Dynamic, innovative, and focused individuals with backgrounds that combines creative, managerial, and public relations experience.

Scott Evan Guggenheim
Recipient of the "Award for Excellence in Theatre for Youth and Development of New Audiences" by the American Theatre Wing (giver of the coveted Tony award), Scott is an accomplished producer, presenter, director, designer, playwright, educator and theatre administrator having created award-winning and nationally recognized works for regional, non-profit, and commercial theatre companies and educational institutions. He maintains a personal mission of producing quality programs which promote discussion on family issues, multi-culturalism, literature, science, art, music, and history.

A graduate of Santa Clara University, Scott is a recognized authority in youth, arts, and health education having developed such projects as "Together Tobacco Free" and "Together for Peace", both California State funded programs, and is a two time recipient of the American Public Health Association award for excellence in innovative programming and partnerships in health education. Scott served at the helm of California Theatre Wing, a professional educational theatre company based in the San Francisco East Bay, from 1990 to 1997 where his quality programming for youth and families reached over a million people. For Opera San Jose, he co-adapted and staged the "From The Met to Broadway" series and served OSJ for two seasons as Assistant Director and Stage Manager. Prior to his tenure at CTW, Scott founded Young Conservatory Theatre (serving as Artistic Director for six seasons), served as Associate Artistic Director/General Manager for two seasons for the New York Theatre Production Company, and assisted producer Alexander White as Associate Producer/General Manager for the San Francisco run of "Einstein: The Man Behind the Genius" starring Larry Gelman. Scott recently completed three terms as a Member/Elected Representative for the Theatre Services Committee with Theatre Bay Area and is a co-author of the Compendium of Science/Discovery Theatre Providers for the University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. Most recently, Scott served as Producer/General Manager for "Schoolhouse Rock Live! San Francisco, LLC" which produced the hit musical to unanimous critical acclaim in San Francisco and San Jose.

Of the more than 60 productions staged and 90 productions produced, favorite directing projects include "Schoolhouse Rock Live!", "Alice In Concert", "Runaways", "Into the Woods", "The Wiz", "The Little Prince", "Just So!", "The Ugly Duckling", "Jungalbook", "Yours, Anne", and his original adaptations of "Pinocchio" and "Pooh Corner!"

The Guggenheims are currently working with the greater San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Community Centers to develop the National Jewish Theatre Festival, a professional company dedicated to the presentation of theatre that speaks of Jewish and multicultural issues, will begin its programming active in the development and promotion of contemporary Jewish theatre promoting Jewish family life, learning, and sharing and reflecting Jewish themes and experiences throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. They continue to facilitate and develop new curriculum's for institutions throughout the Bay Area and continue to develop new and innovative creative arts programming in Jewish Education serving as creative art directors of Congregation Beth Am in Los Altos and Yavneh Day School in Los Gatos.

Shannon Guggenheim
Shannon has been enjoying a career as a producer, presenter, choreographer, playwright, performer, emcee, educator, graphic designer, and theatre administrator for the past 12 years. An award-winning choreographer, she has worked on over 40 productions for community, regional, and professional theatre companies as well as educational institutions. She has taught in dance studios throughout the state and has served as a middle and high school performing arts educator and choreographer, and coach/choreographer for high school and college cheerleading and gymnastic teams, many of which were honored with awards under her tutelage.

As a member of the staff of California Theatre Wing for six years, Shannon served as an Artist-In-Residence, Director of Public Relations and Marketing, and Resident Choreographer. Most recently, she served as a producer for "Schoolhouse Rock Live!", which she also choreographed.

Also an accomplished musical theatre performer, having played on numerous Bay Area stages, credits include Little Red in "Into the Woods", Wendy in "Peter Pan", Anne in "La Cage Aux Folles", Peggy Sawyer in "42nd Street", Hodel in "Fiddler On The Roof", Louise in "Carousel", and the title roles in "The Little Prince", "The Ugly Duckling", and "Yours, Anne", a musical adaptation of Anne Frank's diary. Shannon was also featured in the professional San Francisco and San Jose runs of "Schoolhouse Rock Live!"

As a playwright/adaptor, Shannon recently collaborated with Scott to create Guggenheim Entertainment's Holiday programs including "It's A Wrap!", "Monster Bash", "America Sings", "School Daze", and "Just Bunnies", as well as developing Guggenheim Entertainment's new Science, Technology, and Learning Programs and Literature Programs.

Stephen Guggenheim
A graduate of San Jose State University, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, Stephen is an accomplished opera singer having sung leading operatic roles throughout the world. Stephen has performed the role of Don Jose in "Carmen" for L'Opera De Lyon; Tito in "La Clemenza di Tito", Edgardo in "Lucia di Lammermoor", Rodolfo in "La Boheme", Alfredo in "La Traviata", Walter in "Tannhauser", and Achilles in "King Priam" with the San Francisco Opera; The Duke in "Rigoletto" for the Minnesota Opera and the National Opera of Malta; the title role of "Werther", Riccardo in "Un Ballo in Maschera", the title role of "The Tales of Hoffmann", Eleazar in "La Juive", and Ruggero in "La Rondine" with the Israeli Vocal Arts Festival. He originated the title role in the world premiere of "Simon Bolivar" with the Virginia Opera and in concert in London at the Royal Albert Hall with the National Scottish Symphony.

