DANNY CISTONE (Director/Co-Creator)
Danny directed the feature film West of Brooklyn in addition to the world premiere of the stage play. He directed & designed John Patrick Shanley's The Big Funk at Theatre 68 and Music, Cocaine & Philosophy at Greenway Court. He has performed on Broadway in Gypsy, She Loves Me, Grease! and Jerome Robbins' autobiographical workshop The Poppa Piece as the young Jerome Robbins. National tours include Lost in Yonkers, Gypsy, and Grease!. Other theatre includes A Few Good Men, Boys Next Door, Eyes For Consuela, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and Avenue X. On Television: Do Not Disturb, Malcolm in the Middle, That's So Raven, Third Rock from the Sun and Martial Law. Film: Austin Powers III: Goldmember, Deuces Wild, Baby Luv, Shock T.V. and Frankenhood. He co-wrote and starred in Lucky an HBO's Comedy Arts Festival selection featuring his sketch comedy group For The Kids. He's been nominated for two 2008 Ovation awards, a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, and two NAACP Awards. Recent designs include the West coast premieres of On An Average Day, Blackbird and ABC's Unbroke with Marissa Tomei & Antonio Banderas. He doubles as Art Director/ Performance Artist for the band Carbon 9. Love to Angela, Francesca & Mariella.
LAURA FINE HAWKES (Scenic Design Consultant)
With a background in live theatrical entertainment, Laura Fine Hawkes' work broadly encompasses design for theatre and opera, theme parks, events, and museum exhibits. Most recently, Laura has participated in development of multiple live shows with Thinkwell Design and Production in Burbank, CA for large-scale theatrical and theme park venues in both Las Vegas and the United Arab Emirates. designhawkes.com.
MORA STEPHENS (Costume Designer)
An alumna of NYU's Graduate Film Program
and Princeton University, Mora has designed costumes for feature films STRICTLY SEXUAL and CONVENTIONEERS. As a film director, her debut feature CONVENTIONEERS won the 2006 Independent Spirit Awards' John Cassavetes Award, and was released by Cinema Libre Studio. In 2007, Mora had the privilege of collaborating with Danny Cistone and Bradley Rapier as a dramaturge on Groovaloo. Every performance of Groovaloo inspires and wows her.
CHARLIE MORRISON (Lighting Designer)
Charlie's lighting for theatre, national and international tours, architecture, and events has been seen worldwide on four continents and in every state in the U.S. National and International tours include: Aida (U.S. and China); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Gypsy; 42nd Street (U.S. and Japan); Miss Saigon; Smokey Joe's Café; The Who's Tommy (Japan and Europe); Titanic; The Music Man; Footloose; The King and I (U.S., South America, Korea); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; many others. Regional: Shakespeare Theatre Company (DC); Papermill Playhouse; Goodspeed; Olney Theatre Center; Playmaker's Rep; many others. Charlie is the recipient of the 2006 and 2007 Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design, and has been nominated for six Helen Hayes awards over the past three years. For more information, please visit www.cmlighting.com.
LUCAS CORRUBIA, JR. (Sound Designer)
Lucas, better known on Broadway as "Rico", has toured the US and internationally with such acts as Liza Minnelli, Frank Sinatra, Michael Crawford and Bernadette Peters. Some of his Broadway credits include mixing The Who's Tommy, Bring in 'da Noise Bring in 'da Funk, and most recently the revival of 42nd Street. In addition to several film projects, his most recent sound designs include the International touring production of Burn the Floor, and BigLeague Theatrical's road tours of Footloose, Miss Saigon, Meredith Willson's The Music Man and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
MICHAEL H.P. VIVEROS (Sound Designer)
is pleased to be working for Big League Productions as Sound Designer. His recent work includes Ain't Misbehavin' National Tour, staring Rubin Studdard; Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA, tour throughout China. He has worked for the past 2 years with New York Stage & Film, as Sound Supervisor and Sound Designer; working on shows such as Pete Townsend's, The Boy Who Heard Music, Geometry of Fire, Romantic Poetry and Notes To Mari Anne and Duncan Sheik's new project Nero. He has worked as Associate Designer on Irvin Berlin's I Love A Piano tour and is currently just ended the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang tour as production mixer. He calls Seattle home, and resides in N.Y.C.
STACEY QUINEALTY (Performance Audio Track Producer and Designer)
Stacey is the vocalist and lead sequencer of Carbon9, a successful Los Angeles based rock band. Stacey also writes music for Universal Studios and owns his own company, Interface Entertainment, that has written music for McDonalds, Mitsubishi,and Warner Brothers.Stacey is the creator of the live perfucssion groups the Grease Monkeys, Kadzu, and LA Kings Drummers. Stacey has lent his skills for numerous years to GROOVALOO and we are very thankful to have him on board once again (www.interfaceentertainment.com).
