Creative Team Bios

The Sherman Brothers (Composers/Lyricists) Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman were born in the late 1920's in New York City. Following the musical career of their father, Al Sherman, the family moved to Beverly Hills, California, in 1937. Graduates of Beverly Hills High School and Bard College in New York, the brothers collaborated on many projects. Their first musical collaboration took place in 1950, and during that decade they wrote hit rock songs including Kitty Wells' "Things I Might Have Been," Johnny Burnette's "You're Sixteen," and ex-Mouseketeer Annett Funicello's "Tall Paul." The latter garnered the attention of Walt Disney, who invited both Robert and Richard to be the exclusive staff writers for the Disney studios. During the next decade they composed over 150 songs that were featured in 27 films and two dozen television productions. Theme songs like "The Wonderful World of Color," "The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room," "Winnie The Pooh," "A Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow," and "It's A Small World" are recognized as Disney standards, along with "A Spoonful of Sugar," "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," and "Feed The Birds" (Walt Disney's personal favorite). In 1965, the Sherman brothers won Oscars® for their Mary Poppins score and the song "Chim-Chim-Cher-ee." Other Disney film scores include The Parent Trap (1961, which included Hayley Mills' chart-topping "Let's Get Together"), Summer Magic (1963), The Jungle Book (1966), The Happiest Millionaire (1967), The Aristocats (1970), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) and The Tigger Movie (2003). Additionally, they have composed witty and melodious song scores for such films as Snoopy Come Home, Charlotte's Web and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. They also wrote scores for the stage musicals Victory Canteen (1971), 1974's Broadway hit Over Here! (starring the Andrews Sisters) and Busker Alley (1995). The Sherman brothers wrote screenplays and song scores for Tom Sawyer (their music won first prize at the Moscow film Festival), Huckleberry Finn, The Slipper and the Rose (Royal Film Performance of 1976) and The Magic of Lassie, from which "When You're Loved" earned an Academy Award® nomination for Best Song. To date, the Sherman brothers have earned 2 Academy Awards®, 9 Academy Award® nominations, 2 GRAMMY® Awards, 4 GRAMMY® nominations, 23 gold and platinum albums, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1990, the brothers were named "Disney Legends" by The Walt Disney Company, an honor they prize. Their autobiographical coffee-table scrapbook Walt's Time: From Before to Beyond was published in 1999. Mary Poppins produced by Cameron Mackintosh and Disney Theatrical Productions, became a hit stage musical in 2004.

Jeremy Sams (Librettist) B'way-as director: Noises Off. As lyricist: Amour, Ghetto. As bookwriter: Chitty.... As composer: Arcadia, Some Americans Abroad. As translator: Indiscretions, The Rehearsal. As adaptor: Waiting in the Wings. Also directed Donkeys' Years; Little Britain Live; The Sound of Music; Passion; 2 Pianos, 4 Hands; Spend Spend Spend; Benefactors; Marat/Sade; Wild Oats; Noises Off (Royal National). More than 50 scores for theatre, TV and film, from Persuasion (BAFTA), The Mother (BBC) and Enduring Love (Novello Award) to Wind in the Willows (Royal National). Translations: The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Cosé fan Tutte, The Merry Widow, La Bohéme, The Force of Destiny, L'Etoile, The Threepenny Opera (Donmar), The Miser, Mary Stuart, Les Parents Terribles, Becket.

