David Nehls (Music & Lyrics)
David has supplied music and lyrics for the following: THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL (Off Broadway Production, 2007 National Tour, 2004 New York Musical Theatre Festival, 2008 Edinborough Festival, regional productions across the U.S.); BROADWAY BARES 19 & 20 (opening numbers for both years); THE WATERCOOLERS (2002 Off Broadway Production, 2007 National Tour, continuing industrials); BREACH (Evolution Theatre Company); PANTO SLEEPING BEAUTY (Stages Rep, Houston); PANTO MOTHER GOOSE (Stages Rep); IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1993 National Tour, regional productions); KILLER WIGS FROM OUTER SPACE (animation project - 2013 GenCon Selection, 2013 Terror Film Festival, Philadelphia, NYMF 2017); THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS MUSICAL (Stages Rep); DOWN ON THE PHARM (upcoming).
As a Musical Director, David has put up over 37 productions at the Arvada Center For The Arts and Humanities in Colorado, winning 8 Henry Awards - 3 for Musical Direction (2008, 2009) and 5 for Best Musical Production of the year (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013). He has also worked regionally as MD at such theaters as The Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach, Florida, The Fox Theatre in Denver, Colorado, AMT of San Jose, California, ICA Boston, TheatreWorks Hartford, and Carousel Dinner Theatre in Akron, Ohio. He also acted as Musical Director/ Composer/ Arranger/ Musical Supervisor for CAROLS FOR A CURE, a holiday CD benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for the years 1998-2005. David is a member of BMI.
As a Musical Director, David has put up over 37 productions at the Arvada Center For The Arts and Humanities in Colorado, winning 8 Henry Awards - 3 for Musical Direction (2008, 2009) and 5 for Best Musical Production of the year (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013). He has also worked regionally as MD at such theaters as The Riverside Theatre in Vero Beach, Florida, The Fox Theatre in Denver, Colorado, AMT of San Jose, California, ICA Boston, TheatreWorks Hartford, and Carousel Dinner Theatre in Akron, Ohio. He also acted as Musical Director/ Composer/ Arranger/ Musical Supervisor for CAROLS FOR A CURE, a holiday CD benefitting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for the years 1998-2005. David is a member of BMI.
Betsy Kelso (Book)
Betsy most recently created and developed TV series for ABC Family, MTV, Disney Channel, Universal Music Group and Warner Horizon Television. She also wrote and directed the short film CHURCH & STATE starring Martin Starr, and has written and performed for BEHIND THE MUSIC THAT SUCKS, an animated parody series that aired on FUSE Network in which she can be heard as the voices of Courtney Love, Jennifer Lopez, Cher and all three Dixie Chicks. She can also seen in the first season of HANNAH MONTANA.
In addition to providing the book for THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL, Betsy served as Director of both the original NYMF and Off Broadway productions. She adapted the British musicals GIRLS' NIGHT and GIRL TALK for their U.S. tours and Off Broadway runs, and provided librettos for the new musical project POPERA and THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS MUSICAL. As a founding member of the popular all-female sketch-comedy team SHIRLEY CHICKENPANTS, she won praise from publications such as TALK, STUFF, PAPER, BUST, TIME OUT NEW YORK, PLAYBOY and THE VILLAGE VOICE, and played to sold-out crowds in New York and Los Angeles at HERE Arts Center, Joe's Pub, HBO Workspace, ACME Comedy Theatre and others.
She toured the United States with the comedy JUST FOR LAUGHS, A DAY WITH GATES & MILLS, starring Tim Conway and Tom Poston, and Europe with THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, for which she also assisted the Director and Choreographer in subsequent productions. Other shows in which Betsy performed include GRAND HOTEL, CITY OF ANGELS, MAN OF LA MANCHA, ANNIE, SUGAR BABIES and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. In the book world, Betsy is published alongside Andy Borowitz, Cynthia Heimel, Craig Bierko and many others in 101 Damnations: A Humorist’s Tour of Personal Hells. She resides in Los Angeles.
In addition to providing the book for THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL, Betsy served as Director of both the original NYMF and Off Broadway productions. She adapted the British musicals GIRLS' NIGHT and GIRL TALK for their U.S. tours and Off Broadway runs, and provided librettos for the new musical project POPERA and THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS MUSICAL. As a founding member of the popular all-female sketch-comedy team SHIRLEY CHICKENPANTS, she won praise from publications such as TALK, STUFF, PAPER, BUST, TIME OUT NEW YORK, PLAYBOY and THE VILLAGE VOICE, and played to sold-out crowds in New York and Los Angeles at HERE Arts Center, Joe's Pub, HBO Workspace, ACME Comedy Theatre and others.
She toured the United States with the comedy JUST FOR LAUGHS, A DAY WITH GATES & MILLS, starring Tim Conway and Tom Poston, and Europe with THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, for which she also assisted the Director and Choreographer in subsequent productions. Other shows in which Betsy performed include GRAND HOTEL, CITY OF ANGELS, MAN OF LA MANCHA, ANNIE, SUGAR BABIES and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. In the book world, Betsy is published alongside Andy Borowitz, Cynthia Heimel, Craig Bierko and many others in 101 Damnations: A Humorist’s Tour of Personal Hells. She resides in Los Angeles.
