Skippyjon Jones - Off-Broadway Creative Team

Eli Bolin is a composer & lyricist for theater and television. For theater, Eli wrote music & lyrics for FOUND (Atlantic Theater Co. and composed the scores for VOLLEYGIRLS (NYMF 'Best of Fest' and 'Most Promising New Musical'), SKIPPYJON JONES (Lucille Lortel nom.) & its sequel SKIPPYJON JONES: SNOW WHAT, ROLLER DISCO (ART), SCHMOOZY TOGETHERNESS (Williamstown), FRINGICAL! A FRINGICAL!! (NYMF) and I SING! (off-B'way). With Mike Pettry, he has written book, music & lyrics for the new rock & roll Christmas musical THE LAST SONG OF EDDIE SCOURGE. For television, Eli has written music for Sesame Street since 2010, as ... read more Broadway: Machinal(Roundabout). Off-Broadway: Waiting for Godot (Theater for a New Audience), The Unbelieving (The Civilians), The Merchant of Venice (TFANA), Life Sucks(Drama Desk nomination, Outstanding Actor, Wheelhouse), Catch as Catch Can (Page73), Charles Francis Chan’s Jr.’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery(NAATCO), 10 out of 12 (Soho Rep), Poor Behavior (Primary Stages), Burning(New Group), Isaac’s Eye (EST). Regional: premieres at Yale Rep, Denver Center, Woolly Mammoth and Humana Festival. Film: Relay (upcoming), Worth, A Master Builder, Ricki and the Flash. TV: “The Path,” “Vinyl,” “Mysteries of Laura,” “Forever,” “Southland,” all “Law & Orders.” Juilliard. ... read more Collaborations with Lonny Price include Sunset Boulevard and the upcoming Carousel for the English National Opera in London, Sweeney Todd, Candide, and Company at Avery Fisher Hall with the New York Philharmonic, and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (film for HBO with Audra McDonald). Other projects include Souvenir (Broadway), West Side Story (Carnegie Hall 125th Anniversary), The Pirates of Penzance (starring Deborah Voigt), Abundance (Hartford Stage), The Other Place (Alley), Guys and Dolls (Goodspeed, CT Critics Circle nomination), The Heidi Chronicles (Trinity Rep), Seussical (TheatreworksUSA, Lucille Lortel nomination) and ten seasons with the Chautauqua Theatre Company. Faculty member: ... read more Frank has directed numerous musicals, readings and cabarets including: GODS OF MISCHIEF and MARY: A MUSICAL (York Theatre), PERFECT ISN'T EASY and DANA DELISA: DESTINATION UNKNOWN (Laurie Beechman Theatre), MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG & ONCE UPON A MATTRESS (regional). Frank has created and/or co-created orchestrations and vocal arrangements for DUCK FOR PRESIDENT, SKIPPYJON JONES, and the upcoming MARTHA SPEAKS (all for Theatreworks/USA), AUSTIN THE UNSTOPPABLE (George Street), SNOW WHITE, ROSE RED (AND FRED!) (Kennedy Center), LITTER (ACT in San Francisco), and various numbers for BC/EFA and Carols for a Cure. Frank has worked as copyist for Mary-Mitchell Campbell on MERRILY ... read more