Mary Fishburne (book/music/lyrics) is a theatre artist, musician, and educator based in Philadelphia. Before Philadelphia was Charleston, SC, where she received four Theatre Charleston Awards. Mary holds a B.A. from Vanderbilt University and M.A. in Musical Theatre Studies from Temple University. For more information, visit maryfishburne.com. Alex Bechtel (arranger/musical advisor) is a composer, actor, and devisor based in Philadelphia. He has received an Independence Fellowship in the Arts and 3 Barrymore Awards. His musical “The Appointment” was a New York Times Critics’ Pick and was included in “Best of 2019” roundups from TimeOut NY, Vulture, and The New York Times. See and hear more at alexbechtel.com. Ed Sobel (dramaturg) Broadway credits as dramaturg: Linda Vista, Superior Donuts, August: Osage County. Regional: The Minutes, Linda Vista and Mary Page Marlowe (all at Steppenwolf); The Sincerity Project (Team Sunshine); Resurrection (Philadelphia Theatre Company). Recent directing credits: Uninvited (First Person Arts and tour); Moon Man Walk (Orbiter 3); The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington (Flashpoint Theatre); At the Old Place, Women in Jep, Endgame, Clybourne Park and Superior Donuts (all at the Arden Theater). Formerly, Director of New Play Development at Steppenwolf, Associate Artistic Director at the Arden, and head of directing and playwriting programs at Temple University. Recipient of the Elliot Hayes Award for outstanding contribution to the field. Currently serving as a faculty member at Villanova University and collaborating with Grammy Award-winners Kile Smith and The Crossing on an opera based on the book of Job.
Molly Marinik (dramaturg) has developed new work at the New Victory, Atlantic Theater Company, All for One, The Flea (Resident Director 2013-15), New Light, Libra Theater, 59E59, Barefoot Theater Company, NYMF, Musical Theater Factory, and Alchemation/Kevin McCollum, where she is the literary consultant. She’s currently the Institutional Relationships Manager at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ. Previously, she was the Grants Coordinator at Atlantic Theater Company. Molly holds an MA in Theater History and Criticism from Brooklyn College.
Kevin Lynch (Orchestrator/Music Copyist) – Formerly a staff accompanist at The Juilliard School in New York, NY, Kevin is a cum laude Latin honors graduate of William Paterson University where he studied music education with a concentration in classical piano and voice. Music Directing/Conducting credits include Savage the Musical with 2019 NYMF, Les Misérables & Mary Poppins at MPAC, Into the Woods, Disenchanted, his original one-act play NEXT. He is a pianist for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, music director and teacher at Centenary University, and owns a music services business in New Jersey. He won the Outstanding Musician award from William Paterson University in 2012, the 2014 NJACT Perry Award for Outstanding Music Direction for Les Misérables, and nominated for best music direction for Chicago with the Metro Awards. Kevin is continually writing music and working on creative projects. For more information about him visit www.kevinlynchnj.com. Special thanks to Linda Joseph who has served as an advisor on this project. Linda grew up in Lancaster, PA as a member of the Old Amish community. She now lives in Penn Valley with her husband and three children.
Special thanks as well to Jeff Pettit, who led recording, sound engineering, and instrumentals on the project. Jeff is a Philly-based musician, writer, producer, studio owner, dad, husband, and all-around swell guy. He enjoys yoga, travel, long walks on the beach, and listening to music other people hate, have forgotten about, or are completely unfamiliar with. He is about to release his third solo record, which his kids have said is…."pretty good."
