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David Richardson has written for The Simpsons, The John Larroquette Show – winning a Humanitas Prize – Malcolm in the Middle, Manhattan, AZ, Two and a Half Men, and is currently Executive Producing the Netflix hit F is for Family starring Bill Burr. The post David Richardson, Comedy Writer-Producer-Episode #87 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden .

Multi-award winning Anglo-Australian film and television director, producer, and writer, with a reputation for making large scale movies on small scale budgets, Brian Trenchard-Smith, has a fan in Quentin Tarantino, who referred to him in Entertainment Weekly as one of his favorite directors. The post Brian Trenchard-Smith, Film and TV Director-Producer-Writer, Episode #86 appeared first on Storyb...

2019 New York Bistro Award winner, Shirley Crabbe was hailed by Downbeat Magazine’s John Ephland as possessing an, “…almost Ella Fitzgerald–like vibe…” for her 2011 debut recording, Home, featuring legendary saxophonist Houston Person. The post Shirley Crabbe, Jazz Singer-Episode #85 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden .

Literary Agent, Dr. Uwe Stender, is a full member of the Association of Authors' Representatives. Uwe’s tastes are eclectic and he’s interested in all kinds of non-fiction and fiction. The post Uwe Stender, Literary Agent-Episode #84 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden .

Bruce Ferber is an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated comedy writer-producer, whose credits include Bosom Buddies, Coach, Sabrina, The Teenage Witch and Home Improvement, where he served as Executive Producer and showrunner. Bruce’s upcoming anthology, The Way We Work: On The Job in Hollywood, provides a window into the skill sets and the insanity that make movies and television tick. The post Bruce...

The brilliant Amanda McBroom, has been called "...the greatest cabaret performer of her generation, an urban poet who writes like an angel and has a voice to match." Her name first came to the attention of the music-listening public when Bette Midler's version of Amanda's song, The Rose, hit number one worldwide in 1979. The post Amanda McBroom, Singer-Songwriter-Actress-Episod...

Chris Pearson was born in Tehran, Iran, to American parents. He grew up in the DC area and attended Northern Virginia Community College. He co-created and wrote the bulk of the animated comedy show “Dan vs.” which ran on the Hub Network for three seasons. In his capacity as Executive Producer, Chris was nominated for Daytime Emmy awards in 2013 and 2014. Recently he wrote an episode of the Netflix...

The extraordinarily talented, Mark Watters, is a six-time Emmy Award winning composer and conductor whose diverse composing credits include: Pixar’s Time Travel Mater, Disney’s Doug's First Movie, Kronk’s New Groove, Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas, The Return Of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves. Other credits include The Pebble and The Penguin and All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 for MGM and...

For the past 15 years, Vincent Jefferds has been the Production Designer of the long-running, hit TV show, Criminal Minds. He has overseen the show's visual look for more than 325 episodes. Vincent has also been the Production Designer for the original TV series Roswell and the NBC mini-series, The 60’s, both of which were nominated by the Art Directors Guild for Outstanding Design. The post...

Stephen Cole is an award-winning musical theatre writer whose shows have been recorded, published, and produced on stages around the world. Stephen’s off-Broadway musical, After the Fair, with music by Matthew Ward was the winner of 5 Dallas Theatre Awards, including Best New Play or Musical. It was nominated for the Outer Critic's Circle Award for Best Musical and was subsequently produced i...

Artistic Director of the Pittsburgh Public Theater, Marya Sea Kaminski, recently arrived in Pittsburgh after four years as the Associate Artistic Director at Seattle Repertory Theatre. One of the highlights of her tenure there was spearheading a collaboration with New York’s Public Theater and Dallas Theatre Center to create Public Works Seattle. This initiative was based on long-term, authentic p...

3-time Grammy-Nominated lyricist, Pamela Phillips Oland, has written over 500 songs that have been recorded and enjoyed in the U.S. and around the world. Her work has been recorded by no less than the spectacular talents of Aretha Franklin & The Four Tops, Frank Sinatra, Whitney Houston & Jermaine Jackson, Anne Murray, Philip Bailey, Earth Wind & Fire, Gladys Knight, Reba McIntyre, Pea...

Bruce E. G. Smith, and Nancy and Leon Zionts, jointly lead Front Porch Theatricals, Pittsburgh’s Boutique Professional Musical Theater Company. Front Porch prides itself on presenting socially relevant musicals featuring Pittsburgh-based talent. Focusing on both established and emerging local talent, Front Porch creates a high-level professional vehicle for directors, designers and artists. The po...

