Abbreviations:
PTP = Port Tobacco Players
SCHS = St. Charles High School
WATCH = Washington Area Theatre Community Honors
Author Bios:
Stephen Schwartz wrote the music and lyrics for the current Broadway hit WICKED, and has also contributed music and/or lyrics to GODSPELL, PIPPIN, THE MAGIC SHOW, THE BAKER’S WIFE, WORKING (which he also adapted and directed), RAGS, and CHILDREN OF EDEN. He collaborated with Leonard Bernstein on the English texts for Bernstein’s MASS and wrote the title song for the play and movie BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE. For children, he has written songs for two musicals, CAPTAIN LOUIE and MY SON PINOCCHIO. He has also worked in film, collaborating with Alan Menken on the songs for Disney’s ENCHANTED as well as the animated features POCAHONTAS and THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, and writing the songs for the DreamWorks animated feature THE PRINCE OF EGYPT. His first opera, SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON, was produced at Opera Santa Barbara and New York City Opera. A book about his career, “Defying Gravity,” has been released by Applause Books. Mr. Schwartz has been inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Awards include three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, and a tiny handful of tennis trophies.
Nina Faso made her directorial debut with Peter Ustinov's, THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER AND HIS WIFE. Following a stint with the improvisational comedy group: The Committee, she became one of the creators of GODSPELL and directed most major productions of the show in America and Europe. She then took THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW from Los Angeles to Broadway. She co-adapted and co-directed the musical, WORKING based on Studs Terkel's book, for the Goodman Theater in Chicago and for Broadway. She co-wrote the teleplay for WORKING for the PBS series AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE. She is the author and director of the children's television special, THE FABLE COMPANY, and the co-producer and co-director of a short film called SING FOR YOUR LIFE. Among her other directing credits are the musicals JUST ONCE and IS IT JUST ME, OR IS IT HOT IN HERE? which enjoyed long runs in New York and Los Angeles, respectively.
Gordon Greenberg revised and directed Working for The Old Globe, Broadway in Chicago, Asolo Rep, and 59 E 59. He directed the acclaimed West End revival of Guys and Dolls, which starred Rebel Wilson and received six Olivier Award nominations (Savoy Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre) and directed/co-wrote the Broadway stage adaptation of Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn (Roundabout /Universal, PBS "Great Performances.") Recent/current work includes the The Heart of Rock and Roll (Old Globe), Barnum (Menier Chocolate Factory, London), Terms of Endearment starring Alfred Molina, Calista Flockhart and Constance Wu (Geffen), The Secret of My Success (also co-writer, Universal Stage Productions), Piaf:Dietrich (Mirvish, Toronto), writing the new book for Meet Me in St. Louis (St. Louis Muny), co-writing/directing Mystic Pizza with Melissa Etheridge and Sas Goldberg for MGM, co-writing Port Au Prince (New Group), co-writing/directing Ebenezer Scrooge's Big (Your Town Here) Christmas Show (Old Globe, Bucks County,) and The Curious Case of the Curse of Count Dracula (Chicago Shakes, Maltz) and co-writing original movie musicals for Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. Other credits: Jacques Brel…(Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critics nominations), Disney's Tangled; and regional work at Williamstown, Paper Mill, Huntington, Signature, Dallas Theatre Center, NY Stage & Film, Philadelphia Theatre Company, St. Louis MUNY, Goodspeed, Capital Rep. Education: Stanford, NYU, RADA. Member, SDC, WGA, & The Dramatists Guild.
