JORDAN ALLEN-DUTTON
Writer


Two-time Emmy-nominated writer, Jordan Allen Dutton received a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts at the Experimental Theatre Wing. Shortly after college, he co-created and co-starred in the smash Off-Broadway hit, The Bomb-itty of Errors. The show was nominated alongside Steven Sondheim for the Drama Desk Award, nominated for the Outer Critic's Circle Award, and it won the Jefferson Award in Chicago and the Grand Jury Prize for Best Show at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. His latest musical comedy, NERDS, a satire about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, won the Barrymore Award for best new musical in 2007. Jordan co-wrote and starred in the original musical sketch comedy series on MTV, Scratch & Burn. He has written for Robot Chicken, Seth Green and Matt Senreich's show on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and was nominated for an Emmy for the episode "Lust For Puppets" across from "The Simpsons" and South Park for Best Animated Half Hour. He is also a Senior Producer on MTV's hit show America's Best Dance Crew. To learn more go to

www.famouslastnerds.com

MESHA KUSSMAN
Director - Choreographer - Perfomer


Mesha Kussman was born and raised in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury where she started dancing at the age of five. She danced her way through a BFA from the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and now choreographs for stage, commercials, animated film, music videos and fashion shows. She is the creator of Aqualillies, a unique synchronized swimming show designed for private parties and corporate events. Her multi-media performance Earthlings, which features painted nude models and video animation, premiered at LA Fashion Week's Eco Nouveau event 2007. Mesha has been recognized for her innovative combination of film and live performance by LA Weekly, the East Bay Express and The Village Voice.
She has worked with Annie B Parson (Big Dance Theater) and Michael Counts (formerly GAle GAtes et.al). She has created advertisements for Kellogg's, American Apparel, Clothing Of The American Mind and ELOPE among others. Her original dance-theater works include: Brass Logic, a modern retelling of Alice in Wonderland set inside the landscape of a video game, BAZAAR, a musical chronicling the history of women's fashion over the 20th century, and CRASH, a dance project sponsored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Mesha is also the creator of a fitness program called Danceyoga™. She currently lives in Los Angeles.

www.meshakussman.com


SPENCER DAY
Composer


Spencer is a San Francisco-based pianist and vocalist who has just independently released his second cd "Movie Of Your Life" (Yonas Media). Spencer Day was a finalist on the CBS TB Show Star Search and made a follow-up appearance on The Today Show. He has performed many times at the Cabaret Convention held at Lincoln Center in New York City. Spencer was awarded "Discovery of The Year 2004" by the San Francisco Chronicle and the major San Francisco weekly newspaper SF Weekly named him "Best Crooner 2005". Time Out New York did a feature story on Spencer as part of their cabaret issue (October, 2005), and his CD release party at the Cutting Room and follow-up performance at Joe's Pub were sold-out. Dolby Labs has selected the music video to Spencer's title track Movie of Your Life to appear on a promotional dvd which also features music videos by Eric Clapton and other major label artists (50,000 distribution).

www.spencerday.com


JAQ
Music Producer


Jeffery Allen Qaiyum, known as JAQ, is a music producer and professional b-boy, born and raised in Chicago to a German mother and Pakistani father. He is the co-creator and director of Funk It Up About Nothing which premiered last year at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and won Best Musical at the Edinburgh Festival 2008. JAQ composed music for the off-Broadway smash hit musical comedy, The Bomb-itty of Errors which was
nominated for the Drama Desk Award, nominated for the Outer Critic's Circle Award, and won the Jefferson Award in Chicago and the Grand Jury Prize for Best Show at the HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. He composed beats for and co-stared in MTV's Scratch and Burn. He scored and associate produced New York indie film Just Another Story, which aired on Showtime. JAQ has produced the "Smashing" album for the Grommits (rock/electro/hip-hop trio) and a solo hip hop album entitled "Foul Mouth Poet". He is currently the lead singer of Them Vs. Them, a new rock band out of Chicago, and creates music for Nike online.

