who's who

jennifer kelly (creator/creative producer/director)

Jennifer Kelly literally grew up in the back of theatre making her stage debut at the age of four and has been directing for over twenty years. She has directed and produced over a hundred productions and also serves on numerous advisory boards across the globe. As a young adult Kelly received a BA in Theatre from Principia College under the tutelage of Richard Morse (brother of Tony Award winning actor Robert Morse) and a Masters of Arts degree from Colorado Christian University. She also spent an exciting year abroad training at the Royal Shakespeare Conservatory in Stratford, England, the Romantic Poets of the Lake District, and at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

Executive Director of JENNIFER KELLY PRODUCTIONS, Ms. Kelly currently has numerous projects in the works including an original production entitled BEAUTIFUL created with Aerial Choreographer, Jason Whicker. The project is currently in development and was originally picked up under the direction of the late Broadway Executive Producer, Randall Wreghitt.
Also in development: CAVALLO!- a large highflying equestrian spectacle arena production that weaves together artistry, magic, and special effects.
She is also producing a musical based on the inspirational children's book series "Petalwink" by Angela Sage Larsen. PETALWINK: THE MUSICAL is part of an motivational series intended to tour to theaters and schools.

Kelly is also currently general managing a brand new state of the art hybrid performing arts venue for the Axis Ventures Enterplex project, and is a Senior Partner and Production and Entertainment Director for There is No Sky, LLC. Passionate about developing and producing high art/high tech productions and events, Kelly loves to orchestrate the meeting of brilliant minds and watching the magic happen! www.jenniferkellyproductions.com

jason whicker (co-creator/aerial choreographer)

Jason Whicker, an aerial choreographer, singer, dancer, choreographer and performer has worked on numerous Broadway and large scale productions such as American Idiot (currently on Broadway), Fame Becomes Me (Martin Short), Angels: The Musicals (Broadway Bound), and numerous professional, college, community theatre, and high school flying shows such as The Wizard of Oz, Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan, Curtains, 12th night, and Tempest.

Jason has also created new works of flying art for Cisco Systems, Wrigley's 5 Gum, and many other large Corporations. He also heads up aerial flying workshops all over the country including an original piece that was performed at the International Thespian Festival.

Most recently, Jason was the aerial and acro coach for three new Centrum WOW shows on Royal Caribbean Cruise Line's Serenade ship. He spent two in South Africa at the Nelson Mandela Theatre in Johannesburg and three weeks in Kuwait at the Bayan Palace where he rigged and choreographed aerial flight at the 50th Anniversary of Kuwait's Liberation. Also a highly talented performer, he is a graduate of Ball State University with degrees in Musical Theater and Acting and a minor in performance studies. His theatre career has included stints with national tours such as Grease and Clifford Live! Jason’s experience in choreography includes recognition from the Society of American Fight Directors as an Actor Combatant in unarmed, rapier, broadsword and bo-staff. Jason has also choreographed for theme parks, colleges, theatrical productions, and many others. Jason's creativity, ideas, insights, and passion for aerial flight is prevalent in this latest venture. He truly makes Beautiful - beautiful! www.jasonwhickerpoductions.com

John McDaniel (Music Supervisor)

Broadway Music Director or Supervisor: Bonnie & Clyde (also Drama Desk Nominated Orchestrator), Catch Me If You Can, Brooklyn (also Producer and Orchestrator), Annie Get Your Gun, Taboo, Chicago, Grease, Patti LuPone on Broadway and Company - Original Cast in Concert at Lincoln Center. Television: The Rosie O’Donnell Show (2 Emmy Awards), Friar’s Roasts ’99-’02, Tony Awards ’97-’00 as arranger, A Rosie Christmas (ABC), A Family is a Family (HBO). Recordings as Producer: Annie Get Your Gun (Grammy Award), The Maury Yeston Songbook, Bonnie & Clyde, Brooklyn, Taboo, The Journey Home (Malcolm Gets), John McDaniel at the Piano (Broadway, Christmas, Compositions and Live at Joe’s Pub). Recent: Daughter of the Regiment (Opera Theatre of St. Louis), Happy Days (National Tour), Bonnie & Clyde (La Jolla Playhouse and Asolo Theatre), Pirates! (Goodspeed Opera House, Paper Mill Playhouse & Huntington Theatre, Boston, St. Louis Muny). Music director/arranger for Tyne Daly nightclub act, NYC and LA, as well as concert appearances with Cab Calloway, Shirley MacLaine, George Burns, Al Jarreau, Joel Grey, Carol Burnett and Frederica von Stade, Betty Buckley and most recently, Bette Midler. Guest Conductor at Symphony Orchestras, including San Francisco, Indianapolis, Utah, Buffalo, Colorado, Baltimore and his hometown St. Louis Symphony. Drama BFA from Carnegie Mellon. JohnMcDaniel.com

Gerry Hariton & Vicki Baral (Production Designers)

Based in Los Angeles, this award-winning design duo is known for their creativity and innovation. Their eclectic career includes Production Design for Theatre, Television, Commercials, Industrials, Trade Shows, and Concert Tours. As Production Designers for television, their many network and cable shows have run the gamut from The Mickey Mouse Club to The Miss Universe Pageant, and have garnered them four Emmy nominations. Among their Broadway theatrical credits are Mail, Raggedy Ann, Fatal Attraction, A Sense of Humor, and the long running national tour of South Pacific. Off-Broadway productions include Harry Chapin: Lies and Legends and Steven Berkoff’s Greek. For their numerous Los Angeles productions, they are the recipients of five L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards, nineteen Dramalogue Awards, and the L.A. Weekly Career Achievement Award. For the past ten years they have served as principal designers for the theatrical productions on Royal Caribbean International, and their designs can currently be seen on all 22 Royal Caribbean ships. Their work as theatre consultants has enhanced three classes of cruise ships for Royal Caribbean and set the standard for entertainment venues in the cruise industry. They are currently engaged as theatre consultants for a new class of ships set to debut in 2014.

