Paul Scott Goodman (Music, Books & Lyrics) Paul Scott Goodman was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1984, he relocated to NYC after 5 years of performing in London and a year in LA. Paul wrote the book, music, and lyrics for Bright Lights, Big City, which was presented at the New York Theater Workshop (dir. Michael Greif), The Guggenheim Museum, the Prince Music Theater, Philadelphia, and recently licensed worldwide by The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization. Paul's other produced musicals include: Him & Her (Prince Music Theater, March 2007, New York International Fringe Festival 2002 'Best Performance' Award); ROOMS, produced by the University of Michigan and the New York Musical Theatre Festival ("NYMF") in September 2005, Metro Stage, Alexandria in August 2008 and the Geva Theatre, Rochester, October 2008 (dir. Scott Schwartz); Alive in the World, produced by Van Hill Entertainment at NYMF 2006 and as an all-star benefit concert at The Zipper Factory in January 2008; God Save the New Wave (Bottom Line, West Bank Theater); Metropolitan Music (Marymount Manhattan College); Just East of Broadway (The Duplex). Paul was the first recipient of the Songwriters Hall of Fame Best New Songwriter Award, winner of the Backstage Bistro Award for Domestica (book, music and lyrics), first solo recipient of the Jonathan Larson Foundation Award, and winner of the Gilman Gonzalez-Falla Theater Foundation Commendation Award. In London, Paul's musicals have been produced at the National Theater, The New End Theater, and twice on BBC television. He has performed as an opening act for John Cougar Mellencamp, Joan Armatrading, David Essex, and The Average White Band. He lives in Soho, Manhattan with his wife Miriam Gordon, and their three children.
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Miriam Goodman (Book) Miriam Gordon wrote the book with Paul Scott Goodman for the musical ROOMS directed by Scott Schwartz, which was produced at the Geva Theater (Rochester, NY, 2008) and MetroStage (Alexandria, VA, 2008), Van Hill Entertainment at the Zipper Theater (NYC, 2006), and the New York Musical Theater Festival (NYC, 2005). She wrote the book with Paul Scott Goodman and directed the musical Him & Her, Tiny Dancer and Domestica, which won a NYC International Fringe Festival 2002 award, and was also produced at The Prince Music Theater (Philadelphia, 2007, dir. Michael Unger), The New End Theatre (London, 2006), Theater One (NYC, 2003), and Musical TheaterWorks (NYC). She was book writer with Paul Scott Goodman and director of God Save the New Wave (Bottom Line, and West Bank Theater, NYC) and Marathon by Paul Scott Goodman (New York Theater Workshop). Miriam directed the short musical, I've Got To See You Again, by two-time Grammy Award winner Jesse Harris, whose title song was recorded on Norah Jones' Grammy Award winning album. Miriam is writer and lyricist with Wendy Federman for a new musical, Not For Better, and is the writer and director of a new musical, The Kid Who Ran For President, which received the Allan S. Gordon Foundation Performing Arts Program Award. Her other directorial credits include ROOMS (Theater One, NYC 2003 - starring Raul Esparza), When Heaven and Earth (Circle Rep East, NYC, 2003), and In Audela (Cherry Lane Theater, NYC, 2004 by Anna Traina). She has written, directed and produced political programming for NYC television. Miriam is the recipient of a Stella Adler Talent Award, and also trained with Ms. Adler, at the London Academy of Dramatic Arts, and with Anthony Hopkins, Alfred Molina, Wynn Handman, Austin Pendleton, and has performed in the Yiddish Theater. Born in Detroit, MI, the child of Holocaust survivors, she lives in NYC with her husband Paul Scott Goodman and their three children.

