CAST & STAFF

Jose Llana (Adam)

Most recently appeared as El Gato in the World Premier of Frank Wildhorn’s Wonderland.  Broadway: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, original Chip Tolentino(Drama Desk Award), Wang Tain Flower Drum Song, Angelin RENT, Jessie-Leein Streetcorner Symphony and Lun Tha in the 1996 Revival of The King and I. Off-Broadway: Gabeyin On the Town and Adam Guettel’sSaturn Returns, both at The Public Theater.  Regional: Martin Guerre (Guillaume, Guthrie Theater), Ballad of Little Jo (Steppenwolf Theater, Jefferson Nomination), Candide (Prince Theater, Barrymore Nomination).  Workshops: Frank Wildhorn’s Havana, Melchiorin Spring Awakening (Sundance Lab) and Honor  (Prospect), among others.  TV/film: Sex and the City and Hitch.  Cast albums and solo album, VIVA Philippines label. www.josellana.com 

Krystal Joy Brown (Eve)

Krystal is absolutely thrilled to playing Eve and making her debut at the York Theatre with this fabulous cast, crew and creative team!  Broadway - Dionne U.S. /Abe Lincoln in HAIR, National Tour: Mimi in RENT, Off Broadway: Monique - Street Lights, Nikki - Vote! The Musical, Nickelodeon T.V. pilot Storyforia - Roxy.  

Adam Kantor (God/He)

is thrilled to be playing God.
Broadway: Next To Normal (Henry u/s), as well as the closing cast of RENT (Mark Cohen), the final performance of which can be seen on the Sony DVD "RENT: Filmed Live On Broadway."  TV: The Good Wife (Ezra).  Producer of the 2009 Fringe hit, A Contemporary American's Guide To A Successful Marriage ©1959.  Director of Development for Broadway In South Africa. www.broadwayinsouthafrica.orgwww.broadwayinsouthafrica.org Graduate of Northwestern University, class of 2008.

Sasha Sloan (God/She)

Theatre: Ragtime (The Kennedy Center/Marcia Milgrom Dodge – Director),  Beehive (Alabama Shakespeare Festival). Off-Broadway: What’s The Smell - The Music Of Jacob Sterling (New World Stages), Television: One Life To Live, Laughfiend - Webisodes - Series Regular.  BFA Howard University..

Jennifer Blood (Sarah)

New York faves: Susan and God with the Mint Theater Company, Suzanne Bradbeer's Full Bloom and Peter Mills' The Flood.  Regional: Clara in Light in the Piazza (Maine State), Antonia in Man of La Mancha (Sacramento Music Circus), Laura in The Glass Menagerie (Mountain Playhouse), Annelle in Steel Magnolias (Casa Manana), Emily in Third (Philadelphia Theater Company), and Kelly in Dying City (Lyric Stage Company/Boston).

Nehal Joshi (Michael)

Broadway:  Les Miserables (Original Revival Cast), The ThreePenny Opera (Roundabout).   Regional credits include: Working (Premiere-2008 revisioned version/Old Globe, Asolo Rep), Mister Roberts (John F. Kennedy Center), Senor Discretion Himself (Premiere/Arena Stage), Tommy (Dallas Theatre Center), Recent Tragic Events (Premiere/Woolly Mammoth), Carousel (Olney Theatre Center), Mother Teresa Is Dead (City Theatre Company), The 25th & 26th annual Humana Festival of New American Plays (Actors Theatre of Louisville).  His Film/TV credits include HBO’s The Wire, Blackout (2007-Tribeca Film Festival), & New York, I Love You.

JOE DIPIETRO (Book)

recently won two Tony Awards for co-writin Memphis, which also received the 2010 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical.   His other plays and musicals include, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, (the longest running musical revue in off-Broadway history) The Toxic Avenger and The Thing About Men, (both winners of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway musical,) the much-produced comedy, Over the River and Through the Woods,  The Art of Murder (Edgar Award winner for Best Mystery Play,) and the Broadway musical, All Shook Up.   His drama, Creating Claire,debuted this past spring at George Street Playhouse.   He is working on a new musical with his Memphis and Toxic collaborator, David Bryan.  His work has received thousands of productions across the country and around the world.

BRET SIMMONS (Composer)

worked as composer, arranger, producer, and music director for Sony Records, Universal Television, ESPN, Disney Entertainment Productions, Walt Disney Records, The Speed Network, NBC, Famous Music Corp, EMI Music.  Featured compositions on The Megan Mullally Show, Oprah, Live! With Regis and Kelly.  Composed Lucky Star, world premiere Phoenix Theatre.  Recently completed a run as Megan Mullally’s Music Director on her talk show.  He’s thrilled to be doing this.  Love and thanks to Linda for believing.

