Scott Wilkinson is an experienced singer and songwriter. He was educated in both science and music and received his Bachelor’s Degree from Albion College. He also has a Masters in Songwriting from The Berklee College of Music in Boston. He has spent much of his songwriting career as a performer, recording seven CDs and performing throughout the Midwest. He also attended medical school and is a practicing physician and surgeon.

Eric C. Webb is a NYC based writer and dramaturg whose plays and musicals have been produced in NYC and Tokyo. Writing projects in development include Rise (with composer Scott Wilkinson), Breakup – The Musical (with composer Stephanie Bianchi), and Thompson/Gifford. Previous writing credits include #JustBeYou (Random Farms Kids’ Theater, JOY Kids’ Theater, A White Man’s Guide to Rikers Island (Players Theater, Gene Frankel Theater), “Orion” (short film), and The Angels of Mons (March Forth Productions/Horsetrade at Theater Under St. Marks)

Richard H. Blake most recently directed the musical True North at Orlando Family Stage. Some of his other directing and producing credits include A Bronx Tale the Musical, the show in which he originated the role of Lorenzo, famously portrayed by Robert Deniro in the film, the new musicals Storytellers, Taking Wing, Whiskeyland and the play Uncle Jackie. He can currently be seen as Charlie McClurgle on the television series “The Bite” streaming on the Spectrum Network. Before that he was stabbing Lou Diamond Philips as Aaron on Season 1 of “Prodigal Son” on Fox. He has starred in fifteen Broadway shows including: Jersey Boys, Wicked, Legally Blonde, The Wedding Singer, Hairspray, Aida, Saturday Night Fever, Rent, Matilda, The Sound of Music, Macbeth, Teddy and Alice and “The Prince” in The Prince of Central Park, a role for which he holds the honor of being the youngest person to ever have his name above the title of a Broadway show. His film and T.V. credits include: “Life of an Actress,” “Ascent To Hell,” “Any Day Now,” “Red light August,” “The Equalizer,” “Law & Order,” “Madame Secretary,” “Blue Bloods,” HBO’s “High Maintenance,” “Instinct,” “Dietland,” “Kevin Can Wait,” “Elementary,” “All My Children,” “The Babysitter’s Club,” “Toonces and Friends” and more. As well as numerous Off Broadway, commercial and radio credits. His favorite roles to date though, are that of husband and father to his amazing wife and son.

John Bronston was recently music director of Outer Critics Circle Award Winner for Outstanding Off Broadway Musical, The Harder They Come (Public Theatre). Previously he was the associate music director of A Man of No Importance (Classic Stage Company), was a sub keyboard player and Music Direction Fellow at Tina on Broadway, and was the musical director for the National Tour of Hair. He is the creator, music director, and producer of the series Creating In Color, dedicated to producing concerts of classic musicals with predominantly Black casts. 

Dale Grisa is a Pianist, Music Director and Orchestrator based in Detroit who works with a variety of clients on live events, recording projects, musical theatre and can even be seen playing the occasional club date. Live performance credits include, Jill Jack, Alexander Zonjic, Dave McMurray, Peter White, Ken Navarro, The Bacon Brothers, Stewart Franke, Evanescence, IL Divo, numerous national tours of musical theatre including, Mamma Mia, Hairspray, Memphis, and several others. A product of the Wayne State University Jazz department, Dale studied piano and arranging with Matt Michaels and composition with Jim Hartway.

Jill Wilkinson is a principal at Ambassador Creative Productions.  Her credits include Co-Producer, Walking with Bubbles, His Story the Musical, The Broadway Tent, Dallas, TX. In development, Producer Rise: The Musical, Producer, Benefit of Hindsight. After a long career in healthcare finance, it is exciting to change hearts through the magic of musical theatre. I have longed to participate in the arts in a way that is authentic to my skills and heart. I was thrilled to venture forward in the area of producing which utilizes my skills of finance and administration in my comfort zone, and to push me out of my comfort zone to raise the needed funding, approach theatre owners and artistic directors to move these projects forward. To participate in bringing Rise to the stage is a great privilege and honor.