JENNY GORELICK (WRITER, “BILLY,” EXECUTIVE PRODUCER)

Jenny Gorelick is a comedian, actress, and two-time Emmy-nominated producer (lol). She creates and hosts some of New York’s best comedy variety events and has been called a “crushworthy comedian” by Time Out New York and an “incredible host” by Jezebel. She has appeared in the Netflix is a Joke Fest and sketches on Comedy Central and Late Night with Seth Meyers, and on television on Blue Bloods and in And Just Like That as an adoring fan of THE Che Diaz. She won Best Actress for QuickieFest. At the award ceremony, Taxi TV’s Sandy Kenyon told the room that she is a “star of tomorrow” in that voice of his. It was just like being in a taxi. As a writer, her pilot After D!sney is in the top 1% of comedy pilots on Coverfly and her essays have been featured in the New York Times’ Modern Love column, Cosmopolitan, McSweeney’s, and the New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs. More on her website: jennygorelick.com and instagram @jennycestquoi.

GABBY BRYAN (“MIKE”)

Gabby Bryan is a New York-based stand-up comedian, actress, Emmy-award winning producer, and overall girlie girl. This winter, she brought her Fringe hit Billy and the Situation to Union Hall, garnering praise in the New York Times, after a successful Edinburgh Fringe Festival run. She performed alongside Olivia Wilde and Oscar Isaac in the film “Life Itself” (Amazon Prime), appeared in the bilingual film “Ruta Viva” (HBO), and featured in Ilana Glazer’s special “Comedy on Earth” (Comedy Central). Gabby co-hosts "L'Podcast" with comedian Zack Signore,which has built a global audience, as well as "Let Me Ask My Dad” Podcast with musician and composer David Bryan. Gabby has toured all around the globe, including shows in London, Dublin, Los Angeles, Boston and hits the road again with her headlining tour "Gabby Bryan is my Best Friend" this fall. She is wildly popular on social media with over 270K followers, sharing viral stand up clips & comedy sketches. Follow her at @gabbyisbryan on all platforms!

DOUGLAS WIDICK (ORIGINAL SONG - “WE’RE BACK”)

Douglas Widick is a founding member of Hip-Hop Improv group, North Coast, which was named one of Timeout NY’s Top 10 Comedy Shows of 2014 and tours internationally. He is currently in the cast of Sonja In Your City (which he composed the music for) and Toxic Masculinity: The Musical. Doug teaches musical improv all over the world, and was recently seen in the Off-Broadway musicals, “F#%king Up Everything”, “Blank! The Musical”, and "Anybody: An Improvised Historical Hip-Hopera." He is the founder of VeryOwnSong.com, and you can watch his many comedy videos at douglaswidick.com.

IAN KAGEY (SOUND DESIGN)

Ian Kagey is Grammy-Award winning engineer and mixer who has engineered numerous broadway cast recordings including: Into the Woods, Come From Away, Funny Girl, Camelot, Merrily We Roll Along, Be More Chill, Water for Elephants, Shucked and The Great Gatsby. Ian also has done extensive work recording for films including West Side Story, Wicked, Tick Tick Boom, and The Wild Robot as well as for TV shows such as: Smash, Up Here, and Harlem. In addition to his work in theater, TV, and Film, Ian has also recorded for a wide range of artists including Joshua Bell, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney and Michael Bublé. As a producer Ian has also made albums for multi-hyphenate artists including The Bengsons and Joe Iconis.  In addition to his work as a recording and mix engineer Ian was the Director of Operations for Power Station at BerkleeNYC from 2017-2023 and now runs and operates Renaissance Recording with fellow Grammy-Winning engineer Derik Lee. 

NICK SOLYOM (LIGHTING DESIGN)

Upcoming Co-Lighting Design: Take The Lead at Paper Mill Playhouse. Recent Lighting Designs: The Hollow by John Rapson, Westerly Breath by Hamed Sinno; Imaginary Comforts by Daniel Handler; The Christians by Lucas Hnath and The Prince of Players by Carlisle Floyd. Recent Associate Lighting Designs: Death Becomes Her, The Outsiders, Moulin Rouge! and The Music Man. Nick is originally from Los Angeles and lives in New York City. SolyomDesign.com

KATIE SPELMAN (CHOREOGRAPHY)

