PICTURE INCOMPLETE, a one man musical! (2012)

(book, additional lyrics) stars as The Storyteller in his critically acclaimed opus PICTURE INCOMPLETE, a one man musical! Kendall is the proud creator of PICTURE INCOMPLETE that features the music & lyrics of his long-time collaborator Michael Polese. INCOMPLETE began as a germ of an idea inspired by the great performances of Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin, Bette Midler, Margaret Cho, Bill Cosby and Spalding Gray and has grown into a worthy entertainment and a “tour de force” that resonates with a large audience that varies in age and cultural backgrounds.

Most recently Kendall starred in the revival  of Keith Glover’s Thunder Knocking on the Door (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), and shiny revival My One And Only (Goodspeed Opera House).Originally from St. Louis, MO. and a graduate of the University of MO.-Columbia (BA Theater Performance & Direction) and the Institute for Theatre Training / Burt Reynold’s Jupiter Theater (Florida State University), Kendall has enjoyed a thriving career in New York City for two decades.Credits include:The Color Purple, Smokey Joe’s Cafe’ ( 1st National Tours), Joseph and the Amazing Techniclor Dreamcoat starring Donny Osmond (Canadian Priemere/ US Tour) Children of Eden (American Premiere) Udu (US Tour) Finian’s Rainbow (Revival Tour) Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Cape Playhouse) Lil’ Abner (Goodspeed Opera House) Bat Boy the musical, Nunsense A-men!, God’s Trombones (Off-Broadway) Purlie! (City Center Encores!/ NYC) Wizard of Oz (Madison Square Garden/ NYC), Five Guys Named Moe, Handful of Keys, Hey, Mr. Producer! (London’s West End) Into The Woods revival (Broadway).PICTURE INCOMPLETE debuted regionally at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center and has gone on to play the University of MO., The Dallas Convention Center/TBAAL, was a stand out of the NY International Fringe Festival 2010, the 2011 season opener of Luna Stage (West Orange, NJ) and WINNER of BEST MUSICAL 2011 - United Solo Festival (NYC). Concept cast album (LML Music) , available on iTunes.

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a long-time collaborator with Trent Armand Kendall and the producer of the recordings Introducing Trent Kendall, So Much To Say (featuring his composition Comes The Dawn) and two albums of his as singer/ songwriter; My Own Voice and Half Way Home. While living in London, Michael recorded at George Martin’s Air Studios and performed at The Mountbatten Hotel. He has also played Judy’s Supper Club, B. Smith’s Rooftop Cafe’ and Tavern on The Green in New York City. He has been featured in the ASCAP Songwriter’s Showcase and performed live on WQEW Radio in NYC.As the composer of PICTURE INCOMPLETE, Michael has received notable reviews fro his music & lyrics and won Best Musical 2011- United Solo Festival (NYC).INCOMPLETE has  played several theatres and was a stand-out in the NY International Fringe Festival and was chosen for the New York Musical Theatre Festival 2012.Michael is also the composer of TRAFFIC with a book by Trent Armand Kendalll and direction by Stephen Nachamie.

