Eleanor Roosevelt - The Musical THE AUTHORS

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, Canada, Australia and Great Britain. 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 was produced for New York’s NYMF Festival, the Broadway Dozen as well as at Seattle’s Village Theatre and the National Alliance Festival of New Musicals. He wrote several songs for Off-Broadway’s Pets! and the music for Tommy Tune's one-man show Ichabod and for The Dream Team at Connecticut’s 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. His new projects include a stage adaptation of Summer Stock, the MGM film starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, and a family musical based on the syndicated comic strip Zack Hill. He is also writing a musical based on the classic novel At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald (see www.NorthWindMusical.com). 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 19th season. Other young audience musicals are The Fabulous Fable Factory, The Tuesday Afternoon Regulars, Lincoln & Son and Olympic Spirit for ArtsPower. 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 (www.TwinsunMusic.com). Seven of his plays are published and he is listed in Who's Who In Entertainment. Tom has won numerous ASCAP awards, is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the NY Television Academy, for which he has served on the Board of Governors.
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About the Authors

	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. Email Jonathan Bolt

	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, Canada, Australia and Great Britain. 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 was produced for New York’s NYMF Festival, the Broadway Dozen as well as at Seattle’s Village Theatre and the National Alliance Festival of New Musicals. He wrote several songs for Off-Broadway’s Pets! and the music for Tommy Tune's one-man show Ichabod and for The Dream Team at Connecticut’s 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. His new projects include a stage adaptation of Summer Stock, the MGM film starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, and a family musical based on the syndicated comic strip Zack Hill. He is also writing a musical based on the classic novel At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald (see www.NorthWindMusical.com). 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 19th season. Other young audience musicals are The Fabulous Fable Factory, The Tuesday Afternoon Regulars, Lincoln & Son and Olympic Spirit for ArtsPower. 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 (www.TwinsunMusic.com). Seven of his plays are published and he is listed in Who's Who In Entertainment. Tom has won numerous ASCAP awards, is a member of the Dramatists Guild and the NY Television Academy, for which he has served on the Board of Governors. Email Tom Tierney

	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.

JONATHAN BOLT.......................Author

THOMAS TIERNEY....................Composer

JOHN FORSTER.........................Lyricist