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THE WRITERS
Jay Falzone (Librettist)
Having received a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from Syracuse
University, Jay is a “recovering actor.” He attends Actors
Anonymous meetings three times a week and is on Step 7 (“Apologize
to any scenery you might have chewed in the past if doing so will not
hurt the scenery or yourself in any way.”). Every now and again
he has fallen off the wagon and portrayed a variety of roles including
Buddy in The Last Session (with composer Steve Schalchlin as
Gideon), Man #1 and Man #2 Swing in I Love You, You’re Perfect,
Now Change, and Applegate in Damn Yankees. To give any
further acting credits would be in direct violation of Step 4 (“Admit
that the audience does not care to read your entire resume in your bio.”).
Preferring to tell people what to do versus being told what to do, Jay
has spent the majority of his time directing and choreographing. His
directing credits include the 50th Anniversary National Tour of Snoopy!,
What We Don’t Confess (off-B’way; Tony Vellela
playwright), I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Downstairs
Cabaret Theatre), and Tell Me On A Sunday (Syracuse Stage After
Ours). Choreographing credits include 42nd Street, La Cage
Aux Folles, The Little Shop of Horrors, and Damn Yankees.
Additionally, Jay is the mastermind behind many-a-cheesy musical revue
extravaganzas such as Broadway’s Best (German tour) and
Lullaby of Broadway (Shea’s Center). Currently, Jay is preparing
to direct and choreograph his fifth summer season of The News In
Revue.
Jay’s writing credits began at the age of ten when his short story,
The Unhappy Kingdom, was published in the “Our Towns”
sections of The Democrat and Chronicle. He has never managed
to achieve that level of recognition or composition again, but continues
to write his “lesser works.” Such works include That
Is To Love (Book and Lyrics) which premiered at Syracuse University
and Double Duet (Book and Lyrics) which received both a workshop
and a full production at the Downstairs Cabaret Theatre. Jay is certain
that loosely basing Jack & Jill on the themes of The
Unhappy Kingdom will ensure its success.
Jason Loffredo (Composer)
With a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Syracuse University,
Jason has decided more or less to ignore the usefulness of his education
degree and pursue a career in composing, music directing and generally
being poor. As a musical director Jason has worked in theaters from
Minnesota to Alabama, community theater to children’s theater
with full orchestras to Mini-Discs, therefore, upward mobility is really
unavoidable. Jason spent three years as the musical director
for The News in Revue, a political satire musical revue that
plays in the Berkshires during the summer. Incidentally Jason and Jay’s
writing partnership began during The News in Revue. Other musical
directing and/or keyboard credits include Altar Boyz (off-B'way at the Dodger's Stages), The State Farm Industial 2006 (woo-hoo! Go State Farm!) (with composer Jason Robert Brown and drector Tony Stevens), Children's Letters to God (off-B'way at The Lamb's Theater), Broadway Laughs (a recurring benefit for BCEFA at Caroline's Comedy Club), Construction, (which is currently under construction), The Big Apple Circus, (both in NYC and on Tour), and a slew of regional and stock shows, (some of which Jason has very little memory of), at The New London Barn Playhouse, Forestburgh Playhouse, Surflight Theater and Cortland Repertory Theater.
As a composer and arranger, Jason’s music has been performed for
hundreds of people. Okay, maybe one hundred. Alright, his wife
likes to listen to it, (sometimes). Despite his efforts to maintain mediocrity, Jason’s
music was featured at The Triad in NYC at A Beat Ahead (3) (an evening of new composers sponsored by Any Minute Now Productions) and extensively in various recitals and concerts
at Syracuse University. Also, he has been commissioned by members of
the Syracuse Symphony, The Society for New Music’s Composers in
the Schools program, and the Linda Dulci Dance Ensemble. Also, look for a new musical adaptation of The Seagull (Yes, the Chekov play) in which Jason will be providing arrangements and possibly orchestrations for. You Don't Know Jack marks Jason’s first endeavor into writing a full scale
theater piece, and several people have recommended it be his last. Being
a very poor listener, Jason has already begun working on his second
full-length musical entitled Vampire Boogie: The Dance Continues.
For more you can visit Jason's own website at www.jasonloffredo.com