WHO’S WHO
Music Association awards and was the recipient
of one of the nation’s highest songwriting
honors when he was inducted into the Nashville
Songwriters Hall of Fame. And now Jimmy is
heading back into the theatre world. The new
musical Escape to Margaritaville features the
music and lifestyle of Jimmy Buffett, from
an original story, and includes both new songs
and the most-loved Buffett classics. Speaking
of Buffett classics, the most famous of them
all, “Margaritaville” has been inducted into the
2016 Grammy Hall of Fame for its cultural and
historic significance. Only those recordings that
have influenced and inspired both music creators
and fans for generations are considered for this
most special honor.
GREG GARCIA (Book) created three backto
back syndicated comedies: “Yes, Dear,” “My
Name is Earl,” “Raising Hope.” He has written
on a variety of other sitcoms, including “Family
Matters” and “Family Guy,” and won an Emmy
for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for
the pilot of “My Name is Earl.” Garcia entered
the world of musical theatre for the sole reason
of hoping his oldest son Camden, a very talented
actor at Boston University, would think he
was cool. When he’s not writing, directing and
producing TV shows, he likes to watch hockey
with his son Nathan, play board games with his
son Trace and walk Mabel the dog on the beach
with his amazing wife Kim.
MIKE O’MALLEY (Book) is the creator of
the award-winning television series Survivor’s
Remorse,-which recently completed its four season
run on Starz. Next up, he will be the showrunner
for the LionsGate/Starz hourlong drama Heels
which will begin production in 2020. O’Malley
also wrote on Showtime’s Shameless for the first
four seasons. As an actor, he was nominated for
an Emmy for his portrayal of Burt Hummel on
Glee and recently appeared in YouTube Premium’s
Wayne as well as the upcoming Snowpiercer
for TNT. Television acting credits include: Yes,
Dear; Justified; My Own Worst Enemy; My Name
is Earl; Welcome to the Family and The Mike
O’Malley Show. Film acting credits include: Sully,
Concussion, 28 Days, Deep Impact, Cedar Rapids,
Eat Pray Love and Meet Dave. Way back when,
he hosted the Nickelodeon shows Get the Picture
and Guts. He is the author of two plays that have
been published by Samuel French: Three Years
from Thirty and Diverting Devotion. His play
Searching for Certainty was adapted into the film
Certainty, which won the Best Screenplay award at
the Boston film Festival. Born in Boston, and raised
in New Hampshire, Mr. O’Malley resides in Los
Angeles with his wife Lisa and their three children.
CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY (Original Broadway
Direction) Artistic Director, La Jolla Playhouse.
Broadway: Come From Away (Tony Award®
winner), Memphis (Tony Award® nomination),
Xanadu, Leap of Faith, All Shook Up, Rocky Horror
Show (Tony Award® nomination). West End:
Memphis, Come From Away. New York credits
include: Blown Sideways Through Life, Jeffrey,
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla,
Regrets Only, Wonder of the World, Communicating
Doors, Bunny Bunny, The Night Hank Williams
Died, Fires in the Mirror (Lucille Lortel Award).
Kennedy Center: Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll
Along, Lisbon Traviata. La Jolla Playhouse selected
credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Darrell
Hammond Project, Hollywood, His Girl Friday,
Glengarry Glen Ross, Restoration. Film/TV: Lucky
Stiff, Jeffrey, “American Playhouse,” PBS: “Blown
Sideways Through Life.”
KELLY DEVINE (Choreographer) Broadway:
Come From Away (Tony, Drama Desk and
Outer Critics Circle nominations), Doctor
Zhivago, Rocky (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer
Critics Award nominations), Rock of Ages.
International: Rocky (Germany), Rock of Ages
(UK: West End & Tour, Toronto, Australia),
Doctor Zhivago (Australia, Korea). Opera: Faust
(NY Met & London ENO), Wozzeck (San Diego
Opera). Off-Broadway: Rock of Ages, Fat Camp,
Frankenstein, Anne Wrecksick. TV: “Mozart in
the Jungle,” “Wormwood,” “Dear Dumb Diary.”
Film: Detroit (Kathryn Bigelow director);
Untouchable (Nicole Kidman and Bryan
Cranston); Happy, Texas. Stratford Shakespeare
Festival: Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet. Regionals:
Come From Away, Peter and the Starcatcher,
Doctor Zhivago, Private Fittings, Toxic Avenger,
A Christmas Story, Bloody Bloody Andrew
Jackson.
AMY ANDERS CORCORAN (Director) holds a
BA in Psychology with Honors from the University
of Kansas and a MFA in Directing from Penn State
University. Amy was the associate/resident director
of Escape to Margaritaville for Christopher Ashley
on the pre-Broadway tour and also on Broadway.
She served as Mr. Ashley’s Associate Director on
Disney’s Freaky Friday. Amy directs mostly new
musicals, including the NYC Off-Broadway and
London premieres last year of Unexpected Joy.
Amy’s work has also been seen at Asolo Rep, The
Guthrie, Goodspeed, and American Conservatory
Theater. Favorite directing credits include: 21
Chump Street (European Premiere), I Am My Own
Wife (NYC site-specific production), Little Women,
Smokey Joe’s Cafe, CULT!, and Bhangin’ It. Amy
received the SDC Noël Coward Fellowship for
Comedic Direction mentored by Mark Rucker.
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