The Mad Ones Creative

Music Director

Jad Bernardo

(he/him) is thrilled to be music directing The Mad Ones for PSP! As a pianist, he was recently featured with Leanne Borghesi at the New York Cabaret Convention at Lincoln Center. He also performed the role of Audrey II in Hillbarn Theatre’s production of Little Shop of Horrors. Jad has worked with operatic/Broadway professionals, served as faculty/staff/coach at New York University, Adelphi University, Broadway Method Academy, and currently Hillbarn Conservatory. He’s music directed the Sondheim Awards (Shubert Theater); Evita and Annie (Westport Country Playhouse); Songs for a New World, Fugitive Songs, and Carousel (Red River Lyric Opera, OBVI); The Fantasticks (Millbrook Playhouse); Footloose and Ragtime (RCA, CT); Five Guys Named Moe (feat. Grammy Winner Nathan Best) and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Northern Stage); Sweeney Todd (Gerald W. Lynch Theater NYC); Extraordinary (Vital Theater Co.); and off-Broadway hit Pinkalicious! (New World Stages).

Director/Costumer/Set Designer

Doug Greer

(he/him) is beyond excited to be directing his first show in two years! Previous directing credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Heathers: The Musical (PSP), and Newsies (Hillbarn Theatre). Outside of theater, Doug leads an amazing team of Campus Recruiters at LinkedIn and is studying to get his personal training certification. He would like to thank you all for keeping theater alive the past two years and for supporting PSP through the pandemic. DougGreerOnline.com

Stage Manager & Production Manager

Raissa Marchetti-Kozlov

(she/her) Going on this journey with this stellar cast and crew has made Raissa Marchetti-Kozlov one happy camper. She is no stranger to the stage, both off and on, as she serves on the creative sides of many theatre companies in the Bay Area and as an actor in a few more. An M.A. Theatre Arts Thesis candidate, Raissa also works at Google and owns Redwood City Players. She thanks PSP for their support and especially Greg Greer who finds ways to successfully harness her many organizational skills. She sends love to her family and friends. Special shoutout to Gary and Annie who often dealt with her caffeinated frantic state over the past couple of months! Live theatre is slowly coming back to the Bay Area and she’s honored to be a part of it’s triumphant return. www.raissamarchettikozlov.com || www.redwoodcityplayers.org

Props Designer

Michelle Morales

(she/her) is so pleased to be making her return to PSP where she first got her start in props design. This is Michelle and director Doug Greer’s fourth time working together after successfully collaborating on PSP’s productions of Heathers: The Musical and Spelling Bee, as well as Hillbarn Theatre’s Newsies. Michelle is also a performer and most recently appeared in Hillbarn’s 1940’s Radio Hour, Mamma Mia and Anything Goes. Michelle is a member of PSP’s Executive Board in charge of grants and sponsorships, and has received several grants for the theatre since joining in 2020. (If you’re interested in sponsoring PSP, please reach out!) As her day job, she is the lead copywriter for the makeup brand KVD Beauty (yes, she gets paid to make up clever names for lipsticks and eyeliners). Many thanks to my husband Cody for his endless support and for putting up with my crafting messes!

Original Creative Team

Kait Kerrigan – Book & Lyrics (she/her) is an award-winning lyricist, bookwriter, and playwright. Off-Broadway: The Mad Ones (FKA The Unauthorized Autobiography Of Samantha Brown), Henry & Mudge, with composer Bree Lowdermilk. She has written book and lyrics for the immersive house party The Bad Years, Republic, Unbound, Irena; and lyrics for Rosie Revere, Engineer & Friends, and Earthrise. Her plays include Father/Daughter, Disaster Relief, Imaginary Love, and Transit. Her work has been developed by La Jolla, Kennedy Center, Theatreworks/Silicon Valley, Primary Stages, Goodspeed, and others. Awards: Kleban, Larson, Theatre Hall of Fame Most Promising Lyricist. Alumna of Dramatists Guild Fellowship, Page 73’s I-73, BMI Musical Theatre Writing Workshop, and Barnard College.

Bree Lowdermilk – Music (she/her or they/them) is a queer, gender non-conforming writer and composer. Their musicals include The Bad Years, Henry & Mudge, The Mad Ones (FKA The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown), Republic, Rosie Revere Engineer & Friends and the albums Our First Mistake and Kerrigan-Lowdermilk Live. Awards: Jonathan Larson, Alan Menken, Richard Rodgers, Dramatists Guild Fellowship. www.kerrigan-lowdermilk.com