Night Sky



CAST & CREATIVE TEAM Jordan Baker (“Anna”): Broadway: Suddenly, Last Summer w/ Elizabeth Ashley (Theatre World Award); Off-Broadway: Three Tall Women (Original NY Cast); Regional: Defiance (Pasadena Playhouse); The Philadelphia Story (England); Othello (The Folger Theatre); Macbeth (Philadelphia Drama Guild); Merry Wives of Windsor (The Globe); Spinning Into Butter ( Laguna Playhouse) Film: Another Earth; The David Dance; Childless; Paparazzi; City Hall; The Out of Towners; Escape from L.A.; Love Potion #9. Education: A.A.D.A; Smith College; Rutgers University (William Esper). Lauren Ashley Carter (“Jennifer”) Film: The Prodigies, Blood Oranges, Waiting Room, The Body.Ohio Shakespeare: The Tempest. Cincinnati Fringe Festival: Casualties, Dr. Pain on Main. Cincinnati: Oleanna. BFA: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Dan Domingues (Aphasic Patient, Waiter, Ticket Seller, et al”): New York: Atlantic Theater Company, LaMaMa, New York Classical Theatre, Resonance Ensemble, Irish Arts Center, Cherry Lane Studio. Regional: 2 productions each at Portland Stage, Pioneer Theatre Company, George Street Playhouse, ART, NJ Rep and Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey. Also, Rep Theatre of St. Louis, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, New Repertory Theatre, and Stoneham Theatre. TV: As The World Turns, Hope and Faith, Third Watch. MFA: ART Institute for Advanced Theatre Training. Tuck Milligan (“Bill”) Broadway: Gem of the Ocean, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Kentucky Cycle, Equus. Off-Broadway: The First Breeze of Summer, Stuff Happens, Book of Days, Everybody’s Ruby. Regional: Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Arena Stage, Mark Taper, Seattle Rep., South Coast Rep. Film: KINSEY, Of Mice and Men, The Russia House. Television: Rescue Me; Chappelle’s Show; Law& Order: SVU & CI; OZ. Appears in the just released Russell Crowe’s, State Of Play. Maria-Christina Oliveras (“Speech Therapist, Acquaintance, Woman Friend”) New York: Clubbed Thumb, The Barrow Group, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Lincoln Center Directors’ Lab, The Public Theatre/NYSF, Lark Play Development Center, New Dramatists, and Ma-Yi, among others. Regional: Huntington Theatre, Baltimore Centerstage, Denver Center, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Westport Country Playhouse, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Hangar Theatre, and the Phoenix Theatre. Television: “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”; “All My Children”. Education: B.A.-Yale University; M.F.A.-NTC/Denver Center. www.mariaoliveras.com Jim Stanek (“Daniel”) Broadway: The Story Of My Life; Lestat; Little Women; The Rivals; A Funny Thing Happened...; Indiscretions. Off-Broadway: Frankenstein; Jacques Brel...; Slut; I Love You, You're Perfect...; Captain's Courageous. Regional: (Signature) Ace;* (North Shore) The Producers; (Kennedy Center) Carnival; (Williamstown) The Threepenny Opera; (AMTSJ) 3hree Musketeers; (La Jolla) Thoroughly Modern Millie.* Film: Bella; Borough Of Kings. TV: (NBC pilot) Adversaries; Guiding Light; Law & Order. Education: Carnegie Mellon. Inspiration: Beth, our 3 boys, family and Heaven. Distraction: Action Figures. * = recordings _______________________________ Susan Yankowitz (Author) Susan Yankowitz is a playwright, novelist, lyricist and librettist. Among her plays are The Revenge; Phaedra in Delirium (winner of the QRL poetic play competition); Under the Skin; Terminal and 1969 Terminal 1996, both pieces collaborations with Joseph Chaikin's Open Theatre (Drama Desk Playwright’s Award); A Knife in the Heart (O’Neill Conference winner; West Coast Premiere October 2002 at Sledgehammer Theatre); and Night Sky, presented throughout the United States and internationally. Her plays have been translated into French, Japanese, Catalan, Dutch and German; they have been widely published and anthologized. She is also the librettist/lyricist of Slain in the Spirit, a gospel-and-blues opera with music by Taj Mahal; Cheri, an opera/music theatre work with Michael Dellaira; and bookwriter/lyricist of True Romances, a musical fantasia with Elmer Bernstein. In addition to her work for the stage, she has written a novel, Silent Witness, published by Knopf, as well as several films and television plays. Her teleplay, The Prison Game, was aired on PBS, as was Sylvia Plath: Arrow to the Sun, which won her a WGA nomination for the best-written documentary of the season. Her work has been honored by grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, NEA, NYFA, TCG, Berilla