KEITH HURD (New York Marketing)
SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark with music and lyrics by Bono and Edge of U2. Marketing and promotions for over 20 Broadway shows including Movin' Out, Fosse, Swing, Ragtime, Damn Yankees, Victor/Victoria, The Producers, Proof, Take Me Out, Jekyll & Hyde, Kiss Me Kate, Noises Off, Jackie Mason, The Goat, Allergist's Wife. Keith co-books acts for Feinstein's at Loews Regency and is also Executive Producer of The Broadway Channel promoting shows on a network in 70 Manhattan hotels, iTunes and on Jet Blue Airlines.
LEVI WALKER (Associate Producer)
Levi's career in theater has spanned 26 years (since he was nine ☺) produced and directed the first workshop of Groovaloo in 2003 at The El Portal Theatre with Bradley. Levi has also produced live shows at The Kodak Theatre, Theatre Des Westens (Berlin), Capitol Theater (Dusseldorf), several commercials and music videos. He is also a well-known photographer in Los Angeles. www.leviwalker.com
TJ YOUNG (Associate Producer)
Associate Producer of the US National Tour of "Ain't Misbehavin", starring Ruben Studdard, General Manager of the Chinese Tour of "AIDA", and US National Tour of "BLAST!". Other credits include: Associate Artistic Director of the US National Tour of "The Music Man", the Japanese and US National Tours of "42nd Street", the US National and Chinese Tours of "Aida", and the US National Tour of "Titanic". TJ has also enjoyed Company Managing many National and International Tours. As a performer, TJ performed at Robert Redford's Sundance Theatre, opposite such stars as Sally Fields, Carol Burnett, Brian Denehy, Christopher Lloyd, Maureen McGovern, Karen Mason, Tim Daily and more. Recently performed principle roles in "The King and I" US National Tour, "Footloose!" the Las Vegas West Coast Premiere, and the US National Tour, Joseph in "Joseph's... Dreamcoat" in several Professional Theatres, Guy in "The Umbrella's of Cherboug", and Tulsa in "Gypsy", both at Robert Redford's Sundance Theatre. TJ Young is the former President of the BYU Young Ambassadors.
JOEL VIERTEL (Original Producer)
A veteran of Paramount Pictures, Joel has produced a variety of television segments and independent feature films, including the Independent Spirit Award-winning Conventioneers. As a director, he recently followed up his feature debut Devil's Pond with the romantic comedy Strictly Sexual. He began collaborating with the Groovaloos as a producer in 2004.
FRIER McCOLLISTER (Originating Producer)
is an independent theatrical producer and general manager, based in Los Angeles. With Joel Viertel, he has served as producer on GROOVALOO, since its acclaimed inception at the Falcon Theatre in the summer of 2005. As general manager, he has worked on a wide variety of productions, notably Eric Idle's RUTLEMANIA! at the Montalban and the Blender in NYC, Culture Clash's ZORRO IN HELL at the Montalban, the revival of Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner's THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE at the Ahmanson Theatre and THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES at the Canon Theatre. He has also served as general manager for the Coronet Theatre and the Falcon Theatre and as producer for the Sundance Theatre Lab.
DANIEL SHER/BIG LEAGUE PRODUCTIONS, INC. (Executive Producer)
Led by Daniel Sher as owner and Executive Producer, Big League is celebrating its 21st season of producing, general managing and booking Broadway musicals and special attractions for touring throughout North America. Big League collaborated with Disney Theatricals in creating its new production of Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida, which toured in North America and China. Among Big League's other highlights was a new touring production of Miss Saigon developed in collaboration with Cameron Mackintosh, which toured the US and Canada for four years. Other noteworthy productions were the Japanese and North American touring productions of 42nd Street with the creative team from the Tony® Award-winning Broadway revival as well as a three year tour of Meredith Wilson's The Music Man as newly conceived by Susan Stroman. Others have included Footloose (Las Vegas, Atlantic City, North American tour), tours of Titanic, 1776, Peter Pan, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum starring Rip Taylor and the unique spectacular Blast! Big League's renowned production of The Who's Tommy has been seen throughout North America, South America, Europe, and most recently in Tokyo. This past season Big League was proud to have produced the 30th Anniversary national tour of the Tony® Award-winning musical Ain't Misbehavin' with direction by the Tony® Award-winning Richard Maltby, Jr. and starring "American Idol" winner Ruben Studdard. Also this season was the first national tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which proved to be the company's most technically dynamic production to date. The booking department at Big League, helmed by Vice President John Starr, is among the most respected in the industry. Upcoming productions for 2009-10 will include New York City, national tour, Paris and other international dates for the hip-hop sensation GROOVALOO. www.bigleague.org
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