A winner of the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical (Brigadoon), Ganakas’ credits include direction of many musical theatre productions, as well as opera, television and industrials. Credits include collaborations with Disney Live Entertainment and Radio City Music Hall Productions. A committed educator, he has served on the faculty of New York University, where he founded their nationally renown Music Theatre Program.Gankas' musical theatre directional credits include productions of Caroline, or Change at Studio Theatre in Washington, DC; Ain't Misbehavin' at the Dallas Theatre Center; the world premiere of God Lives in Glass at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York City, Double Trouble at Stage One in Wichita; the world premiere of The Times at The Long Wharf, New Haven; Oklahoma! at the Ordway Theatre in St. Paul; several productions at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut (Babes in Arms, George M, The Pajama Game, and Brigadoon. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Dean Goodman Award for Outstanding Production) at the American Music Theatre of San Jose; the world premiere of White Lies at the American Stage Company in New Jersey; the National Tour Revival of the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Winner of the 2005 Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Best Musical); and numerous productions at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, Massachusetts. His acclaimed work on the long-running, award-winning production of A Christmas Carol at North Shore Music Theatre earned the honor of Best Production of the Season by The Boston Globe, as well as the Moss Hart Awards for Best Direction and Best Production of the Year.His array of work in opera and concerts includes his direciton of "An Evening of Gilbert and Sullivan" with the Boston Pops and Beverly Sills, which was aired on PBS' Great Performances series. He has also directed productions for the Minnesota Opera, Opera Omaha (including their 2001 "All-American" Gala Concert), Glimmer Glass Opera and Michigan Opera Theatre.Ganakas served as Artistic Director for six years of the John Harms Center for the Performing Arts in Englewood, New Jersey. Throughout his career, he has worked with numerous stars including Julie Andrews, Betty Buckley, Idina Menzel, Carol Channing, Jim Dale, Mary Tyler Moore, and Joel Grey. He is especially proud of his twelve-year association with New York University, where he founded the Music Theatre Program in the Steinhardt School of Education. His guidance and expertise helped make it one of the highest-regarded programs for musical theatre training in the country. Throughout his tenure, he mentored countless young artists, who have gone on to successful careers in the theatre and have made award-winning contributions to the performing arts.Originally from East Lansing, Michigan, Greg Ganakas resides in New York City.

Ganakas is the proud director of PICTURE INCOMPLETE, as well as Louis & Ella! by Trent Armand Kendallwww.greganakas.com

Adam Klipple, who has been described as "a standout pianist who has gone to school on McCoy Tyner and Cecil Taylor and earned his degree," plays piano, Hammond organ, sampler and a variety of vintage keyboards. He leads three of his own groups. Drive-By Leslie, his Hammond organ quartet, explores many styles of electric jazz from the organ trio to the present. Sneak makes melodic, otherworldly songs featuring vocalist Becca Stevens. The Masters of Tashkent is his eight-piece Soul-Uzbek-Hindustani-Funk orchestra. In addition to his personal endeavors, Adam has been involved in stage and recording projects with Craig Harris, Graham Haynes, Joseph Bowie and Defunkt, Ron Affif, Vinny Valentino, Jason Marshall, and Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe. His credits also include performances with the Sun Ra Arkestra, Sekou Sundiata, Marc Ribot, John Medeski, Kurt Rosenwinkle, Carla Cook, Dave Fiuczynski, David Gilmore, Josh Roseman, Vincent Gardner, Peter Apfelbaum, Joel Harrison, Jay Rodriguez, Groove Collective, and Smokey Robinson. Also a composer and arranger, Adam Klipple and Drive-By Leslie toured southeast Asia and the Pacific Rim as part of Jazz at Lincoln Center's 2006 Rhythm Road. Adam has garnered touring and composing grants from Arts International and Meet the Composer, to travel to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to collaborate with local folk musicians. His jazz piano quartet toured as a Jazz Ambassador in 2003, and was sponsored by the Kennedy Center and the U.S. Department of State on a six-week tour of concerts and master classes in Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. He has appeared at such renowned venues as the Blue Note, Iridium, the Jazz Standard, Blues Alley and the Knitting Factory, and at international jazz festivals ranging from the Umbria Jazz Festival, to the JVC Jazz Festival, the Moers Jazz Festival, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the Free Jazz Festival in Rio de Janeiro, the JazzNOJazz Festival in Zurich, the Akbank Jazz Festival in Turkey, and the Poretta Soul Festival in Italy.

 Broadway: A Tale of Two Cities, Cabaret, Phantom of the Opera, Urban Cowboy, Candide with the NY Philharmonic, and pre-Broadway engagements of Annie Get Your Gun, In My Life. National Tour: Tommy Tune’s Dr. Dolittle. Off-Broadway: Striking 12, Criss Angel Mindfreak, Tony ‘n Tina’s Wedding, Rooms: A Rock Romance, Roundabout’s Howard Katz, Beyond Glory, The Overwhelming and productions for Lincoln Center, and Chicago’s Second City. Select industrials include the re-opening of the Statue of Liberty, GLAAD Awards, US Open, Clinton Global Initiative and events for Miller Light, VH1’s Save the Music, the NY Yankees, and the NFL. Jason is a credited contributor to several books on event management and has served as a professor and guest lecturer at several universities in the northeast. For Hunter.

