DAVID SHIRE wrote the music for Baby (Tony nominations for Best Score and Musical) and Big (nominated for Best Score).

Debra Monk: Writer, Lyricist, Composer, Director, Performer. She was born Feb 27, 1949 Middletown, OH, USA.

Denis Markell has contributed to a number of successful revues including "The No-Frills Revue" (available through MTI) and "A My Name is Still Alice." He has collaborated with Douglas Bernstein for the musicals, "A Backer's Audition" and "Gotham!".

Dennis grew up in Syracuse, New York, and received his B.A. from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.  He moved to the Twin Cities in 1992.

DES McANUFF received Tony Awards for his B'way stagings of "Big River" (1985) and "The Who's Tommy" (1993). He directed Lee Blessings's "A Walk in the Woods" on B'way in 1988 and in Moscow and Lithuania in 1989-90.

Eaton Magoon, Jr. author, Luricist and composer of 13 Daughters, was born and raised in Hawaii. He left the Islands to attend Yale University and, upon his graduation in 1945, returned to Hawaii.

Eleanor Harder is an author, composer/lyricist, has written over 20 plays and musicals, many with her husband, Ray. A graduate of UCLA in theatrer and music, she has received numerous awards for her work and a grant from the state of Michigan for a new musical.

George Abbott - an actor, writer, director and producer, had one of the most active and distinguished careers in the entire history of the American theater.

Jo Swerling: Born in Russia in 1897, Jo Swerling was a playwright, screenwriter and vaudeville sketch writer. Mr. Swerling's long career began as a reporter and feature writer in New York and Chicago.