What musical touchstone does President Barack Obama share with Aretha Franklin? The answer is the music expertise of Tena Clark.  The company she founded, DMI Music & Media Solutions, programs the President’s music for Air Force One, and Clark also recently produced the Queen of Soul’s most recent album. Patti LaBelle, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, Jennifer Holliday, Gladys Knight, CeCe Winans, Dionne Warwick, Patti Austin, Stephanie Mills, Yolanda Adams and Rev. Shirley Caesar are among the iconic recording artists for whom Clark has written and/or produced. 
A musical compass guided Clark from rural Mississippi to Hollywood. Beginning at age five, she would visit New Orleans with her mother, a songwriter from the big band era, where she absorbed the city’s intoxicating rhythms. Highlights include contributing to multi-platinum movie soundtracks Hope Floats, The Five Heart Beats, Where the Heart Is, and My Best Friend’s Wedding, television shows like “Desperate Housewives”, and creating the national campaign theme, “Have You Had Your Break Today,” for McDonald’s. In homage to her musical and spiritual roots, Clark produced Church: Songs of Soul and Inspiration. A stratospheric anthem from this collection, “Way Up There,” written and produced by Clark and performed by Patti LaBelle, was nominated for a Grammy award. Clark is one of the rare female writer/producers in the music business, and is among the most influential women in American media.

Debbie Allen is a graduate of Howard University in drama and classics. She received the Golden Globe for the Best Actress as Lydia Grant in the hit series “Fame,” and is a three-time Emmy winner for Choreography for the series “Fame” and “The Motown 25th Anniversary Special.” Ms. Allen has won ten Image Awards as a director, actress, choreographer and producer for “A Different World,” “Motwown 25th Anniversary Special,” “The Academy Awards,” “Fame,” “The Debbie Allen Special,” and Amistad. On Broadway, Debbie made her debut in Purlie and created the role of Beneatha in the musical Raisin.  In the 1979 definitive revival of West Side Story, she received the prestigious Drama Desk Award, as well as her first Tony nomination. Her second Tony nomination came in 1986 for her performance in the title role of Bob Fosse’s Sweet Charity. Allen recently returned from London after winning the Olivier Award for her revival of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

William F. Brown won a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk Award for writing the book of The Wiz, one of the most successful musicals ever to come to Broadway; winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical of the Year. Other Broadway credits include The Girl in the Freudian Slip (author), New Faces of 1968 (head writer), and A Broadway Musical (book).  Off-Broadway and in regional theatre, he wrote the books for other critically acclaimed musicals: How to Steal an Election, Damon’s Song, Twist, and The Nutley Papers. He was head writer for A Salute to Those Who Served, a two-hour musical event with a cast of over 200, held in Washington, D.C. at the dedication of the Korean War Veterans Memorial.  In revue, he was a steady contributor of sketches and lyrics to nine of the prestigious Julius Monk Revues in Manhattan and Chicago. His many other revues included Coconuts at the Coconut Grove complex in Miami, Straight Up with a Twist, and Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know at Lucille Lortel’s White Barn Theatre in Westport, CT.

Tina Tippit (Book) is a graduate of the Texas Tech University, College of Mass Communications, is a professional writer/photographer/performer.

For Broadway, she has contributed material to THE WIZ; she has written sketches, blackouts, and musical material to many revues: SECRETS EVERY SMART TRAVELLER SHOULD KNOW; STYLE, BABY, STYLE (Cab Calloway and Judith Jameson); PLAYBOY ON BROADWAY; ANY NUMBER CAN PLAY; MORE SWEET REASON (O’Neill Dinner Theatre in Toronto); STRAIGHT UP WITH A TWIST (Chicago) and others in New York and Florida. She has written a full-length musical, GRINGO. With her husband, William F. Brown, author of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical THE WIZ, she is co-bookwriter of the musical HAVE A NICE DAY, co-author of the comedy MIXED DOUBLES, and a musical revue, COLE. She is co-author of a screenplay, TEN BAGS FULL; co-creator of a television pilot, ON THE ROCKS, and is co-authoring a children’s book, SERGEANT SPIDER.