Kerr, McKnight and Rockefeller Foundations. She is a frequent fellow at Yaddo and MacDowell, and is a member of New Dramatists, PEN, the Dramatists Guild, and WGA. Daniella Topol (Director) Daniella Topol’s recent credits include: Judith Thompson’s Palace of the End (Epic Theatre), Trista Baldwin’s Sand (Women’s Project and Productions), Sheila Callaghan’s Dead City (New Georges), Caridad Svich’s Instructions for Breathing (Passage Theatre), Jakob Holder’s Housebreaking (Cherry Lane Mentor Project – mentored by Chuck Mee), Susan Bernfield and Rachel Peters’ Tiny Feats of Cowardice (NYC Fringe), Zakiyyah Alexander’s Sick? (Summer Play Festival), and Peter Gil-Sheridan’s Topsy Turvy Mouse (Cherry Lane Mentor Project – mentored by Michael Weller). A graduate of Carnegie Mellon’s directing program, Daniella has been the Artistic Program Director at the Lark Play Development Center, the New Works Program Director at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and the Associate Producing Director of City Theatre. Daniella is an NYTW Usual Suspect, affiliated artist of New Georges, and has been a member of Women’s Project Director’s Lab. She is currently working as a resident artist at HERE developing a new multi-media on floods entitled Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) which will be in residence at Baryshnikov Arts Center in June. Upcoming productions include: Nicki Bloom’s Tender (Summer Play Festival), Leslie Ayvazian’s Carol and Jill (EST Marathon), and Susan Bernfield’s Stretch (People’s Light and Theatre Company). Cameron Anderson (Set Designer) Theatre: The Language of Trees (Roundabout Underground), A Feminine Ending (Playwrights Horizons), Emilie (South Coast Rep) Fault Lines (Naked Angels) directed by David Schwimmer, Massacre (The LAByrinth Theater Co., Public Theatre) Underground (David Dorfman Dance at BAM) Heddatron (Les Freres Corbusier), Dixie’s Tupperware Party (Ars Nova), Elvis People (New World Stages), Dead City, Anna Bella Eema and Belly (New Georges). Opera: The Barber of Seville (The Opera Theatre of St. Louis), West Side Story (Central City Opera), Maria Padilla (The Minnesota Opera),Don Giovanni (Wolf Trap Opera), Cosi fan Tutte (Seattle Opera), The Village Singer and Lord Byron’s Love Letter (The Manhattan School of Music), Gypsy Songs (Gotham Chamber Opera/The Morgan Library), The Consul (Opera Boston), La Bohème (The San Francisco Opera Center), and Susannah and Romeo et Juliette (Festival Opera). Upcoming projects include Cenerentola (Glimmerglass Opera), A Little Night Music (Central City Opera), and La Boheme (Wolf Trap Opera). www.cameronanderson.net Katherine Roth (Costume Designer) Other theatres: New York: Blithe Spirit, A Nervous Smile, The Sugar Syndrome (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Argument (Vineyard Theatre), Sakharam Binder, Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran (The Play Company), Happy Days (Cherry Lane Theatre), The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek (New York Theatre Workshop), Hard Feelings, The Chemistry of Change (Women’s Project), The Model Apartment (Primary Stages), Lorca Project (INTAR Theatre), They Still Mambo in Havana (Bat Theater Company), Tatiana in Color (Pure Orange), and The Loop (Alice’s Fourth Floor). Regiona: Milwaukee Repertory: Asolo Repertory, Cincinnati Playhouse, Intiman Theatre, The Old Globe, Mark Taper Forum, Huntington Theatre, California Shakespeare Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theater Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Yale Repertory Theatre, Centerstage, South Coast Repertory, and Magic Theatre. TV/film: Exiles in New York, All My Children (associate designer 1998-2007). Education: graduate, Yale School of Drama. Peter West (Lighting Designer) Recent designs: Women Beware Women (Red Bull Theater) Amistad (Spoleto USA) Geometry of Fire (Rattlestick), Imaginary Invalid (Shakespeare Theatre, DC,), Don Giovanni (Curtis Institute), Shakespeare Santa Cruz 2008 Season and American Opera Projects. Other New York: 9 Parts of Desire at Manhattan Ensemble Theatre, Manhattan School of Music, New York Theatre Workshop, Primary Stages, Juilliard and many others. Regional: ADF (Martha Clarke) Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep, Huntington, Arena, Cal Shakes, Barbican UK, etc. www.peterwestdesign.com The Broken Chord Collective (Sound Design, Original Music and Music Direction) Broken Chord Collective is a sound design and music production group that composes and designs music and sound for theater. The sound design and music for Night Sky was created by Daniel Baker and Aaron