Ray Roderick (Adaptor) was associate director of A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden for six years, where he was privileged to work with original director Mike Ockrent. He was associate director for Susan Stroman's Broadway revival of The Music Man. He subsequently directed the successful 3 year North American Tour. He co-wrote, directed and choreographed Irving Berlin's I Love a Piano (Carbonell Award nomination best choreography, Florida Stage) now on National Tour. Ray directed the national tour of Broadway's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Off-Broadway, Ray directed and co-wrote the new musical The Prince and the Pauper (published by Samuel French) and directed and choreographed The Ark, Lamour the Merrier and The Story Goes On. He also co-wrote, directed and choreographed Heaven Help Us! (Carbonell Award nomination, best new work, Florida Stage), A Christmas Survival Guide (published by Samuel French) and I Love New York (Bistro Award, Best Musical Review 1999). Ray was the founding artistic director of Tri-State Center for the Arts, where he remained at the helm for seven years. With partner James Hindman he formed Miracle or 2 Productions (Miracleor2.com), dedicated to the creation and development of the new American musical. Together, they have written the new musicals Are We There Yet? and Coming to America and soon to come... The Bikinis! At the Denver Center Ray has directed and choreographed The Last 5 Years, The Taffetas and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! (The longest running show in Denver History). Ray resides in New York City where he is married to Broadway actress Karyn Quackenbush and is the proud father of lighting designer Jamie Roderick.

Ian Fleming (Original Author) was born on May 28, 1908. He was educated at Eton and Sandhurst and worked as a stockbroker before becoming foreign manager for The Sunday Times newspaper. He wrote Casino Royale, the first James Bond novel, in Jamaica in 1952. Thirteen further James Bond books followed. Cars were one of Fleming's great passions; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Fleming's only book for children, was written in 1964 for his son, Caspar.

Marc Robin (Artistic Director/Director/Choreographer) Fulton Director/ Choreographer credits: Sweeney Todd, The Sound of Music, Monty Python's Spamalot, Phantom, Driving Miss Daisy; Annie; Les Misérables; Hello, Dolly!; 42nd Street; Brigadoon; Evita; Rags; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; My Fair Lady; The Music Man; Crazy for You; The Irish and How They Got That Way; Thoroughly Modern Millie; Carousel and Treasure Island. As a freelance director/choreographer he has staged over 300 productions at theatres across the country. Marc is the recipient of 16 Joseph Jefferson Awards (52 nominations); 13 After Dark Awards; 3 Ari "Zoni" Awards, Light Opera Works Lifetime Achievement Award and 3 Barrymore Award nominations for his work at Walnut Street Theatre. He is a resident of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

JR McAlexander (Musical Director) has served as Musical Director for over 375 productions nationwide, including international tours of Sunday in the Park with George, The Wedding Singer, All Shook Up, Footloose, Anything Goes and Beehive the '60s Musical and the world premiere of Monky Business. JR has music directed for such prestigious regional theatres as The Guthrie in Minneapolis, Theatre Under the Stars in Houston, Cumberland County Playhouse in Tennessee, Galveston Island Musicals in Texas, Fireside Playhouse in Wisconsin, Little Theatre on the Square and Circa '21 in Illinois. He has worked with such celebrities as Donald O'Connor, Gloria Loring, Van Johnson, Gloria DeHaven and Ken Page, and had the honor of performing for President George and Barbara Bush's private Christmas party. JR has music directed over 200 productions for Prather Entertainment Group in the past seventeen years where he served as National Music Supervisor. Check out his new enterprise at
www.showtuneproductions.com. He feels privileged to collaborate with Marc Robin on their 10th production.

Rebecca Pancoast (Scenery Coordinator) Rebecca is really a scenic artist, but puts on a set designer cap occasionally for various Lancaster theatrical venues. After completing her undergraduate degree in set design, she set a meandering course, pausing in a number of towns, including Winston-Salem, North Carolina for a graduate degree in scene painting. She landed in Lancaster three years ago and spends her time working on one show or another or taking advantage of good weather when it comes.

Beth Dunkelberger (Costume Coordinator) Ms. Dunkelberger is a Lancaster native who has been designing for Actors Company/Fulton Theatre since 1975. She has also designed for area theatres such as Ephrata Performing Arts Center, The Independent Eye, Lancaster Opera Company, Theatre of the Seventh Sister and Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre. Regional credits include designs for Christy, The Musical (based on the book by Catherine Marshall) at The Grand Ole Opry. Film credits include Witness and The Silence at Bethany. Her artistry has been seen in industrial shows for Armstrong World Industries and mascots for Weaver Chicken, Servomation, Gibble Potato Chips and most recently, the Milanof-Schock Library Bookworm.

