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Petro AP is a multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and songwriter based in Los Angeles, whose work spans pop music and musical theatre. He produced much of Reneé Rapp’s debut album, Snow Angel, including breakout hit “Pretty Girls.” His collaborators include One Direction (“Best Song Ever”), Grace Enger (“The Neighborhood”), Enrique Iglesias (“Only a Woman”), Martin Solveig & The Cataracs (“Hey Now ft. KYLE”), Dillon Francis, Cash Cash, Julia Michaels, and Alexander 23, with whom he has also toured as a musician. He is currently co-writing and producing albums with Madeline The Person and Avery Cochrane. His theatre credits include The Fast and the Furious: A Musical Parody, for which he co-wrote the music and lyrics and provided orchestrations. Find him on Instagram @petrorules

Scott Hoying is a three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning, EMMY® Award-winning, and Tony Award-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, and arranger from Arlington, Texas. While studying music at USC, he founded the a cappella group Pentatonix, which has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has worked on a wide range of projects, from Disney Parks nighttime spectaculars to the Super Bowl to Netflix original films, and is currently developing an original miniseries. He recently competed on ABC's Dancing with the Stars. He and his husband, Mark, are co-producers of the Broadway musical Titanique, write children's books together, including the USA Today bestseller How Lucky Am I?, and recently released a children's album, Little Birdie's Big Symphony, via Republic Records. GRIM is his musical theatre writing debut. Most of all, Scott is proud to be Mark's husband and a dad to his beautiful daughter, Birdie.

Joey Orton is a songwriter, music producer, and librettist based out of Los Angeles. His professional music career started when Taylor Swift tweeted out a song he wrote, “New Obsession,” calling it a “song to make your life more awesome.” Since then, Joey has written songs featuring FRANKIE (RCA Records), Scott Hoying (RCA Records), and Marc E Bassy (Universal Republic), among others, which have amassed tens of millions of streams across platforms. Joey’s commercial music credits include ad campaigns for the NBA, Life 360, Chevrolet, Britney Spears’ “Fantasy Twist” fragrance, and Cisco. He is the co-creator of The Fast and the Furious: A Musical Parody, which runs monthly at the Dynasty Typewriter and has sold out every show since its inception. The Fast and the Furious: A Musical Parody was praised by feminist author Roxane Gay, and was lauded on the Joe Rogan Podcast, a sign that it can unite a divided America. Outside of music and musicals, Joey holds a degree in Neuroscience, has taught Salsa dancing in downtown LA and abroad, and has at least three great Shark Tank ideas no one will listen to.

Brad Silnutzer is a stand-up comedian, writer, producer, and director based in Los Angeles, but proudly from New Jersey. He’s been named one of Just For Laughs’ “New Faces of Comedy,” one of Comedy Central’s “Comics to Watch,” and a “Comedian to Watch” by more than one now-defunct comedy publication. He has a “Don't Tell Comedy” special on YouTube and can be seen doing standup on Comedy Central, Hulu, and shockingly on Disney+. Brad has written for comedians/hosts such as Joel McHale, Nikki Glaser, Daniel Tosh, Rebel Wilson, Ken Jeong, Nick Cannon, Jenny McCarthy, Penn and Teller, and David Dobrik. He has produced all sorts of reality shows from ABC’s The Bachelor, to Max/CW’s FBoy Island, to E!’s House of Villains, to The Masked Singer. Recently, he directed a series of comedy specials that have garnered over three billion views across platforms. Currently, Brad’s musical The Fast and the Furious: A Musical Parody is enjoying a string of sold-out performances in LA. Before making the jump to entertainment, Brad was a writer for Japan Times in Tokyo, a facilitator at Phillips Academy Andover, and a sailing instructor on Catalina Island. As a child, Brad was the Ovaltine Boy, but retired from acting after consuming far too much of the chocolate milk.

Sammi Cannold is a Broadway, television, and live events director who is one of Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment, one of Variety's 10 Broadway Stars to Watch, one of Town & Country's Creative Aristocracy, and a Drama Desk Award winner. Most recently, she served as the Creative Coordinator on the 2026 Olympic Opening Ceremony, show directed an opening ceremony for the FIFA World Cup, made her episodic debut helming Episode 2204 of Grey's Anatomy, and was named a member of the Disney Entertainment Television Directing Program as well as a Sundance Writers Intensive Fellow. In theatre and opera, she has directed over 15 full-scale productions on Broadway, at the Kennedy Center (in the before times), at Lincoln Center, and beyond. Additional: A.R.T. Artistic Fellow, member of Cirque du Soleil's Creative Cognoscenti, Sundance Institute Theater Fellow, and work for CBS, ABC, Nickelodeon, and Apple TV+. B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Harvard University. sammicannold.com. @sammi.cannold

Andy Blankenbuehler is a proud recipient of the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors for his work on the musical Hamilton. He is a three-time Tony Award winner for his choreography in the musicals Bandstand, In the Heights and Hamilton, for which he also received London’s Olivier Award. Other Broadway credits include Bring It On, 9 to 5, The People in the Picture, The Apple Tree, Annie, and the revival of CATS. Mr. Blankenbuehler made his writing debut with the Off-Broadway musical Only Gold (MCC). Upcoming projects include Broadway’s first revival of Kiss of the Spider Woman, as well as the new musicals The Warriors (Lin-Manuel Miranda) and The Princess Bride. On film and television, Mr. Blankenbuehler has choreographed the feature film Cats, starring Taylor Swift and Judi Dench, the Emmy-winning series Fosse/Verdon (FX), the TV remake of Dirty Dancing, America’s Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance, The Sopranos, MTV, Sesame Street featuring Janelle Monae, as well as many commercials including John Travolta performing “Greased Lightnin’” as Santa (Capital One). He has staged concert work for Elton John and Bette Midler, as well as the 2022 Met Gala featuring Lenny Kravitz. He is very proud to have staged two ballets which have been performed around the world (Remember Our Song and Never Alone). As a performer, Mr. Blankenbuehler has danced on Broadway in Fosse, Contact, Man of La Mancha, Saturday Night Fever, Steel Pier, Big and Guys and Dolls. Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Blankenbuehler resides in New York City with his wife Elly and two children, Luca and Sofia.