From the Original Off-Broadway production:

Scott Schwartz (Director) On Broadway, Mr. Schwartz directed Golda's Balcony and Jane Eyre (co-directed with John Caird). His off-Broadway work includes Bat Boy: The Musical (Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics Circle awards, Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical; Drama Desk nomination, Outstanding Director of a Musical), tick, tick… BOOM! (OCC Award, Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical; Drama Desk nomination, Outstanding Director of a Musical), The Foreigner starring Matthew Broderick for Roundabout Theatre Company, Franz Kafka's The Castle (OCC nomination, Outstanding Director of a Play), Miss Julie, and No Way to Treat A Lady. He also directed Golda's Balcony on tour starring Valerie Harper, in London, in Los Angeles at the Wadsworth Theater, and in San Francisco at A.C.T. He collaborated with legendary director Harold Prince as the director of “Lavender Girl” as part of 3hree, which played at the Ahmanson Theater. Recently, he directed Othello and Much Ado About Nothing at the Alley Theater in Houston; Curvy Widow starring Cybill Shepard at the Post Street Theatre in San Francisco; and a new reinvisioning of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers which played at Papermill Playhouse, TOTS, TUTS and North Shore Music Theater (2008 IRNE Award, Outstanding Director of a Musical). His work has been seen at regional theaters across the U.S. including the Alliance, Berkshire Theater Festival, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Geva, Goodspeed Opera House, La Jolla Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Prince Theater, Rubicon, Signature Theater, Studio Arena, Theatre Works, and Virginia Stage Company among others. He received the Connecticut Critics Circle Award as Outstanding Director for his production of Me and My Girl at Goodspeed Opera House. For radio broadcast, he directed the Grammy-nominated recording of The Prisoner of Second Avenue, starring Richard Dreyfus and Marsha Mason, for L.A. TheatreWorks. Mr. Schwartz is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, is an Associate Artist at the Alley, and is a graduate of Harvard University.

Matt Williams (Choreography) Matt has most recently choreographed on Broadway for Will Farrell's one-man show, You're Welcome America. Matt won the 2008 NYMF award for best choreography for his dance play, WARD 9. In 2006, Matt's choreography debuted at the Tony Award winning Alley Theatre in Scott Schwartz's production of Much Ado About Nothing. Matt's choreography has been seen at Lincoln Center, Irish Repertory Theatre, La Mama, The Rubicon Theatre, The Stamford Center for the Arts, MetroStage, and the Geva Theatre. Matt holds the title of 'Big Piano Choreographer' at the FAO Schwarz Toy Store in New York City where he continually recreates and reinvents the world famous piano dancing scene from the hit film Big. Matt is the resident choreographer for the long running New England children's circus, Circus Smirkus. He is currently developing a new dance play for Broadway with Tony Award winning producer Jeffrey Richards. Matt holds a BFA in choreography from UC Irvine.
www.mattwilliamschoreographer.com

Jesse Vargas (Music Supervision, Orchestration & Arrangements) Born and raised just outside of NYC in central NJ, Jesse has worked internationally as a music director, arranger, and pianist. He is recognized across the country as music director/arranger for pop singer Clay Aiken. His work with Mr. Aiken has spanned from conducting Christmas concerts since 2004, to assembling, arranging, and orchestrating his latest summer symphonic tour. Jesse has and continues to work extensively in the musical theatre world as well. Music Directions credits include: Xanadu (First National Tour-current); Saved (Playwrights Horizons); Bare - A Pop Opera (Off-Broadway, Cast Recording); Dreamgirls (Critically acclaimed Philadelphia revival); Bright Lights, Big City; Barry Manilow's Copacabana; The Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Detroit-Assistant); A Chorus Line; Guys & Dolls; A Little Night Music; Little Shop of Horrors; as well as readings of new musicals Sunfish (NAMT); ROOMS; Hurricane; and Up In The Air (by Henry Krieger & Bill Russell). Orchestration/Arrangement credits include: ROOMS (Also Music Supervisor-MetroStage/Geva Theatre); Glory Days (Also Music Supervisor-Signature Theatre/Broadway); The Ritz (Broadway); Asphalt Beach; Bright Lights, Big City; The J.A.P. Chronicles; Pippin (Goodspeed/Tour-Dance Arrangements); Junie B. Jones (Theatreworks); Chess (2003 Concert); HAIR (2004 Concert); Seth Rudetsky's Broadway 101; BCEFA Easter Bonnet Opening (since 2003); and others. Recordings include “Dreaming Wide Awake-The Music of Scott Alan” , “Keys” , “Hair” (2005 Grammy Nominated Recording), and “Bare-The Album”.