Meicht. Music Direction by Aaron Meicht. NEW YORK: The Atlantic Theater, Cherry Lane Theater, Keen Company, LaMama, ETC., Rattlestick Theater, Second Stage, Women’s Project. REGIONAL: Dallas Theater Center, Geva Theater Center, Long Wharf Theater, Shakespeare Theatre (DC), Weston Playhouse, Westport Country Playhouse, Passage Theater. www.brokenchordcollective.com Geoff Josselson (Casting Director) New York productions include Enter Laughing: The Musical, Perfect Harmony, Glimpses of the Moon, The Jazz Age, Fire Throws and multiple productions for the York Theatre Company, North Shore Music Theatre, Denver Center, Kansas City Starlight and the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Previous casting includes the off-Broadway productions of AltarBoyz, Mimi Le Duck and Fanny Hill and the European tour of West Side Story. In addition to his independent casting office, Geoff also works with Calleri Casting. Carlos Maisonet (Production Stage Manager) Off-Broadway: Altar Boyz, ROOMS - a rock romance, The Awesome 80s Prom, Perfect Harmony, Sixty Miles To Silver Lake. National Tour: Stephen Schwartz's Captain Louie. New York: The Wild Party (The Culture Project), Glimpses Of The Moon (The Oak Room), Ward 9 (NYMF 2008). Other credits include: Love, Inc. (Off-Broadway tryout – Norfolk, VA), Jihad: The Musical (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), The Concert for Mother Earth (featuring: Joan Osborne, The Bacon Brothers, Jen Chapin, and Eddie Money). Carlos is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and a proud member of Actor's Equity. La Vie Productions (General Manager) is dedicated to managing, developing, and producing new shows, fostering new talents and attracting new audiences. Upcoming projects include: Sweet Storm; Yank!; General Management for the 2009 NY Musical Theatre Festival; Liberty! The Musical; And In The Summer of '68 with Kurt Peterson and Larry Moss; The Jazz Age and Love! that 4 Letter Word. Some of our recent projects include: Love Incorporated; Capture Now; Sixty Miles to Silver Lake; General Management for the 2008 NY Musical Theatre Festival, Perfect Harmony; Love! That 4-Letter Word; Rainbow Kiss; The Jazz Age; 1001; Sherlock Holmes (The Early Years); In The Heights; High Fidelity; Brilliant Mistake: Broadway Sings Elvis Costello, Hurlyburly; De La Guarda in NYC Seoul, Korea & Tel Aviv, Israel, and Las Vegas. For more information on La Vie Productions, please visit www.lavieproductions.com. Power Productions New York, Inc. (Producer) is currently represented on Broadway by Irena’s Vow (previously premiered Off-Broadway at Baruch Performing Arts Center). Stan Raiff produced the world premiere of Love Incorporated, a new musical by Marc Castle, in Norfolk, VA. Love Incorporated is scheduled to open Off-Broadway in 2010. Mr. Raiff has produced and directed for ABC and NBC Television Children’s Programming, including “Through Children’s Eyes” (Emmy Award), along with On and Off Broadway shows such as Riverside Drive, Buffalo Bill, Charlotte Sweet, and many others. Mr. Raiff established the award winning project The Catskills IDEA (Institute for Development of the Entertainment Arts) which created such major events such as Festivals for Irving Berlin and Danny Kaye as well as Rodeo Now and Let’s Tango! featuring world renowned tango artists. Mr. Raiff is most proud of The Kidskill’s Theatre that focused on developing over 400 young adults and children working together in a wide variety of arts experiences. Kidscirque was a program that helped kids to develop their own circus. Among the many programs, there was one designed for children with special needs. This program was acclaimed by New York State as one of “The Outstanding Programs of the Year.” National Aphasia Association (Producer) - The NAA's mission is to educate the public to know that the word aphasia describes an impairment of the ability to communicate, not an impairment of intellect. The NAA makes people with aphasia, their families, support systems, and health care professionals aware of resources to recover lost skills to the extent possible, to compensate for skills that will not be recovered and to minimize the psychosocial impact of the language impairment. The NAA respects and values cultural and linguistic differences and makes every effort possible to acknowledge the impact of culture and language on the performance of each individual with aphasia. The NAA provides supportive and advocacy services to all persons with aphasia regardless of individuals' race-ethnicity, religious affiliation, cultural and cognitive linguistic background or sexual orientation.