DAVID HOWARD (Lyrics)

While his most visible credit is DreamWork’s major feature film Galaxy Quest (Story and Screenplay credit),David has also worked in television, and live theatre.  Other credits include The Carver Brothers (series pilot), with Robert De Niro’s Tribeca Films for CBS (co-written with M.F. McDowell) and Dead and Breakfast (pilot) for the WB with Ron Howard’s Imagine Television.  He has had plays produced by such theatres as Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Moving Arts Theatre and the Timescape Arts Group. His play Electric Roses has been published in anthologies by Samuel French Books and Smith and Kraus Publishers.

LARRY RABEN (Director)

2008 LA Ovation Award winner for Singin’ in the Rain, and Ace nominee (Argentina’s Tony) for Sweet Charity in Buenos Aires. Others: The Velveteen Rabbit (Promenade Theatre) Theatreworks/USA, The Producers (Gateway Playhouse), post Broadway premiere of Never Gonna Dance (with Harriet Harris), The Thing About Men, Greater Tuna, Always Patsy Cline, Bark!, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Forever Plaid.  Currently writing Rodgers &, which he will direct for Reprise! in October.

LEE MARTINO (Choreographer)

Lee is the resident choreographer for The Reprise Theatre Company under the Artistic Direction of Jason Alexander.   Lee has received three Los Angeles Ovation Awards, three Los Angeles Drama Critic Circle Awards, two Garland Awards and many more nominations for these awards.  Lee has staged over one hundred musicals throughout the country. Television and film credits include: The recent dancing Jenny Craig commercial, Bravo’s series Step It Up and Dance, What I Like About You, work for the Nickelodeon channel, Warner Bros. animated feature The King and I; the soon to be released animated feature Alpha Omega.  Concerts and Live Events include directing and staging American Stars In Concert,  large-scale shows for Harley-Davidson throughout the country; Universal Studio, Buena Vista Entertainment, Disney International’s Latin American Stage Tour A Dream Is A Wish; the Opening Gala for Theatre Under the Stars, TUTS,’ Hobby Performing Arts Center honoring Jerry Herman; the Opening of Ford Field, the Detroit Lions football stadium, starring Gladys Knight and Several S.T.A.G.E. and Actor’s Fund Benefits.  In the Fall Lee will be choreographing NBC’s Dancing on Ice.

KIM DOUGLAS STEINER (Musical Director/Arranger)

 was the Music Supervisor of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change having Music Directed/Supervised the original production. B’way: Nine, High Society, In My Life. Off B’way: The Fantasticks (Sullivan Street), Forbidden Broadway (2001, 20th Anniversary, SVU), International: Phantom of the Opera. Regional: Guys and Dolls (Leon Rabin Award nomination - Best Musical Direction), The Full Monty, Kiss of the Spider Woman, among many others. Kim has conducted/played for many talents such as Carol Channing, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Melba Moore, Ashford and Simpson.

STEVEN ULLMAN (Producer)

founded 1113 Productions, Inc. in 2005 with a dedication to developing new musicals and plays.  His simple mission statement is “To provoke thought, evoke feeling and create community through inspired storytelling and creative entertainment.”  His credits include: Off-Broadway – Bernice Bobs Her Mullet.  Los Angeles: Hurlyburly starring Sean Penn, Danny Aiello and Mare Winningham; Nora Dunn’s (SNL) one-woman show Small Prey; Loose Lips directed by Martin Charnin; Crazy For You (L.A. Ovation Award - Best Musical – 2002); Dreamgirls (L.A. Ovation Award - Best Musical – 2000) West Side Story (L.A. Ovation Award - Best Musical – 1999).  San Francisco: Greater Tuna (6 year run); The Foreigner starring Rene Auberjonois and Imogene Coca.  Edinburgh: Produced and Directed The Stonewater Rapture by Doug Wright (1984 Fringe First Award).  National Tour: Some Like It Cole!  Producing Artistic Director of Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities (1996-2005). 

HERRICK GOLDMAN (Lighting Design)

Herrick designs lighting for theater, dance, concerts, museums, corporate meetings, and themed attractions. His work has been seen in New York, Shanghai, Manila, Frankfurt, Australia, Brazil, and Canada. Off-Broadway: Rooms, Godspell, Latin Heat, Flamingo Court, All is Love, Fearless, & Streakin'. Other NYC productions include Crash Test Dummies, Serenade, Last Starfighter, & Antigravity. Favorite designs: Chorus Line (tour), Batboy (Yale), Side Show (Cape Rep), & Rooms (Geva) Broadway benefits: Best Little Whorehouse & The Who’s TOMMY 15th anniversary. Both at Broadway’s August Wilson.  Honors: Live Design Excellence award, Redden Award for Excellence in Theatrical Design, 2009 Hewes Nomination, 2009 Big Apple award for best event design. www.hglightingdesign.com