Bill
Castellino (Book/Director/Choreographer) World Premieres: Reflections,
Some Kind of Wonderful, Cagney, Dorian Gray, Lizzie Borden, Heartbeats,
Miklat, Fishwrap, Holiday For Hope, House Divided, Singing Weatherman,
Happy Holidays, The Presidents, Crash Club, Beautiful Dreamer, Rhythm
Rox, Another Summer, Breathe. Other: Rent, Spelling Bee,
Carousel, Drood, Godspell, La Cage, Music Man, West Side Story, Chicago,
Joseph, Tommy, Little Shop, Beehive, Evita, Slab Boys, Oliver, Cabaret,
Abyssinia, Rap Master Ronnie, Last Five Years, Spitfire Grill, Smokey
Joe, Hair, etc. Tours: Jolson, Chess, Fame, Nightclub Cantata,
Tomfoolery, Esther, Les Miserables. Awards: Jefferson, 4 LA Weekly, 10
Dramalogue, Silver Palm, and many nominations. Member: SDC, AEA, DG.
Christopher
McGovern (Music/Lyrics/Musical Director) Writing credits
include libretto and score for Lizzie Borden (Goodspeed –
starring Christiane Noll, American Stage – starring two-time Tony
nominee Alison Fraser, and Stoneham Theatre/Boston), Crash Club
(w/Castellino & Whitefield), Backwards In
High Heels (WP at Florida Stage as well as productions at
Blowing Rock, American Heartland Theatre, FCLO, ICT in LA and
productions this year at the Asolo, Arizona Theatre Company, San Jose
Rep and the Cleveland Playhouse directed by Scott Schwartz & Choreographed by Patti Colombo), A
Visit To Roswell, Music and Lyrics for Cagney (Florida
Stage, Carbonell: "Best New Work," Silver Palm Award; Drayton Theatre Festival, Riverside Theatre), The Ugly Duck (Promenade
Theatre NYC and national tour), six childrens musicals for Stages Of
Imagination (two National Parents Choice Awards.) His songs have
been featured on solo CDs he produced, arranged and conducted for Tony
nominees Rebecca Luker (Leaving Home), Susan Egan (Coffee
House, Winter Tracks and Live), and Alison Fraser (Men
In My Life). Off-Broadway credits as Musical
Director/Arranger/Pianist include: That’s Life (Outer Critics
Circle nomination “Best Off Broadway Musical”), The Jazz Singer,
Sheba, Identical Twins, Breathe (American Opera Projects) and The
Fishkin Touch (starring MikeBurstyn.) Favorite regional credits: Cagney
(composer/lyricist), Sisters Of Swing, Dream A Little Dream (Carbonell
nominations), I Love A Piano, The Last Five Years, Spitfire Grill,
Some Kind Of Wonderful! (Co-Creator, Silver Palm Award winner), Hair
and Pajama Game at Arizona Theatre Company (both MAC Award
winners: "Best Musical"), Beehive (Riverside Theatre), Joseph
(starring William Katt), Another Summer (World Premiere
starring Marni Nixon), World Goes Round, Little Shop,
Tommy, Godspell, {title of show} and many others. Mr. McGovern is a
Magna Cum Laude graduate of Temple University and lives in New York
City.