnective Healing Practitioner. www.PerformingOnPurpose.com.

Jerry Coyle (General Hastings) is currently appearing at the Theatre at St. Clement’s in The Peccadillo Theatre Company production of Johnny on a Spot (Mayor Lovett). He was last seen in Peccadillo’s critically acclaimed revival of Room Service (Dr. Glass) at Bank St. and Off Broadway at the Soho Playhouse. Since then his credits include: Jekyll & Hyde (Bishop of Basingstoke) Engeman Theater, Northport and this past spring, Damn Yankees (Joe Boyd) Carousel Dinner Theatre. Some of his favorite regional credits: Guys & Dolls (Nicely) Seattle Repertory Theatre, Present Laughter (Fred), The Fantasticks (Hucklebee), She Loves Me (Headwaiter) all at the Dorset Theatre Festival, Vermont. Film & TV: The Good Shepherd (featured) and numerous TV commercials. In addition Jerry has been teaching acting for the camera at the Weist Barron Studios here in New York, the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, the Film Acting School, Cologne, Germany and the Wien Filmschule, Vienna, Austria. Last fall Jerry traveled to Pristina, Kosovo where he was a guest judge/teacher at the Skena-Up Film & Theatre Festival.

NY Directing Credits include Knave of Hearts (Best Director Award, NY Strawberry One-Act Festival), An Acute Triangle, and Utah’s Crying where he is also Associate Producer. His most recent work, The Sphinx Winx, enjoyed a successful limited engagement at the Algonquin Theatre. Mr. Hamel has directed regional productions of Footloose and They’re Playing Our Song (Surflight), serves as Artistic/Resident Director for the New York Dinner Theatre having directed over 10 shows that have performed to rave reviews throughout the tri-state area, and directed the live performance of the NFAA 25th Anniversary Gala in Miami, FL featuring Vanessa Williams, Placido Domingo, the Alvin Ailey Dancers, and Mikhail Baryshnikov among others. As Associate Director: The Who's Tommy European Tour, Cirque Dreams, Christmas Dreams, A Holiday Spectacular, and the NFAA Off-Broadway shows Body and Soul and Breakthrough. www.ArtisticTM.com

Has been musical director for over twenty productions in regional venues along the East Coast, including John Engeman Theater (NY), Hampton Playhouse (NH), Mill Mountain (VA), Coconut Grove (FL) and Spoleto Festival (Charleston, SC). Active in New York City as a vocal coach and pianist, he has also served on the faculties of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy and for Marymount Manhattan College (SHE LOVES ME, RAGTIME). He has vocal directed entertainment productions for both Norwegian and Royal Caribbean Cruise lines. Most recently he served as Associate Conductor for the first national tour of WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND. He holds a Master’s in Music from Virginia Commonwealth University and earned his Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America.

Jessie Balvanz (Stage Manager) received her bachelor’s degree in theatre from the University of Iowa. Some of her favorite stage management credits include: Five Flights (tongue in cheek theater); David’s Redhaired Death, Tartuffe (University of Iowa); The King and I, EVITA (SNC Music Theatre); Leonce & Lena and Learning Russian (Hangar Theatre).

Phyllis Lynd began her musical training at age 13 under a philharmonic scholarship and went on to receive a Master's Degree in Music. Her singing career has included her own radio show, television appearances on CBS and the BBC, and performances in concert halls and supper clubs in the US and abroad. As a lyricist, she collaborated with George Kleinsinger and Gloria Shayne (composer of the Christmas standard "Do You Hear What I Hear?"). Ms. Lynd wrote both the music and the lyrics for the revue The Perfect Fit which won a CUNY grant and ran in New York for over a year. In addition to her singing engagements, she is an admissions consultant to the High School Of Music and Art in New York City, and teaches voice privately. She is a recipient of a Foundation Grant for I Love You, Madam President.

Martha Kearns’ two act drama, King Christina, won First Prize, New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest, New York City, and was produced by GITIS (Government Institute of The Performing Arts) in Moscow in 2003. She collaborated with actress Viveca Lindfors on My Lifetime Listens to Yours. She is the recipient of a Fulbright, PBS-WHYY’s Independent Video Purchase Prize, and has received support as a playwright from The Leeway Foundation, Pennyslvania Council on the Arts, and Blue Mountain Artists Colony, and is a Member of The Dramatists Guild.

A recent transplant to New York. Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Soir has lived, studied and worked all over the world. Has BA in Acting, having done a student exchange in Nepal, as well as earning an MFA in Playwriting from Carnegie Mellon University, & Ph.D. in Film in Switzerland. Has been associated with New York Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco Mime Troupe, El Teatro Campesino, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Magic Theatre, La Cuadra de Seville (Spain), Jordcirkus (Sweden), Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Scotland), Courtyard Theatre (London). Currently she works for Young Playwrights Inc. in New York.

Scott’s play Cotton Girls was published by Baker’s Plays and won the State Championship finals in Maine. His play Two Clowns was produced at CATCO and his play Black Doll was produced this summer at the Times Square Arts Center. His work has been seen at The Walnut Street Theatre, American Globe, The Harold Clurman and the DeCapo Opera House. He also had a play called The Balloon Lady featured in the Elevator Play Series in Louisville, KY, at which the plays were performed in a working elevator. Scott screenplays have been optioned with director Neal Marshad (Saturday Night Live) and with Emerald Pictures. Scott’s short play The Last Minute was featured on Good Morning America. He was the recipient of a Playwriting Fellowship from the Greater Columbus Arts Council. Upcoming productions include Secret Santa in October 2008 and Fools in the West as well as Aftershock in 2009.

is delighted to be producing in NYMF after being on staff last year. She holds a B.S. in Arts Administration from Wagner College. Her recent producing credits include: "Broadway Sings the Phone Book" for the Make-A-Wish Foundation (Studio 54), "Main-Traveled Roads" (NYMF/Richard Rodgers Award), and various festival productions. Currently in development: "Parthenogenesis", and "Broadway Sings the Phone Book 2”. She is currently pursuing an MA in Music at Hunter College with the lofty aspiration of becoming a musical director/orchestrator. As such she can now, officially, carry a tune.

began formally producing in 2003 as Angry Girl Gang LLC with Mark W. Knowles developing GIRL GANG a startling musical of juvenile delinquency in Hollywood FringeNYC and NYMF07. Jaye is a TRU CTI scholarship and award winning producer of Luke Yankee's THE JESUS HICKEY. She developed PlaidBird Productions In an effort to educate and support self producing artists she has championed Michael Murray's GREAT GOOGLEY MOO! a doo wop musical and Katherine Williams's MY DEAD MOTHER IS FUNNIER THAN YOU and recently production consultant on two MITF shows: Lisa Ramirez' EXIT CUCKOO and Shaun Gunnings' WRITERS BLOCK. Currently Associate Producer w/Tom Smedes Productions; ACE- a musical adventure, running at Signature Theatre DC this fall with a an anticipated 09 Broadway opening. Please visit:www.jayemaynard.com.