Biographies

Granville Burgess and Paul Bogaev

GRANVILLE WYCHE BURGESS

Mr. Burgess is a playwright, director, actor, producer, lyricist, composer, and teacher with over thirty years professional experience. His plays and musicals have appeared Off-Broadway and regionally. His teleplays have appeared on PBS and in syndication, and he was a staff writer for the soap opera CAPITOL. He is the author of two screenplays and a book of short stories for children. He has directed, produced, or acted in over fifty plays and musicals. Some of his plays and musicals include: THE FREAK; THE DEATH OF DRACULA; PLAY IT AS IT LIES; CLOSETS; DUSKY SALLY; CONRACK; CHEESECAKE PROPOSAL; FELIZ CUMPLEANOS; and A COUNTRY CAROL.

Mr. Burgess is Co-Founder President/CEO of Quill Entertainment Company, a nonprofit educational organization that creates and produces original history musicals for children in grades 3-7 and for families. To date, Quill has entertained and educated over 30,000 teachers, students, and parents, and it will open its new family musical, BATTLECRY, in Gettysburg , PA in the summer of 2009.

Mr. Burgess was Director of the Walnut Street Theatre School for seven years and has taught playwriting, screenwriting, directing, and acting at The Wilma Theatre, Widener University , The Academy of Vocal Arts, Trinity College , The University of Central Oklahoma, The Tower Hill School, Arcadia University , and Westtown School , among others.

Mr. Burgess is a graduate with honors of the Phillips Exeter Academy , a graduate of Princeton University with a magna cum laude in History, and an MFA graduate in Directing of The Catholic University of America.

Mr. Burgess was born in Greenville , South Carolina . He has two daughters, Loring and Clara, and currently resides in Greenwich , Connecticut , with his wife, Reba Beeson .

Professional organizations: The Dramatists Guild, The Writers Guild of America/East, The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, The Screen Actors Guild, Actors Equity Association, The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, BMI Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop, and Theatre Artists Workshop.

PAUL BOGAEV

Paul Bogeav is a music director-producer, arranger and composer. He supervised and conducted the music for the Academy Award winning film CHICAGO and was Executive Producer of its GRAMMYAward winning soundtrack. He won his first GRAMMY for arranging, orchestrating, underscore composing, and producing the music for Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA on Broadway. AIDA also won the TONY Award for Best Score. Paul's other Broadway Credits include TARZAN (as Music Producer),

BOMBAY DREAMS (Music Supervisor and TONY-nominated Orchestrator), and as Music Director, SUNSET BOULEVARD, LES MISERABLES, CATS, ASPECTS OF LOVE, CHESS, and STARLIGHT EXPRESS. He also wrote and produced songs for a stage production of THE THREE MUSKETEERS which recently ran for four years in Europe . His other feature film credits include DREAMGIRLS, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, CONNIE AND CARLA, and the animated DISNEY films, LION KING, TARZAN, MULAN, and THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE. For ABC Television, Mr. Bogaev was Music Director for CINDERELLA, SOUTH PACIFIC, and ANNIE (EMMY AWARD). As a Conductor, he directed the music for Francis Coppola's presentation of the silent movie epic NAPOLEON with symphony orchestras all throughout the world. He also conducted Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman in the concert THE MUSIC OF ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER and Barbra Streisand's recording, HIGHER GROUND. Mr. Bogaev has also worked with Phil Collins, Sting, Toni Braxton, Brandy, Whitney Houston, Richard Gere, Whoopi Goldberg, Glenn Close, Hugh Jackman, Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta Jones, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Kathy Bates, Drew Barrymore, Liam Neeson, Michael Bolton, Harry Connick, Jr., and most recently recorded the soundtrack for the new movie musical NINE with Daniel Day-Lewis, Sophia Loren, Dame Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Kate Hudson, and Fergie. Mr. Bogaev studied at Cornell University and the Juilliard School . He was born in Philadelphia and educated at The Haverford School where he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2003.