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troupe. New Jersey Theatre: Bickford   Tommy (regional production, The Acid
     Theatre, Passage Theater, 12 Miles   Queen) to name a few. Her vocal
     West, The Theater Project, Luna Stage,   performances in the recording sector
     and the Pushcart Players. New York   include Another Day - Bobby
     Theatre: Naked Angels, Ensemble      D’Ambrosio, Producer, and You’ve Got
     Studio Theatre, and New Georges. Film:   The Vibe on Dance Baby Records. Her
     Fat Ass Zombies; Split Ends, High Art   background vocal credits include R&B,
     and I Shot Andy Warhol. Television:   Gospel, Jazz and Classical genres. Gail
     Hack, Sex And The City, Law & Order,
     and The Guiding Light. As a director:   Lou has been working as a musical
     Dead and Buried, Every Brilliant Thing,   director throughout the tri-state area
     The How and the Why, Things Being    for over 20 years. She has musically
     What They Are, Next Fall, Distracted,   directed for companies such as
     The Pursuit Of Happiness, Melancholy   Crossroads Theater, Pied Piper
     Play, Pride’s Crossing, Full Bloom and   Children’s Theater, Bronx Science
     many others. Podcast directing: The   High School, Together in Dance, The
     Weirdness and Young Ben Franklin for   Theater Project, The Garage Theater
     Gen Z Media. As a playwright: What   Group and others. In addition Ms. Lou
     Stays (with Jason Szamreta), Whatever   has created several of her own pieces,
     Will Be, The Neighborhood (Book and   including a one woman show titled
     Lyrics; Music by Joe Zawila), Brink of   Billie, about the legendary artist Billie
     Life (Book; Lyrics by Steve Harper;   Holiday (co-written by Michael Bias)
     Music by Oliver Lake) and            and she wrote the book and lyrics for
     Astonishment, How to be Old: A
     Beginner’s Guide, and At Ninety-Three   an R&B musical titled Light and
     (Adaptations). Laura is a private    Sweet: An American Tea Opera
     monologue coach and holds a BA from   ( music composed by Shawn V.
     Yale University and an MFA from Sarah   Lucas ). Her children’s musical 7 Good
     Lawrence College. Laura is a member of   Ways featured two original pieces that
     AEA, SAG-AFTRA and the Dramatists    received highest honors in the John
     Guild. Love and thanks to Joe and    Lennon Songwriting Competition, as
     Zachary.                             well as a Parent’s Choice Award. Gail
                                          Lou also spends much of her time as a
                The Buzzer                top-line writer for Dance, R&B and
                                          Gospel songs for other artists.
                 Porché Hardy (Amelia) -
                 Tomm Art Productions:                Lori Vega (Davida) -
                 Anytown USofA;                       NYC credits include:
                 Speranza Theatre:                    P*SSYC*CK KNOW
                 History Alive!, Unveiling            NOTHING & Pay No
                 Liberty; Dreamcatcher                Attention to the Girl
                 Repertory Theatre: 21 st             (Target Margin Theater),
                 Century Tactics, Stages              The Bacchae (The
     Festival: The Crucible; Montclair Opera          Classical Theatre of
                                                      Harlem), If On A
     Workshop: Offenbach The Tales of     Winter's Night (The Tank), Mail Order
     Hoffman; The Theater Project: Crowns;   Bride (Theatre Row), La Tempestad
     Montclair Operetta Club: Rent, Ragtime,   (The Ohio). Regional: Nonsense and
     New Jersey Youth Theatre: Ragtime;   Beauty (The Rep Theatre of St. Louis),
     Education: William Esper Studio      Halftime with Don (NJ Rep), As You
                                          Like It (Lake Tahoe Shakespeare and
                 Gail Lou (Octovia) is an   Idaho Shakespeare), A Midsummer
                 acclaimed performer,     Night's Dream (Lake Tahoe
                 musical director and vocal   Shakespeare), Romeo and Juliet
                 coach. Gail has appeared   (Saratoga Shakespeare), and Peter
                 in: Mama I Want To Sing   Pan (Dorset Theatre
                 (Off-Broadway), Doubt    Festival).  www.lorivega.net
                 (regional production, as
                 Mrs. Muller), Crowns
                 (regional production, as
     performer and musical director) and
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