Charlie Morrison (Lighting Designer) Over the past fifteen years, Charlie Morrison has created the lighting for well over 100 projects, from large national and international touring productions, to regional theatre, to major architectural, retail and themed attractions. Charlie's lighting has been seen on four continents and in every state in the continental U.S. Charlie is the recipient of the 2006 and 2007 Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lighting Design for his productions of The Tempest at Shakespeare Theatre Company and The Elephant Man at Olney Theatre Center in Washington, DC. Recent and upcoming touring projects include the first national tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; a new North American tour of Miss Saigon for producers Cameron Mackintosh and Big League Theatricals; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; the Japan and North American tours of 42nd Street; the North American and China tours of Disney's Aida; European and Japanese tours of The Who's Tommy; the North American tour of Susan Stroman's The Music Man; and tours of Smokey Joe's Cafe (for Phoenix Productions), Titanic, Footloose (Las Vegas, Atlantic City, North American Tour), The King and I (North and South America), Peter Pan, 1776, and many others. Charlie has designed at a wide variety of the nation's regional theatres, including: Papermill Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Goodspeed Musicals, Playmakers' Rep, Olney Theatre Center, Bay Street Theatre, American Stage Company, Stoneham Theatre, American Stage Festival, Gateway Playhouse, LaMama ETC, many others. Charlie is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 and holds a BFA in Lighting Design from North Carolina School of the Arts.

David C. Temby (Sound Designer) has created sound systems and designs for many productions, a talent he developed after discovering that there wasn't much demand for a color-blind lighting designer. David has designed productions and systems for Phoenix Theatre, Childsplay Theater, Actors Theatre of Phoenix, Arizona State University, the City of Phoenix, the White House Communications Agency, Coca-Cola, IBM, CNN, and the United States Air Force. He is also the General Manager for Clearwing Productions Arizona, a company that provides sound & lighting systems, designs, and production management for concerts, corporate shows, theatrical shows, and special events. David makes his home in Phoenix, Arizona with his loving wife, Jenifer.

Anthony Lascoskie, Jr. (Makeup and Hair Designer) Before joining the Fulton, Anthony managed the Millersville Costume Shop. Anthony has designed costumes and wigs for local theatres as well as private clients. His favorites include La Cage aux Folles, The Rocky Horror Show and working on the hair for Taffetas, Joyful Noise, Seussical and Enchanted April. Besides being the resident makeup and wig designer, Anthony also manages the costume shop for the Fulton. He is excited to have the Fulton's extensive costume collection open to the public.

Ryan B. Gibbs (Stage Manager) New York: Wicked (Broadway), Avenue Q (Off Broadway), Broadway Backwards 6, 36th Annual Winter Solstice Festival and Songs For A New World. National Tours: Avenue Q, The Drowsy Chaperone, Rent, The Will Roger's Follies starring Larry Gatlin and The Man of La Mancha. Regional and Stock: Fulton Theatre, Forestburgh Playhouse, Allenberry Playhouse, Carousel Dinner Theatre to name a few. Ryan is honored to be back at the Fulton. In addition to Stage Management, Ryan has also worked as a Director, Company Manager, Lighting Designer and Production Manager. Originally from York County, PA Ryan holds a BA in Theatre from Marywood University. Love and thanks to Mom, Sarah and Amy.

Anne M. Jude (Assistant Stage Manager) Anne is in her fourth season at the Fulton and is excited to be serving as the stage manager for many of this season's productions. She spent last summer at the Maine State Music Theatre as the ASM on My Fair Lady, Chicago and Spamalot. Favorite productions at the Fulton include Sweeney Todd, The 39 Steps, The Sound of Music, Spamalot, Driving Miss Daisy and Les Misérables. Anne has spent the last few years exploring the country working at Phoenix Metropolitan Opera, Goodspeed Opera House, Walnut Street Theatre and the Theatre at Monmouth. Originally from Minnesota, she received her BFA in Arts Administration from Viterbo University. Proud Member of Actors Equity. Many thanks to Marc, Ryan, Bekah and Bryan. Love to Charlie, Dad and her new husband Joe! For Mom, always.