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MEET THE CREATORS

WRITERS

· BOOK ·

Justin Elizabeth Sayre

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Justin Elizabeth Sayre is a playwright, performer, and author called "Oscar Wilde meets Whoopi Goldberg" by Michael Musto. Sayre is the creator of The Meeting, the longest-running LGBTQ comedy variety show in New York history, which earned a Bistro Award and two MAC nominations. Their latest variety show, Assorted Fruit, played a sold-out residency at Joe's Pub in 2023. Their plays have been seen at Dixon Place, The Wild Project, La MaMa Experimental Theatre, and The Celebration Theatre, and their 12-part Camp-Horror-Soap-Opera Ravenswood Manor is in development with Sony Television and RuPaul. As an author, Sayre has published the YA novel trilogy Husky, Pretty, and Mean (Penguin) and the queer compendium From Gay to Z (Chronicle). They wrote for the final three seasons of CBS's 2 Broke Girls.

· MUSIC ·

Bree Lowdermilk

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Bree Lowdermilk is an award-winning theatre composer, lyricist, and orchestrator. Lowdermilk's Off-Broadway credits include The Mad Ones (59E59) and Henry and Mudge (Lucille Lortel Theatre). Other musicals with longtime collaborator Kait Kerrigan include Republic, Tales from the Bad Years, The Woman Upstairs, and The Freshman Experiment, with major regional productions at Arizona Theatre Company, the Kennedy Center, and Marin Theatre Company. Her songs have been recorded by Kelli O'Hara, Audra McDonald, and Jeremy Jordan, among many others. Honors include the Jonathan Larson Award, Alan Menken Award, and Richard Rodgers Award. Lowdermilk founded NewMusicalTheatre.com and serves on the board of Applied Mechanics. She is an alumna of NYU and the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, and identifies as a queer, non-binary trans woman.

· LYRICS ·

Kait Kerrigan

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Kait Kerrigan is an award-winning bookwriter, lyricist, and playwright. Kerrigan most recently wrote the book for The Great Gatsby) on Broadway and the West End, as well as the West End musical The Time Traveller's Wife. Off-Broadway: The Mad Ones (59E59) and Henry and Mudge (Lucille Lortel Theatre). Her honors include the Kleban Award for libretto, the Jonathan Larson Award for lyric-writing, an Edgerton Award for Father/Daughter, and a Theatre Hall of Fame designation as Most Promising Lyricist. Her work appears on multiple cast recordings, including the Original Broadway Cast Recording of The Great Gatsby. A Barnard College graduate (B.A. English Literature), Kerrigan is married to lyricist Nathan Tysen and has been writing with Bree Lowdermilk since middle school.

ALBUM CREDITS

ALBUM PRODUCERS Bree Lowdermilk · Kait Kerrigan · Zachary Orts · Sean Patrick Flahaven
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Ali Tesluk Case
PRINCIPAL VOCALS RECORDED BY Ian Kagey
BAND & ENSEMBLE VOCALS RECORDED BY Parker Robinson · Chris Hales
EDITED & MIXED BY Ian Kagey
MASTERED BY Oscar Zambrano
ART DIRECTION & DESIGN Derek Bishop
COVER DESIGN Subplot Studio

MUSIC CREDITS

MUSIC SUPERVISION Zachary Orts
ARRANGEMENTS & ORCHESTRATIONS Bree Lowdermilk
ADDITIONAL ORCHESTRATIONS Déa Thatcher
VOCAL ARRANGEMENTS & COMPING Bree Lowdermilk
ELECTRONIC MUSIC PRODUCTION Bree Lowdermilk
MUSIC PREPARATION Zachary Orts, Jeremy Robin Lyons & Déa Thatcher
ADDITIONAL MUSIC PREPARATION Vaheed Talebian
ENSEMBLE VOCAL DIRECTION Ross Boothe
SPECIAL THANKS Jeremy Robin Lyons · Lloyd Kikkoler · Tias Volker

MUSICIANS

Drums Shane Jones
Keys Jeremy Showgren
Guitar Chris Hales
Bass Craig Nielson
Violin Hugh Palmer
Cello Austin Hoke

ENSEMBLE VOCALISTS

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