productions
2010 - New York Industry Reading
Brighter Sky Productions in association with Universal Pictures
will present a major industry reading of Rocket Boys:
June 7, 2010 - 2pm & 7pm
Ripley-Grier Studios
520 Eighth Avenue, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Cast
Homer Hickam
J. Mark McVey*
Elsie Hickam
Terri Klausner*
Basil Ogelthorpe/Mr. Turner
Robert Picardo*
John “Eye” Blevin
Andre Ward*
Dorothy Plunk
Brooke Sunny Moriber*
Valentine
Molly Jobe*
Homer “Sonny” Hickam Jr.
Carl Anthony Tramon*
Quentin
Olli Haaskivi*
O’Dell
Josh Breckenridge*
Roy Lee
Eli Schneider*
Miss Riley
Nili Bassman*
John Lassiter/Ensemble
Stephen Zinnato*
Ike Bykovski/Ensemble
Michael Bartoli*
Jim/Ensemble
Michael Andrew Daly*
Buck/Ensemble
Eddie Egan*
Ensemble
Rebecca Krainik*, Sheri Adams*,
Richard Barth*, Laura Darrell*
* Member of Actors' Equity Association
Musical Supervision & Direction: Joseph Baker
Assistant Musical Director: Madelyn Rubinstein
Guitar: Robert Baxmeyer
Production Stage Manager: Stephen Emerson
Assistant Stage Manager: Priscilla Krause
Special Thanks To:
Joe Baker, Madelyn Rubenstein, Stephen Emerson, Priscilla Krause, Richard Danley, Jim Kierstead, John Chinn, Ripley-Grier Studios, Hy Chait, Amanda Short, and a very special thank you to Anne Tramon.
Legal Representation:
Susan Mindell, Esq.
Levine, Plotkin & Menin
1740 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
Production
JOSEPH BAKER (Musical Direction and Supervision) has been working as a Conductor and Pianist on and around Broadway for more than 20 years. Shows he has performed include: Shrek, Wicked, The Lion King, Blood Brothers, The Life, Grand Hotel, Starlight Express, The Tap Dance Kid, Little Shop Of Horrors, Big River, Catskills On Broadway, Footloose, and Bells Are Ringing. He has also done duties as Orchestrator, Vocal Arranger or Dance Arranger on shows as: Bubbly Black Girl, The Green Heart, and Footloose.
His successes in film and TV include Composing the score for the smash hit documentary Mad Hot Ballroom, and was Composer-Arranger–Producer for a wonderful children’s TV series on Public Television called Dittydoodle Works.
In his own recording studio at Bakerboys Music, he has worked on recordings by, among others, Petula Clark, Jeremy Kushnier, (Jersey Boys, Rent, Aida), Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll And Hyde), Jonny Peterson, Steven Lutvak, and J. Mark McVey (Les Misérables).
Of course, his best productions have been his family: his wife Renae, son David, and daughter Rozi who is rehearsing for Mary Poppins on Broadway!
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