JONATHAN BOLT.......................Author
Jonathan’s
first play, Threads, premiered at New York City's famed
Circle Repertory Company. To Culebra and The Whore and the
h'Empress premiered at
Actors Theatre of Louisville. His experience directing a Communist
Bulgarian theater company led to his romantic comedy, Oh! Dubrovnik! He
is the book author of the musical Glimmerglass, recently
produced at the Goodspeed Opera House and of six plays and musicals
produced
by Theatreworks USA, America’s largest producer of theatre
for young audiences. He made his professional acting debut in the
Broadway production of Look Homeward, Angel and
has since appeared on and off-Broadway, on television and in films.
In addition, he
has worked extensively at major regional theaters around the country,
playing leading roles in more than 100 productions and directing
over 30, including premieres by Arthur Miller, Edward Bond and Paul
Zindel. In addition, he is a principal director at the American Academy
of Dramatic Arts in New York and head of the third year production
company. He is a recipient of grants from the New York State Creative
Artist, Program, the Pilgrim Project, the Berilla Kerr Award and
a New York Drama League Award for Playwriting.
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THOMAS TIERNEY....................Composer
Thomas composed
the music for Narnia, based on C.S. Lewis’ The
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which played at The City of London Festival and
Off-Broadway as well as many theatres throughout the US and the world.
His Narnia Suite for orchestra and four singers was performed at
Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. He wrote both music and lyrics
for Jungle Queen Debutante which played in Seattle and New York's
Broadway Dozen, and for several songs in Pets!, the off-Broadway
revue. He wrote the music for Tommy Tune's one-man show Ichabod and
for The Dream Team at the Goodspeed Opera House (also with lyricist
John Forster). Eleanor has played at Virginia’s historic Barter
Theatre as well as the Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC and
many others throughout the US. Theatreworks/USA has toured six of
his shows nationally, including First Lady which was performed at
the White House and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, now in
its 14th season. His new projects include the musical adaptation
of the nationally syndicated comic strip Zach Hill and a film musical
based on the classic children’s book At the Back of the
North Wind by George MacDonald. For television, he composed scores for
two episodes of NBC's Emmy Award winning series Unicorn Tales, and
the theme music for We Remember Eleanor narrated by Margaret Truman
Daniels. His many corporate projects include AT&T's theme song
at Disney's EPCOT Center. Four of his plays are published and he
is listed in Who's Who In Entertainment. Thomas has won numerous
ASCAP awards, is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the N.Y. Television
Academy, for which he has served on the Board of Governors.
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JOHN FORSTER.........................Lyricist
John
wrote the music and lyrics for How To Eat Like A Child,
one of the most performed shows in the country. (www.samuelfrench.com)
He founded the long-running revue The Propostion as an
undergraduate at Harvard, where he also wrote for the Hasty Pudding
Theatricals.
His satirical revue Both Barrels had a long run in Los
Angeles, where it received an LA Times’ “Best of the
Best” citation
for 1998, going on to Goodspeed Opera House and an Off Broadway
stand. In addition to Eleanor, John’s other musicals
include
Pretzels (music & lyrics) Off Broadway, Into
The Light (lyrics)
on Broadway, The Dream Team (lyrics, with composer Thomas
Tierney) at Goodspeed Opera House, Five Christmases (book,
music & lyrics)
in regional theaters and contributions to numerous revues, including
Upstairs At O’Neals’ Off Broadway and Let
Freedom Sing at the Kennedy Center in Washington
DC.. For TheatreWorks/USA he wrote 5 musicals, including book and
lyrics for Freaky Friday,
with music by Mary Rodgers, author of the original novel. As a
record producer he has received three Grammy nominations, writing
and producing over a dozen acclaimed albums for children, with
such artists as Tom Chapin, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen Twins and
Rosenshontz. As a recording artist of his own satirical songs,
John’s 1994 debut album Entering Marion, on Philo/Rounder
Records won an Indie Award (the Independent labels’ ‘Grammies’)
for Comedy Album. Along with its successors Helium and The
Official Bootleg Album, it can be sampled at www.johnforster.com.