Adam Koch (Scenic Designer) Recent REGIONAL: original production of ROOMS (MetroStage and Geva Theatre Center), the Chicago premiere of The Million Dollar Quartet (Goodman Theatre, dir. Eric Schaeffer), the critically acclaimed Kiss of the Spiderwoman (Signature Theatre, dir. E. Schaeffer), the 30th anniversary production of The Colored Museum (Crossroads Theatre Co., dir. by Rajendra R. Maharaj), A Tuna Christmas (Human Race Theatre Co.), tick, Tick, BOOM! (MetroStage), Little Shop of Horrors (Paper Mill Playhouse), Frozen, Brooklyn Boy, The Sound of Music. UPCOMING: Sweeney Todd (Geva Theatre Center, dir Mark Cuddy), See What I Wanna See (Signature Theatre), premiere of the new play Looking for the Pony (Vital Theatre Co.). ADDITIONAL: Side Show, Hello Again, Trust, The Little Prince, The Mousetrap, Death of a Salesman, The Secret Garden, The Odd Couple, The Music Man, Rumors, Woyzeck (costumes). AWARDS: Oren Parker Award for Excellence in Scene Design, and the Kennedy Center Design Fellowship. Education: Carnegie Mellon University. Member of United Scenic Artists U.S.A. 829.

Alejo Vietti (Costume Design) New York: Grace starring Lynn Redgrave, William Finn's Make Me a Song, Tryst, Roulette with Anna Paquin, The Last Sunday in June, 16 Wounded, 2 X Tennessee, The Wau Wau Sisters, Servicemen, Waiting for Godot, Five Flights, Love's Labour's Lost, Measure for Measure, Othello, Of a White Christmas, and works at the New York Musical Theatre Festival and New York Fringe Festival. Regional: Alley Theatre Houston, Arena Stage, Arizona Theatre Company, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, Colorado Ballet, Columbia University, Florida Stage, Ford's Theatre Washington DC, Goodspeed Opera, Hangar Theatre, Hartford Stage, Longwharf Theatre, MetroStage, New York Stage and Film, Northlight Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Rockland Opera, San Diego Repertory Theater, Saint Louis Repertory Theatre, Signature Theatre Washington, Theatreworks Hartford, Westport Country Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival. International: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Donetsk Opera in the Ukraine. Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Gold Unit 2007.

Herrick Goldman (Lighting Design) Since 1991 Herrick Goldman has been designing lighting for theater, dance, concerts, museums, corporate meetings, and themed attractions. His work has been seen in New York, Shanghai, Manila, Frankfurt, and Canada. Herrick's Off-Broadway credits include Godspell, Latin Heat, Flamingo Court. During the early 90's Herrick was engaged as the lighting design instructor for the MIT Theater Arts Department in Cambridge Mass. In 2004 Herrick founded HG Lighting Design inc. enabling him to build a team of talented young designers with experience in live theatre, concert touring, and dance. Today HG lighting Design is the principal design team for Antigravity, Madame Tussauds NYC, Sudden Impact Entertainment, and others. Clients include: Ebay, Xerox, UPS, Johnson Controls, Madame Tussauds, The Director's Guild Awards. Most recently his work was seen in the Broadway Benefit concert of The Who's TOMMY. Herrick is a member of USA/IATSE 829.
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Jon Weston (Sound Design) Broadway: 13, The Musical; Les Miserables; The Color Purple; The Glass Menagerie; Caroline, or Change (AUDELCO Award); Nine; Imaginary Friends; Thoroughly Modern Millie; The Green Bird; It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues; On the Town; Company in concert at Lincoln Center; Man of La Mancha. Off Broadway and Regional: Jesus Christ Superstar Gospel , Alliance Theatre; A Little Night Music (L.A. Drama Critics Award); Himself & Nora; The Thing About Men; tick, tick…BOOM! ; Bright Lights, Big City. He began his audio career at T.T.G. studios in Los Angeles, recording the music for such TV shows as “The Love Boat” and “Dynasty” .