www.foulmouthpoet.com or www.myspace.com/themvsthem


ADAM HARRINGTON
Performer


A native of the Boston area, Adam is coming up on his 10th year of living in Los Angeles. He began honing his acting and musical theater skills while attending UCLA, performing in numerous productions and winning the Carol Burnett Scholarship Award. Since graduating in 2000, Adam has enjoyed the rollercoaster ride that is the entertainment industry. He has co-starred and appeared as a guest star on several television shows – Heroes, Dirt, Kevin Hill, and Scrubs - to name a few. Adam also had a supporting role in the Warner Bros. release, Torque, in which he was pushed and yelled at by Ice Cube. And, you can catch him as Reporter #2 in the Summer's blockbuster, Iron Man. As a stand-up comic, Adam is a regular fixture of Whiteboy Comedy and performs regularly at The Hollywood Improv. He was a finalist in the 2003 Boston Comedy Festival and recorded his first stand up DVD last Fall at Room 5 in Hollywood. You can check out online some sketch comedy work he has done with the sketch groups, The Lost Nomads and The Attack.
Theater credits include: In Communicado (Nest Arts at the DIAVOLO Space); Ivona, Princess of Burgundia (Sacred Fools Theater); Funny Business: The Musical (Coronet Theater). The past 2 Summers, he returned to Cape Cod to work at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre (W.H.A.T.), performing in productions of Mojo, What the Butler Saw, and The Pillowman.

www.theadamharrington.com



DEBRA ISAAC
Creative Director - Co-Producer


Debra is a Los Angeles native. She earned her B.A in Design/Media Arts at UCLA. She then woked at Mattel for several years creating animated toy videos. She is currently pusuing her M.F.A in animation and digital arts at USC. She is intersted in directing philosophical and scientific animation and is particularly interested in simulating nature and visualizing the future. She has worked with the Labyrinth Project at USC animating DNA and proteins. She has also worked with various archaeologists, scientists and non-profits.

www.spiralgalaxy.net/



RENATA RAKSHA
Art Director


Renata received her BA in Media Arts from UCLA School of Art and Architecture. Her work crosses mediums of photography, animation and spatial contruction with a particular interest in dimension, light, illusion, scale, organics, and funness.

For tips, suggestions, and a gallery of Renata's sequin jackets,
contact her at:

www.renataraksha.com

Also available in German.



  DANIEL PONICKLY
Co-Choreographer


New York native Daniel Ponickly took to dancin' at an early age and has managed to live a life continuing to work in his craft. He has taught, competed, and performed Ballroom/Social partner dance for over a decade. Some career highlights include his work with American Ballroom Theater's Dancing Classrooms Program, the folks that brought you the documentary Mad Hot Ballroom as well as performing in and choreographing for the film Mona Lisa Smile. He most recently performed at the Geffen Playhouse and the Los Angeles Film Festival. His next project is bringing ABrT's arts in education program to Los Angeles' public school system and setting in place a program to teach ballroom dance to a new generation of grade schoolers. For more information, please visit

www.ballroommadness.org/

 

  RAMI HACHACHE
Musician - trumpet



Rami Hachache is a Los Angeles based musician who is currently working on a BM in Jazz Studies at USC’s Thornton School of Music. He has worked with a wide range of artists including the Foo Fighters, John Paul Jones, Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers, Tom Jones, Branford Marsalis and Al Jarreau.


  JENNIFER M. BROUSSARD
Costumes


Jennifer M. Broussard received her formal training at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles. She owns and operates her own business, Jenn's Dream as a custom Costume Designer. She also designs costumes for several playhouses, television and for the Opera Department of USC's Thornton School of Music. Jennifer designed costumes for ARK Theatre Company's production of Trojan Women, for The Classical Theatre Lab's performance of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and for USC's productions of La Cenerentola, The Magic Flute, Hansel & Gretel, Gianni Schicchi and The Impresario, Agrippina, Cosi Fan Tutte, The Rakes Progress, Cendrillon and Idomeneo.