Adrienne Anderson (libretto)
A prolific and successful writer, Anderson's hits include the Grammy- nominated DEJA VU recorded by Dionne Warwick, and I GO TO RIO recorded by Peter Allen. Three of Anderson's songs-DAYBREAK, COULD IT BE MAGIC, and DEJA VU- have earned BMI Million Air Awards. Her songs have been cut by a wide range of major artists including Frank Sinatra, Donna Summer, Diane Reeves, Barry Manilow, Melissa Manchester, Peter Allen, Dionne Warwick, Sergio Mendes, Sheena Easton,Mel Torme, Jeffrey Osborne and Diane Schuur. She has collaborated with such top writers as George Duke, Tom Snow, Barry Manilow, Peter Allen, Melissa Manchester, Bob Gaudio and Isaac Hayes.

Peter Bunetta/Rick Chudacoff
Together, their songwriting credits include certified RIAA Gold, Platinum and Triple Platinum records, as well as NARAS Grammy Nominees and NARAS Grammy Award Winners. They have collaborated with, among others, Peabo Bryson, Judy Collins, Lauren Wood, Laura Branigan, Michael Bolton, Johnny Mathis, Kenny G., Patti Labelle, The Temptations, Steve Goodman, Smokey Robinson, Donna Summer, The Pointer Sisters, Amanda McBroom, Stephen Bishop, New Edition, Matthew Wilder and Alison Krauss.

Steve Tomkins (director)
Steve Tomkin's, Artistic Director of the Village Theatre, began his career in Seattle as a member of the Empty Space's acting company, performing in over 40 productions, including the west coast premiere of AMERICAN BUFFALO, and other varied works including COMEDIANS, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, and THE MISANTHROPE. As a director and choreograper, his regional credits include productions at The Arkansas Theatre Company, The Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT of Seattle and Tacoma Actor's Guild. Prior to becoming Artistic Director at Village Theatre in Issaquah, WA. Steve was Artistic Director for Civic Light Opera of Seattle for four seasons. He has directed numerous productions at Village Theatre including BABES IN TOYLAND, FUNNY GIRL, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, NARNIA, FINIAN'S RAINBOW, DAMN YANKEES, ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, ON THE TOWN, KISS ME KATE, and the regional premiere of CATS.

Paul Dinh-McCrillis, C.S.A – has just finished working on the CBS pilot Viva Laughlin, produced by and starring Hugh Jackman.  His other TV credits include NBC's Andy Barker, P.I., Wanted (with Gary Cole) on TNT, Clubhouse (with Dean Cain) on CBS and several unaired pilots.  Paul's work encompasses various media; he recently cast David Mamet's Squirrels for the Miles Playhouse in Santa Monica and a film called The Lutheran. This fall, the interactive film Live at the Newseum, which Paul cast, will make its premiere at the Newseum (a museum of journalism history) in Washington, D.C.  Paul's casting background also includes five years at the Mark Taper Forum/Ahmanson Theatre, and he has cast productions for the Old Globe Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Rep and the Geva Theatre, among others.

Steve Tomkins Celebrates his fifteenth year as artistic director of the Village Theatre a regional equity theatre located in Issaquah Washington. He began his career in Seattle as a member of the Empty Space's acting company, performing in over 40 productions, including the west coast premiere of AMERICAN BUFFALO, and other varied works including COMEDIANS, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, and THE MISANTHROPE. As a director and choreograper, his work has been seen across the country, including Arizona Theatre Company, Arkansas Reperitory Theatre, Seattle Reaperitory Theatre and ACT. Internationally Steve has mounted shows in Paris, Monte Carlo, Bermuda, Japan and other exotic locals. Some of his favorite directing projects include JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR,  ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, ON THE TOWN, KISS ME KATE, EVITA, JOSEPH AND THE TECHINCOLOR DREAMCOAT, And the regional premier of CATS. During his fifteen year tenure at Village Theatre Steve has directed and developed over thirty new musical works, including THE ARK, GIRL OF MY DREAMS, and most recently ONCE UPON A TIME IN NEW JERSEY.

Ryan Conlin (Associate Director/ Fight Choreographer)
Ryan has the immense pleasure and honor of being involved in this production of “City Kid”. Over the last six years Ryan has worked as Stage Manager with acts such as Seth McFarlands “Family Guy Live in Las Vegas”, Dane Cook, George Carlin, Don Rickles, Bill Maher, Damon Wayans, Dave Chapelle, Katt Williams, Jerry Seinfeld, Elton John, Dennis Miller, Jon Stewart, Celine Dion and many more. In his off time Ryan has been able to help produce amazing productions with the dancers and choreographers of Celine’s “A New Day”. Ryan has worked and learned with Directors such as Jon Moffit,  Brian Burke, Walter Miller and Franco Dragone. Ryan finds true pleasure assisting his long time mentor Mr. Tomkins. Ryan would like to thank Celine and the gang for the time off and his family for their faith and support. Love to C.

Patty Onagan (Press Representative) currently represents the Pasadena Playhouse, Valley Musical Theatre at the El Portal Main Stage, TIER 4 Company, Camelot Artists Productions, and others.  Past Los Angeles credits include: Canon Theatricals, Geffen Playhouse, Songs My Mother Taught Me (Lorna Luft); Pussycat Dolls (Carmen Electra); Maybe Baby, It’s You (Tori Spelling); Waiting for Godot (Mark Ruffalo); Talking Heads (Annette Bening); Hedwig and the Angry Inch (produced by David Bowie); Six Dance Lessons…(Uta Hagen and David Hyde Pierce); bash (Calista Flockhart and Paul Rudd); Bill Graham Presents (Ron Silver); The Only Game in Town (Wayne Brady); bare; Jesus’ Kid Brother; among others.  On Broadway she launched: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Aida, A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden and various productions at Circle In The Square starring George C. Scott, Al Pacino, Nathan Lane, among others.  Patty has been a guest speaker on theater at CalArts and Emerson University.

