MEET THE OFF-BROADWAY CAST OF GIRL TALK: THE MUSICAL
TINA JENSEN (Barbara) graduated from The Perpich Center for Arts Education (Music Major), The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, and The Yale Cabaret Conference. Tina’s latest credits include performing in the new rock musical Crazy Head Space Directed by Tony Nominated Gabriel Barre, in an Off-Off-Broadway production of Search and Destroy to rave reviews, in a staged reading of the new rock pop musical Southern Rain and touring internationally and Off-Broadway in Girls Night: The Musical. Check out her blog titled “The Life Of A Future Former Fat Ass” www.tinajensen.webs.com
PRISCILLA FERNANDEZ (Dr. Laura) is thrilled to be performing Girl Talk! She is a recent graduate of the Chicago College of the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University with a BFA in Musical Theatre. Favorite Roles include Princess Puffer in The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Kate in Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party. She would like to thank God, her Mom and Dad, family and friends for their continuous love and support.
SONYA CARTER (Janice/ Director/ Co-Author) is happy to be living the dream! Thank you to Entertainment Events for this opportunity, to the girls onstage and the crew behind the scenes with me (could not do it without an amazing crew!), to my family who loves me through this crazy life, and most notably thank you to my son who continues to support and inspire me daily! Love you Bubba!
MEET THE CREATIVE TEAM OF GIRL TALK: THE MUSICAL
TIM FLAHERTY
(Conceiver/ Co-Author/ Producer)
LOUISE ROCHE
(Co-Author) to date, has written and produced nine shows: Girls Night: The Musical (Milton Keynes, 2007; U.K. tours, 2003, 2004, 2006), Bobby and Johnny (U.K. tour, 2005), Girls Behind (U.K. tour, 2005), Checkout Girls (Milton Keynes, 2005), Lucky Balls (Milton Keynes, 2002), Milton Keynes: The Musical (Milton Keynes, 2002), Frankie’s Game (Milton Keynes, 1999) and Happy Christmas Shirley (Milton Keynes, 2006). Her writing for television includes work for the BBC and ITV. She also has a novel, Glutton for Punishment, published in paperback by Pan Books. Previously, she worked in television production as a researcher and producer of factual programs. Credits include: “Where There’s Life,” “First Tuesday” and the drama documentary “Shoot To Kill.” Two more plays True Love and Finding Daddy are now in development. Louise became co-director of Goodnights Entertainment in 2003.
BETSY KELSO
(Book Contributor)
AMY JONES
(Choreographer/ Music Director)
ROBERT DRAGOTTA
(Producer) is a producing partner with Entertainment Events on Shout! The Mod Musical, The Yiddish Are Coming…The Yiddish Are Coming!, We’re Still Hot and The Great American Trailer Park Musical. He was a producer with The Culture Project for the award winning hit Sarah Jones: Bridge and Tunnel and White Chocolate. Broadway credits include Grey Gardens , Bombay Dreams, Flower Drum Song, Noises Off, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, The Elephant Man, Electra and Epic Proportions. He produced Lorna Luft’s Songs My Mother Taught Me, a tribute to Judy Garland, at the Savoy Theater in London and the Parker Playhouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Dragotta produced the national tour of Some Like It Hot, starring Tony Curtis. Robert produced Kathy Buckley’s Obie Award winning one-woman show Now Hear This! at the Lamb’s Theater and Bruce Graham’s Minor Demons at the Century Center for the Performing Arts, where he served as President of the Board.
ENTERTAINMENT EVENTS INC.
(Producer) Based in New York City, EEI productions have been produced and presented in all 50 states as well as in Canada, Europe, Australia and Asia. Since 1999 EEI has produced; Girls Night: The Musical, the Late Nite Catechism Series including Sister Strikes Again!, ’Til Death Do Us Part, Sister’s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi’s Gold, Sister’s Easter Catechism: Will My Bunny Go to Heaven?; Maybe Baby, It’s You, The Yiddish Are Coming, The Yiddish Are Coming!, Shout! The Mod Musical, Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding, Defending the Caveman, We’re Still Hot! The Musical and are former producers of Jeanie Linders’ Menopause The Musical. www.EntertainmentEvents.com
Girl Talk: The Musical is Now playing Off-Broadway at the Midtown Theatre in NYC. For tickets and more info, call (877) 386-6968 or visit: www.GirlTalkTheMusical.com