Ms. Tippit has developed material for Imogene Coca, George Gobel, Hermione Gingold, and Virginia Graham. In television, she has written for Eartha Kitt’s WHO’S WHO IN THE ZOO? She wrote a TV special called SANTA MOUSE and was a staff writer for AS THE WORLD TURNS. In the industrial field, her material has been used in various shows including Ford, Pitney Bowes, State Farm Insurance, and IBM.

She began her professional writing career while in college at the age of 19 as a gag writer for comic features and has been published in all major magazines, including The New Yorker. Her material has appeared many times on THE TONIGHT SHOW.

For several years she served as the official photographer for The Lucille Lortel Theatre In New York, and The White Barn Theatre in Westport.

As a performer, she has done regional theatre; made guest appearances on various radio and television talk shows, such as THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW, and the CBS special MADE IN NEW YORK. She has also appeared as a model for Oleg Cassini, and as a print model for AT&T, Coca Cola, U.S. Rubber, and others; as well as in TV and radio commercials. She is a member of The Dramatists Guild, and a charter member of The Theatre Artists Workshop.

For more than 20 years, Gary Prim has been considered one of Nashville's most sought after studio musicians. As one of Nashville's finest he has provided piano and keyboards on recordings for many country, pop, and gospel artists, including Alan Jackson, Alabama, Kenny Chesney, Reba McEntire, Willie Nelson, George Jones, Billy Ray Cyrus, Randy Travis, Oak Ridge Boys, and the Gaither Vocal Band.
In addition to his studio career, he has co-written songs that have been recorded by Dionne Warwick, Patti LaBelle, Cece Winans, and Ronnie Milsap. His film credits include Twins and The Five Heartbeats.
Gary makes his home in Nashville, TN with his wife Julie, and their two children, Hillary and Cory.

Michelle Seward (Producer) expertise is in financial product design, elegant transaction structure, and the ability to bring simplicity to complex dealings. She is currently the CEO of Saxe-Coburg Insurance Solutions, a boutique insurance agency dedicated to high net worth individuals and their unique needs. Seward built a multi-state retirement planning practice with over one hundred financial professionals before she was 30 years old. She is currently the Executive Producer of the feature film, Not Forgotten, and the upcoming films, Selma and The Green. Seward is also an investor in Kirstie Alley’s weight loss company, Organic Liaisons. Seward’s professional success exists alongside a passion for and a commitment to global community service. Diligent about her responsibility to her fellow man, Seward served as the President of Youth for Human Rights and is currently on the board of The Center for Citizen Diplomacy. A celebrated public speaker, Seward frequently delivers speeches in reputable forums such as the United Nations, and in 2005 was voted one of Los Angeles County’s top businesswomen. She delights in the opportunity to mentor young women by passing on her two decades of experience as a business leader. Of all her accomplishments, however, her role as a mother of four children tops the list.

WILLETTE MURPHY KLAUSNER (Producer) is president/owner of Edgework Productions and WMK Productions.  Ms. Klausner has produced Three Mo Tenors for the last ten years.

Currently, Ms. Klausner is also co-presenting the 75th Anniversary US and International Tour of the opera Porgy and Bess and is co-producing Twist An American Musical. Ms. Klausner produced Three Mo' Tenors (Little Shubert Theatre, New York); co-produced Kat and the Kings (Broadway); Twist (Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia), (the George Street Playhouse, New Jersey); and (Alliance Theatre, Atlanta) and The Man in Room 204 (Vineyard Theatre, New York). In Los Angeles, Ms. Klausner produced To Take Arms (Tamarind Theatre) and For You written and performed by Iona Morris (2100 Square Feet Theatre); she co-produced Hurlyburly starring Sean Penn, Danny Aiello and Mare Winningham (Westwood Playhouse) and Fully Committed (Coronet Theatre).

Formerly Vice President of Marketing and Marketing Research at MCA Universal Studios, Ms. Klausner serves on the Board of Directors of the American Cinema Foundation, the Advisory Board of Women in Film, and has served on the Boards of Directors of the Los Angeles Music Center and the Women in Film Foundation. She is a member of the League of Professional Theatre Women and the International Women’s Forum. Ms. Klausner is married to attorney Manuel S. Klausner. They share a passion for food and wine and are co-founding members of the American Institute of Wine and Food.

