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 Greg Schreiner is the pianist, narrator and producer of Hollywood Revisited. He has appeared on numerous television programs including AMC's Hollywood Fashion Machine, A&E's The Incurable Collector, Entertainment Tonight, Hard Copy and The Montel Williams Show. All have featured various movie costumes from his vast personal collection. Some of these costumes are on display at the new Hollywood History Museum in Hollywood, California. Mr. Schreiner serves on the piano faculty at Cerritos College, has several recordings in release and was composer/performer for the educational television series Masters of the Silent Screen. Greg also is an active participant in the music community of Southern California as the accompanist for the Mansfield Chamber Singers of Beverly Hills. He is also the president of Marilyn Remembered, a club devoted to preserving the memory of Marilyn Monroe. Greg Schreiner is truly a renaissance man!
 Joshua Finkel is the director and choreographer of Hollywood Revisited, as well as performer. He has directed everything from cabaret to industrial film and has been fortunate enough to perform and direct all over the world. Selected directing credits include the L.A. Premiere of the musical The Spitfire Grill received a best musical nomination from the Ovation Awards as well as the L.A. Times' Critic's Pick of the Week, Falsettoland at San Francisco's Phoenix Theater, Songs for a New World (Bay Area Premiere, The Plush Room-San Francisco). In addition, Mr. Finkel coaches acting and public speaking privately in Los Angeles--his Creative Combustion Acting Studio accepts students of all ages and levels. Joshua heads up the Musical Theater Emphasis at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks and has created the intensive musical theater training program, the ANMT Performers' Workshop in North Hollywood. Joshua has his MFA in Classical Theater from the University of Delaware. Among his many roles, he starred on Broadway and in London as "Molina" in Kiss of the Spider Woman opposite Chita Rivera and Vanessa Williams, which he then took to India twice. LA and tour: "Thenardier" in Les Miserables. More info: www.ccactingstudio.com.
 Jill Burke was born and raised in Los Angeles. She began performing professionally with the Walt Disney Company, portraying such characters as Princess Jasmine, the Little Mermaid, and Pocahontas. Her theater credits include: Fiddler on the Roof, Pirates of Penzance, Songs for a New World, and several original musical theater productions and soundtracks. She has performed on stage while traveling all around the world on Norwegian and Holland America Cruise Lines. Here at home, she frequently can be seen singing our National Anthem for teams such as the Anaheim Angels, the Mighty Ducks, and the L.A Lakers. And, a little known fact: she was Miss Anaheim 1991, going on to compete in the Miss California pageant. Website: www.jillmarieburke.com
 Tami Tappan Damiano
Tami most recently performed as Susan in tick.tick.Boom! at the Coronet, Penny in Never Gonna Dance and as Sarah in Guys and Dolls for Musical Theatre West, Gabby/Bobbi in City of Angels and Claire de Loone in On the Town for Reprise!, Queenie in The Wild Party for Musical Theatre Guild, Side by Side by Sondheim at the Rubicon Theatre (2004 Ovation Nomination), Diva #1 in Swing! at South Bay CLO, Polly in Crazy for You at Musical Theatre West (2003 Ovation Nomination), and Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire for the Rubicon Theatre. She is originally from Washington, D.C., where she received the Helen Hayes Award for Supporting Actress in Lydie Breeze by John Guare. She is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon, and was seen on Broadway as Ellen in Miss Saigon, a role she also performed in Los Angeles. Favorite roles include Princess Leonide in Triumph of Love (Santa Barbara CLO), Kathy in Singin' in the Rain (Musical Theatre West, Welk Resort Theatre), Woman 1 in I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (Musical Theatre West, La Mirada) and Shirley in Lady Be Good (La Fenice Opera, Venice, Italy). Tami just finished her solo CD for LML Music, "Hot Notes", and is performing in concerts all around the country. Television appearances include Numbers, The Drew Carey Show, Third Rock from the Sun, The Good Doctor: The Paul Fleiss Story, and Sunset Beach. You can hear Tami's voice as the singing voice of Cinderella in the soon to be released DVD, "Cinderella III" for Disney, and as Cinderella on "The Princess Tea Party Album."