Nell Balaban (Associate Director) Recent directing credits include Katharine Heller's Boy in the Basement (outstanding director award) at the 2008 New York Fringe Festival, a staged reading of The Front (a new musical by Paul Gordon, Jay Gruska & Seth Friedman) at Manhattan Theatre Club, and the world premiere of the one-act musical It Must Be Love at Dixon Place. Nell has served as assistant/associate director to Scott Schwartz on many projects including Golda's Balcony (Broadway), Much Ado About Nothing (The Alley), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Paper Mill) and Miss Julie (Cherry Lane).

Matt Hinkley (Conductor/Resident Musical Director) Matt is a Texas-bred singer/songwriter, musician, and performer living in NYC; his self-titled album of all-original rock 'n' roll can be found on CD Baby, iTunes, and at his live shows. Recent theater credits include: The Black Suits (Public Theater-MD/arranger/guitar/piano/actor); Rewrite (Urban Stages- MD); Things to Ruin (Zipper Factory/Joe's Pub - music supervisor/performer); Green Eyes (Fringe-MD/guitar); Beehive nat'l tour (Asst. MD/guitar); Triumphant Baby! (York Theatre-guitar, mandolin, accordion); Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Buddy/guitar); Jesus Christ Superstar (guitars); Factory Girls (guitars); Jason & Ben (NYMF-guitar); Perez Hilton (Fringe-guitar); Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!, an interactive concert celebrating the music of the Beatles (national-MD/guitar/keys/vocals); multiple recordings (guitar, vocals, piano). Matt holds a B.M. in Vocal Performance from NYU.
www.MattHinkley.com

Sara Jaramillo (Production Stage Manager) Broadway credits include The Boy From Oz. Off-Broadway: Altar Boyz (NWS), Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Zipper), Slut (ATA), Cam Jansen (Lamb's), Walk Two Moons, Junie B. Jones (Lortel). Workshops: Last Dance, Lovelace: The Musical. Regional: New Harmony Theatre, Mountain Playhouse, Marin Shakespeare Festival, A Traveling Jewish Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, Salt Lake Acting Company, Utah Musical Theatre.

Cindi Rush Casting (Casting) Cindi Rush Casting (CRC) has been a fixture in New York's legitimate theater community since the company's inception in 1993. Cindi Rush, CSA has provided her casting services to such notable productions as The Thing About Men (Winner Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Musical starring Marc Kudish), Peaceman (The Life of Shlomo Carlebach), and Urinetown (Tony Nomination for Best Musical) to name just a few. Earlier in her career Rush served as casting associate on the Broaway hits Once Upon a Mattress starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Wrong Mountain. Expanding her company's reach into regional theaters and movies, Rush casted such motion pictures as the adaptation of Terrence McNally's Master Class directed by and starring Faye Dunaway, Made For Each Other featuring George Segal, Patrick Warburton, Chris Masterson, Danny Masterson and Bijou Phillips and "Funny Valentine" (starring Anthony Michael Hall) among many other films. Upon casting "Headspace", the first film by Watermark Studios President Andrew van den Houten, Rush's great work and winning attitude earned her a permanent spot as casting director on all Modernciné productions.In addition to casting shows for regional theaters in lower Manhattan, Cape Cod and Louisville, as well as major shows in Los Angeles, Rush also serves as a consultant to the National Alliance For Musical Theatres as well as the New York University Graduate Program for Musical Theatre Writing.

