Crew

Chris D’Arienzo (Book): recently completed his directorial debut, Barry Munday (starring Patrick Wilson, Judy Greer, Chloe Sevigny, Jean Smart, Malcolm McDowell, Cybill Shepherd and Billy Dee Williams). Currently, Chris is developing a one-hour drama for HBO with Tobey Maguire as well as the feature film adaptation of Rock of Ages, which he will be directing for New Line Cinema in fall 2009. Chris would like to thank his family for supporting his love of theatre . . . and also thank those three stoners in high school, who threw his Trapper Keeper in the urinal, for introducing him to Guns N’ Roses. PEACE!!

Kristin Hanggi (Director): Rock of Ages marks Ms. Hanggi’s Broadway directorial debut, after helming the musical’s Off- Broadway and L.A. productions. She also directed the NY and L.A. productions of the hit musical Bare (Ovation, L.A. Weekly Award); Pussycat Dolls Live at the Roxy with Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera and Charlize Theron; 2007 NY Fringe Best Play Winner, Catch the Fish; the L.A. premiere of Corpus Christi (Ticketholder Award); and the L.A. and NY productions of Ann E. Wrecksick. Other L.A. theatre: 12th Premise; 40 Days; Crane, Mississippi; Greystone; Wayside. Also a film director and screenwriter, Hanggi is currently writing the musical movie Dear Dumb Diary for Zucker Productions. MA from USC and BA from UCLA. She won’t stop believin’ . . .

Kelly Devine (Choreography): Broadway: Jersey Boys (Assoc. Choreographer, Tony Award Best Musical). Off-Broadway: Rock of Ages, Frankenstein, Anne E. Wrecksick. La Jolla Playhouse: Peter and the Starcatchers (in association with Disney Theatricals); Zhivago, Private Fittings, The Wiz (Assoc. Choreographer). Stratford Festival: Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet. Regional: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Sneaux! (L.A. Weekly Theater Award for Best Choreography), Wozzeck (San Diego Opera), Scenes From an America Life. Film/television: Happy, Texas; Zombie Prom; 30 Days Until I’m Famous; So Little Time; Two of a Kind; Boychik; and Passport to Paris. Commercials: Cingular Wireless, CVS, Oldsmobile.

Beowulf Boritt (Set Design): Broadway: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, LoveMusik, Jay Johnson: The Two and Only. Off-Broadway: More than 50 shows including The Last Five Years, Rock of Ages, Saint Lucy’s Eyes, HankWilliams: Lost Highway, Miss Julie, MTC, 2nd Stage, MCC, New Group, Keen Co. He also designed the 2007 and 2008 Ringling Brothers Circus. Awards: Obie, AUDELCO, Barrymore, three Drama Desk nominations.

Gregory Gale (Costume Design): Broadway: Cyrano de Bergerac, Tony nomination, Henry Hewes Design Award nomination. Also seen on PBS Great Performances; The Wedding Singer, Drama Desk nomination; Urinetown, Lucille Lortel nomination; Band in Berlin. Off-Broadway: The Voysey Inheritance, Lucille Lortel Award, Henry Hewes nomination (Atlantic); The Milliner, Lucille Lortel nomination (CSC); Rock of Ages; The Third Story (MCC); Country Club, Drama Desk nomination; The Torch-Bearers; Uncle Tom’s Cabin; As Thousands Cheer (Drama Dept.); Mary Stuart; The Infernal Machine; Night of the Tribades (Jean Cocteau). Regional: Rich and Famous (A.C.T.); A Flea in Her Ear, Williamstown; High Button Shoes, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and The Pajama Game (Goodspeed). Irene Sharaff Young Master Award. www.gregorygale.com

Jason Lyons (Lighting Design): Broadway: The Threepenny Opera, Barefoot in the Park, Good Vibrations. Recent: Uncle Vanya (CSC), Rock of Ages, Clay (LCT3), Scarcity (Atlantic), The Piano Teacher (South Coast Rep), Vigils (Goodman), Evil Dead the Musical (NYC and Toronto), Shout! The Mod Musical, Sive, The Field (Irish Rep), Once Around the Sun, Kiki & Herb: Coup de Theatre. The New Group: Mourning Becomes Electra, Rafta Rafta, Two Thousand Years, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Abigail’s Party, Hurlyburly, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Comedians. Faculty: Purchase College.

