Tom Chiodo
Director
Executive producer, National Productions, WETA, flagship PBS station in Washington, DC. Documentaries: Ken Burns’ Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness; Emmy-nominated The Gene: An Intimate History; DuPont Columbia Award & Emmy-nominated Cancer: Emperor of All Maladies. Held senior positions: Entertainment Industry Foundation, Rubenstein Assoc., U.S. Dept. HHS, Mass. Dept. Public Health. Former clients: HBO; AMC; TIME; Wenner Media; Talk Miramax; Dance Theater of Harlem; Apollo Theatre; Tony Awards; League of American Theatres & Producers, Good Morning America. Theatre: Clue, The Musical (lyricist); Murder at Rutherford House (co-writer); Murder A La Carte Mystery Plays (book writer); published by Concord Theatricals. Co-author U.S./World Clue Championships. Manhattan Rep Company (producer). Board chair Professional Performing Arts High School. Co-author “Home Care for Respirator Dependent Children” NEJM. Contributing writer Forbes.com
Joe Nedder
Musical Director
Joe Nedder is a 24-year-old composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. Originally from Boston,Massachusetts, Joe got his start performing in community and regional theater across the greaterBoston area. Joe went on to attend Northwestern University, obtaining degrees in both JazzStudies and Political Science, regularly composing for Northwestern jazz ensembles, scoringstudent films and TV pilots, and writing and performing with his pop/R&B band “MorningDew.” Joe moved to LA in the summer of 2022, where he began gigging as a singer and bassist,assisting film and TV composers, and Adventuring into the Great Beyond.