SONIA ANN BLANGIARDO (Co-Director) was born in NY and graduated with a BA in communications from St. John's University. She has spent the last 17 years in daytime television. She began her career on All My Children in their intern program and worked her way up to associate producer. In 2001 she went to One Life To Live as a coordinating producer where she earned an Emmy for best daytime drama. She is currently a director on As The World Turns. This is her directorial theater debut.
TERESA ANNE CICALA (Co-Director) believes she was a gay man in a former life. In this life, she was born and raised in Brooklyn, and attended Fordham University on partial scholarship, graduating with a B.A. in Communications in 1995. She began working in television shortly thereafter and is currently as Associate Director and Editor at One Life to Live, a position which has earned her two Emmy nominations. Off-Broadway, Ms. Cicala worked as an Associate Director on My Big Gay Italian Wedding. She would like to thank her family, G, Sha, and Thomas Brown for their support and love. Also, much thanks and appreciation to Joe for creating the BoysJustWanna website, and to Drew for all the cappuccinos!
J. AUSTIN EYER (Choreographer) Austin has performed and choreographed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, ‘96 Olympic opening ceremonies, NYMF, Disney world, and Universal studios. Some other choreographic credits include productions of Annie Get Your Gun, Pippin, Footloose, Carousel, and Company. As a PERFORMER- Broadway: Curtains (swing), The Secret Garden (Colin). National Tour: Evita, and the Boston & St. Paul companies of White Christmas. Other theatre credits: The Wild Party (Burrs), Carousel (Enoch Snow), Children of Eden (God) and Hamlet in Hamlet. He received a BFA from NYU (CAP21) and is a member of the CAP21 Dance Faculty. Thanks to Melissa G.
BERNARD GRENIER (Costume Designer) Currently, Bernard’s set design for Nancy Friday’s ‘My Secret Garden’, can be seen in the 45th Street Theatre production. Most recently, he has designed costumes for the Off-Broadway productions of Golf and Little Ham at the John Houseman Theatre, which garnered him a 2002 American Theatre Wing Hewes Design Award Nomination for Best Costumes. Winning the award for “Best Costumes” for the 2006 Fringe Festival production of Trouble In Shameland, Bernard has also recently designed costumes for the National Dance Institute's production of Romeo & Juliet and the 30th Anniversary Off-Broadway Revival of Godspell.
NATE JOHNSON (Production Coordinator) is thrilled to be a part of this production. Stage credits include, My Big Gay Italian Wedding (Off B-Way), Prometheus Bound (Germany), Turandot (LaMAMA). TV credits include, The Party Planner (Discovery Channel, 28 episodes), One Life to Live (Enzo). Film credits include Public Interest and Vacationland. He has an MFA in classical acting from Columbia University. To dan and Ethyl, as always.
NICOLE MICHELLE (Production Coordinator) is a native of New Jersey who began her acting career eight years ago in New York, mostly on television and movies. This will be her debut behind the scenes. She's thrilled about this project and would like to thank all of her teachers and her parents for all their help and support.
BEN FOLSTEIN (Board Operator) is a musician and filmmaker living in Brooklyn. His films have shown in San Francisco, New Orleans, Albuquerque, San Diego, Chicago, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chattanooga, and Singapore. His band, Level II, plays throughout New York. In his spare time he humbly occupies a position as Technical Director for the Actors Playhouse.
