Genius Famous (a commercial musical)

Cast
	Evan Alboum (Duane) left his career as a seltzer boy to try acting. Other adventures include: missing 11th grade to travel in Europe, singing duets with Jessye Norman in her living room, touring as a mime throughout Tuscany, playing Beethoven Sonatas with his toes, inoculating chickens in Israel and teaching music in East LA. He loves his mother and doesn’t drink coffee. Broadway Nat’l and Japan Tour: 42nd Street (Bert). More stage: Sweeney Todd (Beadle), Mikado (Koko), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Einstein), Amadeus (Mozart), American Clock, Comedy of Errors, Rosencrantz, Hamlet, Servant of Two Masters, alternative theatre, commercials, lots more. Next up: The Tempest in Vermont.
	Lara Jane Dunatov (Annabelle) is proud to be one of the original spurn cast members, as well as a board member of spurn Productions. Past sketch and improv experience includes: Now That You've Seen Me Naked , The Underground and Lost Cat. She is thrilled to return to her musical theatre roots with *Genius Famous. Previous musical credits include Mother Superior in Nunsense* and Mrs. Medlock in The Secret Garden. She has received a BFA in Theatre Arts from Hofstra University.
	Jesse Easley (Barkley) is happy to be making his Fringe debut with *Genius Famous. Recent theatre credits include Short Eyes* and She Stoops To Conquer. He has performed Sketch and Improv with THE GROUNDLINGS, IMPROV OLYMPIC, COMEDY SPORTZ, and can be seen weekly at The National Comedy Theatre on 36th street. TV/Film credits include General Hospital, The Man Show, Not Another Teen Movie and commercials for White Castle and Milton Bradley.
	Carson Hinners (Richard) first appeared in the musical Oaklahoma! at 9 months old. He holds a BA in Theatre from UVA and has performed in productions regionally and throughout NYC. Recent highlights include The Axis of Evil (Theatre for the New City), Shrug Like You Mean It (Kraine Theatre), The Cherry Orchard (A.R.T.). He thanks friends & family for their support.
	Kat Ross (Candace) is a recent graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied acting for four years at the Stella Adler Conservatory. There, her credits included The Tempest, Top Girls and Madame de Sade. *Genius Famous* marks her first production in the “real world,” and it has been a great pleasure to be a part of it.
	Matt Sigl (Scott) is making his Fringe debut with *Genius Famous. He is a graduate of NYU where he studied at Stella Adler and RADA. He worked with Mr. Davis previously with the Conspiracy Theatre Company. He is currently appearing in his acclaimed one-man Cabaret show, "Unstuck In Time*" at Don't Tell Mama Piano Bar. For more information about the show, and the man, check out mattsigl.com.
	Elle Chauviere (Ensemble) is excited to be performing in her first show in New York after recently graduating from Circle in the Square Theatre's professional training program. She hails from Texas, where she earned a BFA degree in Musical Theatre from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. Thanks to her family and friends for all their love and never ending support!
	Sarah Jenkins (Ensemble) is delighted to be making her NY debut as part of the cast of *Genius Famous! Her credits include Lucky Stiff* (Annabel), Twelfth Night (Maria), Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Mindy), and the ensemble of State Fair at Flat Rock Playhouse, the state theatre of North Carolina. Sarah is a graduate of the College of Charleston.
	Topher Mikels (Ensemble) is happy to make his musical debut at the NYC Fringe Festival. All his love goes to his Mom, Dad, sister and family and friends for their support. A first step of a long journey in the career, Topher is enthusiastic about this "feel good" music. Topher's credits include As You Like It (Shakespeare in the Wild), She Loves Me (Turtle Lane Playhouse) and The Treatment.
	Matt David (Ensemble) New York credits include The Streets of New York and Megan Terry's Comings and Goings. Matt has performed his one-man show Broadway, With Exceptions at local piano bars in New York. He is currently working on his next one-man show entitled No Name. Television credits include Saturday Night Live, Comedy Central and The Dave Chappelle Show.
	Sara Bunker (Ensemble) a proud Canadian, Sarah is happy to be a part of such a fun production. She attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NYC. Other credits: The Obie award-winning Benton Kozo (Flea Theatre), The OOBR award winning The Stranger (Red Room Theatre), Andy and Edie (Shetler Theatre), Sea of Love (Ohio Theatre, Ice Factory Festival), Cask of Amontillado, The Fugitive Girls (St. Mark's Theatre). Thanks to all my friends and family who are always so supportive, but espcially to my sweetheart Phil.

