DAVID TROY FRANCIS (Creator/Producer/Composer) is the creator, composer, musical director and executive producer of the runaway smash hit musical BARK!  This endeavor is his first foray into the fabulous world of musical theater.  Mr. Francis is the recording pianist for such films as Pursuit of Happyness, Elegy and Fame.  He has composed music for both film and television and his piano performance can be heard in many major motion pictures.  Best known for his championing and performance of contemporary classical music, two time Pulitzer Prize winning composer Ned Rorem says of Mr. Francis: "He plays the right note with the right tone at the right time. (what more can you ask of any performer?) And with this, he adds that indefinable element of himself, which is the magic of all true interpreters".  Mr. Francis plays in recital through out America and has eight cds available including the world premiere recording of Mr. Rorem's Eight Etudes for Piano on the cd entitled The Americans. The Los Angeles Times says of Mr. Francis’ playing “consistently absorbing whether in lyrical repose or propulsive fury”. 

MARK WINKLER (Book/Lyrics) is a platinum award winning singer/lyricist who has had over 150 of his songs recorded and/or sung by such artists as Dianne Reeves, Randy Crawford, Liza Minnelli, Ben Vereen and Lea Salonga.  He has released 9 CDs of his own in the U.S. His new CD  Till I Get It Right was released in April of 2009 on Freeham Records. It features such musicians as Anthony Wilson, Bob Sheppard, Jamieson Trotter and Cheryl Bentyne of Manhattan Transfer.  Mark has written songs for the hit Musical Review Naked Boys Singing! which is in its 10th year playing Off Broadway, and is now available as a movie on DVD. He is the creator and co-writer of Too Old for the Chorus which has played successful engagements in Los Angeles, Seattle and San Diego, He has won both LA. Weekly and Backstage West Awards for best score for Naked Boys Singing! He has recently contributed songs for the musical revue Hangin’ Out.  His jazz musical Play it Cool, which premiered in Los Angeles in 2007, got a Critics Choice in the LA Times.  It was chosen to be part of the prestigious New York Musical Theatre Festival in September of 2008 where it sold out all performances and got excellent reviews. It has just been nominated for  Best Musical Off Broadway by GLAAD.  He wishes to thank Richard Del Belso, the fantastic David Francis and all the wonderful dogs he’s had in his life.  Picture is of Mark with his Chow mix Murray www.markwinklermusic.com

GAVIN GEOFFREY DILLARD (Book/Lyrics) has published twelve collections of verse, two anthologies, and his infamous Hollywood tell-all, IN THE FLESH: Undressing for Success. Also known as "the Naked Poet,” his poems have been recorded by James Earl Jones and published in periodicals worldwide. The author of dozens of songs and two musicals, Gavin has written lyrics with and for such luminaries as Sam Harris, Jake Heggie, Donna Summer, Peter Allen, Chanticleer, and Disney Studios. His classical art songs have been featured at Lincoln Center by mezzo Jennifer Larmore. Dillard was tutored in the art of playwritting by friends Jerome Lawrence, John Patrick, Tom Eyen, and has written comedy with and for Dolly Parton, Joan Rivers, Peggy Lee, and Lily Tomlin. Gavin’s poetry is the sole content of the multi-award-winning opera WHEN ADONIS CALLS—composed by Clint Borzoni. Gavin currently lives in Black Mountain, NC, with seven kitties on his small tea plantation. He is soon introducing a new line of absinthe, under the moniker “Dead Poets."