JUSTIN MORAN (book & lyrics) is a Jersey-born writer and director best known for his musicals "POPE!", "Peter, Who?", and "Nightfall on Miranga Island" (The latter two he wrote with lifelong friend and all-around good guy Jonathan Roufaeal.), as well as his newest musical "THE ALGORHYTHMS", which is currently running Off-Broadway. Justin is a member of the Magnet Theater in NYC, an improv comedy theater where all of his musicals began their lives. While many of his stage and screen works have garnered awards and accolades, Justin still feels like his true calling may be treasure hunting in the dense jungles of the Amazon, where the riches and secrets of ancient societies lie still undiscovered by modern man... ////DOUG KATSAROS (music) is an Emmy and Grammy winning musician whose work on and off Broadway includes Footloose, The Life, Rocky Horror, Altar Boyz, The Toxic Avenger, A...My Name is Alice, Hal Prince's Diamonds, Laughing Room Only, Gettin' The Band Back Together, and others. He is also part of the creative team for the musical Warhol. He has written several TV scores including the original animated "The Tick," "The Jim Henson Hour" and "Mancuso FBI," as well as music for several films including the sci-fi classic "Star Crystal" and Sandra Bullock's "Me And The Mob." He has dozens of gold and platinum CDs for his work with artists such as Kiss, Sinéad O'Connor, Gloria Estefan, Frank Sinatra, Todd Rundgren, Rod Stewart, Judy Collins, B. B. King, Marlo Thomas, Donny Osmond, Richie Havens, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Cher, Michael Bolton, and Peter Paul & Mary, etc. He was a founding member of the 80's band Balance and the 90's band GeWaDoKa. He has written special material for Ringling Brothers and Macy's 4th of July Fireworks and Thanksgiving Day Parades and lives in New York with his wife, jazz artist Elise Morris, his rock and roll daughter ShadowGirl, and yes, he is the guy who wrote "By Mennen". ////ADAM PODD (music) is a Vermont-bred, Brooklyn-based music director, pianist, organist, bassist, composer and arranger. He has worked with some of the top artists and organizations in his field including The National Symphony Orchestra, The Boston Pops, New York Pops, Houston Symphony, Idina Menzel, Megan Hilty, Darlene Love, James Monroe Iglehart, Frankie Moreno, Stephen Kellogg, Milton Delugg, Macy's Entertainment and The Young People's Chorus of New York City in such venues as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Symphony Space, New World Stages, and others. ////JON ROUFAEAL (book & lyrics) still can't believe that he got to co-write, and perform in, a full-on musical based on comics' most beloved spider-themed superhero. In addition to Peter, Who?, Jon co-wrote and performed in the NYC Fringe-hit (back when there was a Fringe) Nightfall on Miranga Island. He also performed in just about every iteration of the NYMF hit (back when there was a NYMF) POPE! An Epic Musical. When he's not doing farcical musicals of high-adventure, Jon does improv and musical improv as often as he can at places like the Magnet, UCB, Nerdist (back when there was a Nerdist), iO West (back when...this is starting to get depressing), The Pack (that's still going, right?) and his mom's basement (though he just got a text the other day that his mom's selling the house).
