[title of show] Arizona Theatre Company Play Guide 1
[title of show] Arizona Theatre Company Play Guide 1
[title of show] Arizona Theatre Company Play Guide 1
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[<strong>title</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>show</strong>]<br />
BELL & BOWEN<br />
HUNTER AND JEFF<br />
Hunter Bell (Book) wrote the book and co-starred in<br />
the Broadway production <strong>of</strong> [<strong>title</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>show</strong>]. He received<br />
an OBIE Award and Tony Award and Drama League<br />
nominations for [<strong>title</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>show</strong>]. Writing credits include,<br />
Silence! The Musical (book writer/Overall Excellence<br />
Award—Outstanding Musical 2005 Fringe NYC), Stuck<br />
By Epcot (playwright/Manhattan <strong>Theatre</strong> Source), A Train<br />
<strong>Play</strong>s (lyricist/Neighborhood <strong>Play</strong>house), Ringling Bros.<br />
and Barnum & Bailey Circus (writer/2007 Circus). He<br />
contributed material for Counts Media Inc.'s interactive<br />
billboard project, was a 2003 finalist in Warner Bros. Hunter Bell<br />
Television Comedy Writers Workshop, and has developed<br />
new works at the Dramatist Guild, Irish Repertory <strong>Theatre</strong>, PS 122, Goodspeed Musicals/<br />
Chester, CanStage, Manhattan <strong>Theatre</strong> Club, Ars Nova, and The Eugene O'Neill Theater<br />
Center. As an actor, Mr. Bell made his Broadway debut in How the Grinch Stole<br />
Christmas. He appeared in The Taming <strong>of</strong> the Shrew, ...Forum, Gypsy (The Repertory<br />
<strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>of</strong> St. Louis); She Loves Me, The Most Happy Fella (Cincinnati <strong>Play</strong>house in<br />
the Park); Anything Goes (Great Lakes Theater Festival); Godspell (The Muny); Little Me<br />
(North Shore Music <strong>Theatre</strong>); The Tempest (Dallas Shakespeare Festival); Side Show (The<br />
Cleveland <strong>Play</strong> House); Romeo and Juliet, The Boys from Syracuse (Alliance <strong>Theatre</strong>);<br />
Jumbo; Oh, Boy! (The York <strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Company</strong>); South Pacific (Carnegie Hall); The Last<br />
Night <strong>of</strong> Ballyhoo (Coconut Grove <strong>Play</strong>house); Rags (Paper Mill <strong>Play</strong>house); Promises,<br />
Promises (Stages Repertory <strong>Theatre</strong>); Me And My Girl (Goodspeed Musicals: Outer<br />
Critics Award— Best Actor in a Musical). Mr. Bell’s television credits include Out <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Box (Disney Channel) and Guiding Light. He received his BFA from Webster University.<br />
DID YOU KNOW..?<br />
that Hunter Bell wrote the book for the successful<br />
musical Silence! The Musical, which parodied the<br />
1991 film The Silence <strong>of</strong> the Lambs? (You should<br />
have, it’s mentioned in his bio on this page.)<br />
“[<strong>title</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>show</strong>] began in the Spring <strong>of</strong> 2004. I was working at my day job in New York City<br />
(packing book boxes) and received an email from my friend Jeff Bowen. That email mentioned<br />
a new musical theatre festival that was accepting submissions <strong>of</strong> new works. With three weeks<br />
until the submission deadline, my writing partner (Jeff) and I made a commitment to write<br />
and create for three weeks, and (just as it is represented in the opening phone call scene) no<br />
matter what we had, we would put that in an envelope and submit it. So, that is what we did.”<br />
–Hunter Bell<br />
<strong>Arizona</strong> <strong>Theatre</strong> <strong>Company</strong> <strong>Play</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> 7