BILL RUSSELL
(Book and Lyrics) received Tony nominations for the book and lyrics of Side Show. He wrote book and lyrics for Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens with music by Janet Hood and has directed it in New York and the Fringe and West End of London. Bill co-wrote book and lyrics for Pageant and directed it in the Fringe and West End. Other book and lyric credits include Lucky Duck, The Last Smoker in America, Fourtune, and The Texas Chainsaw Musical. He has also written lyrics for the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular and the official theme of the Gay Games.
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JANET HOOD
(Music) has performed as pianist and singer and has played on many albums, including her own, Jade and Sarsaparilla. She has toured throughout Cape Cod and New England, and performed on local and national television. Janet composed the music for Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens (book and lyrics by Bill Russell), which has toured the U.S., London, Tel Aviv, Glasgow, and Sydney, among many locations.
AMY ANDERS CORCORAN
(Director) currently works as the associate director on Escape to Margaritaville, which is now in previews on Broadway. She was also the Resident Tour/Associate Director for Disney's Freaky Friday. Favorite directing/choreographing credits include: 21 Chump Street (European Premiere), I Am My Own Wife (NYC site-specific production), Little Women, Lippa’s The Wild Party, Mr. Burns, Crazy for You, Smokey Joe’s Café, and Circle Mirror Transformation. Her work has been seen at American Conservatory Theatre, the Guthrie, Goodspeed Musicals, and Asolo Rep, and in London and Canada. Amy specializes in new works, and works for London’s Aria Entertainment as the US Creative Associate and helps cultivate their From Page to Stage Festival in London every year. Last summer, she directed four new musicals in the festival. Amy received the SDC Noël Coward Fellowship for Comedic Direction and holds a BA in Psychology with Honors from the University of Kansas and a MFA in Directing from Penn State University.
BETH FALCONE
(Music Director) Broadway: Les Misérables, Lion King, Fame Becomes Me (keyboards). The Chicago Sun-Times noted Beth for her “fiery piano playing,” and she has played for numerous national tours and regional productions. At The York, Beth served as music director for the Mufti presentation of Hollywood Pinafore; she has also been MD for the Eugene O’Neill Cabaret Conference, BMI Musical Theatre and Dramatist Guild Showcases, and numerous readings of new musicals in NYC. Beth wrote the music and lyrics for the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway show Wanda’s World (produced by Amas Musical Theatre in association with Terry Schnuck and licensed by TRW), and she is a recipient of the Ed Kleban Prize for Most Promising Lyricist in American Musical Theater. Beth is the supervisor of the singing department at Circle in the Square Theater School and is a member of NYSTA, NATS, PAVA and the Voice Foundation.