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Andrew
Barrett (Playwright) is
a native New Yorker who received his MFA from the prestigious Iowa
Playwright’s Workshop at The University of Iowa. Most recently, he
was selected by The Royal Court Theatre in London as the American
playwright for their 2005 International Residency for Emerging
Playwrights. Prior to this, his play “and/or” was presented in
the 2004 New Works Now Festival at The Public Theater in NYC. That
play was also selected as the winner of Frank Basille Emerging New
Playwright Competition at The Phoenix Theater in Indianapolis, IN.
Mr. Barrett's play “Rainy Days & Mondays” will be included in the
2006 New York International Fringe Festival. “Rainy Days…” was
cited by The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA as one of the top five plays
in the country by a graduate playwright. Mr. Barrett is also a
respected writer of book & lyrics for new musicals. His most
recent musical, “Julian Po” will be included in the 2006 National
Alliance for New Musicals Festivals in NYC, having previously been
selected for and received enormous praise in the 2005 ASCAP/Disney
workshop. Prior to that he wrote the libretto for “In Sarajevo”-
a rock musical based on stories collected from survivors of the Bosnian
war. Currently, Mr. Barrett is on the writing staff for the Golden
Globe nominated Showtime series, “SLEEPER CELL.” His other TV
work includes writing an original made-for-TV movie musical for producers
Michael Edelstein and Howard Braunstein slated for production at
ABC/Disney. Mr. Barrett has recently signed on to write the feature
film on the early success of “Nijinsky” to be produced by Kim Poster
and Regent Films. Mr. Barrett holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from
The Boston Conservatory.
Niegel
Smith
(Director) is currently a Van Lier Directing Fellow at Second Stage
Theater in Manhattan and has worked in artistic positions at The Public
Theater, Trinity Rep, The Providence Black Repertory Company, The
Cleveland Playhouse, and The Tricycle Theatre in Kilburn, London, and has
assisted the set designer Eugene Lee in his Providence studio. Directing:
ONE FOR THE ROAD (NYU Tisch School), ABSOLUTELY CUCKOO (Non-Stop-Flight),
LIMBS: A PAGEANT (HERE Arts Center),
PARADE: THE PARADE ROCK BAND! (P.S. 122), WHERE THINGS ARE (Manhattan
Theatre Source) and (The Producer's Club), FUNNYHOUSE OF A NEGRO
(Non-Stop-Flight), THE MACHINE
(Cleveland Playhouse), RAPSODY (Workshop), THE RED SHOES (Workshop),
AND/OR (New York Now! at The Public Theatre). Assistant Directing: A
SOLDIER’S PLAY, (Jo Bonney, Second Stage Theater); THE 25TH ANNUAL
PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, (James Lapine, Second Stage Theater);
DISPOSABLE MEN, (Kristin Marting, HERE Arts Center); CAROLINE, OR CHANGE,
(George C. Wolfe, Public Theater/Broadway); WINE IN THE WILDERNESS and
WATER, (both with Nicholas Kent, Tricycle Theater in London). In addition
to directing theater, Mr. Smith co-curates HERE Arts Center’s (American
Livingroom Festival) and creates performance and instillations that expose
how gender and sexuality are performed in digital culture. r. Smith has an
AB in Theater from Dartmouth College and has studied the documentation of
Performance Art with Coco Fusco at Columbia University. Mr. Smith is the
recipient of the Warner Bentley Award, Rodney Alexander Theater
Fellowship, Tucker Fellowship, Arkowitz Prize, and Shoenhut Award.
Henry
Ravelo (Producer) While at Stuart
Thompson & Associates, Mr. Ravelo assisted
in the productions of AMY'S VIEW (starring Academy Award Winner Dame Judi
Dench), ART (starring Emmy & Golden Globe Winner Alan Alda), CLOSER
(Broadway) and Tennessee William's NOT ABOUT NIGHTINGALES.
He has produced numerous shows to help raise funds for Broadway
Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS, served as Line Producer for the documentary,
LEGEND OF MADONNA, and the one hour primetime TV special promoting the
Asian premier of the Broadway show, 42ND STREET (aired in Japan).