Dana L. Davis is a published novelist and an accomplished actress who made her film debut in Coach Carter with Samuel L. Jackson. She’s appeared as a series regular on such TV shows as: TNT’s Franklin and Bash, on which she played Carmen Phillips, and NBC’s cult series, Heroes, on which she played modern day mimic, Monica Dawson. Dana currently stars on the animated TV series Star Vs. the Forces o...

Theatre and TV writer and producer, Scott Guy, has six Emmy nominations, and over 100 produced television scripts for Warner Bros., FOX-TV, Disney, Discovery Channel, PBS, and numerous others. Scott is the Executive Director of New Musicals Inc. where he supervises online writers' workshops, lyric labs, and script consultations. The post Scott Guy, Writer-Producer-Episode #73 appeared first o...

Sharon Eberson, theater critic and arts and pop culture reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, is a Brooklyn girl from Flatbush -- Barbra Streisand's old neighborhood -- where she grew up loving sports and the arts, and studied art, literature and journalism. Joe Papp's free and affordable Public Theater and Leonard Bernstein's Young People's concerts fueled her love of live...

The greatly revered actor, and life-long Pittsburgher, Wali Jamal, was born and raised along the Monongahela River. Once named by the late great Bill Nunn as the August Wilson Soldier, Wali Jamal has performed in all ten of August Wilson’s American Century Cycle. After performing in Wilson’s eleventh play, the one man show, How I Learned What I Learned, Wali has become the only actor in the world...

Sharon Dilworth is the award-winning author of two collections of short stories, The Long White and Women Drinking Benedictine, and two novels, Year of the Ginkgo and My Riviera. Her newest book, Two Sides, Three Rivers, is a collection of stories that take place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The post Sharon Dilworth, Author-Professor-Episode #70 appeared first on Storybeat with Steve Cuden .

Brad Dechter is an orchestrator, arranger, composer and woodwind player. He has been a professional musician since 1971 and an active participant in the Hollywood music industry since 1981. Brad has orchestrated or arranged all or parts of over 300 feature films, including Academy Award-nominated scores for The Fugitive, The Prince of Tides, My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Village, The Passion of th...

Pittsburgh native, Tamara Tunie, has had a storied career as an award-winning actor, director and producer whose body of work has garnered international acclaim while simultaneously bringing light to important social issues. Tamara first came to national prominence as Jessica Griffin in As The World Turns. She then gained an international following playing Medical Examiner Dr. Melinda Warner on th...

Rocky Lang has been involved in the motion picture and television business all his life. He’s produced, written and directed motion pictures, documentaries, television shows, movies-of-the-week and mini-series. Directing assignments have included the long-running hit show Remington Steele, as well as three features: Nervous Ticks, Race For Glory, and All’s Fair. Rocky also produced White Squall, s...

Kelly Ward is a longtime entertainment industry veteran, with a remarkable career that includes extensive experience as an actor, writer, director, producer, and studio executive. Kelly is best known for his co-starring role as T-Bird, Putzie, in the musical feature film, Grease. Additional film credits include co-starring roles in Samuel Fuller's acclaimed The Big Red One and Luis Valdez&apo...

Ted Pappas was Pittsburgh Public Theater’s leader for 18 years and was closely associated with the company as a director for 25 years. Ted has returned to The Public as a guest artist to direct A Doll’s House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath. Acknowledged for his tremendous versatility, Ted has worked On and Off-Broadway, directed a hip-hop concert that galvanized the Cannes Film Festival, produced and dire...

Maia Danziger has been acting professionally since she was 16. She made her stage debut in the Broadway production of “The Waltz of the Toreadors,” with Ann Jackson and Eli Wallach. Since then she’s appeared extensively in theatre, on television and in film, including long running roles on the daytime series Another World, The Doctors, and All My Children. The post Maia Danziger, Actress-Author-Te...

For nearly 40 years, David Silverman has been a writer, producer, and executive producer on dozens of legendary TV shows. Along with his longtime writing partner, the late Stephen Sustarsic, David contributed scripts to such landmark shows as Mork & Mindy, One Day at a Time, ALF, Newhart, Dilbert, Duckman and South Park. Together, David and Steve also wrote for Tom Arnold, Drew Carey, Pee Wee...