John Kavanaugh (music)
JOHN KAVANAUGH IS A COMPOSER, LYRICIST AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR CURRENTLY WORKING FOR DISNEY TELEVISION ANIMATION. WITH 9 EMMY NOMINATIONS TO HIS CREDIT, HE WON THE 2014 DAYTIME EMMY AWARD FOR THE SOFIA THE FIRST MAIN TITLE WITH CRAIG GERBER. HE SERVED AS SONGWRITER/MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR DISNEY'S SOFIA THE FIRST, ELENA OF AVALOR AND ALICE'S WONDERLAND BAKERY AND CURRENTLY IS WRITING SONGS FOR SOFIA'S SEQUEL, ROYAL MAGIC. OTHER WORK INCLUDES SONGS FOR DESCENDANTS 3, WINNIE THE POOH - SPRINGTIME WITH ROO, NICKELODEON'S GLOBEHUNTERS, UNIVERSAL'S CURIOUS GEORGE LIVE AND DREAMS ARE UNIVERSAL, MICHAEL CRAWFORD'S JOSEPH'S LULLABY AND SESAME STREET LIVE. JOHN CALLS LOS ANGELES HOME WITH HUSBAND EFREN GONZALEZ.
David Goldsmith (book/lyrics)
DAVID GOLDSMITH IS A PLAYWRIGHT, BOOKWRITER, LYRICIST, COMPOSER AND SCRIPT DOCTOR. HIS WORK HAS BEEN PERFORMED IN THEATRES FROM LONDON’S WEST END TO THE NATIONAL THEATRE OF ISRAEL IN TEL AVIV. BILLED AS “SCRIPT CONSULTANT,” DAVID WROTE BOOK AND ORIGINAL LYRICS WITH MOTOWN FOUNDER BERRY GORDY FOR BROADWAY’S MOTOWN THE MUSICAL. WITH MUSIC BY JOHN KAVANAUGH, DAVID WROTE THE LYRICS FOR THE CLIMACTIC SONG OF THE DISNEY DESCENDANTS TRILOGY, "MY ONCE UPON A TIME." HIS PLAYS HOTEL BUZZ, AMERICAN GUERNICA, AND I RAGAZZI ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH BROADWAY LICENSING AND DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE (WWW.DRAMATISTS.COM). DAVID LIVES IN MANHATTAN WITH HIS WIFE, BROADWAY’S BRYONHA MARIE.
Wendy Perelman (book/conceived by)
WENDY PERELMAN IS A GRADUATE OF THE MUSIC THEATRE PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. SHE ALSO STUDIED AT CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY.NYU SCHOOL OF THE ARTS/AMERICAN DANCE MACHINE AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY. AS AN ACTRESS, MS. PERELMAN HAS PERFROMED ACROSS AMERICA AND IN KOREA AND JAPAN. TODAY SHE MAKES HER HOME ON LONG ISALND WITH HER HUSBAND AND THEIR TWO SONS AND WORKS BOTH AS A PRESCHOOL TEACHER AND A TEACHER OF MUSICAL THEATRE AND AUDITION TECHNIQUES TO STUDENTS OF ALL AGES.
Alexandra Silber (director of VSL film-capture)
ALEXANDRA SILBER IS AN INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS, SINGER, AND AUTHOR. IN LONDON’S WEST END SHE PLAYED STARRING ROLES INDECENT, THE WOMAN IN WHITE, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, KISS ME KATE, AND CAROUSEL. IN NEW YORK SHE’S APPEARED IN OUR CLASS, HELLO AGAIN, MASTER CLASS, THE LUCKY STAR, EINSTEIN’S DREAMS, SONG OF NORWAY, ARLINGTON, AND THE 2016 BROADWAY REVIVAL OF FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. ALEXANDRA IS A GRAMMY-NOMINEE FOR HER PORTRAYAL OF MARIA IN THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY RECORDING OF WEST SIDE STORY. HER DEBUT NOVEL "AFTER ANATEVKA,” AND THE MEMOIR "WHITE HOT GRIEF PARADE" ARE PUBLISHED BY PEGASUS BOOKS AND AVAILABLE ON AUDIBLE.COM