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM

Jordan Baker (“Anna”): Broadway: Suddenly, Last Summer w/ Elizabeth Ashley (Theatre World Award); Off-Broadway: Three Tall Women (Original NY Cast); Regional: Defiance (Pasadena Playhouse); The Philadelphia Story (England); Othello (The Folger Theatre); Macbeth (Philadelphia Drama Guild); Merry Wives of Windsor (The Globe); Spinning Into Butter ( Laguna Playhouse) Film: Another Earth; The David Dance; Childless; Paparazzi; City Hall; The Out of Towners; Escape from L.A.; Love Potion #9. Education: A.A.D.A; Smith College; Rutgers University (William Esper).

Lauren Ashley Carter (“Jennifer”) Film: The Prodigies, Blood Oranges, Waiting Room, The Body.Ohio Shakespeare: The Tempest. Cincinnati Fringe Festival: Casualties, Dr. Pain on Main. Cincinnati: Oleanna. BFA: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Dan Domingues (Aphasic Patient, Waiter, Ticket Seller, et al”): New York: Atlantic Theater Company, LaMaMa, New York Classical Theatre, Resonance Ensemble, Irish Arts Center, Cherry Lane Studio. Regional: 2 productions each at Portland Stage, Pioneer Theatre Company, George Street Playhouse, ART, NJ Rep and Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey. Also, Rep Theatre of St. Louis, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, New Repertory Theatre, and Stoneham Theatre. TV: As The World Turns, Hope and Faith, Third Watch. MFA: ART Institute for Advanced Theatre Training.

Tuck Milligan (“Bill”) Broadway: Gem of the Ocean, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Kentucky Cycle, Equus. Off-Broadway: The First Breeze of Summer, Stuff Happens, Book of Days, Everybody’s Ruby. Regional: Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Arena Stage, Mark Taper, Seattle Rep., South Coast Rep. Film: KINSEY, Of Mice and Men, The Russia House. Television: Rescue Me; Chappelle’s Show; Law& Order: SVU & CI; OZ. Appears in the just released Russell Crowe’s, State Of Play.