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A Tale of Two Cities [Original, Musical, Drama] Sep 18, 2008 - Nov 9, 2008 Press Representative: The Jacksina Company The Rocky Horror Show [Revival, Musical, Comedy] Nov 15, 2000 - Jan 6, 2002 Press Representative: The Jacksina Company The Life [Original, Musical] Apr 26, 1997 - Jun 7, 1998 Press Agent: The Jacksina Company 3 From Brooklyn [Original, Special] Nov 19, 1992 - Dec 27, 1992 General Press Representative: Judy Jacksina The Will Rogers Follies [Original, Musical] May 1, 1991 - Sep 5, 1993 General Press Representative: Judy Jacksina Grand Hotel [Original, Musical, Drama] Nov 12, 1989 - Apr 25, 1992 General Press Representative: Judy Jacksina Stepping Out [Original, Play] Jan 11, 1987 - Mar 15, 1987 General Press Representative: The Jacksina Company Into the Light [Original, Musical] Oct 22, 1986 - Oct 26, 1986 General Press Representative: The Jacksina Company The Boys of Winter [Original, Play] Dec 1, 1985 - Dec 8, 1985 General Press Representative: The Jacksina Company The Three Musketeers [Revival, Musical] Nov 11, 1984 - Nov 18, 1984 General Press Representative: Jacksina and Freedman The Tap Dance Kid [Original, Musical] Dec 21, 1983 - Aug 11, 1985 General Press Representative: Jacksina and Freedman Baby [Original, Musical] Dec 4, 1983 - Jul 1, 1984 General Press Representative: Jacksina and Freedman My One And Only [Original, Musical, Comedy] May 1, 1983 - Mar 3, 1985 General Press Representative: Jacksina and Freedman Teaneck Tanzi: The Venus Flytrap [Original, Play, Comedy] Apr 20, 1983 - Apr 20, 1983 General Press Representative: Jacksina and Freedman Slab Boys [Original, Play] Mar 7, 1983 - Apr 17, 1983 General Press Representative: Jacksina and Freedman Almost an Eagle [Original, Play] Dec 16, 1982 - Dec 19, 1982 General Press Representative: Jacksina and Freedman Blues in the Night [Original, Musical, Revue] Jun 2, 1982 - Jul 18, 1982 General Press Representative: Jacksina and Freedman Nine [Original, Musical, Drama] May 9, 1982 - Feb 4, 1984 General Press Representative: Jacksina and Freedman Inacent Black [Original, Play, Comedy] May 6, 1981 - May 17, 1981 General Press Representative: Jacksina and Freedman Heartland [Original, Play, Melodrama] Feb 23, 1981 - Mar 15, 1

(book, additional lyrics) .As writer & producer for Onemoe Music, Kendall is the dedicated primarily to creation and development of self-written plays, musicals, cabarets, and benefits and the furthuring of his own works and the music of Michael Polese. He is the writer/director of A Joful Noel (North York Center for the Performing Arts- Toronto, Ontario)Love Is The Way- benefiting The Black Rep of St. Louis, Just Take IT All Off- a brief one act (Third Eye Theater Company, New York), TRAFFIC- a musical at the intersection of Life & love (music & lyrics by Michael Polese) and LOUIS & ELLA! by Trent Armand Kendall (starring as Louis Armstrong) with direction by PICTURE INCOMPLETE director Greg Ganakas and music direction & arrangements by David Snyder.

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After graduating from Parsons School of Design in 1992, Sam Ciardi, immediately began his dual career as both an independant interior and fashion designer. During this time, Sam enthusiastically designed many Manhattan penthouses and Brooklyn brownstones, while simultaneously creating new and innovative fashion brands. Sam spent the next five years exclusively designing fashion and was invited by Ashley and Mary Kate Olsen to join their company Dualstar Entertainment in Los Angeles, CA. At Dualstar, Sam served as Executive Design Director for the infamous mary-kateandashley brand, where he was responsible for creating the vision for the Olsen's fashion and home empires.