Peter Hylenski (Sound Design): Broadway: Shrek, Cry-Baby, The Times They Are A-Changin’, The Wedding Singer, Sweet Charity, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Little Women, Brooklyn, Laughing Room Only. Other credits include Le Reve, Wynn Las Vegas; Ragtime (West End, Olivier Award nomination); Walking With Dinosaurs; Mame (Kennedy Center); Opening Doors (Carnegie Hall); Applause (Encores!); Annie; Children’s Letters to God; Go, Diego, Go!; Dora the Explorer; Spoleto Festival (1999-2002). Film: rerecording mixer on Search for Life, SonicVision, Cosmic Collisions.

Zachary Borovay (Projection Design) Recent: Peepshow (Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas), Rock of Ages (Off-Broadway), To Be Or Not to Be (Broadway), Les Misérables (national tour), A Catered Affair (Broadway, Drama Desk nom.), Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, Xanadu (Broadway, national tour), Nerds (Philadelphia Theatre Company). Upcoming: The Creature From the Black Lagoon (Universal Studios Hollywood). Zak was the first projection designer to join USA 829. For my father Len, who always rocked hard.

Tom Watson (Hair and Wig Designer) is head of the wig department at the
Metropolitan Opera. He has designed wigs for more than 30 Broadway productions. Current and recent Broadway designs include Wicked, The American Plan, Impressionism, South Pacific, A Man for All Seasons, Cry-Baby, Sunday in the Park With George, Cyrano de Bergerac and A Tale of Two Cities.

Angelina Avallone (Make-up Designer). Broadway credits include The Little Mermaid, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, 33 Variations, Young Frankenstein, Gypsy, Curtains, The Color Purple, Sunday in the Park With George, Sweeney Todd, Company, Grey Gardens, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Light in the Piazza and the pre- Broadway production of Minsky’s (Ahmanson Theatre, L.A.).

Ethan Popp (Music Supervision, Orchestrations and Arrangements): Recent credits include the Off- Broadway production of Rock of Ages, Glory Days (Broadway), Tarzan (Broadway), the Philadelphia premiere of Billy Porter’s Being Alive, the New York workshop of Spider-Man (Julie Taymor/Bono and the Edge of U2), We Will Rock You (German premiere), Disney’s Aida (German premiere/European tour), Mamma Mia! (German premiere), Forever Plaid (U.S. tour), Radio City Musical Hall Christmas Spectacular (Mexico City production), Fame! (U.S. tour) and others. Ethan is also currently developing Victor Woo: An Average Asian American, winner of Best Music and Lyrics at the 2007 NY International Fringe Festival. All of his love goes to his parents, brother, nieces and his wife, Vanessa.

John Miller (Music Coordination): Recent Broadway: Jersey Boys, Hairspray, Young Frankenstein, The Producers, Xanadu, Drowsy Chaperone, Grey Gardens, Movin’ Out, Les Misérables, Lennon. Musician (bass): Madonna, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, Aerosmith, Jimmy Page, Cheap Trick, Smashing Pumpkins. His album Stage Door Johnny—John Miller: Takes on Broadway is available on PS Classics Records. www.johnmillerbass.com

David Gibbs (Original Arrangements) served as the music director and arranger for the original Los Angeles run of Rock of Ages. He has written music for film and TV including Josie and the Pussycats, That Thing You Do, Dumb and Dumber, Alias, The OC, Smallville, What About Brian and many more. He was a founding member of the critically acclaimed Gigolo Aunts and has toured with such artists as Lisa Loeb, Counting Crows and Tom Morello. He is currently performing with the Low Stars and released a solo record as Kid Lightning.

