9 to 5 the Musical Creative Team

Director

Rob Watson

Rob is thrilled to be helming this production of 9 to 5 as his Trilogy Players debut! Originally from Dayton, Ohio, Rob didn’t catch the theatre bug until high school, but hasn’t looked back since. He graduated from the University of Dayton with degrees in Theatre and Religious Studies and has been gainfully employed (much to the delight of his parents) as a performer, director, technician, educator and administrator in professional theatres across the country for over 25 years. While he normally remains behind the scenes as Arizona Broadway Theatre’s Company Manager, he is no stranger to the stage. Previous directing credits include: Burt & Me (The Palms Theatre), Menopause and Church Basement Ladies (ABT) and Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Broadway Palm). Rob loves working in all aspects of the theatre and would like thank Bob Downing and the Trilogy Players for entrusting him with this show and is super grateful to Tiana and Janet for their awesome collaboration on this project. His favorite time of day is 5:37!

Music Director

Janet June

Choreographer

Tiana Smith

Co Stage Manager

Laurie Weise

Prop Master

Ray Jarvis

Producer

Bob Downing

Deck Captain/Co Stage Manager

Susan Cherches

DOLLY PARTON - MUSIC & LYRICS

Dolly Parton is considered to be the most successful female country music artist,
having released 42 top-10 country albums and earned 25 number-one singles. She
has won seven Grammy® awards and received 42 Grammy® nominations. She has
also received seven awards from the Academy of Country Music and ten Country
Music Association awards, and is one of only five female artists to win the CMAs
highest honor, "Entertainer of the Year."
Dolly is also an acclaimed movie and television actress, and her literacy program,
Dolly Parton's "Imagination Library," is now in 566 counties in 36 states. "The
woman is one of our national treasures, so let's cherish her for as long as we've got
her...this is one Barbie who has always been for real." wrote Newsweek in 2008.

PATRICIA RESNICK - BOOK

Patricia Resnick has enjoyed a successful and varied career in film, television, and
theatre. She wrote the original screenplay for the film 9 to 5, a comedy classic and
one of the top-grossing films of all time. Under the tutelage of her mentor Robert
Altman, she co-authored A Wedding (British Academy Award and Writer's Guild
nominations) and Quintet starring Paul Newman. Other films include Maxie (Glenn
Close) and Straight Talk, which reunited her with Dolly Parton.
She has written numerous pilots for television for networks including Showtime,
CBS and FX and her seven produced made for television movies include The
Battle of Mary Kay starring Shirley MacLaine and Parker Posey who both gave
Golden Globe-nominated performances.
She was the executive producer and head writer of a series based on the children's
book Olivia for the Nick Jr. network. Her theatre work includes her Drama Desk
nominated book for the Broadway musical 9 to 5 which garnered four Tony
nominations, sketches for Lily Tomlin's first one-woman Broadway show, Appearing
Nightly, and a stage musical adaptation of her own PBS movie, Ladies in Waiting
which originated at the Woodstock (Illinois) Summer Playhouse and later moved to
the Lyric Opera House in Chicago.
She worked as a consulting producer on the final season of Mad Men and on the
ABC Family drama Recovery Road. She is currently working on a 9 to 5 film sequel
as well as being co-executive producer for a new Netflix show based on Armistead
Maupin's Tales of the City.