Scott Alan (Music & Lyrics) wrote the book, music and lyrics for the musical Detour which ran for an extended, sold out, 10 week run at the Complex Theater in Los Angeles, California. Many of Broadway's elite have sung his music, including Stephanie J. Block, Emily Skinner, Alison Fraser, Liz Callaway, Cheyenne Jackson, Billy Porter, Shoshana Bean, Kerry Butler, Rachel York, Julia Murney, among others. Starting as a solo performer signed to a label deal, he moved on and quickly found his home working as an assistant Musical Director in Los Angeles alongside some of the best, including Ricky Minor and Diane Louie. His love for theater brought him back to New York where he is working on two new musical projects, including Piece, with book writer Tara Smith, and The Warmth of the Womb, in which Alan is writing the book, music and lyrics. As a producer, Alan conceived the popular monthly Monday Nights, New Voices series at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre, which features some of today's biggest Broadway stars and composer/lyricists honoring upcoming theatre talent, including emerging writers. On June 12th, 2006, Alan served as head artistic producer and director, in conjunction with The York Theatre, on the Neo2 Benefit for The York Theatre. Alan's song 'Never Neverland,' from his musical Piece, was featured, with Stephanie J. Block on vocals. www.scottalan.net

Tara Smith (Book/Producer) is a New York transplant via Los Angeles, where she received a B.A in both Theatre and Communications from The University of Southern California. Although she began her career as an actress, most recently Tara has worked as a coordinator for Mark Burnett Productions on both The Casino and The Apprentice. Aside from Piece, Tara is also currently writing a book, “What I Know Now”, an untitled mocumentary, and also serves as the head of development for the newly formed Go Pictures.

Schele Williams (Director) Piece NAMT 2006 festival, NYC; Ben Vereen 2006 Concert Tour; Cam Jamsen 2005 National Tour (Director / Choreographer ) Ben Cameron’s Different is Good. Duplex, NY; Broadway Celebrity Benefit for Hurricane Katrina Relief Gershwin Theatre , Songsmiths of Boradway 2005 BMI Night NYMTF, Aida Ogunquit Playhouse ME, Piece Theatre Works Palo Alto; Monsters Tada Theatre NY; The Wedding Project 45th Street Theatre NY; Jai Rodriguez Xposed Husdon Theatre NY; BCEFA Easter Bonnet 2005 (assn’t Dir); The Wedding Project 45th Street Theatre NY; Monsters TaDa Theatre NY; Porgy and Bess European Tour (resident director); The Day the Sun Set in the East (European Premier); Monday Nights, New Voices Showcase Series (resident director) Duplex NY; Henry Sweet Henry (assistant director York Theater NY); Why Do Fools Fall in Love (assistant director); ShowStoppers 2004 (assistant director); Falsettos (Steinenberger Berlin, Germany); Rent Production Dance Supervisor Broadway, Toronto, London, Australia. Choreographer for the Japanese and German Productions. Other choreography credits include: Savage Acts ( MaYi Theatre NY) Stones in his Pockets, Times of War, The Lakes End, As Thousands Cheer (Adirondack Theatre Festival), Mimi Le Duck (NY Fringe Festival). As an actress Schele was Seasons of Love Soloist and Joanne (U/S) in Rent on Broadway and in the original cast of Disney’s Aida as Nehebka and Aida Standby.

Barbara Anselmni (Musical Director) New York credits include The Audience (Transport Group); Gay Divorcee, My Favorite Year, Roar of the Greasepaint..., 50 Million Frenchmen, Stop! Look! Listen! (Musicals Tonight!); Das Barbecu, The Odd Potato (Northeast Queen Jewish Community Council), B.O.T.C.H (premiere). Regionally she has worked at TheatreWorks (Palo Alto), Capital Repertory, Barter Theater, Merrimack Rep, Gateway Playhouse and Theatre-by-the-Sea. Barbara has also served as arranger and music director for many readings, workshops and benefits in New York and can be heard on several recordings for Bill Solly and various other artists. She worked on tick, tick.. Boom! (Jane Street Theatre) and also served as music director and arranger for a concert tour with Jodi Stevens. Barbara is the composer of The Orphan Train (book and lyrics by Susan Nanus) and a member of The Dramatist Guild and the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop where she is currently developing two projects, The Wedding Project and Leonardo's Dream.

Paul Downs Colaizzo (Production Assistant/Logo Design) is currently a senior at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts studying Drama at the Playwrights Horizons Studio, the Experimental Theater Wing, and The International Theater Workshop in Amsterdam. Design credits include complete design for the NYC Fringe show Laughing All the Way from the Sperm Bank as well as the sound design for FringeNYC's The Spickner Spin (appeared as Rabinowitz), as well as many projects at NYU. Paul primarily focuses on acting. www.pauldownscolaizzo.com.