Ronn Goswick (Production Stage Manager)
TUTS debut. Productions include over 100 from his work with TUTS in Houston, American Musical Theatre of San Jose, Musical Theatre West, San Jose Stage, Hollywood Bowl, San Diego Rep, Berry Gordy, the Luxor Hotel and Casino Las Vegas and most recently on the new Gypsy Kings musical, ZORRO, opening in London in the fall of 2007.  Currently Ronn is the Executive Producer of the new Valley Musical Theatre in North Hollywood.

Gary Allen (Producer) of Gary Allen Productions made his Broadway debut with the Tony Award-nominated production of KIKI & HERB ALIVE ON BROADWAY in 2006. Mr. Allen premiered Glyn O’Malley’s controversial prizewinning play PARADISE for a sold out Limited Engagement at The Kirk Theater in 2005, and GLAMOURPUSS at New York Stage Company in 2000. He has worked with numerous regional and New York Theatre companies in both developing and enhancing productions including the 2006 Off Broadway musical hit I LOVE YOU BECAUSE and co-producing O’Mally’s award-winning CONCERTINA’S RAINBOW in 2001. www.garyallenproductions.com

Bradley Rapier (Choreographer)
Bradley "Shooz" Rapier was raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It was there, in high school, that he joined StreetScape, the country's foremost street dancing troupe, introducing him to the magical qualities of street dancing that drive him to this day. After winning first place at the Canadian Talent Search, Bradley ventured to the United States where he took top honors in both Los Angeles and New York at the International IMTA Awards. Soon after making Los Angeles his home he was nominated for a prestigious American Choreography Award, was honored with an Hip Hop Choreography Award and was nominated King of Hip Hop by the Dancers Alliance of Los Angeles.

Bradley is the founder and lead choreographer for the award winning performance group, The Groovaloos. The Los Angeles based team represents today's most visible dancers in the entertainment industry. You've seen Bradley perform with The Groovaloos as special guest performers on So You Think You Can Dance, The Wayne Brady Show, One Cubed, MTV, and featured in Dance Spirit Magazine and Dance Magazine. They've danced for corporations and live events nationwide including Nike, Adidas, The MVPA Awards, The Giffoni Film Festival, plus they were prominently featured at BattleCry's Stadium Tour, dancing and sharing their stories of struggle and personal triumph to over 75,000 people. Most recently the group is starring in the powerful theatrical stage show entitled, GROOVALOO, playing to sold out audiences and rave reviews in Los Angeles. Co-created and written by Bradley, GROOVALOO is presently being developed for Broadway, national and international touring.

Bradley's other work includes choreography for MTV, VH-1, NBC, SONY and countless industrials as well as being a talent coordinator for Star Search on CBS. His commercial work includes Jeep, Lincoln, McDonalds, and Skechers and he's worked with such artists as Queen Latfah, Brian McKinght, Fat Boy Slim, Diana Ross and Cameron Diaz. Bradley's goal is to connect the globe with the power, beauty and strength of hip hop, showing the world that there is a real purpose for this art form. For more information on The Groovaloos and GROOVALOO visit: www.groovaloos.com.

Patrick Gandy is a composer, pianist, conductor, orchestrator and musical director. He has worked on projects for such great artists as: Stevie Wonder, Yolanda Adams, George Duke, Patrice Rushen, and Rickie Minor. He has composed and arranged music for several nationally televised awards shows, television commercials and industrials as well as, Touchstone Picture’s Ladder 49, Sony Pictures Entertainment White Chicks, the Fox television series Living Single and Half & Half. His film work has included scores for Circle of Pain for Showtime, Midnight Blue for Imani Pictures, Nothin’ 2 Loose for Y2G Entertainment and Nature Boy for Amen Rah Films. In addition, he has been pianist and keyboardist on several movies of the week.

His conducting skills can be heard on the Grammy Award winning Dianne Reeves tribute recording to Sarah Vaughn entitled The Calling, Billy Child’s 2006 Grammy Award winning album entitled Lyric and Stevie Wonder’s latest recording, A Time To Love, for which he also contributed a string orchestration. Patrick has also served as conductor and musical director for several national and regional tours including Dreamgirls and Five Guys Named Moe. He also played first keyboard for the Los Angeles productions of The Lion King and Aida. In the course of his career, he has appeared in venues as diverse as Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and the White House, who along with Jennifer Holliday performed for President and Mrs. Clinton.

Patrick has recently completed eight episodes of his online talk / performance show entitled e-Factor (soon to be released on www. ibals.com) and is currently putting the finishing touches on his coffee-table book / DVD The Emancipation of Kinky Haired Girls and his urban opera, The Family. His Silence is Broken campaign and song to raise money and awareness to fight HIV and AIDS, sung by ABC Television’s One Life to Live co-star Renee Goldsberry, is available for download at www.thesilenceisbroken.com

Patrick studied at the Eastman School of Music, the College Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, California Institute of the Arts and the Grove School in Los Angeles.