Matthew Weaver (Producer) Credits include The Heartbreak Kid, Pretty Persuasion and Surfwise and the upcoming films Barry Munday (Patrick Wilson, Judy Greer), Sympathy for Delicious (Mark Ruffalo, Orlando Bloom, Laura Linney), Hesher (Natalie Portman, John C. Reilly). Much love to Hillary, Chase, August, Mom, Dad, Mel, Howard, Emma, Hannah, Brock, Sebastian, Jack and the incredible Corner Store Family.

Carl Levin (Producer) Director withThe Araca Group currently involved with a variety of Broadway and West End shows. Producer of Sundance hit film Pretty Persuasion and Executive Producer of upcoming Barry Munday. Recovering Morgan Stanley investment banker. Thanks to family and Prospect for unwavering support of this show and who never stopped believin’.

Jeff Davis (Producer). Producer: Rock of Ages, A Catered Affair. Associate producer: The Drowsy Chaperone (London and U.S. national tour), Marguerite (London), 13, Legally Blonde (Broadway and national tour), Is He Dead?, Chita Rivera on Broadway. Owner: Mambo City Music, Dreamland Music, Entourage Music, Mirror Image Media and Duplication, Evolution Graphics, Davis Partners, Vertical Computer.

Barry Habib (Producer) is a professional speaker, actor, executive film producer. He is often featured on CNBC, NBC, CNN and FOX Business television networks.

Scott Prisand (Producer) Broadway credits: Legally Blonde, Brooklyn the Musical, Bombay Dreams. Scott’s film credits include Sympathy for Delicious (Mark Ruffalo, Orlando Bloom), Barry Munday (Patrick Wilson) and the upcoming Natalie Portman film Hesher. THANK YOU Corner Store Family, Mom, Dad and the LOML: Marnie, Cosie and Bradyn!

Corner Store Fund I (Producer) Corner Store Fund I was started in the spring of 2007 and since its inception has financed the upcoming films Sympathy for Delicious (Orlando Bloom, Mark Ruffalo, Laura Linney), Hesher (Natalie Portman, John C. Reilly) and Barry Munday (Patrick Wilson, Judy Greer), among others. A big thanks to all of Corner Store Fund I’s investors for making this possible.

Janet Billig Rich (Producer) is a music industry veteran whose current and past projects include Camp Lisa with Lisa Loeb, Life in the Fab Lane with Kimora Lee Simmons, Linkin Park’s Projekt Revolution, Rocked With Gina Gershon and the noted rock band Nirvana. Her other production of note is her twins.

Hillary Weaver (Producer) has produced 14 plays that have been nominated for numerous awards in seven years in Los Angeles. Notably: Pussycat Dolls Live at the Roxy with Christina Applegate, Carmen Electra and special guests Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera and Charlize Theron; Happy Birthday Wanda June directed by Emmy winner Robert Weide; Margaret directed by Mark Ruffalo. I would like to thank my husband Matthew Weaver for the ride of my life and give it up to my girls, Chase and August — this one’s for you!

Toni Habib (Producer) is very proud to be producing her first Broadway musical alongside her husband Barry Habib. She is also featured in the upcoming film, Sympathy for Delicious.

Paula Kaminsky Davis (Producer). Past social work administrator at LIJMC, where she produced health videos. An avid amateur photographer, she is the Nassau Region Hadassah event photographer. Owner/manager Kaminsky LLC Real Estate; member Drama League, Transport Group and Classic Stage Co. Chair: Knickerbocker Cup Sailing Foundation.

Simon & Stefany Bergson (Producer) are thrilled to be a part of Rock of Ages! Stefany’s theatrical producing credits include Spring Awakening, ChitaRivera: The Dancer’s Life and the national tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Stefany and Simon reside in NYC and Sneden’s Landing, NY. They have three children: Brianne, Alex and Mitchel.

