five are called but only one will win!

Jahnna and her husband, Malcolm Hillgartner, have been commissioned to write musicals for Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, Orlando Rep and First Stage Milwaukee. They co-wrote and Jahnna directed the movie The Ruby Princess Runs Away, which won Bes

Jahnna and her husband, Malcolm Hillgartner, have been commissioned to write musicals for Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, Orlando Rep and First Stage Milwaukee. They co-wrote and Jahnna directed the movie The Ruby Princess Runs Away, which won Best Drama at the Burbank International Children’s Film Festival in 2001. Under the pen name Jahnna N. Malcolm, they have written more than 130 books for young adults and young readers. Their series, The Jewel Kingdom was re-released by Scholastic, Inc. in 2020 and is in development with Bron Studios as an animated series. Member: Dramatists Guild. www.jahnnanmalcolm.com

Malcolm has written songs for ten musicals, most notably The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical, which has been produced by more than 200 theatres around the country. Parcel from America premiered in May 2022 at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Other shows include Holmes and Watson Save the Empire!, which won “Best Small-

Malcolm has written songs for ten musicals, most notably The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical, which has been produced by more than 200 theatres around the country. Parcel from America premiered in May 2022 at the Smock Alley Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Other shows include Holmes and Watson Save the Empire!, which won “Best Small-Cast Musical” in Vancouver B.C in 2013; Chaps! and Dog Park: The Musical, both published by Concord Theatricals; and The Doll People, a musical adaptation of the bestselling book by Ann M. Martin. All of these shows were created with his wife and partner Jahnna Beecham. Malcolm is also an award-winning narrator of more than 270 audiobooks, with Best Voice, Best of the Year and Earphone awards from AudioFile, Audible, Library Journal, and SOVAS (Society for Voice Arts and Sciences). www.parcelfromamericamusical.com

If you ask Steve Marshall where he’s from, he might have a tough time answering. That’s because he grew up in Florida where he started doing magic at the age of eight, spent four years living on the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train when he was a clown, lived in New York City when he was a street performer and fire eater,

If you ask Steve Marshall where he’s from, he might have a tough time answering. That’s because he grew up in Florida where he started doing magic at the age of eight, spent four years living on the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus train when he was a clown, lived in New York City when he was a street performer and fire eater, and for the last twenty-five years has called Tokyo home. Steve has written and directed shows for Disney theme parks and Universal Studios in the USA and Japan. He is an award-winning magician, writer, film actor and artist. He has performed on Penn & Teller Fool Us and presented a TEDx talk on the subject of Astonishment. These days Steve can be found performing as a headliner on luxury cruise lines around the world.

National Tours: ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL, MAMMA MIA, BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL, THE LION KING. Las Vegas: MAMMA MIA! Many regional, stock and symphony orchestra credits, including CPCC Summer Theatre, Charlotte Rep, Greensboro Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Opera Carolina and the NC Ballet theatre. Holds a B

National Tours: ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL, MAMMA MIA, BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL, THE LION KING. Las Vegas: MAMMA MIA! Many regional, stock and symphony orchestra credits, including CPCC Summer Theatre, Charlotte Rep, Greensboro Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Opera Carolina and the NC Ballet theatre. Holds a BME from East Carolina University (NC), and both a MM and Performer’s Certificate in Percussion from the Eastman School of Music (NY).