Deborah Berioli (Vocal director/Vomposer)

Born in Harmony, New Jersey, soprano Deborah Berioli possesses a full, rich, velvety voice that soars in the upper registers. Berioli's performance of Amelia in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera was chosen as one of the years' top ten best classical performances in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2005. Berioli was the first place winner of the Metropolitan Opera Na- tional Council competition in the Upper Midwest District and the second place winner of the Upper Midwest Region in 1999. Other operatic credits include performances with Minnesota Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Sarasota Opera and the Metropolitan Opera Guild. She is also the Founder and Artistic Director of the Venice Performing Arts Series. Deborah's brilliance can be heard in the original theme music for BEAUTIFUL.

Sean Beeson (Composer)

Sean Beeson is a young award-winning composer, the owner of Sean Beeson Studios LLC, and has been nominated for multiple industry awards, including three G.A.N.G. Awards. Sean merged his two loves of becoming a game and media composer while getting his BM in Composition as a Collegiate Fellow at Capital University. Sean has scored over 60 games, dozens of films, and has written concert works that are being performed worldwide. Outside of composing, Sean is a professor of music technology in Capital University´s renown Conservatory of Music, and produces a successful line of cinematic sample libraries distributed world-wide. He also served as an officer of the Game Audio Network Guild for over two years. His epic sound can be heard on the BEAUTIFUL promotional video.

Wyllym Pryce (costume designer)

Trained in the UK and America, Wyllym has designed costumes for numerous well-known clientele including the Osmonds. He currently creates costumes for the leading Marilyn Monroe impersonator and various other Vegas clients and spent years working as a Costume Designer for Cirque du Soleil. He is currently working on a massive overhaul of the Titantic costumes in Branson, MO. He and his team are also working with Buckingham Palace to revitalize the Princess Diana dresses for various museums. He began partnering with Jennifer Kelly and Lemon High School Theatre in Spring 2010 and created their brilliant Wizard of Oz costumes and, most recently, the original Beautiful designs and first phase of costumes. He will be on hand to update, redo, and upgrade as Beautiful continues on its journey.

Ricky Peitz (Media Intern)

Ricky is a technology prodigy that joined the BEAUTIFUL project as a nineteen year old college student! Ricky recently completed his AA at Edison State College, and plans to complete his BA in Film Design. Ricky designed the original projections for our first phase of BEAUTIFUL and has thrown himself into the project...graphics, video editing, logos, marketing, computer repair, website editing...Ricky has been our man! We are eternally grateful for his energy, passion, dedication, and desire to learn. We know he is destined for great things and we are thrilled to help him catapult his career with BEAUTIFUL!

Barbara Gail (Percussionist)

Barbara Gail earned her BA in Education with a Minor in Dance, from Hampshire College. Since 1995, she and her partner in life and work, Jeff Hanna, operate The Rhythm Inlet retail store, with its staggering array of world drums and percussion instruments, and The Space drum and dance workshop studio. They perform together in an assortment of rhythm bands: Coconut Groove, steel drums and percussion; Tudo da Samba, Brasilian percussion procession; and their ‘edu-taining’ show for children and adults, "Drums Heard ‘Round the World!". She is the Director of Moonrise: Daughters of an Ancient Pulse, an all-women’s frame drum group; and is percussionist and background vocalist in The Leah Wolfsong Band. Barbara's passionate love for the arts, spirituality, music, rhythm, and performance make her a perfect fit for BEAUTIFUL!

Jeff Hanna (Percussionist)

Making music since his earliest days singing alone in the crib back in the 50's, Jeff added piano and drum lessons in 3rd grade. School band, orchestra, and choir, of course, then on to exploring every style of music encountered. As an adult he began singing in, and created harmony arrangements for, the vocal groups "The Postwar Babies" and "Shokomo". Jeff was the Founder, Composer, Arranger, and Director of the percussion groups "Tudo do Samba", "Coconut Groove: Steel Drums and Percussion", "Circo do Samba", and currently "The Rhythm Inlet Drum and Percussion Ensemble". As co-owner and operator of The RHYTHM INLET, Jeff gets to teach West African, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Celtic, Arabic, and Nubian drum and percussion instruments and styles. He also enjoys helping others find instruments that are "just right" for them, as well as repairing all types of drums, at the retail store in Nokomis, FL.

   Jennifer Kelly Productions Inc
   www.jenniferkellyproductions.com
   PO Box 401, Englewood, FL 34295
(941) 626 - 0688

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