Charles Rolecek (Producer) has arrived on Broadway via a previous life as a successful restaurateur and general businessman. First attempt at producing, but he feels this is “just the beginning!” He credits his interest in theatre to his son Alex, whom he has watched perform for more than a dozen years. Resides in NH with wife Karen.

Susanne Brook (Producer) has been involved in Broadway, Off-Broadway and many community theatre productions. She is thrilled to be part of the Rock of Ages team. Thanks to Mark for his unconditional love and support and to Farah, Melanie and Brielle for being an inspiration.

Israel Wolfson (Producer) is a member of the Wolfson Group, a family office that makes institutional investments in hedge funds and the private equities markets. He has recently joined Corner Store and is currently directing a documentary film on the financial community.

Sara Katz (Producer). Producing credits include [title of show] on Broadway, Things to Ruin: The Songs of Joe Iconis (Zipper Factory), world premiere of ReWrite by Joe Iconis.

Jayson Raitt (Producer). Credits: Vanities, A New Musical; Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn (Off-Broadway, London); Being Alive (all-Black Sondheim musical); Truman Capote’s A Christmas Memory; NAMT Festival of New Musicals; and Pasadena Playhouse.

Max Gottlieb (Producer) produced and directed Raising the Heights distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment. Founder of MG Origins, Inc., a financing company active in film, TV and Broadway ventures and an investor in Corner Store Fund. Developing several film projects. Love and thanks to all who work so hard and to my parents Samuel and Eva.

John Butler (Producer). JB is excited about taking a first look into this new scene of producing after being stuck as a regional manager of Build-a-Bear in Atlanta for the past seven years. Thanks to Carl.

David Kaufman (Producer), once named a “Top 50 Entrepreneur” in the country, is currently president of TOUR GCX Partners, Inc., the only country club golf access card. Prior, he was a founder of Cosi Sandwich Bar and of Varsity Entertainment. He resides in NYC with his wife, the comic/writer Lisa Perlman, and their son, Joshua.

Jay Franks (Producer). After 20 years in the telecommunications industry, Jay has joined the Corner Store team to pursue his passion for the entertainment business. Jay is currently raising capital for the Corner Store Fund and is very excited to produce his first Broadway musical. Additionally, Jay also manages NYC band Oblivious, headlined by Mark Cooper. Love to Mom, Dad and a big shout out toMC. I can see the light . . . just hope it’s not a train.

Michael Wittlin (Producer). Mr. Wittlin partnered with actor Corbin Bernsen to begin his career. He quickly gained a reputation for producing diverse and entertaining films. Wittlin’s projects attract top talent and directors. A visionary with a focus on results, his producing style is described as “hands on” and “patient.”

Jennifer Maloney (Producer) Broadway: Spring Awakening (Tony Award), Legally Blonde, Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, the upcoming Writing Arthur and I Love You Because (Off-Broadway). Emmy-Award-winning producing team of As the World Turns(’99-’06). Thanks to Scott & Matt! Love to Ma, Dad, Tom, Nick, Nate, AK & Joe348.

The Araca Group (Producer), Founded in 1997 by partners Matthew Rego, Michael Rego and Hank Unger, The Araca Group produces and merchandises live entertainment and theatrical events on Broadway and around the world. For more information please visit www.araca.com.

Prospect Pictures (Producer). Special thanks to Todd Dagres, Kevin Starr, Rich Aldrich, Mike and Michele Kourey, Marcos Siega, Jason Barhydt, Mindy Sustin, David Taylor, Markus Goerg, William and Linda Levin for their support of the original workshop in Hollywood.

Laura Smith (Producer), along with her husband Michael Smith, is very excited to be a part of the Rock of Ages family. This is their first Broadway musical production. Laura is also the executive assistant to general partner, Barry Habib.

Bill Bodnar (Producer) and his wife Anna are proud to be part of Rock of Ages. Bill, a part-time musician and 80s music lover, is president of sales and business development at Mortgage Success Source.