Mr. Ravelo began his career as an actor over 25 years ago appearing
on Broadway, Off Broadway, Feature Films, Daytime, Primetime, Commercials,
Print and Voice-overs. He transitioned into management through high
fashion representing the biggest super models of the time and eventually
rose to the position of Entertainment Director. Mr. Ravelo now owns and
operates Ravelo Artists Management, Inc - managing established and
emerging artists in the areas of Film, TV, Stage and the Print media.
Michael
Carbonaro (Brian) is
delighted to be returning to the New York International Fringe Festival,
where he has previously performed his hit one-man show, PERHAPS I’VE
HATCHED. Mr. Carbonaro is known to film audiences with two releases
earlier this year: starring as Andy Wilson, the somewhat innocent in Todd
Stephens’ ANOTHER GAY MOVIE (with Graham Norton & Scott Thompson);
and as Mikey Falcone in Vincent Sassone’s A TALE OF TWO PIZZAS (with
Vincent Pastore & Frank Vincent). Other film and television
credits include: CHAPPELLE’S SHOW on Comedy Central; recent appearances
on GUIDING LIGHT and ALL MY CHILDREN; and Bohemia Films’ ARMAGEDDON FOR
ANDY. Mr. Carbonaro may regularly be seen onstage in New York performing
as the lead role of Adam in the Off-Broadway comedy smash hit, JEWTOPIA,
or regularly performing stand-up comedy at Caroline’s. He is the First
Place Winner of Stand Up NY's Comedy Contest, and has been seen for over
half his lifetime dazzling audiences performing as a magician throughout
New York and Los Angeles, as well as internationally. As an Emcee, Mr.
Carbonaro has hosted numerous events, most recently at The Culture Project
in New York City. www.CarbonaroOnline.com
Randy
Bettis (Sound Designer) the
New York based DJ/producer has spun at Denver’s A WEEKEND IN OZ, Palm Springs’ WHITE PARTY, and Austin’s
PERFECT, Fire Island Pines
BLISS, FAIRGROUNDS, an evening for the LGBT community at Six Flags Great
Adventure, the Saint-at-Large Escape
TO CANDYLAND; the Saint at Large BLACK PARTY-LUCE LIBR RITES XXVI; and
the 19th Annual Heritage of Pride Gay Pride Pier Dance. Mr.
Bettis will be mix master on Centaur’s annual GAY DAYS CD for Orlando
Gay Day. You can hear Mr. Bettis' mixed sets as a weekly feature on
G.I.R.L. (GayInternetRadioLive.com).
He can also be heard at Element for the Love Parade Productions
SOUVENIERS-PARIS event along with the legendary DJ Michael Fierman. For
some time now, Mr. Bettis had been developing a devoted following in
Manhattan nightclubs such as Sound Factory, Limelight, Cielo, Splash,
Webster Hall, Avalon-NY, Life, SPA, Centro-Fly, XL, & the Fire Island
Pines Pavilion—just to name a few. Currently, he is a resident DJ at
Splash Bar in NYC, with guest residencies at Pavilion/Blue Whale in Fire
Island Pines, Pure in Philadelphia & Velvet Nation in Washington, DC.
Mr. Bettis also teamed up with songwriter/arranger David Boyd to form
BetBoyz NYC, a music/event production company. In 2002, Emerge Records
honored BetBoyz by choosing their very first remix, the "BetBoyz
Vocal Dub" mix of Taylor Daynes' "How Many", to be included
on the commercial release of the CD maxi single.
Past projects have included remixing 2 classic tunes, Abba’s THE
VISITORS for the Black Party and C+C Music Factory classic “Pride, A
Deeper Love” for the HOP Pier Dance. Recent projects include remixes for
Aussie artist Karen Jacobsen, Broadway star Billy Porter, hot singing
sensation Brian Kent and Junior Vasquez recording artist Jason Walker.
Additionally, BetBoyz recently completed a full-scale musical, THE
GROOVE FACTORY, which is being considered for various musical-theater
festivals. www.betboyz.com |
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