Sam finally decided to take a well deserved break from the insanity of the fashion industry and settle back home in Morris County, NJ.  He is excited to join the creative team for PICTURE INCOMPLETE. His uniquely, eclectic style, influenced by fashion and current market trends, is at the same time, sophisticated and timeless.

born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey. He began his dance training at the Dance Theater of Harlem, and later moved on to Alvin Ailey American Dance Centre. Since then, Brian has performed with such companies as, Forces of Nature, Philadelphia Dance Company (Philidanco), Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theatre, Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre; the tour of Vinette Carole’s "Your Arms Too Short Box with God," Donald Byrd/The Group, Williams/Henry Danse Theatre, Earl Moseley’s Diversity of Dance, and The Color Purple first National Tour. Brian has recently added TV and Film to his career performing in, Across the Universe, Lifted a Fox Searchlight Film, and the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. Brian’s teaching, choreography, and artistic leadership are an important part of his career. He has had the pleasure of working as a leader in varying capacities such as, rehearsal director for Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Donald Byrd/The Group, Ailey Camp Missouri Site Director, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet; and Dance Captain for the Color Purple First National Tour, to name a few. Brian most recently has embarked on his journey as a professional actor completing a two-year intensive training program at The William Esper Studio under the training of Bruce McCarty and Suzanne Esper, and co-starring in The Metropolitan Playhouse’s 2011 production of One third a Nation. Brian sees performing art as a privilege and a service, and is grateful to continue to serve in the arts.

Joy Marcelle is a talented wig designer and wig master and has worked on numerous Broadway and touring productions including Hair Spray and The Color Purple.

Recent work includes producing Jay Alan Zimmerman's Incredibly Deaf Musical (The Duke Theatre (NY); L'Histoire de Soldat with Hopeful Monsters at the Boston Symphony; GRAMMY JAM NYC with the GRAMMY NYC Chapter; The Velveteen Rabbit on a National Tour; Cross That River (TBG Theatre); Gemini the Musical (Acorn Theatre); Production Managing and Speech Writing for the 2007 Honors Awards for the New York office of the GRAMMY'S. Geoff co-founded and Executive Produced the award-winning New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2004 and 2005, and also co-produced the Unzipped Concert Series in 2005. He has worked as a Vice President for Radio City Entertainment, where he produced and general managed the Menken/Ahrens/Ockrent production of A Christmas Carol and general managed The Wizard of OZ in New York and on tour. He was also an Associate Producer for Minnelli on Minnelli on Broadway and for the cast albums of The Wizard of Oz (GRAMMY-nominated) and The Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Prior to joining Radio City Entertainment, Geoff was General Manager of the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ; General Manager of the George Street Playhouse for Producer Eric Krebs; Company Manager for the World Premiere of Fugard's Master Harold�and the boys. Geoff earned a degree in Theatre Administration from the Yale School of Drama where he was honored to have studied with Ben Mordecai and Lloyd Richards.

Onemoe Music is the creative entitiy of Trent Armand Kendall (writer), Michael Polese (composer) and Karen Poindexter (producer). OMP has presented successful runs at Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Dallas Convention Center/ The Black Academy of Arts & Letters, The University of Missouri-Columbia, The North York Performing Arts Center (Toronto) The Beechman Theatre , The Triad Theatre (New York), The NY International Fringe Festival and The United Solo Theatre Festival (New York).

Karen Poindexter has a long and highly respected career as a producer and general manager in regional theater, Broadway and London. New York credits include The News and The Prince of Central Park. In London she produced a revival of Hair among many other works. Other productions for development from Onemoe Music are LOUIS & ELLA , a revue celebrating the lives of two original Amercan Idols- Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, and TRAFFIC- a musical at the intersection of life and love. karenpoindexter@comcast.net