As Guggenheim Entertainment's Resident Musical Director, Steve is well-versed in musical theatre repertoire and has musical and/or vocal directed numerous projects including San Francisco's long running hit "Schoolhouse Rock Live!", "Runaways", "Alice In Concert", "Free To Be...You And Me", "The Ugly Duckling", "Legend of Sleepy Hollow", "Scrapbooks", and "Pinocchio", and has performed in such musical theatre productions as "Evita", "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown", "Carousel", "Guys and Dolls", and "The Music Man". Steve participated in adapting the works that now make up Guggenheim Entertainment's Holiday programs including "It's A Wrap!", "Monster Bash", "America Sings", "School Daze", and "Just Bunnies". As an educator, he has taught voice, audition technique, musical theatre and opera appreciation, privately and in numerous musical theatre workshops for community theatres and schools.

Julie Engelbrecht
Julie joins the Guggenheim Entertainment team as Resident Designer direct from her residencies as costume and scenic designer for TheatreWorks and Opera San Jose. As a designer Julie's work has been praised from coast to coast. She earned her AB from University of California and her MFA from Ohio State University before joining the faculty of Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts for six years. Her work has been seen on the stages of the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Santa Cruz and The Western Stage. Recent projects include costume designs for "Carmen", "I Pagliacci", "La Voix Humaine", "Don Giovanni", and "Barber of Seville" for Opera San Jose; "Sweet and Hot", "Once in A Lifetime", "Amadeus", and "You Can't Take It With You" for TheatreWorks; and set designs for OSJ's "La Voix Humaine" and "Falstaff", and production designs for "Dido and Aeneas", "Dragon of Wantly", and "Gifts of St. Nicholas" for the Folger Consort at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Julie designed both costumes and sets for the Guggenheims' critically acclaimed production of "Schoolhouse Rock Live!", the sets for "It's A Wrap", costumes for "America Sings", and "Just Bunnies", and currently teaches at several colleges throughout the Bay Area.

Chris Guptill
Chris joins the Guggenheim Entertainment team as both lighting designer and production specialist. He has been involved in theatre design and production for nearly twenty years. Chris earned his BA in Dramatic Arts at the University of California-Berkeley and his MFA in Technical Theatre at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he taught stage production and lighting design. He completed a professional internship at American Conservatory Theatre and received a California Community Colleges Lifetime Credential in technical theatre, before embarking on a career as a lighting designer and consultant.

Chris has designed the lighting for over 100 productions and has worked in nearly every type of venue, including amphitheaters, wineries, and industrial spaces. His credits include the world premiers of Brimstone at the Willows Theatre, Everything's Ducky at TheatreWorks and Mountain Days, the John Muir Musical at the Chronicle Pavilion in Concord. Chris has received Bay Area Theatre Critic's Circle Awards for his designs of Follies (CCMT), Brimstone (Willows Theatre) and Sunday In The Park With George (TheatreWorks), which was also honored with a Garland Award from Backstage West Magazine.

As California Theatre Wing's Production Manager for two seasons Chris designed lights and/or sets for all of the company's productions. He has served as the Resident Lighting Designer for CTW, The Willows Theatre, and Playhouse West. For Guggenheim Entertainment, Chris' last designs were seen in the West Coast premiere of "Schoolhouse Rock Live!" at the Alcazar Theatre in San Francisco. Chris recently completed a tenure as the Theatre Specialist for the City of Fairfield's Center for the Performing Arts where he administered a professional artists' series, several youth theatre programs, and produced the "Where Is Fairfield?" Festival, a week-long arts and culture festival taking place throughout the entire city. In January of 2000, Ohlone College hired Chris to develop and run its Entertainment Design and Technology program, based at the Smith Center for Fine and Performing Arts.

Tom Tomasello
Tom is a member of the Guggenheim Entertainment team serving as resident orchestrater and sound designer. Tom is a versatile and accomplished musician, musical producer and arranger. He has worked with such celebrities as Martha and the original Vandellas, Bobby Rydell, Bob Hope, the late Danny Thomas, George Burns, Smokey Robinson, and Al Green. He has also played with such notable groups as The Temptations, The Coasters, The Platters, and The Marvalettes. Some of Tom's musical direction credits include San Jose Repertory's "A Day in Hollywood...A Night in the Ukraine" and "1940's Radio Hour" and various productions for San Jose Children's Musical Theatre and the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. Tom served as Resident Musical Director at California Theatre Wing supervising such productions as "The Wiz", "Into the Woods", "Just So!", and "Pinocchio". While serving as the Director of Instrumental Music at Cathedral of Faith in San Jose, Tom has found time to orchestrate the critically acclaimed score for "Schoolhouse Rock Live!", and the productions of "Free to Be...You and Me", "It's A Wrap", "Monster Bash", "School Daze", "America Sings", "Alice In Wonderland," "TechKnowledgeY Court", and "Piece of the Puzzle" for Guggenheim Entertainment. Tom is currently working with the three Guggenheims to create the new musical "MeshugaNutcracker" ready for presentation November, 2001.

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