FORBES Candlish (Producer/Executive Producer) Broadway & the West End: Hair (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League & Outer Critics Circle Awards), Broadway: reasons to be pretty (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League & Outer Critics Circle Nominations), Tru, Jekyll & Hyde, Sherlock’s Last Case and The Big Love. Off Broadway: Runt of the Litter @ 37ARTS, National Tours: Jesus Christ Superstar A.D. Tour, The Wiz and Selena Forever. Hollywood: Hurlyburly at the Westwood Playhouse (now the Geffen). Executive Producer/Associate Director of the sold-out critically acclaimed production of Jesus Christ Superstar/One Night Only at the Ricardo Montalban Theatre in Los Angeles. Las Vegas: Signed Sealed Delivered, Clint Holmes Sings Broadway. Regional: Just Another Man at the Nevada Conservatory Theater. Mr. Candlish was the Executive Producer of Twist at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia, the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick and the Alliance Theater in Atlanta. During his tenure at Niko Associates in New York City where he learned the General Management/Executive Producer side of the theater business Forbes worked on the Broadway Productions of Saturday Night Fever  and Gershwin’s Fascinatin’ Rhythm  and the National Tour of Evita. He is currently co-producing Broadway 4D, a 3D tribute to the Broadway Musical.

Gary GODDARD (Producer) is an acknowledged leader in bringing unique visions to life for theme parks, destination resorts, theatrical productions, media, casinos and retail destinations throughout the world. Broadway: Hair (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League & Outer Critics Circle Awards), reasons to be pretty (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League & Outer Critics Circle Nominations). Tru, The Big Love, Sherlock’s Last Case, and Jekyll & Hyde. EFX! at the MGM Grand, Western United States and Canadian tour of Godspell. Los Angeles: only live stage production of Jesus Christ Superstar to feature original motion picture stars, Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson and Yvonne Elliman on stage together. Film: directed Masters of The Universe; wrote the screenplays for Tarzan The Ape Man, Against The Gods, Space Commandos. Theme Parks and Attractions: Terminator 2/3d, The Jurassic Park River Adventure, Star Trek: The Experience, and The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, Hershey’s Great American Chocolate Tour, Six Flags’ Glow In The Park Parades and Monster Mansion for Six Flags Over Georgia. He is currently creating Broadway 4D, a 3D tribute to the Broadway Musical which he will also direct.

Dror Soref (Producer) is an award-winning filmmaker who started his career directing music videos for “Weird Al” Yankovic, which helped establish the rock parodist as a star.  Following his success in music videos, Soref directed Platinum Blonde, an inspirational short, which drew the attention of Paramount Pictures, where he was retained under contract to develop projects to write and direct. Soref debuted as a feature film writer/director with The Seventh Coin, which starred Peter O’Toole, and won two festival awards, including Best Picture. This began a relationship with Paramount Pictures that has lasted for more than 20 years.  Soref was co-producer on Basic, starring John Travolta. Following this, he directed the critically acclaimed thriller Not Forgotten, starring Simon Baker and Chloe Moretz, which was nominated for a Saturn Award by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror (2010).  Soref received a BA in Economics from the University of Haifa, Israel, graduating with Honors. Soref studied Film Production and Theory at San Francisco State University; Filmmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute; and the MFA Production Program of Cinema Arts at USC.

Harold Wheeler (Orchestrations) holds the distinction of being the first African-American conductor of the annual Academy Awards and of a Broadway musical, Promises, Promises.  Other Broadway credits include The Wiz (original production), A Chorus Line, Lena Horne - The Lady and Her Music, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Dreamgirls and Never Gonna Dance.  He received Tony Nominations for Little Me, Swing!, The Life, The Full Monty, Hairspray and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and won a Drama Desk award for his work on Hairspray.  He composed the score for the film Love! Valor! Compassion! and acted as co-musical director for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.  Currently, he is the musical director for the ABC series, “Dancing with the Stars.” He is married to actress/singer Hattie Winston.

JIM VUKOVICH (Music Director/Vocal Arranger/Keyboard 1) Broadway & National Tours: Hairspray, The Wedding Singer, Hot Feet, Whistle Down The Wind, Duke Ellington Songbook and hundreds more regional productions. Jim has conducted the Chicago, Dallas, San Francisco, New Jersey, London, Tokyo and Capetown Symphonies. He is the former MD for Dionne Warwick, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr, Betty Buckley, and as a pianist he’s performed with everyone from Aretha Franklin to Barry Manilow. Much thanks to Tena Clark, Gary Prim, Debbie Allen, Harold Wheeler, Michelle Seward, Willette Klausner and Forbes Candlish. “Reach For The Sky!”

