Fellowship! the musical parody of "The Fellowship of the Ring" (2010)

Joel has written and directed live events for MTV and Nickelodeon. He is a founding member of the award winning SAK Theatre Comedy Lab. He is an original member of the criticly acclaimed comedy group Houseful of Honkeys. Joel and Kelly Holden-Bashar are the writers for an ABC Muppet special. Joel’s acting credits include - Voice over : Over the Hedge, Howl’s Moving Castle, Charlotte’s Web, Robot Chicken and the current voice of Baloo the Bear for Disney. Film: Thor, The Princess Diaries (1 & 2), American Beauty, Alien Raiders, Mystery Men and Best In Show.  Television: Cold Case, The Middle, How I Met our Mother, Seinfeld, The Bernie Mac Show, Malcolm in the Middle, Boston Legal, and he has starred in ten network pilots.

Kelly loves strapping on the big feet and playing Pippin in Fellowship!  On television, her credits include Parks and Recreation, How I Met Your Mother, Gilmore Girls, Pepper Dennis, The Bold and The Beautiful, Ask Rita and World Cup Comedy, to name a few.  She also recently co–starred with Rita Rudner in the film Thanks. She performs improv as a company member of ComedySportz and as a guest artist with critically acclaimed Impro Theatre and Houseful of Honkeys.  She can also be seen in numerous commercials.  Kelly and Joel McCrary (co-author of Fellowship!) wrote a Muppet special for ABC that is currently in pre-production. Kelly lives in Burbank with her awesome husband Armand and their two little Hobbits, Brooke and Maggie.

Allen has been scoring for film, television and theatre for more than a decade.  Allen has composed for The Sarah Silverman Program and the DVD for Tenacious D In: The Pick Of Destiny, starring Jack Black.  Allen also scored VH-1’s series Acceptable TV, written and directed by Dan Harmon (Community).  Allen’s had music on ABC, VH-1, Comedy Central, FX, PAX-TV and was the improv keyboardist for the Wayne Brady & Friends national tour for three years.  He also plays keyboards for various comedy groups around L.A., including ComedySportz, Theatresports, Impro Theatre, Second City, I.O. West and occasionally, The Groundlings.

Keith Levenson crosses the borders of Broadway, Rock, Pop and Symphonic Music.  He composes, conducts and arranges for theatre as well as concert and television stages.  Keith has conducted Broadway and national touring productions of Annie, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (with Ann-Margret), Grease, Jesus Christ Superstar, Big River, Tommy, Chess, Annie Warbucks and the Tony and Grammy Award-winning Dreamgirls.  Among his most popular works is The Wizard of Oz in Concert, which he produced, arranged and conducted at Avery Fisher Hall in New York.  He's worked with Jewell, Jackson Browne, Joel Grey, Nathan Lane, Roger Daltrey, Natalie Cole, Debra Winger, Ry Cooder and The Boys Choir of Harlem.  As a composer or lyricist/librettist, Keith has written the musicals Star-Crossed with Jeanine Tesori, Winchell with Martin Charnin, The City Suite Broadway production of The Flowering Peach and the current touring production of India.  His numerous television scores include the PBS specials Great Streets, Sunset Boulevard starring Randy Newman and Challenge to America as well as compositions for American Movie Classics, The Romance Channel and many others.  His numerous television appearances include The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the 1997 Tony Awards.  As a music supervisor/orchestrator/arranger, Keith has worked on Broadway and regional productions of She Loves Me, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Love Janis, Oliver!, Camelot, Tap Dogs!, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, On The Town, Shenandoah, Promises Promises, Eliot Ness, Mata Hari, Can-Can, Paint Your Wagon and Kiss Me Kate.  Keith’s recordings include collaborations with Faith Prince, Hal Linden, Kathie Lee Gifford, Harve Presnel, Andrea McCardle, Patrick Cassidy, Margaret Whiting, Andrea Marcovicci, Dr. John and many others.  Recently, Mr. Levenson completed a three-year worldwide tour as musical director/arranger and orchestrator of The British Rock Symphony with Roger Daltrey, Alice Cooper, Yes, Paul Rodgers, Gary Brooker, Peter Frampton, Billy Preston, Darlene Love and Eric Burdon.  His work can also be seen and heard on the PBS and Direct TV specials of The British Rock Symphony as well as the Universal Music compact disc release.  Keith is most proud of his work with Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend and the music of The Who.

With her partners at SenovvA, Arianna is able to bring her theatrical and production expertise together to create and produce for the stage with 21st century resources.  This year, SenovvA produced Langston in Harlem off-Broadway and is currently Associate Producer on Green Day's American Idiot.  With two new musicals in development and two national tours on the books for 2011, Arianna is looking forward to a year working on varied projects ranging from NYMF to small New England regional theaters and then back to Broadway next Spring.

Brian makes his living as a television writer/producer in Hollywoodland.  He’s written comedy joke ‘em ups for MADtv, Empire Square and Scrubs and is also the co-creator of a few television pilots you have not seen but which he worked really, really hard on.  Though writing is his day job, when the Fellowship signal is lit, he does not hesitate to drop his laptop and chocolate covered pretzels so that he can don his Gandalf robes and take the stage with the greatest cast of all time.  Brian lives in Southern California with his wife Audrey and daughter Zoie and two overweight cats.  Amen.  Let’s eat!

