The Rat Pack Lounge

Who's Who on the Creative Team
James Hindman
JAMES HINDMAN (Co-Writer) is thrilled to be working at The Denver Center and would like to thank Ray, Randy and Louis for making it possible. James wrote and conceived Pete 'n' Keely, which received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination (Best Off-Broadway Musical) and two Drama Desk nominations, and co-wrote A Christmas Survival Guide. Both shows are published by Samuel French and performed around the country. He also co-wrote I Love New York (Bistro Award). His plays, Incubus (Riverside Theatre Award) and Mercada (accepted: NY Fringe Festival, Vineyard Theatre reading), are currently being developed at The Lark Theatre Co. His next project is ARE WE THERE YET? A Family Survival Guide. As an actor, James' Broadway and touring credits include: The Scarlet Pimpernel, 1776, City of Angels, A Grand Night for Singing, Once Upon a Mattress, Falsettos, Dancing at Lughnasa, Cats and Joseph... Off-Broadway: First Lady Suite, A Man Of No Importance, Bat Boy!, Merrily We Roll Along, Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah and Surviving Grace. Television: "Law and Order," "Law and Order SVU," "Law and Order CI." Special thanks to my family and partner, John. Member: Dramatist Guild of America.
Ray Roderick
RAY RODERICK (Director/Choreographer/Co-Writer) is honored to be back at The Denver Center with this premiere production of Heaven Help Us! He would like to thank Florida Stage and The Denver Center for the Performing Arts for their commitment to developing new work, and for their cooperation in the transfer of this show. Ray directed, choreographed and co-wrote I Love a Piano (Carbonell Award nomination, Best Choreography), which ran two years ago at The Denver Center, with a subsequent production at Florida Stage. He has been the associate director of Madison Square Garden's A Christmas Carol for the past six years, where he was privileged to work with original director Mike Ockrent. He was also the associate director of the recent Broadway revival of The Music Man for director/choreographer Susan Stroman. He subsequently directed the North American tour, which ultimately found its way to The Denver Center as well. He co-wrote and directed A Christmas Survival Guide (published by Samuel French) and I Love New York (Bistro Award, Best Musical Review 1999). Off-Broadway, Ray directed and co-wrote the new musical The Prince and the Pauper (published by Samuel French). Ray has also directed and choreographed numerous productions of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change throughout the coutnry, including The Denver Center's recent production (longest-running show in Denver history). With collaborators Jim Hindman and John Glaudini, Ray is working on the new musical ARE WE THERE YET? A Family Survival Guide, scheduled for premiere at Stage One in Wichita. He has been creative director for the Tennis Association's U.S. Open for five years, where he creates opening and final ceremonies for television. He is married to actress Karyn Quackenbush and is the proud father of thirteen-year-old Jamie Roderick.
JOHN GLAUDINI (Arranger/Orchestrator/Musical Director). As arranger/orchestrator/music director: The Prince and the Pauper (Lamb's Theatre, cast album), I Love a Piano (Denver Center, Florida Stage, cast album), Pete 'n' Keely (John Houseman, cast album), Double Trouble (Goodspeed, Stage One) and the revues I Love New York (1998 Bistro award - Best Revue) and A Christmas Survival Guide (City Stage, concept album). He also created orchestrations for "The Rosie O'Donnell Christmas Special" (ABC-TV), vocal arrangements for "The Ameri-cans" (Comedy Central) and has arranged for Carole King. As musical director/pianist: Himself and Nora (Old Globe workshop), Kelly (York Theatre) and many regional productions around the country. As musical assistant: Lucky Stiff (Varese Sarabande), Ragtime (Toronto, LA, NY and cast albums), Anastasia (Fox) and Seussical. John was the music supervisor for the national tour of The Music Man. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and an alumni of the BMI Workshop in New York City.
DENVER CENTER ATTRACTIONS. The Broadway presenting division of The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) was formed when Robert S. Garner joined Robert Garner Center Attractions with the DCPA in 1979. Denver Center Attractions presents the finest touring productions at The Quigg Newton Denver Municipal Auditorium (closed for renovation until 2005) and The Temple Buell Theatre. When Denver Center Attractions presented the regional premiere of The Phantom of the Opera in 1991, more than $40 million was generated into the city's economy, people came from 26 states to see the musical, and only five of approximately 226,400 seats went unsold during the 10-week run. Add to that the selling power of shows such as Riverdance that sell out in five days, and it's obvious that Denver is a hot spot for theatre and musicals. Based on this successful track record, DCA was selected to launch the national tours of Sunset Boulevard, Christopher Plummer in Barrymore, Carol Channing in the revival of Hello, Dolly! and Disney's The Lion King. In 1992, DCA expanded programming to include cabaret productions at The Garner Galleria Theatre. The first production mounted was the successful run of Forever Plaid, followed by productions of Forbidden Broadway, The World Goes 'Round, Swingtime Canteen, Always...Patsy Cline and Denver's longest-running musical, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change. Heaven Help Us! is DCA's thrid in-house production to take the mainstage.
FLORIDA STAGE (World Premiere Presentation) is an award-winning professional theatre company located in Palm Beach, FL. Founded in 1987 by Producing Director Louis Tyrrell, the company presents exclusively new and developing works in its intimate 250 seat home. World premieres and commissions include the works of Nilo Cruz, Jane Martin, William Mastrosimone and Lee Blessing, in addition to plays by emerging playwrights such as Glen Berger, Deborah Zoe Laufer and Peter Sagal. Managing Director Nancy Barnett and Tyrrell head a staff of approximately 35 full-time theatre professionals in addition to the artists that join them in creating six productions each year.
MIRACLE OR 2 PRODUCTIONS is a recently formed company dedicated to the creation and development of the new American musical. Its founding partners, James Hindman and Ray Roderick, have over 40 years of collective work on Broadway, both on stage and off. Along with Heaven Help Us!, Miracle or 2 Productions is currently involved with the development of the new musical ARE WE THERE YET? A Family Survival Guide, premiering this spring at Stage One in Wichita.
DAVE CLEMMONS CASTING (Casting) with Rachel Hoffman, Rye Mullis and Sara Schatz. Broadway: The Boy from Oz, The Civil War. National tours include Cinderella, The Civil War, Cats, Swing!, Fosse, Jekyll & Hyde, Chicago. Off-Broadway: Bat Boy, Love, Janis, The Prince and the Pauper, Zanna Don't!, Dragapella!, The Donkey Show, the 2000 revival of Godspell. Regional: Dracula at La Jolla Playhouse, Little Shop of Horrors at the Alley Theatre. Upcoming: Broadway production of Brooklyn.