Punk Princess (2009)

A former actress Yasmine's young adult novel These Hours Belong to Me was a finalist for a Ray Bradbury Fellowship. She has won several short story competitions including the James Kirkwood prize, Zoetrope Short Fiction contest and The New Century Writing Awards[3 times] Her non-fiction has appeared in London's Daily Mail. She has done several workshops at The Flea and Primary Stages where her  short plays I Never Thought I'd End  Up As Good News, Little Monsters, The Hell of The Loyal Fan and her full length Status Anxiety were all birthed. Punk Princess is her first musical

Works include Passing Strange for which he received the 2008 Tony award for 'Best Book of a Musical.' Wrote lyrics and co-composed music for the same. Two-time Obie winner: 'Best New Theater Piece' and, as a member of the PS acting family, 'Best Ensemble.' A four-time Tony nominee, Stew leads, along with his collaborator Heidi Rodewald, two critically acclaimed bands: The Negro Problem and Stew. Works: Post Minstrel Syndrome (TNP 1997), Joys and Concerns (TNP 1999), Guest Host (S 2000), The Naked Dutch Painter (S 2002), Welcome Black (TNP 2002), Something Deeper Than These Changes (S 2003) and the cast album of Passing Strange (2008).

 Heidi Rodewald has spent more than a decade as a performer, arranger, producer and composer for both The Negro Problem and the multi-disciplinary ensemble known as Stew. Credits include Passing Strange, Berkeley Repertory Theatre/the Public Theater/the Belasco Theater (2006/2007/2008); composer, Karen Kandel's Portraits: Night and Day (2004); and co-writer with Stew of the screenplay We Can See Today, Sundance Screenwriters Lab/Directors Lab (2005). Heidi also wrote and performed with the seminal female punk band Wednesday Week.

Recent: workshops of David Adjmi's Marie Antoinette for the Goodman Theater and the inaugural Sundance Institute Theatre Lab in Residence at the Public Theater; Made In Poland for the Play Company; 10 things to do before I die and Len and Asleep in Vinyl for Second Stage Uptown/Juilliard; 2008 collaboration with lighting designer Jennifer Tipton on The Glass Menagerie at the Guggenheim Museum (Works & Process Series); For the Atlantic Theater Company-Lucy Thurber's Scarcity, Kia Corthron's Master Disaster, and Rolin Jones' The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, which was selected as a 2006 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Founder of the film production company YARN. Current projects include: Tiny Dancer (Jayce Bartok) Keep Them From The Wolves (Ryan O'Nan), Make Me Happy (Courtney Baron) and the children's feature animation Going South (Sean Cunningham). MFA in Directing at the Yale School of Drama.

LORI ANN ZEPP (Production Stage Manager)  Broadway:  Jay Johnson:  The Two and Only.  Off-Broadway credits include Wildflower; 10 things to do before I die; Becky Shaw; Animals Out of Paper; Len, Asleep in Vinyl; Next to Normal; Election Day; The Butcher of Baraboo; Some Men; Swimming in the Shallows (Second Stage); Dog Sees God (Century Center); The American Occupation (The Juilliard School); The Two and Only (Atlantic Theatre Company); Roulette (John Houseman Theatre); The Last Sunday in June (Century Center and the Rattlestick Theatre); Bliss; Faster; Finder’s Fee; My Special Friend; Cologne; Neil’s Garden; and Down South (Rattlestick Theatre); I Love America (American Place Theatre); The “A” Word (Greenwich Street Theatre); and Boys Don’t Wear Lipstick (Players Theatre).  Regional credits include:  Lend Me a Tenor (George Street Playhouse), as well as several productions at Studio Arena in Buffalo; Capital Repertory Company in Albany; Penguin Rep in Stony Point, NY; and Old Castle Theatre Company in Bennington, VT

