Meet John Doe - a new American musical by Andrew Gerle and Eddie Sugarman

NDREW GERLE (book and music) Composer, playwright and pianist Andrew Gerle's works for the theater include Gloryana (Richard Rodgers Award, Kleban Award), Meet John Doe (with Eddie Sugarman, Jonathan Larson Award, cast album on Broadway Records), The Tutor (with Maryrose Wood, three Richard Rodgers Awards), La Tempesta (with Broadway legend Tom Jones), and Whisper Darkly (with DJ Salisbury).

Andrew has been a Fellow at the MacDowell Artists' Colony and a writer-in-residence at the Sundance Theater Institute at Ucross and the Eugene O'Neill Musical Theatre Conference. As a musical director, he has worked on dozens of Off-Broadway, regional and touring productions, and has played in numerous Broadway pits including Ragtime, An American in Paris, Newsies, and Matilda. He has served as musical director and accompanist for such distinguished artists as Kitty Carlisle Hart, John Raitt, Jennifer Holliday, Leslie Uggams, Liz Callaway, Mary Testa and Michael Rupert. He is the author of The Enraged Accompanist's Guide to the Perfect Audition, a go-to reference for aspiring and professional theater actors alike, and Music Essentials for Singers and Actors, published in 2018. He is on the faculty of Yale University and the Manhattan School of Music.[www.andrewgerle.com]

DDIE SUGARMAN (book and lyrics) won a Larson Award for his work on Meet John Doe, and is very grateful to the many people and organizations that have supported its journey.

Eddie has also written book and lyrics for Cinderella, After the Ball (music by Jihwan Kim), and King Of The Playground (music by Bruce Kiesling). Also he also had the coolest job on Broadway when he was a stuntman in the hit musical Ragtime.

He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan, and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and a BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writing Workshop alum. Eddie is the executive director of The Theatre of Western Springs, an amazing community theatre outside of Chicago. He lives in Western Springs, Illinois with his wife, Kara, and their kids, Sam and Lucy. [www.myspace.com/eddiesugarman]

RANK CAPRA (original filmmaker) was a multiple Academy Award-winner for films such as It Happened One Night, You Can't Take It With You, and Mr. Deeds Goes To Town. Other films included It's A Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Meet John Doe, and the Academy Award-winning documentary series, Why We Fight. John Ford described him as "A great man and a great American, [he] is an inspiration to those who believe in the American Dream." Mr. Capra died in 1991. [ IMDb ]


	A NDREW GERLE (book and music) Composer, playwright and pianist Andrew Gerle's works for the theater include Gloryana (Richard Rodgers Award, Kleban Award), Meet John Doe (with Eddie Sugarman, Jonathan Larson Award, cast album on Broadway Records), The Tutor (with Maryrose Wood, three Richard Rodgers Awards), La Tempesta (with Broadway legend Tom Jones), and Whisper Darkly (with DJ Salisbury). Andrew has been a Fellow at the MacDowell Artists' Colony and a writer-in-residence at the Sundance Theater Institute at Ucross and the Eugene O'Neill Musical Theatre Conference. As a musical director, he has worked on dozens of Off-Broadway, regional and touring productions, and has played in numerous Broadway pits including Ragtime, An American in Paris, Newsies, and Matilda. He has served as musical director and accompanist for such distinguished artists as Kitty Carlisle Hart, John Raitt, Jennifer Holliday, Leslie Uggams, Liz Callaway, Mary Testa and Michael Rupert. He is the author of The Enraged Accompanist's Guide to the Perfect Audition, a go-to reference for aspiring and professional theater actors alike, and Music Essentials for Singers and Actors, published in 2018. He is on the faculty of Yale University and the Manhattan School of Music.[www.andrewgerle.com]
	E DDIE SUGARMAN (book and lyrics) won a Larson Award for his work on Meet John Doe, and is very grateful to the many people and organizations that have supported its journey. Eddie has also written book and lyrics for Cinderella, After the Ball (music by Jihwan Kim), and King Of The Playground (music by Bruce Kiesling). Also he also had the coolest job on Broadway when he was a stuntman in the hit musical Ragtime. He holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Michigan, and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and a BMI-Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writing Workshop alum. Eddie is the executive director of The Theatre of Western Springs, an amazing community theatre outside of Chicago. He lives in Western Springs, Illinois with his wife, Kara, and their kids, Sam and Lucy. [www.myspace.com/eddiesugarman]
	F RANK CAPRA (original filmmaker) was a multiple Academy Award-winner for films such as It Happened One Night, You Can't Take It With You, and Mr. Deeds Goes To Town. Other films included It's A Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Meet John Doe, and the Academy Award-winning documentary series, Why We Fight. John Ford described him as "A great man and a great American, [he] is an inspiration to those who believe in the American Dream." Mr. Capra died in 1991. [ IMDb ]