DENNIS CURLEY (Musical Director) grew up in Syracuse, New York, and received his B.A. from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He moved to the Twin Cities in 1992. From 1992 until 1994, Dennis was employed at Hey City Stage, performing in the musical Forever Plaid. Following that, he became a full-time singer with the cover band Pizazz, a band he continues to perform with today. He returned to the theatrical stage in 2004 when he performed in the musical revue Hot 'n' Cole at Ordway Center in St. Paul. Dennis then appeared in My Way (Ordway Center), A Christmas Carole Petersen (Theater Latté Da), War of the Worlds: The Musical (Hometown Theatre), Mrs. Man of God (MMOG Productions), Orphan Train (History Theatre), Warm Beer Cold Women (Guthrie), and the staged reading of Little House on the Prairie (Guthrie), as well as appearing as a Holiday Singer in the lobby of Ordway Center during The Sound of Music (2007) and White Christmas (2008). His compositions include U Betcha: The Making of a Minnesota Boy Band, Route 66: Cruisin' the American Dream, S.O.S., Whistling Past the Graveyard, Pride and Plot of Pointlessness, and Church Basement Ladies 2: A Second Helping (currently running at the Plymouth Playhouse). His arrangements for Schoolhouse Rock Live! and Schoolhouse Rock Live Too! are published by MTI. Dennis has served as Musical Director for local and national productions of Schoolhouse Rock Live!, The Fantasticks, Here's Love, Power Balladz, U Betcha and Church Basement Ladies 2, among others. He co-produced Pride and Plot of Pointlessness in 2006 and 2008, and Whistling Past the Graveyard in 2007 - for which he also served as stage director. (www.tablesaltproductions.com)