TODD ROSENTHAL (Set Design) Tony Award winner, August: Osage County. 2011 Tony Award nomination, The Motherfu**er with the Hat. Upcoming: Ghost Light, Oregon Shakespeare/ Berkeley; God of Carnage, Guthrie; Close Up Space, Manhattan Theater Club; Ghost Brothers of Darkland County by John Mellencamp/ Stephen King, Alliance; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Broadway 2012. 2009 Olivier. Michael Merritt Award. Professor, Northwestern University.

ESOSA (Costume Design) For Broadway ESosa designed Topdog/Underdog (also London and various regional theatres).  Recent off-Broadway credits include By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Second Stage); Break of Noon (MCC), also Geffen Playhouse; The Capeman (Delacorte); Juan and John; Father Comes Home from the Wars; Romeo and Juliet; The Story and Radiant Baby (Public Theater); Oroonoko and Ohio State Murders (Theatre for a New Audience); The Misanthrope; All That I Will Ever Be; The Seven and Eyewitness Blues (New York Theatre Workshop) and Trust; Crowns; Birdie Blue and Living Out (Second Stage Theatre).  Regional credits include Ruined (Arena Stage) Twist (Alliance); Best of Both Worlds (A.R.T.); American Night (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Fences (Geva Theatre); The Blue Door (Berkeley Rep); Once on this Island (Center Stage); Cuttin’ Up, Senor Discretion Himself (Arena Stage) and Turandot: The Rumble for the Ring; Ain’t Misbehavin’; Pippin and Once on this Island (Bay Street Theatre). Awards include the 2006 TDF/ Irene Sharaff Young Master Award and the 2003 Audelco Award. ESosa is also a “Project Runway” Season 7 Finalist.

HOWELL BINKLEY (Lighting Design) is one of Broadway’s top lighting designers whose B’way works include: Baby, It’s You!, How To Succeed (2011 Tony nomination), starring Daniel Radcliffe, Lombardi, Million Dollar Quartet, Memphis, West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), Guys and Dolls, Gypsy starring Patti LuPone, In The Heights (2008 Tony nomination), Crybaby, Xanadu, LoveMusik, Bridge & Tunnel, Jersey Boys (Tony Award Winner), Steel Magnolias, Dracula, Avenue Q, Golda’s Balcony, Hollywood Arms, The Look of Love, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Minnelli on Minnelli, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss Of The Spider Woman (Tony nomination), Sacrilege, Taking Sides, How To Succeed starring Matthew Broderick..., High Society and Grease. Extensive regional and dance works include The Joffrey Ballet’s Billboards, the design for more than sixty pieces for Parsons Dance which he co-founded with David Parsons and six musicals in repertory for The Kennedy Center’s Sondheim Celebration. Mr. Binkley is a five time Helen Hayes Award recipient and was awarded the 1993 Sir Laurence Olivier Award and Canadian Dora Award for Kiss of The Spider Woman. His other awards include: 2006 Henry Hewes Design Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and Tony Award winner for Jersey Boys.

PETER FITZGERALD (Sound Design) Current designs include: Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Ghetto Klown, Burn the Floor, Freckleface Strawberry. For the Pasadena Playhouse: Mask in the 2008 season. He is President of Sound Associates, Inc. a leading provider of sound and video equipment and designs for the theater and business community, CEO of GPR Records.com a new record company established in 2010. Noted designs: Will Farrell’s You’re Welcome America, Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out, Paul Simon’s The Capeman, The Will Rogers Follies, 42nd Street, La Cage Aux Folles, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, City of Angels, and The Life. Noted plays: Blithe Spirit, The Odd Couple, M. Butterfly, and The Beauty Queen of Leenane. New York Philharmonic’s 2010 production of Sondheim’s 80th Birthday Celebration and their 2011 production of Company broadcast nationwide in movie theaters this June. Peter and his wife Maritza are the proud parents of daughters Lori and Mallori.

