ANNA MIRIAM BROWN (Book, Music & Lyrics). Now 21, Anna started writing His Story, The Musical at the age of 16 while on a mission to Africa. A dyslexic, unable to read or write before 9 years old, homeschooled, Anna focused instead on the arts before writing her first songs at 15. As a social-media-savvy Gen Z, she sees a chance to reach her generation with the timeless story of light and hope. Anna is an author and illustrator of over a dozen educational books, some bestsellers, for children, especially kids with Dyslexia and teens with their passions and career goals. Anna currently lives in Dallas and travels often doing research for writing projects, which include several new musicals.

JEFF CALHOUN (Director). Broadway: Disney’s Newsies (Tony Award Nomination for Best Director), Bonnie & Clyde, Jekyll & Hyde, Grey Gardens, Deaf West’s Big River (Tony Award Nomination for Best Revival of a Musical), Brooklyn, Annie Get Your Gun, Grease (Tony Award Nomination for Best Choreography), Tommy Tune Tonite, and The Will Rogers Follies. Tour and Internationally: Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 (US National Tour, London, Australia) and Disney’s High School Musical 1 & 2. Mr. Calhoun is an associate artist at The Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Covenant House International, a not-for-profit helping homeless youth in thirty cities across six countries. He recently directed A Night of Covenant House Stars (2020 and 2021) on Amazon Prime. Twitter and Instagram: @thejeffcalhoun

EAMON FOLEY (Choreographer & Associate Director). is the Artistic Director of Grind Arts Company. Choreography credits include Next to Normal (Writer’s Theater), Annie (The Hollywood Bowl), Merrily We Roll Along (Wallis-Annenberg Theater), Alien/Nation (Williamstown Theater Festival), and, upcoming, Guys and Dolls (Imperial Theater – Tokyo). As director-choreographer: Nine, Sweeney Todd, Cyrano, Hero, and The Last Five Years. As a performer, Broadway credits include Gypsy, Assassins, The Grinch, 13! The Musical, and Everyday Rapture. Eamon received his BA from Princeton University.

RICK HIP-FLORES (Music Supervisor & Arranger). was the musical director of Natasha, Pierre... on Broadway, and music supervisor of In Transit, Broadway’s first a cappella musical. He was Associate Musical Director of Ain’t Too Proud, and has conducted seven other Broadway shows including Fun Home, Come From Away, Bronx Tale, Groundhog Day, Beautiful, Rocky, and the Radio City Rockettes. Rick’s arrangements and orchestrations have been performed by the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, and on television. Most recently, he was awarded the Kennedy Center Musical Theater Award for his work on Daddy Issues.

PAWEŁ ‘BZIM’ ZARECKI (Arranger). has worked with artists like: Anna Maria Jopek, Mietek Szcześniak, TGD, Pat Metheny. He plays the keys with several Polish artists, and recently travelled to the (USA, Izrael, & New Zealand) to produce albums. Most of the time he works in his own studio at home, Pueblo People Studios, in a forrest few km from Warsaw. 

TOBIN OST (Set and Costume Design Consultant). Broadway: Newsies (Tony nomination-Best Set Design of a Musical), Disaster!, Jekyll & Hyde, Bonnie & Clyde, The Philanthropist and Brooklyn The Musical. Off-Broadway: Tappin’ Thru Life, Nightingale, Grace, The Overwhelming, Zanna–Don’t!, Almost Heaven and Fighting Words. Tobin has worked extensively with national regional theaters including La Jolla Playhouse, the Mark Taper Forum, Arena Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Ford’s Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Two River Theater Company, The Old Globe, Kansas City Rep, Yale Rep, Hartford Stage, and AllianceTheatre.

DANIEL LUNDBERG (Sound Design). Designs include New York Stage and Film, A Contemporary Theatre of Connecticut, and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live. Associate sound design and sound engineer credits include Paradise Square, Freestyle Love Supreme, Once Upon a One More Time, Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, Jagged Little Pill, An American in Paris, Shakespeare in the Park, Cirque du Soleil, and Ferrari World Abu Dhabi. BFA Carnegie Mellon.

BRUCE LAZARUS (Producer). Broadway: Say Goodnight Gracie (Tony Award nomination - Best Play). Off-Broadway: Only Kidding, Shakespeare’s R&J. Bruce is the former Executive Director of Samuel French, the largest licensor of Broadway and Off-Broadway plays and musicals to the secondary market. He also has the distinction of serving as the original lead legal counsel for the most successful Broadway musical in history, Disney’s The Lion King, and the most successful Off-Broadway show in history, Blueman Group. www.linkedin.com/in/BruceLazarus. For investment and sponsorship opportunities, email bruce@brucelazarus.com