Creative Team

The Creative Team

	Laurie Frey (Co-Creator/Producer) — Laurie has worked in entertainment from coast to coast for the past 20 years. On Broadway she has worked for Marvin Krauss & Associates and Pace Theatrical Group/SFX/Clear Channel then moved to Ohio to general manage and promote for Magic Arts and Entertainment. Laurie is currently the Tour General Manager for illusionist David Copperfield and the Blue Man Group Megastar tour. Her personal connection to UNBEATABLE is the autobiographical basis for the lead character, Tracy, as a stage three cancer survivor. Laurie is the author of UNBEATABLE [the whole story] and resides in Cleveland with her husband, Don, and son, Andrew. journeyprojects.com
	Michael Barnard (Co-Creator/Director) — Michael has directed over 400 productions from New York to Los Angeles, working for such companies as Ashland Cabaret Phoenix Theatre, Forestburgh Playhouse, PCPA Rep, and as the Senior Show Director for the Disney Corporation, and Universal, Osaka, Japan; he also directed the national tour of VeggieTales Live for Clear Channel. Currently Michael is the Producing Artistic Director at Phoenix Theatre in Arizona starting his ninth season and recently directed a world premier of Dream a Little Dream about the Mamas and the Papas and premiered The Lucky Star, a new musical, last season.
	Eric Coble (Book Writer) — Eric Coble’s plays include Bright Ideas (MCC, directed by John Rando), Natural Selection (Humana Festival), and The Dead Guy, which have been produced Off-Broadway, throughout the U.S., and on several continents, including productions at The Kennedy Center, Playwrights Horizons, Alliance Theatre, The Cleveland Play House, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Laguna Playhouse, and the Contemporary American Theatre Festival. Awards include the AT&T Onstage Award, National Theatre Conference Playwriting Award, and an NEA Playwright in Residence Grant.
	Todd Schroeder (Composer-Lyricist) — Todd is an accomplished composer, producer and musical director. He has conducted and arranged for such artists as Angela Lansbury, Sam Harris, Jason Alexander, Rita Coolidge and the late Nell Carter. Todd also consults for the Walt Disney Corporation and Universal Studios Japan. He has written music for television and film and is the composer of “Brave Heart, das Musical” set to open in Germany in 2008. Schroeder has recorded and produced four of his own CDs. www.toddschroeder.net
	Kevin Fisher (Composer Lyricist) — Kevin is a singer/songwriter whose music has been on Gold and Platinum selling records. He is a self-contained multi-instrumentalist whose music has reached film scores, television, and the top 40 single charts. Kevin penned the Billboard Top 100 hit Long Slow Beautiful Dance featured on Rascal Flatts multi-platinum debut album, the Top 40 hit Crazy Life recorded by Tim Rushlow and To Be Happy recorded by country music star Sara Evans. His band Naked To The World has released five CDs and was voted Best Acoustic Band by the National Academy of Songwriters.
	Kathryn Frawley (General Manager) — Kathryn most recently co-produced Here Lies Jenny starring Bebe Neuwirth, directed by Roger Rees, and choreographed by Ann Reinking and Infertility, the musical that is hard to conceive based on the real-life stories of five would-be parents and the struggle to have a child. For twenty years, Kathryn managed Broadway and Off-Broadway shows that took top honors for Best Musical and Best Play on four occasions, as well as the Pulitzer Prize. Some of these productions include The Lion King, Rent, Master Class and Golden Child. Ms. Frawley guest lectured for four years at the Yale Graduate School of Drama.
	Janet Foster, C.S.A (Casting): Broadway: The Light In The Piazza (Artios nomination), Lennon, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Taking Sides (Co-Cast). Off-Broadway: Brundibar, True Love, Endpapers, The Dying Gaul, The Maiden’s Prayer, Dream True, Trojan Women, A Love Story. Playwrights Horizons: Floyd Collins, The Monogamist, A Cheever Evening, Later Life and many more. Regional: The Intiman Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theater, A Contemporary Theater, The California Shakespeare Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theater, The Dallas Theater Center, The Pittsburgh Public Theater, Yale Repertory Theater, The Goodman Theater, Steppenwolf Theater, The Prince Music Theater, The Old Globe, Baltimore Center Stage and ART. Film/TV: “Cosby” (CBS), “Tracy Takes On New York” (HBO), “The Deal” by Lewis Black, and “Advice From A Caterpillar” (winner of Aspen Comedy Festival).