WALLY MINKO (Associate Music Director/Keyboard 2) Composer/keyboardist Wally Minko has performed and recorded with R & B artists Pink, Toni Braxton, En Vogue, New Edition, and Expose’, jazz superstars Jean-Luc Ponty and Arturo Sandoval, pop stars Tom Jones, Barry Manilow, and Deneice Williams; and Rock & Roll Hall-of-Famer Gregg Rolie of Santana and Journey.

LANCE LEE (Assistant Music Director/Drums) graduated from the School of Performing Arts, NYC. “Baptized on Broadway” at the age of 16, Lance includes Twist (in Atlanta), Bubblin’ Brown Sugar, Cotton Club, Sophisticated Ladies, Sammy and Me, and Bayou Legend as a few of his theatre credits. Along with having consistently performed at the Academy Awards with Debbie Allen, Lance has also toured and shared the stage with Artists of renown; Diana Ross, Kenny Gee, Donny Osmond, James Ingram, to name a few. Thanks to Debbie Allen for sharing her passion of all things artistic; the Pasadena Playhouse, and the Cast and Crew of Twist.

DEE DEE IRWIN (Associate Producer) Treasurer: Coronet Theatre includes: Sylvia, I Love You, You’re Perfect..., Late Nite Catechism, Eddie Izzard, Menopause The Musical, Puppetry of the Penis and Tick Tick Boom. Ricardo Montalban Theatre includes: Zorro in Hell, An Evening Without Monty Python, What About Dick, Tommy Other Treasurer/Marketing include: Sydney 2000 and Salt Lake 2002 Olympics, Baby It’s You!, (Coast, Pasadena) Back To Bacharach...(Music Box), Standing On Ceremony (Largo at the Coronet) EPICENTER 2010; and Paley Center for Media’s PaleyFest for the past 18 years. She is thrilled to be part of the Playhouse family, having just served as Assistant Producer on Dangerous Beauty and Associate Producer for George Gershwin Alone. Thanks EB, SL and JP for your ongoing support.

VICTORIA WATSON (Associate Producer) has a BFA in Theater from Tulane University. She has worked at Pasadena Playhouse for two years, starting off as Assistant to Stephen Eich and Sheldon Epps, then taking over Operations, and graduating into Associate Producer.

PATTY ONAGAN (Press Representative) currently represents The Pasadena Playhouse; American Pop Anthology; Syzygy Theatre and others. Past clients: Canon Theatricals; Geffen Playhouse; Stella Adler Theatre; Elephant Theatre; Pussycat Dolls (Christina Applegate); Waiting for Godot (Mark Ruffalo); Talking Heads (Annette Bening); Hedwig and the Angry Inch (produced by David Bowie); Six Dance Lessons... (Uta Hagen); bash (Calista Flockhart); Divorce, The Musical; City Kid; bare; Groovaloo; among others. On Broadway she launched: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Aida, A Christmas Carol and productions at Broadway’s 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.

Stuart Howard (Casting) have been casting for almost 30 years for Broadway, Off-Broadway, Regional productions and in Canada and the U.K.  Stuart is very happy to working with Debbie Allen again.

Amy Schecter(Casting) have been casting for almost 30 years for Broadway, Off-Broadway, Regional productions and in Canada and the U.K.  Amy is very happy to working with Debbie Allen again.

Paul Hardt (Casting) have been casting for almost 30 years for Broadway, Off-Broadway, Regional productions and in Canada and the U.K.  Paul is very happy to working with Debbie Allen again.

JOE WITT (Production Manager) is thrilled to be returning to The Pasadena Playhouse, having served as the Stage Manager on Dangerous Beauty. Broadway: Eric Idle’s An Evening Without Monty Python, George Gershwin Alone. Off- Broadway: Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Stuffed and Unstrung, Stonewall Jackson’s House, Dael Orlandersmith’s Monster and The Gimmick, Blown Sideways Through Life, and the Lucile Loretel Awards. Los Angeles: The Pee-Wee Herman Show Live, Lydia (Mark Taper Forum), Mask (The Pasadena Playhouse), Will Ferrell’s You’re Welcome America (Pre-Broadway Development), Much Ado About Nothing (Kirk Douglas Theatre), The Vagina Monologues, Culture Clash’s Zorro in Hell! Eddie Lzzard, Sandra Tsing Loh’s Sugar Plum Fairy and Mother on Fire, Eric Idles What about Dick? and Jewtopia. Joe is a proud member of Actors Equity.