Lisa has taught and performed improv all over the country.  She's been an ensemble member of Seattle's Unexpected Productions, Orlando's SAK Theatre and Disney's Comedy Warehouse.  She's performed with IO West, Wheel of Improv and is a current member of LA's Impro Theatre, creating unscripted plays in the styles of Jane Austin, Tennessee Williams, Shakespeare and many others.  Lisa teaches improv at California Lutheran University and plays various characters on Universal Studio's "New York Street."  Her TV roles include parts on Desperate Housewives, The Tick and Greek.  She recently co-starred in the movie Thanks with Rita Rudner and Paul Dooley.

Edi is a Main Company member of The Groundlings.  Feature credits include Thanks, A Thousand Words, The Wiffler, Darnell Dawkins, and Jesus People (Best Actress nomination - '09 Feel Good Film Festival).  Edi was featured on The Showbiz Show With David Spade and was a series regular on Showtime's The Underground.  Other credits include Unhitched, CSI, MTV’s Popzilla and series regular and recurring roles on the pilots Waiting To Die, Just Posted, and Case Closed.  Edi also improvises full-length plays in different styles with Impro Theatre (LA Weekly ’09 Top 10 list), is half of the improv duo Mitch And Edi Making Love and is part of the Bob Odenkirk's Not Inappropriate Show.

Steve Purnick has over 25 years of improv experience, first in NY with Chicago City Limits and Unexpected Company, then in Orlando with SAK Theatre and The Comedy Warehouse at Disney World, then in Vegas in BOO at the New York, New York Hotel and Casino and now LA with The Houseful of Honkeys and ComedySportz LA.  Steve's credits include Nickelodeon’s The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Tom Hanks’ From the Earth to the Moon, The Wizards of Waverly Place and Disney Channel's Zeke and Luther.  Recent films include Imagine That, Under the Same Sky, Cry of the Winged Serpent, Crash Landing and Project V.I.P.E.R.

Cory has written for The Wayne Brady Show, performed with Comedysportz LA and Impro Theatre and appeared on the PAX network’s TV show World Cup Comedy.  He was also the original host of the TV show Cheat, in which he gave away secret codes to ambitious young video gamers.  He also starred in the award winning feature film The Other Side.  Recently, through his company CR STUDIOS LLC, Cory has had the fortune to work as a creative consultant for Walt Disney Imagineering, Pixar and The Muppet Studios.  Currently, Cory is the new host for Walt Disney’s educational DVD series History Connections.

Ryan is a graduate of the Florida State University School of Theatre and is currently an actor/improviser/writer.  He started performing improv about 14 years ago at SAK Comedy Lab in Orlando.  There, he did 7 shows a week until he made the move to LA in 2001.  His film credits include a lead role in the mockumentary Closing Escrow, which appeared at the 2007 HBO Comedy Arts Festival.  His TV credits include improvising on PAX's World Cup Comedy and writing for three years on Fox's MADtv.  He has been in several national tv and radio commercials, and you can also find him in the popular web series, Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show.

Peter can be seen on Hannah Montana as the mean next door neighbor Mr. Dontzig and also recently played Crystal Snowman in the award winning Troubadour Theater Company's Frosty the SnowManilow.  He performs onstage with his twin brother Paul in Twinprov!, a two-man improv show, and has appeared in Guys and Dolls, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Queen of Bingo and Happy Days, the Musical (Reading #2, at Garry Marshall's Falcon Theatre).  TV credits include guest starring roles on Kath and Kim, Andy Barker PI, Reno 911! and The Loop.  Film credits include Valentine's Day, Princess Diaries 2, Spanish Fly and The First of May with Mickey Rooney.  Peter also stars in the web series Wanna Be Me at wannabeme.tv.

Matthew Stephen Young got his start doing improv comedy at SAK Theatre in Orlando and has appeared with numerous improv groups since moving to LA in 1996.  His current improv home is ComedySportz LA, where Matt created the hit shows The High: An Improvised Teen Drama and Charlie Presto & the Magical Academy of Mystery and Sorcery.  Matt has acted in more than 50 national television commercials and has had roles on Desperate Housewives, Without a Trace, and How I Met Your Mother.  Also a musician, Matt's composed music for two ABC television pilots and plays regularly with his bluegrass band The Dust Bowl Cavaliers.

Hailing from the mountains of northern Arizona via the near north side of Chicago and the bucolic environs of rural Ohio, drummer Chris Kirshbaum has cut a swath of eclectic musical styles through every dive bar in the southern California region, and plenty more outside of it.  Only polka remains on his musical "bucket list."  He is thrilled to be involved in theatrical music with such a talented cast of performers.

SenovvA provides production solutions for the theatrical, broadcast and multi-media/live event industries.  Spearheaded by founder K. Lee Harvey, including producers Arianna Knapp, Jon Kimbell and a very talented production team, their wide variety of projects range from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to Broadway, the Oscars and everything in between.  Their client list features the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences, DreamWorks, the Nederlander Organization, the Emmy Awards, Coca-Cola, 20th Century Fox, NBC, the Elton John Aids Foundation and the Rockwell Group, to name just a few.  SenovvA is a member of the National Alliance for Musical Theater.  www.SenovvA.com