Maria-Christina Oliveras (“Speech Therapist, Acquaintance, Woman Friend”) New York: Clubbed Thumb, The Barrow Group, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Lincoln Center Directors’ Lab, The Public Theatre/NYSF, Lark Play Development Center, New Dramatists, and Ma-Yi, among others. Regional: Huntington Theatre, Baltimore Centerstage, Denver Center, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Westport Country Playhouse, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Hangar Theatre, and the Phoenix Theatre. Television: “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”; “All My Children”. Education: B.A.-Yale University; M.F.A.-NTC/Denver Center. www.mariaoliveras.com

Jim Stanek (“Daniel”) Broadway: The Story Of My Life; *Lestat; Little Women; The Rivals; *A Funny Thing Happened...; Indiscretions. Off-Broadway: *Frankenstein; Jacques Brel...; Slut; I Love You, You're Perfect...; Captain's Courageous. Regional: (Signature) Ace; (North Shore) The Producers; (Kennedy Center) Carnival; (Williamstown) The Threepenny Opera; (AMTSJ) *3hree Musketeers; (La Jolla) Thoroughly Modern Millie. Film: Bella; Borough Of Kings. TV: (NBC pilot) Adversaries; Guiding Light; Law & Order. Education: Carnegie Mellon. Inspiration: Beth, our 3 boys, family and Heaven. Distraction: Action Figures. * = recordings

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Susan Yankowitz (Author) Susan Yankowitz is a playwright, novelist, lyricist and librettist. Among her plays are The Revenge; Phaedra in Delirium (winner of the QRL poetic play competition); Under the Skin; Terminal and 1969 Terminal 1996, both pieces collaborations with Joseph Chaikin's Open Theatre (Drama Desk Playwright’s Award); A Knife in the Heart (O’Neill Conference winner; West Coast Premiere October 2002 at Sledgehammer Theatre); and Night Sky, presented throughout the United States and internationally. Her plays have been translated into French, Japanese, Catalan, Dutch and German; they have been widely published and anthologized. She is also the librettist/lyricist of Slain in the Spirit, a gospel-and-blues opera with music by Taj Mahal; Cheri, an opera/music theatre work with Michael Dellaira; and bookwriter/lyricist of True Romances, a musical fantasia with Elmer Bernstein. In addition to her work for the stage, she has written a novel, Silent Witness, published by Knopf, as well as several films and television plays. Her teleplay, The Prison Game, was aired on PBS, as was Sylvia Plath: Arrow to the Sun, which won her a WGA nomination for the best-written documentary of the season. Her work has been honored by grants from the Guggenheim Foundation, NEA, NYFA, TCG, Berilla Kerr, McKnight and Rockefeller Foundations. She is a frequent fellow at Yaddo and MacDowell, and is a member of New Dramatists, PEN, the Dramatists Guild, and WGA.

Daniella Topol (Director) Daniella Topol’s recent credits include: Judith Thompson’s Palace of the End (Epic Theatre), Trista Baldwin’s Sand (Women’s Project and Productions), Sheila Callaghan’s Dead City (New Georges), Caridad Svich’s Instructions for Breathing (Passage Theatre), Jakob Holder’s Housebreaking (Cherry Lane Mentor Project – mentored by Chuck Mee), Susan Bernfield and Rachel Peters’ Tiny Feats of Cowardice (NYC Fringe), Zakiyyah Alexander’s Sick? (Summer Play Festival), and Peter Gil-Sheridan’s Topsy Turvy Mouse (Cherry Lane Mentor Project – mentored by Michael Weller). A graduate of Carnegie Mellon’s directing program, Daniella has been the Artistic Program Director at the Lark Play Development Center, the New Works Program Director at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, and the Associate Producing Director of City Theatre. Daniella is an NYTW Usual Suspect, affiliated artist of New Georges, and has been a member of Women’s Project Director’s Lab. She is currently working as a resident artist at HERE developing a new multi-media on floods entitled Water (Or the Secret Life of Objects) which will be in residence at Baryshnikov Arts Center in June. Upcoming productions include: Nicki Bloom’s Tender (Summer Play Festival), Leslie Ayvazian’s Carol and Jill (EST Marathon), and Susan Bernfield’s Stretch (People’s Light and Theatre Company).