Production Team
	Jason Atkinson (writer, composer) lives in NYC. He was born in Pennsylvania and lived in South Carolina. Jason studied classical guitar and writes lots of music. He is grateful to have *Genius Famous* produced! To learn more about his work please visit www.atkinsonmusic.com . Jason's cd, "Friendly Radio", is on I-Tunes! Buy and listen at (www.cdbaby.com) Thanks to everyone involved in this project!! Love to Christina. Additional love to Mitten.
	Ryan J. Davis (director) As Director: Hedwig & The Angry Inch in Rochester, NY. Broken Truths, Lost In Fairyland & Designer Genes in New York City. Ryan has proudly assisted Scott Schwartz & John Cameron Mitchell. He was a national staffer on Howard Dean's Campaign. He's directed commercials for BlogPac.org which were honored by The American Association of Political Consultants. He is co-founder of StageSpace.com.
	Ry Pepper (stage manager) is a self proclaimed jane of all trades and has worked backstage in venues up and down the east coast. Stage managing is her first love and she just keeps coming back. Some NYC credits include: A Streetcar Named Desire (Studio 54), Actor's Studio Best of Rep., Va Va Voom Room burlesque, spurn, Library Play and Epic Rep One Acts. She also worked as a scenic/props artisan for Golda's Balcony (Helen Hayes Theater), Fiddler on the Roof (Minskoff Theatre), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Music Box Theatre) and Bobbie Boland (Cort Theatre).
	Amith A. Chandrashaker (lighting design) previous NY credits include The Chosen Wife, The Trojan Women, Radium, Free Donuts, Death & Whipped Cream. Other design work; Quilt: The Musical, Dealt, We Won't Pay, We Won't Pay!, The Brothers Karamazov, Hollywood Hits, In The Blood, Holy Days, Leader Of The Pack, A Romantic Comedy, and The Mousetrap. His work can also be seen in Extraordinary!, The Musical and The Last Black Cowboy at the 2005 NY Fringe Festival. Amith is an alumni of Mason Gross School of the Arts: Rutgers University.
	Andy Lagrimas (pianist) is excited to return to the Fringe after accompanying This is a Newspaper in '03. Previous NYC music direction credits include The Last Five Years at the Arthur Seelen Theatre and Jack! at the Looking Glass Theatre. By day, Andy teaches elementary music and is a graduate student in Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Many thanks to the cast and crew of *Genius Famous* for this experience!
	Seth Sikes (musical staging) as a performer, Off-Broadway: Fame on 42nd St. Graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School. Other NY Theatre: Godspell (Jesus), Pericles, Yankee Doodle Boy.
	Mark Richard Caswell (costume design) is excited to be a part of the Genius Famous team. Other design work: We Won't Pay, We Won't Pay!, Men Without Dates, The Baltimore Waltz, and The Living. Following the opening of *Genius Famous*, he will begin work on the independent feature I Believe in America. Mark is an alumni of the Mason Gross School of the Arts: Rutgers University.
	Simona Pop (ASM) is an opera director and producer. Her directing credits include: La Voix humaine, Munchhausen, The Lesson, Lot. As assistant director: Faust, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, L'heure Espagnole. Stage management is the skill she got thoroughly into in NYC: Claudia Legare, Beauty and the Beast, Traviata (Dicapo Opera Theatre). Off-Broadway credits: The Nest, directed by Marcia Haufrecht and The Little Prince. Simona is thrilled to make her debut both with the Fringe Festival and in musical theatre.
	Neil & Richelle Trivedi (producers) Neil is the co-creator of spurn Productions, and had a hand in writing and producing every iteration of spurn, the critically- and commercially-acclaimed sketch comedy series, since its debut in 2001. Other accomplishments include co-producing spurn Productions’ first film project, a short entitled 'Mr. Unlucky', and making his directorial debut with Israel Horovitz’s venerable It’s Called the Sugar Plum in 2003 for the Etcetera Theatre Company. Richelle, having married Neil and unwittingly spurn Productions a little less than a year ago, is happy to move up from being their unofficial runner, bartender, quick changer and production assistant to co-producer. © Jason Atkinson 2005