 David Engel
Mr. Engel is a two-time recipient of the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award for "Best Actor in a Musical" for his performance as Bobby in Crazy For You. He is best known for playing Smudge in Forever Plaid, the role he created in the original New York production and subsequent London, and Los Angeles productions (LA Drama Critics, Drama-Logue, Ovation Awards), and reprised the role in Plaid Tidings at the Pasadena Playhouse, On Broadway David appeared opposite Carol Burnett in Putting It Together, and played the Bass Wickersham in Seussical: The Musical. Also on Broadway David created the role of Hanna from Hamburg in the original production of La Cage Aux Folles and played an Aggie in both the stage and the film versions of The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. Other appearances onstage include starring roles in Never Gonna Dance, La Cage, Kiss Me Kate, Swing, Singin’ In The Rain, Children Of Eden, Dames At Sea, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, I Do! I Do! and Side By Side By Sondheim. A longtime member of LA’s Musical Theatre Guild, he has most proud of his work in Passion, Falsettos, My Favorite Year and last years triumphant The Wild Party. Recently Mr. Engel starred in a musical short film called Zombie Prom and shared and on screen romance with RuPaul.
 Maura M. Knowles is an accomplished actor and vocalist, Maura's television credits include E.R., Girlfriends, The Bold & the Beautiful, Law & Order, Providence, Becker, Titus, Chicken Soup for the Soul, the movie-of-the-week Murder She Wrote and Special Victims Unit. Film credits include Abide with Me (Laura Prepon) Oh Happy Day, The Yardsale with Anne Meara, Dismembered with Lee Horsely, Bulworth (Warren Beatty) and Fruit of the Vine. Favorite theatre credits include the award-winning pop opera Bare, in which she also performed a concert reading for the New York Public Theatre, the workshop production of Francis Ford Coppola's Gidget, Side by Side by Sondheim, A Man of No Importance and Merrily We Roll Along. Maura co-produced and starred in the world premiere of the critically-acclaimed play, Big Girl, Little World at the International Fringe Festival in New York City. Maura is a member of the award winning companies, The Musical Theatre Guild (MTG) and Can't Sleep Productions in New York City. She can be heard singing on her CD, Maura M. Knowles sings Frank Palmieri. Please visit her website at www.mauramknowles.com
 Elizabeth Ward Land was seen on Broadway as Marie in The Scarlet Pimpernel (original cast, all three versions), Passion, City of Angels, and as a featured soloist at Radio City Music Hall in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber starring Michael Crawford, Off-Broadway - The Green Heart (Manhattan Theatre Club), Hello Again (Lincoln Center) and Chess. National Tours: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Les Miserables, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber starring Michael Crawford (including Royal Albert Hall in London), and Singin' in the Rain. She has starred in Regional Theatres all over the country, most recently: Betty Blake in The Will Rogers Follies (Sacramento Music Circus and Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma); Helen McClay Dubin in Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Coconut Grove Playhouse); Lady Capulet in Romeo & Juliet (Goodspeed); and as Connee Boswell in The Boswell Sisters (Old Globe Theatre in San Diego). In concert, she has performed with The Leading Ladies, vocalist Todd Murray, at the Mark Taper Forum with Michael Feinstein in A Tribute to Cole Porter, and as the voice of the Newsboy in Adam's Rib with Anne Heche and Adam Arkin at L.A. Theatre Works. She is currently starring as the Evil Queen in Snow White, an Enchanting New Musical now at Disneyland.
 Tod H. Macofsky starred in the West Coast premiere of the revue Bed, Boys & Beyond and the critically-acclaimed two-man production of Stephen Sondheim's Marry Me a Little. Tod created the role of Bris boy in the long-running hit musical revue Naked Boys Singing! for which he won the 1998 L.A. Weekly Award for Best New Musical Ensemble. He can also be heard on that show's original cast recording which received a 1998 GLAMA Award. Tod studied theatre at UCLA where he starred as Jesus in Godspell and Adil in the U.S. premiere of Tewfik al-Hakim's political drama Fate of a Cockroach. Tod is also part of the vocal quartet Four Level Interchange. Tod will soon be seen as Thomas in the television movie Detective starring Bruce Boxleitner, Tom Berenger and Annabeth Gish.