Cameron Anderson (Set Designer) Theatre: The Language of Trees (Roundabout Underground), A Feminine Ending (Playwrights Horizons), Emilie (South Coast Rep) Fault Lines (Naked Angels) directed by David Schwimmer, Massacre (The LAByrinth Theater Co., Public Theatre) Underground (David Dorfman Dance at BAM) Heddatron (Les Freres Corbusier), Dixie’s Tupperware Party (Ars Nova), Elvis People (New World Stages), Dead City, Anna Bella Eema and Belly (New Georges). Opera: The Barber of Seville (The Opera Theatre of St. Louis), West Side Story (Central City Opera), Maria Padilla (The Minnesota Opera),Don Giovanni (Wolf Trap Opera), Cosi fan Tutte (Seattle Opera), The Village Singer and Lord Byron’s Love Letter (The Manhattan School of Music), Gypsy Songs (Gotham Chamber Opera/The Morgan Library), The Consul (Opera Boston), La Bohème (The San Francisco Opera Center), and Susannah and Romeo et Juliette (Festival Opera). Upcoming projects include Cenerentola (Glimmerglass Opera), A Little Night Music (Central City Opera), and La Boheme (Wolf Trap Opera). www.cameronanderson.net

Katherine Roth (Costume Designer) Other theatres: New York: Blithe Spirit, A Nervous Smile, The Sugar Syndrome (Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Argument (Vineyard Theatre), Sakharam Binder, Monsieur Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran (The Play Company), Happy Days (Cherry Lane Theatre), The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek (New York Theatre Workshop), Hard Feelings, The Chemistry of Change (Women’s Project), The Model Apartment (Primary Stages), Lorca Project (INTAR Theatre), They Still Mambo in Havana (Bat Theater Company), Tatiana in Color (Pure Orange), and The Loop (Alice’s Fourth Floor). Regiona: Milwaukee Repertory: Asolo Repertory, Cincinnati Playhouse, Intiman Theatre, The Old Globe, Mark Taper Forum, Huntington Theatre, California Shakespeare Festival, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theater Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Yale Repertory Theatre, Centerstage, South Coast Repertory, and Magic Theatre. TV/film: Exiles in New York, All My Children (associate designer 1998-2007). Education: graduate, Yale School of Drama.

Peter West (Lighting Designer) Recent designs: Women Beware Women (Red Bull Theater) Amistad (Spoleto USA) Geometry of Fire (Rattlestick), Imaginary Invalid (Shakespeare Theatre, DC,), Don Giovanni (Curtis Institute), Shakespeare Santa Cruz 2008 Season and American Opera Projects. Other New York: 9 Parts of Desire at Manhattan Ensemble Theatre, Manhattan School of Music, New York Theatre Workshop, Primary Stages, Juilliard and many others. Regional: ADF (Martha Clarke) Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep, Huntington, Arena, Cal Shakes, Barbican UK, etc. www.peterwestdesign.com

The Broken Chord Collective (Sound Design, Original Music and Music Direction) Broken Chord Collective is a sound design and music production group that composes and designs music and sound for theater. The sound design and music for Night Sky was created by Daniel Baker and Aaron Meicht. Music Direction by Aaron Meicht. NEW YORK: The Atlantic Theater, Cherry Lane Theater, Keen Company, LaMama, ETC., Rattlestick Theater, Second Stage, Women’s Project. REGIONAL: Dallas Theater Center, Geva Theater Center, Long Wharf Theater, Shakespeare Theatre (DC), Weston Playhouse, Westport Country Playhouse, Passage Theater. www.brokenchordcollective.com

Geoff Josselson (Casting Director) New York productions include Enter Laughing: The Musical, Perfect Harmony, Glimpses of the Moon, The Jazz Age, Fire Throws and multiple productions for the York Theatre Company, North Shore Music Theatre, Denver Center, Kansas City Starlight and the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Previous casting includes the off-Broadway productions of AltarBoyz, Mimi Le Duck and Fanny Hill and the European tour of West Side Story. In addition to his independent casting office, Geoff also works with Calleri Casting.