David Gersten & Associates (Press Representatives) David Gersten & Associates also represents the long-running hits Altar Boyz, Naked Boys Singing! and The Awesome 80s Prom. Other clients include Ensemble Studio Theatre, INTAR, Mint Theater, Red Bull Theater, NY Musical Theatre Festival, New World Stages, Stage Entertainment US and York Theatre. David is Associate Producer of the Off-Broadway hit My First Time. Previously, he produced Gaytino! and BASH'd at the Zipper Theatre, Tea at Five starring Kate Mulgrew as Katharine Hepburn and the musical Dr. Sex. He serves on the Board of Governors of ATPAM, the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.
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Martian Entertainment (General Management) Credits include Altar Boyz (NYC & first national tour); [title of show]; BASH'd!; Naked Boys Singing! (worldwide); Glory Days; Amy Wilson's Mother Load (NYC and national tour); Gaytino!; My Vaudeville Man!; The Musical of Musicals (NYC & West End); Souvenir; Matt & Ben; Love, Janis; The Last Session; Criss Angel Mindfreak and many others. Upcoming: Top 8 by Beck & May; a new sci-fi musical by composer Paul Murphy; Wanda's World; Invisible Life (the Ashford & Simpson musical). Martian is a partner in the website 8coupons.com.

Van Hill Entertainment (Producer) Co-founded by Van Dean and Hillary Cutter, Van Hill Entertainment most recently presented the World Premiere of ROOMS (directed by Scott Schwartz) as a co-production between MetroStage (just outside of Washington D.C.) and Geva Theatre Center (of Rochester, NY). Beginning in July 25, 2008, Rooms ran for a total of 12 weeks and received rave reviews. Saint Heaven received its West Coast Premiere at the Village Theatre in Issaquah, WA (just outside Seattle) opening their 2008/2009 season. Van Hill co-produced an all-star benefit concert of Paul Scott Goodman's, Alive in the World featuring Adam Pascal, Lea Michele, Melissa Errico, Daniel Reichard, Toby Lightman and Greg Naughton and directed by Kurt Deutsch. Previously, Van Hill presented a NY preview of ROOMS (directed by Scott Schwartz and featuring Natascia Diaz and Jeremy Kushnier) at The Zipper Theatre (Off-Broadway). In September of 2006, Van Hill produced three shows in the 3rd annual New York Musical Theatre Festival including a showcase production of Paul Scott Goodman's Alive in the World (dir. Kurt Deutsch) featuring two time Tony® Award nominee Kelli O'Hara, Aaron Lohr, Marcy Harriell, Greg Naughton; a special reading presentation of Saint Heaven (Winner of the 2006 NMTN Directors' Choice Award) featuring Nancy Anderson, Montego Glover, Kingsley Leggs, Darren Ritchie, Roz Ryan and Patrick Ryan Sullivan. Van Hill's World Premiere production of Saint Heaven in June of 2006 was recently named one of the top theatrical events of 2006 by THE NORWALK HOUR and Frank Rizzo (THE HARTFORD COURANT and critic for VARIETY) named Montego Glover's portrayal of Eshie Willington in Saint Heaven as one of the great performances of 2006. This production of Saint Heaven (dir. Matt Lenz) at the SCA Rich Forum in Stamford, CT featured Tony® Award Winner Chuck Cooper, Deborah Gibson, Cheryl Alexander, Montego Glover, Darren Ritchie and Patrick Ryan Sullivan. In February 2006, Van Hill co-produced The NY Musical Theatre Festival: The Best of Fest Bash! (dir. Joe Calarco) at Dodger Stages (now New World Stages). The one-night only performance showcased a star-studded roster of Broadway talent including John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys), Josh Strickland and Jenn Gambatese (Tarzan), Gary Beach (The Producers, Beauty and the Beast), Mary Faber (Avenue Q), Amy Spanger (The Wedding Singer), Anna Harada (Avenue Q), David Burnham (The Light in the Piazza), Karen Ziemba (Curtains, Contact), and Kerry Butler (Little Shop of Horrors, Xanadu ), among others.
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Fern R Lopez (Producer) Fern has been involved in a couple of Broadway shows and has directed two plays in New York. He is a member of the non-profit production company Cosmic Breeez.