Recently described as “A bar of gold in the new depression” by Hilton Als in the New Yorker, singer, songwriter and Tony-nominated performance artist Justin Bond is an Obie, Bessie and Ethyl Eichelberger Award winner and was named one of the top 40 favorite New Yorkers by Time Out New York and was listed by Time Out London as one of England’s 50 Funniest People. His debut EP Pink Slip was released in July 2009. In 2008 he won rave reviews for his GLAAD nominated show Lustre which premiered at PS122 in the East Village and then went on to tour the Uk with stops in Manchester, England as part of the It’s Queer Up North Arts Festival and in a critically acclaimed run at London’s Soho Theatre (‘Justin Bond is a trans-atlantic cabaret messiah’ ***** Time Out London). Also in 2008 Justin appeared at The Southbank Center in London in the title roll of Sinderella an original musical written by Martyn Jacques of The Tiger Lillies. In 2007 he premiered Justin Bond is Close To You, a reinterpretation of the classic Carpenter’s album Close To You performed in its entirety in Central Park and subsequently presented by The Sydney Opera House in Australia. In 2005 his show, Glamour Damage, had its world premiere at London’s Soho Theatre and was hailed by the Evening Standard as “A glittering walk on the wild side.” He regularly Emcees the performance series Weimar New York which has played in such varied locations as the SFMOMA, The Speigeltent, and Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater in New York. As a featured vocalist on the London Readers Wifes’ single Nostalgia, he had a top 20 hit on the UK alternative chart. Bond also toured internationally with avant-garde noise/cabaret band Pantychrist. A Cable Car award winning journalist, Bond was also nominated for a Bay Area Critics Circle Award for his solo work Dixie McCall’s Patterns for Living. As one-half of the Performance duo Kiki and Herb, Justin has toured the world headlining at Carnegie Hall, The Sydney Opera House, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall and starred in successful runs On Broadway (The Helen Hayes Theatre) and Off- (The Cherry Lane Theatre). Kiki and Herb have released two cds Do You Hear What We Hear?, Kiki and Herb Will Die For You at Carnegie Hall and a DVD Kiki and Herb Live at the Knitting Factory. Film credits include a starring role in John Cameron Mitchell’s feature Shortbus, Charles Hermann-Wurmfeld’s Fancy’s Persuasion as well as Imaginary Heroes and Jon Moritsugu’s Mod F*** Explosion. In 2006 Bond completed his MA Scenography at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design in London. Justin credits his career as a queer performer to Kate Bornstein who cast him as Herculine Barbin in her ground-breaking play Hidden: A Gender in 1991.

Regional: The Tempest (Miranda) and Two Gentlemen of Verona (Julia) at Hudson Valley Shakespeare; The Mystery Plays (u/s), The Black Dahlia (u/s), and Safe in Hell (u/s) at Yale Repertory Theatre; two productions of A Christmas Carol at the Dallas Theater Center (directed by Adrian Hall and Evan Yionoulis). NY Fringe Festival: The Boss in the Satin Kimono ("the Boss"). Workshops and Readings: Lincoln Center Director's Lab; The Ohio; New York Stage & Film; The Lark; The Public. TV: Law & Order, Medium, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. MFA: The Yale School of Drama.

CHAD GOODRIDGE (Rupert/Dante). Bway: Passing Strange.  Off-Bway: Passing Strange (The Public - OBIE Award);  Home Free!, The Debate over Courtney O'Connell… (Cherry Lane). Regional: Passing Strange (Berkeley Rep - BATCC Award); Hamlet (Geva); Macbeth, Once in a Lifetime, Proof (Chautauqua); The Skin of Our Teeth (Williamstown). Film & TV: “Passing Strange” (dir. Spike Lee), "Law & Order: SVU," "One Life to Live." Mr. Goodridge has also performed at Birdland and Joe’s Pub, and is writing his first feature film.  Training/Education: Chautauqua Conservatory Theatre Company, B.A. Dartmouth College.

NY: Sheila Callaghan's DEAD CITY (world premiere - New Georges), VENDETTA CHROME (Clubbed Thumb), LOVE SUCKS: a punk rock musical (NYMF 2006), LILA CANTE (At Hand Theatre), and her original solo show JAZZ DESERT: the life & death of an american band (Culture Project/45Bleecker). Regional: 'Rock & Roll: The Reunion Tour' (Actors Theatre of Louisville), 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Stonington Opera House, ME), 'A Girl's Life' (Trinity Rep), and Jill Sobule/Elise Thoron's "Prozak & the Platypus" (Hartford Stage). Rebecca Hart is a graduate of Brown University's Theatre Department, the Maggie Flanigan Studio, and the Public Theatre Shakespeare Lab 2008. She is the singer/songwriter for the band Rebecca Hart & the Sexy Children

