About the Authors


Composer David F.M. Vaughn hails from Palm Harbor, Florida, and is a graduate of the theatre program at Florida State University, where he studied theatre and Spanish. Also, he studied the oboe, and participated in the opera department as a vocalist. During his 3 years at Florida State, he worked as a dance teacher, actor, musical director, choreographer, and musician, giving him a wide variety of training in the theatre. David was on the music faculty at the Broadway Theatre Project, a 3 week summer intensive musical theatre program founded by Ann Reinking as their Orchestra coordinator. He has been involved with the Broadway Theatre Project since 1998. As an actor, David has played numerous theatres across the country, as well as Europe. Selected roles include Chester in the Broadway National Tour of "Saturday Night Fever", Riff in "West Side Story," the national tour of "Spirit of the Dance", Reuben in "Joseph...Dreamcoat" starring Sheena Easton, the original Las Vegas cast of "TommyGunn" at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, and Cousin Kevin in "The Who's Tommy", and most recently, the regional premiere of "Les Miserables" as Enjolras. As a composer, The Johnny is David's second full work. The first, a 1-hour children's musical entitled "Extraordinary!", was awarded "Outstanding Music and Lyrics" from the 2005 New York International Fringe Festival. David can be seen this fall in the new Broadway musical "Shrek". DavidFMVaughn.com

Bookwriter/Lyricist David L. Williams is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Cornell University and a member of the Dramatist Guild of America, Inc. He is the author of more than 25 plays, including the Riverside Stage Company's Founer's award-winning "Ampersand", and the Heermans-McCalmon Playwriting Contest winners "The Murder of Gonzago", "Near Tragedy", and "Ingulf". David's most recently staged works are the children's musical, "The Bully" (currently on tour), the New York International Fringe Festival productions, "Tess' Last Night", "The Information She Carried", and "The Armageddon Dance Party", and the Crown Points Festival production, "The Tailers".