Carlos Maisonet (Production Stage Manager) Off-Broadway: Altar Boyz, ROOMS - a rock romance, The Awesome 80s Prom, Perfect Harmony, Sixty Miles To Silver Lake. National Tour: Stephen Schwartz's Captain Louie. New York: The Wild Party (The Culture Project), Glimpses Of The Moon (The Oak Room), Ward 9 (NYMF 2008). Other credits include: Love, Inc. (Off-Broadway tryout – Norfolk, VA), Jihad: The Musical (Edinburgh Fringe Festival), The Concert for Mother Earth (featuring: Joan Osborne, The Bacon Brothers, Jen Chapin, and Eddie Money). Carlos is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and a proud member of Actor's Equity.

La Vie Productions (General Manager) is dedicated to managing, developing, and producing new shows, fostering new talents and attracting new audiences. Upcoming projects include: Sweet Storm; Yank!; General Management for the 2009 NY Musical Theatre Festival; Liberty! The Musical; And In The Summer of '68 with Kurt Peterson and Larry Moss; The Jazz Age and Love! that 4 Letter Word. Some of our recent projects include: Love Incorporated; Capture Now; Sixty Miles to Silver Lake; General Management for the 2008 NY Musical Theatre Festival, Perfect Harmony; Love! That 4-Letter Word; Rainbow Kiss; The Jazz Age; 1001; Sherlock Holmes (The Early Years); In The Heights; High Fidelity; Brilliant Mistake: Broadway Sings Elvis Costello, Hurlyburly; De La Guarda in NYC Seoul, Korea & Tel Aviv, Israel, and Las Vegas. For more information on La Vie Productions, please visit www.lavieproductions.com.

Power Productions New York, Inc. (Producer) is currently represented on Broadway by Irena’s Vow (previously premiered Off-Broadway at Baruch Performing Arts Center). Stan Raiff produced the world premiere of Love Incorporated, a new musical by Marc Castle, in Norfolk, VA. Love Incorporated is scheduled to open Off-Broadway in 2010. Mr. Raiff has produced and directed for ABC and NBC Television Children’s Programming, including “Through Children’s Eyes” (Emmy Award), along with On and Off Broadway shows such as Riverside Drive, Buffalo Bill, Charlotte Sweet, and many others. Mr. Raiff established the award winning project The Catskills IDEA (Institute for Development of the Entertainment Arts) which created such major events such as Festivals for Irving Berlin and Danny Kaye as well as Rodeo Now and Let’s Tango! featuring world renowned tango artists. Mr. Raiff is most proud of The Kidskill’s Theatre that focused on developing over 400 young adults and children working together in a wide variety of arts experiences. Kidscirque was a program that helped kids to develop their own circus. Among the many programs, there was one designed for children with special needs. This program was acclaimed by New York State as one of “The Outstanding Programs of the Year.”

National Aphasia Association (Producer) - The NAA's mission is to educate the public to know that the word aphasia describes an impairment of the ability to communicate, not an impairment of intellect. The NAA makes people with aphasia, their families, support systems, and health care professionals aware of resources to recover lost skills to the extent possible, to compensate for skills that will not be recovered and to minimize the psychosocial impact of the language impairment. The NAA respects and values cultural and linguistic differences and makes every effort possible to acknowledge the impact of culture and language on the performance of each individual with aphasia. The NAA provides supportive and advocacy services to all persons with aphasia regardless of individuals' race-ethnicity, religious affiliation, cultural and cognitive linguistic background or sexual orientation.