GENE LEWIN (Band Member) hails from Princeton, NJ. Like many of his heroes (Jack DeJohnette, Russ Kunkel, Vinnie Colaiuta), Gene joyfully blurs the lines between jazz and rock, supporting and complementing the music but unafraid to instigate when the time is right. After graduating from Princeton University, Gene earned a Master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music. He has toured with Audra McDonald and has appeared on CDs with George Coleman, John Patitucci, and many others.

BRENDAN MILBURN (Band Member; Co-Author – Book, Music and Lyrics) graduated from Pomona College and NYU's MFA program in Musical Theatre Writing. He does a lot of arranging for GrooveLily, and he's an accomplished record producer as well. Brendan's music and/or lyrics have been/will be featured in a growing number of off/on- Broadway shows, and he's always on the lookout for new projects/productions which will add more slashes (“/”) to his bio/credits.

VALERIE VIGODA (Band Member; Co-Author – Book, Music and Lyrics) is the founding member of GrooveLily. Originally from McLean, Virginia, Valerie is a classically-trained musician, honors graduate of Princeton University, and former Army lieutenant. She has toured the world with Cyndi Lauper (opening for Tina Turner and Cher), Joe Jackson and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. She founded GrooveLily in 1994, with a critically-acclaimed CD called Inhabit My Heart. She is the winner of a 2006 Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award for excellence in writing for the theater, along with her longtime collaborator and husband, Brendan Milburn.

GROOVELILY With backgrounds in classical music, theater, jazz, and rock, the members of GrooveLily are making a new music that's all their own. They are delighted to be spending less time in the van, and more time creating new projects together. Recent commissions/performances: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (McCarter/Paper Mill), and "Sleeping Beauty Wakes" - with Rachel Sheinkin – (Deaf West/CTG). "Wheelhouse," the second GrooveLily concert-musical (about the band's time in a used RV), is in development.

RACHEL SHEINKIN (Co-Author – Book and Lyrics) is happy to be working with GrooveLily again. Other music theatre collaborations include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Circle in the Square), for which she won the 2005 Tony Award for Best Book for a Musical; Blood Drive (O’Neill National Music Theatre Conference) and Serenade (Baryshnikov Arts Center). She has been a Manhattan Theatre Club playwriting fellow and is currently an adjunct faculty member at NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. Future projects on the horizon include two more musicals with GrooveLily.

TED SPERLING (Director) recently made his NYC directing debut with Michael John LaChiusa's See What I Wanna See at the Public Theater. He has been involved with Striking 12 from its inception. Mr. Sperling won the 2005 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for his orchestrations of The Light in the Piazza, for which he was also music director. Mr. Sperling's work as a stage director includes the world premiere of Charlotte: Life? Or Theater? and a revival of Lady in the Dark starring Andrea Marcovicci. He has conducted the scores for the films The Manchurian Candidate and Everything Is Illuminated, and directed the short film Love Mom starring Tonya Pinkins, which has been shown in five international festivals.

NANCY NAGEL GIBBS (Producer). Producing credits include the original productions of Bat Boy: The Musical, All Shook Up, The Big Bang and The Last Session. Her General Management credits include Wicked, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, De La Guarda, Smoke on the Mountain, The Prince and the Pauper and the long running hit I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Nancy serves on the Boards of the Off-Broadway League, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and is committed to the development of new musicals.