ALEX BRITTON (Production Supervisor) has served as a Technical Director for over twenty years on the east and west coasts. His set designs and builder credits include Regina Opera, NY, Marriage of Figaro, Carmen, Don Pasquale, Hansel and Gretel, Otello, Cavelleria Rusticana; American Opera Project, Inc., NY, Falstaff, Don Giovanni; Chelsea Opera, NY, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Cavelleria Rusticana; El Dorado Opera, North Hollywood, Pagliacci, Hansel and Gretel, Don Giovanni; Lyric Opera of Los Angeles, Un Giorno di Regno, Bastien und Bastienne, Die Feen, Center Stage Opera, Northridge, California, Marriage of Figaro, Tosca, Faust, Lucia di Lammermoor, Once Upon An Opera, a children’s opera company in Valencia, California, The Three Piggy Opera, Red Riding Hood, Kid Who Cried Wolf, and The Emperor’s New Clothes. He served as Master Carpenter and Production Manager on the West Coast premiere of Dangerous Beauty.

DAVID BLACKWELL (Production Stage Manager) is literally a Broadway baby, historically becoming Actors Equity’s youngest stage manager on Broadway at age sixteen! His work on original Broadway and National tour productions include: Raisin, Dreamgirls, Sweet Charity, The Wiz, Timbuktu, Showboat, Sophisticated Ladies, Beauty and the Beast. In 1988 David joined the show “A Different World,” quickly moving into his television career as key stage manager, winning directing assignments for six seasons. “Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” “Sister Sister,” and “Last Comic Standing” followed. After forty-plus years of creative and personal accomplishment, he continues to work in all facets of entertainment, with projects in development for television and theatre. David brings to every project he approaches, the gifts of a culturally rich childhood, and the invaluable professional and ethical lessons learned from his phenomenal parents, the beloved Charles Blackwell, and Frances Butler Blackwell.

SHELDON EPPS(Artistic Director) has been Artistic Director of the renowned Pasadena Playhouse since 1997. Before beginning his tenure at the Playhouse he served as Associate Artistic Director of the Old Globe Theatre for four years. He was also a co-founder of the Off Broadway theatre, The Production Company. Mr. Epps has directed both plays and musicals at many of the country’s major theatres including the Roundabout, Manhattan Theatre Club, the Guthrie, Playwrights Horizons, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, and the Goodman Theatre. He conceived the highly acclaimed musicals Play On! and Blues In the Night, which both received Tony Award nominations. He directed productions of both of those shows on Broadway, in London, and at theatres throughout the world. Mr. Epps also has had a busy career as a television director helming episodes of shows such as “Frasier,” “Friends,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Girlfriends” and many others. For more than a decade, he served as a member of the Executive Board of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. Mr. Epps received the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award for his efforts and accomplishments at The Pasadena Playhouse. Under his leadership The Playhouse has earned distinction for productions of artistic excellence, critical and box office success, and highly praised theatrical diversity. Recently he Co-Directed the Broadway production of Baby It’s You! which premiered at The Pasadena Playhouse.

STEPHEN EICH(Executive Director) is a producer, manager, teacher, and director with over 31 years of experience in both commercial and non- profit professional theatre. From 1979 to 1995, he was the Managing Director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company where he produced over 125 productions including the 1990 Tony Award-winning Best Play, The Grapes of Wrath. While there he oversaw the emergence of an internationally recognized award-winning theater, built a new $9.5 million home for the company and secured the theater’s administrative future. He produced Steve Martin’s award-winning Picasso at the Lapin Agile at Steppenwolf before taking it to Los Angeles’ Westwood Playhouse, then to New York, Chicago, San Francisco and England. Mr. Eich was co-producer of Paul Simon’s Broadway musical The Capeman, and produced two concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York featuring the national voices of Puerto Rico. From 2000-2008 Mr. Eich was the Managing Director of The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. In 2009, he produced the world premiere of Mark Roberts’ critically-acclaimed Rantoul and Die at the Lillian Theatre in Hollywood and in April 2011 co-produced the Chicago premiere with American Blues Theater. Mr. Eich received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Directing from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Science in Theater Education from Illinois State University.

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