Frank Liotti:  New York Theatre:  "Tooth of Crime-Second Dance" (Signature), "Frugal Repast" (Abingdon), "Cats Talk Back" (NY Fringe, Winner Best Overall Production), "Dirtyworks Series" (Rattlestick), MCC Fresh Play Festival, "Lovelace: The Musical" (with Tina Yothers).  Regional:  "Serious Money" (Yale Rep), Cats Talk Back (Williamstown), Keith Huff's "Dog Stories" (Stageworks).  Television:  Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Jonny Zero, Canterbury's Law, Law and Order: SVU, New York Undercover, In Men We Trust, One Life to Live, Guiding Light.  Frank performs stand-up comedy in New York City.  Training:  Yale (MFA), Purchase College (BFA). 

Kelly McCreary is psyched to rock out with Stew and Heidi once again, having done so previously on Broadway in Passing Strange.  Other New York: Precious Little (Clubbed Thumb), Exposed! The Curious Case of Shiloh and Zahara  (Midtown International Theater Festival, Best Actress nom.), Serenade (Jaradoa), Couchworks, The Obstruction Plays (Slant). Regional faves: Caroline, or Change (Centerstage), The Tempest (Bermuda Festival of the Arts); also Kennedy Center, Sundance, Merrimack, Arden, Williamstown, Chautauqua.  TV/Film: “Cyberchase,” “The Electric Company,” Wedding Bros. Founding member, Jaradoa Theater; alumna of Barnard College.  Many thanks to Yasmine and Jackson for the wild ride.

Our Lady J is a New York City based singer/songwriter known for her visionary gospel stylings and powerhouse pianist skills. Her "Gospel For The Godless" has recently played NYC’s Joe’s Pub, The Zipper Factory & Ars Nova, L.A.’s Upright Caberet, and world venues including London's prestigious South Bank Centre and the Spiegeltent (Manchester, UK). She has also had the joy of music directing NYC’s most colorful talents in hot spots including Alice Tulley Hall, Birdland, The Box, Carnegie Hall, CBGB’s, Feinstein’s at the Regency, The Kitchen, Radio City Music Hall and The Town Hall.  As a pianist, she has accompanied the NYC Gay Men's Chorus, American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, and the Mark Morris Dance Group, where she was a featured performer in the MMDG Music Ensemble. This year, Out Magazine named her as one of the "Out 100," a list of the people who helped shape LGBT culture in 2008.

NYC Stage: Chuck Mee’s Queens Boulevard (the musical) (World Premiere, Signature Theatre Company); Telethon (Clubbed Thumb), Tom Stoppard’s Indian Ink (New York Premiere, Alter Ego Productions); Looking for the Pony (Vital Theater Company); Port Authority Throw Down (The Working Theater); Women of Trachis (Target Margin Theater); I_NY (Ma-Yi Theater); Commedia Dell Smartass (New Georges); Harvest (East Coast Artists at La MaMa); The Woodpecker (Cherry Lane Theatre: Mentor Project ’08); Slag Heap (Cherry Lane Theatre: Mentor Project ’03); Millicent Scowlworthy (SPF ’06);  Love Sucks (NYMF ’07); Smoking Bloomberg (NYMF ’06); Crossings (FringeNYC '09); In Transit (FringeNYC ’06); Browntown (FringeNYC ’04); Pulling the Lever (Rising Circle Theater Collective); audiovideo (Drama League DirectorFest ’05), Barriers (Desipina). The Juilliard School Drama Division: Guest Artist Actor '05. Feature Film: Everybody's Fine (w/ Robert De Niro, in theaters Dec '09), Today's Special, Ashes, Red Hook, Karma Calling, Made for Each Other, Drawing with Chalk, Sita Sings the Blues (Tribeca Film Festival '08), West 32nd (Tribeca Film Festival '07), My Sassy Girl, Sad Sack Sally, Quarter Life Crisis. Short Film: Modern Day Arranged Marriage, Dry Clean Only, The Call Center, Windows Vista Predator Edition, The Waiting Room, Aimee Undercover, Babette, Theen, I Don't Sleep I Dream, Roulette Night, L'emon. TV: "Law & Order", "The Unusuals", "All My Children", "The Sopranos", "Law & Order Criminal Intent", "On the Lot".

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