Metro Stage (Assoc. Producer) MetroStage is a professional not-for-profit theatre company in Alexandria Virginia serving the Washington DC metropolitan area and dedicated to producing an eclectic season of current andcontemporary plays and musicals, premiering new work, and showcasing local, regional and national actors, directors, designers, and playwrights. Always current, always contemporary, and always challenging and unpredictable, MetroStage's workshowcases the dynamic writing and performances of the best contemporary artists. Staged readings are also presented as part of the theatre's commitment to playwrights and the development of new work. The unique design of the 130 seat theatre with its semi-thrust stage and steeply raked audience emphasizes the close connection between the actors and the audience, offering a powerful, immediate, enriching experience in an intimate setting. The architectural design of the new theatre space, located in a converted lumber warehouse, received recognition in 2001 from the American Institute of Architects.

Small Pond Enterprises (Assoc Producer) Michael Roderick (Small Pond Enterprises LLC) has produced over 30 shows since his arrival in NY in September 2002. He has also been the organizer of networking events that have included representatives from The New York Musical Theatre Festival, Fractured Atlas, and RWS casting and Associates. He holds a BA in Secondary Ed English and Theatre performance from Rhode Island College and an MA from NYU in Educational Theatre Colleges and Communities. Michael also teaches English at LaSalle Academy where he is the head of the drama program. He has written 15 plays and his play I'll do it Tomorrow will be published in the 2004-2005 Best American Short Plays published by Applause books. He is the CEO of Small Pond Enterprises LLC, and is excited to be a part of the ROOMS team.
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HOP Theatricals (Assoc Producer) Larry Kaye (founder of HOP Theatricals, LLC) is a theatre director, producer and writer. Larry directed the Washington premiere of The Musical of Musicals (the Musical!), nominated for three Helen Hayes Awards and recipient of the D.C. Audience Choice Award for Best Musical. Larry is co-author and lyricist for The Tapioca Miracle, a new musical written in collaboration with Eric Coble and Dan Kazemi, which will have a NYC reading in 2009. Larry also works as a trial attorney specializing in employment and civil rights cases in the Washington area, and trains other attorneys on stage presence in the courtroom.
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Mass Street Productions (Assoc Producer) Co-founder Nathan Vernon is thrilled to be a part of ROOMS‘ journey. Mass Street is committed to presenting contemporary dramatic and musical theatre pieces that push the theatrical form forward. Nathan, a graduate of the University of Kansas, has been associated with New York Stage & Film and is currently the Theatre Marketing Manager at RMP. Special thanks to Van, Hillary, Marissa, Chuck, Alyse, Carly, Michael, Rhoda, Joshua, Sheldon, Cindy, Nick and Suzi.
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Wild Bird Productions (Assoc Producer) WILD BIRD PRODUCTIONS, INC run by producer Meredith Lucio aims to tell compelling stories that create a connection between the story and the audience; the audience and the storytellers. Recent productions: Take Me America, and Opa! (Best Musicals '07, '08; Midtown Theatre Festival), High Cotton by Lance Werth, and a staged reading of So Happy I Could Scream featuring Ann Harada, Allyson Tucker, Barbara McCulloh and Melanie Kann. Meredith is pleased to “bring the future faster” with ROOMS and Van Hill Entertainment. Thanks to Dr. George Sorensen for showing me “the good fight”.
www.CaptureTheWildBird.com

Jeffrey M. Raff (Assoc. Producer) Jeffrey Raff has had a long and successful career in the Finance industry. Over the last few years he has devoted more of his time and energies to producing Independent Films and Off-Broadway shows. His most recent efforts include the critically acclaimed film "Em", winner of the New American Cinema Award at 2008 Seattle Film Festival and the innovative Off-Broadway production of Two Men Talking. He is very excited about his involvement with the new romantic rock musical ROOMS and wishes to thank his three children Kayla, Morgan and Jared for providing him with all the inspiration one man could ever want.

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