 Michelle Maves has been seen in Los Angeles at the Downey Civic Light Opera, in the new musical, Bert and Eddie, and Showtime Cabaret in Burbank. Originally from the Midwest, she has performed at Chicago theatres including Light Opera Works, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, Pheasant Run Dinner Theatre, and worked with Arthur Kopit at the Chicago Theatre Building’s Stages Festival. Other credits include singing National Anthems for the Chicago Cubs and White Sox, performing with Shania Twain, and finishing in the top ten at the Miss Illinois pageant in 2003 and 2004.
 Brett Schindele Broadway-National Tour: Jesus Christ Superstar (Peter/Simon the Zealot); West Side Story (Tony). Regional theater: The Musical of Musicals: The Musical! (West- and East-Coast premiere companies). Los Angeles: Romeo & Juliet (Romeo); Mitch Albom's And The Winner Is... (West-Coast premiere); Anything Goes (Billy Crocker); Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Joseph); Cabaret (Cliff Bradshaw); Brigadoon (Tommy Albright); Sondheim's Marry Me A Little (The Guy). Piano/music direction: Side by Side by Sondheim, Steel Pier, Oliver!, Little Shop of Horrors, Noel Coward's Tonight at 8:30 (L.A. Drama Critics' Circle Award). Film/TV: Cold Case, It Is Written, Thirteen Days with Kevin Costner. Alumnus, Dartmouth College.
 Elisa Surmont has performed in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and points between. Off-Broadway and regional highlights include A Good Swift Kick at Variety Arts, Both Barrels at Goodspeed Opera House, and The Great Gatsby at Wisdom Bridge. West Coast appearances are Both Barrels at Luna Park, Funny... You Don't Look Like a Grandmother and Dying for Laughs at the Santa Monica Playhouse, Lovesongs at the Whitefire Theater. Other favorites include roles in A Streetcar Named Desire, The Robber Bridegroom, HMS Pinafore, The Maids, and Tartuffe. Film and TV credits include the Andy Dick Show, the Art Police, the Tonight Show, One World, and Shattered Illusions. Elisa is mommy to Russell and wife to Christopher Fairbanks.
 Cate Caplin and Gary Franco
Theatrical Dance Champions Cate Caplin is a thirty-four times regional and international champion in Theatre Arts Adagio and has appeared on television, in commercials, in feature films and in a variety of prestigious venues across the county and worldwide including the White House, the Kennedy Center, the Metropolitan Opera House, Ford's Theatre, the Hollywood Bowl, the Paris Opera House, Rockefeller Center, the Palace of Fine Arts, the Orpheum Theatre, the Ritz Carlton, Caesar's Palace, the Hollywood Palladium, the Los Angeles Theatre Center, House of Blues, Shanghai China's Sports Arena, Tokyo's Hakuhinkan Theatre and the Broadway stage. She is also a theatre director and choreographer and recently wrote and directed her first feature film, "Mating Dance" produced by Cineville/Kestone, scheduled for release later this fall.
Gary Franco has an extensive theatre and dance career which includes MTV videos, television shows, movies, commercials, European tours with Chippendales and performing as the "Head waiter" in the 1st and 2nd National Tours ofthe Broadway show CONTACT, the winner of four Tony Awards including best musical in 2000. Gary is a two time Showstopper National Champion and his classical technique and partnering abilities have led him to perform in some of the most prestigious theatres in Russia, Latvia, Europe, Japan, Taiwan and throughout the United States with companies such as the Boston Ballet, LA Classical Ballet, American Folk Ballet and Disney's Symphonic Fantasy. He and dance partner Cate Caplin are World Champions and Multiple Gold Medalists in Theatre Arts Adagio and Theatrical Dance.
For more information on Cate and Gary please visit www.DanceinFlight.com.
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