Katie Spelman (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based choreographer who made her Broadway choreographic debut this season with The Notebook.  Recent credits include Great Comet (Writers Theatre), The Music Man (Marriott Theatre,  8 Jeff Nominations), Cabaret (Barrington Stage Company, Berkie Award for Best Choreography); the world premiere of An American Tail (CTC); Hello Kitty Must Die (Edinburgh Fringe), Day 365 - Live from the Rainbow Room with Dylan Mulvaney, Once (Writers Theatre), Swearing in English (Ars Nova), aren’t you glad you stayed in (TEAM Petri Project),  AD 16 (Olney Theater, Helen Hayes Award for Best Choreography), The Beautiful Game (Tokyo, TOHO Productions), The Who’s Tommy (DCPA), and Oklahoma! (Goodspeed). She was the Associate Choreographer on Moulin Rouge for the Boston, Broadway, and Australian companies, as well as an associate on the Broadway productions of Amelie, American Psycho, and Once; she was the Associate Choreographer on RENT Live! on Fox, and the Associate Director for Close To You on the West End. Katie has also collaborated with Lookingglass, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Camerata Bern, Court Theatre, The Hypocrites, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Timeline Theatre, and Northwestern University. 

AMY TAYLOR ROSENBLUM (ASSISTANT DIRECTOR)

Amy is a Brooklyn-based director, writer, and producer of theater, film, and television. In theater, she has worked extensively on and off Broadway, including last season’s The Notebook, and with the Manhattan Theater Club, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Vineyard Theatre, The New Group, New York Theatre Workshop, Williamstown Theatre Festival, New York Stage & Film, Red Bull Theater, The Play Company & more. In TV, she was a Co-Producer and the Casting Director of Showtime’s Couples Therapy Seasons 2-4 and worked on Severance Season 2. Co-writer and Director of Go Tell Your Fathers (Palm Springs International ShortFest, New York Independent Film Festival), member of Lincoln Center Directors Lab, SDC associate.

CHLOE IVANSON (ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR)

Chloe Joy Ivanson is an actor and producer. chloejoyivanson.com

ASHLEY RODBRO (DIRECTOR)

Ashley Rodbro is a director and writer for theater and film. She's put up productions of Moulin Rouge: The Musical! around the globe as the Worldwide Supervising Associate Director (Broadway, Australia, West End, Germany, 1st North American Tour). She was previously the Resident Director for Hamilton: An American Musical (And Peggy company—Puerto Rico & San Francisco) as well as the Associate Director and Script Supervisor for the hit show Oh, Hello on Broadway starring John Mulaney & Nick Kroll, and directed by Alex Timbers in productions Off-Broadway, on a National Tour, on Broadway at the Lyceum Theater, and as a Netflix special. She was also AD and for Alex Edelman's Emmy & Tony winning special Just For Us (HBO) and for John Mulaney’s Kid Gorgeous Netflix special at Radio City Music Hall. She is the Creative Director and CEO/Founder of Heredia Vision, a production company that puts women at the helm of developing and creating digital content.

THANK YOU TO THE TEAM MEMBERS WHO’VE HELPED ALONG THE WAY!

Isaac Himmelman (First Drafts Written With)

Zac Lux (Branding & Original Poster Design)

Spencer Hall (Poster Design)

Zoe Novello (Edinburgh Poster Design)

Erik Scott (Video Design)

Nara Shin (Sound Design)

Kelsey Burns (Associate Choreography)

Kurt Cruz (Stage Manager, Technical Director at Caveat)

SPECIAL THANKS

Isaac Himmelman, Alice Gorelick, Emma Rodbro, Cheno Pinter, James Zebooker, Joey Dardano, Danielle Gimbal, Arin Sang-urai (Photojuice), Andrew Levy (Just Off the Six), Alex S. Brown, Ed Rodbro, Rick Mullen, Simon Henriques, Sarah Woods, Makena Miller, Shea Vassar, Craig Cox, Erik Scott, Zack Signore, Tom Packman, Owen Donovan, Matt Fechter (Stride Management), Michele Peacock & Abby Berger (Bohemia Talent Group), Michael Finkle (WME), Triskelion Arts, Vangeline Theatre, Adam Gold and The New York Comedy Festival, Caveat NYC & Kurt Cruz, Alan Kliffer & Carter Lee Iddings & Asylum NYC, Matt Kelly & Union Hall, Samuel Curtis & Dynasty Typewriter, PBH’s Free Fringe & Legends, Rory O’Hanlon, Eliza Dillon, Sebastian Hernandez, Bebe + Honey + Georgie, Deano (our everything), Jason Eagan & Andrew Neisler & Ars Nova, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino (the real one), and every audience member who played Officer Miller in earlier versions.