Michelle Elliott graduated from NYUÕs Graduate Musical Theatre Program in May, 2005, where she was a bookwriter/lyricist. While at NYU, she was the recepient of the Tisch Achievement Award for her program. Michelle was the co-founder and Artistic Director of Frontier Theatre in Minneapolis, where she wrote, directed and produced six original musicals, including the critically and commercially successful Fringe Festival show, When Pop Stars Attack! Michelle and Danny are currently collaborating on two new works, Maiden Voyage about female pirates, and an as yet untitled piece about going through adolescence in an online world.

Michael Cassara Casting (Casting) recent credits include The Molly Maguires (Pre-Broadway workshop, dir. Sheryl Kaller, mus. dir. John McDaniel), Clear Blue Tuesday (feature film, dir. Elizabeth Lucas), The Gig (benefit concert and cast recording), Breaking In (internet series), If This Hat Could Talk (national tour, dir. George Faison), Stephen Schwartz's Captain Louie (national tour), and countless readings and workshops. Regional credits include Goodspeed Musicals, the Paper Mill Playhouse, the Kitchen Theatre Company and the Hinton Battle Theatre Laboratory. Michael Cassara Casting is the resident casting office of the 2007 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF). Upcoming: 11 shows in this year's NYMF and the inaugural 2007-2008 season of the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Arts in Fairfield, Iowa!

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Broadway: Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Workshops: Ever After, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Off-Broadway: Don't Quit Your Night Job, Bush is Bad, Junie B. Jones (Lortel), Cam Jansen (Lamb's). As a lyricist, Jill is adapting "The Dogs of Pripyat" with composer Aron Accurso. They are the recipients of the Harrington Award for excellence in the BMI Workshop, and most recently, a Dramatists Guild Fellowship.