CREATIVE TEAM & CAST

Paddy Mahoney Bell - Librettist, Lyricist

An appreciation and celebration of both canine and human unconditional love is the inspiration for the creation of this show…..as well as the belief that it is high time for the dogs to have their say! The author has a BA degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, membership in the Scriptwriters Society of South Carolina, the Dramatist’s Guild of America, Inc., and Theatre Communications Group. She is also an alumnus of the 2005 Creative Theatre Institute in New York. As President and CEO of Production Company PBP Inc., Ms. Bell understands that the creative aspect is the tip of the theatrical iceberg, and appreciates the incredibly difficult and tedious efforts behind the scenes. All this aside, she recognizes that it is the constant and unwavering support of her husband, Rick, that has made it possible for every dog to have its day.

Gordon (Dick) Goodwin – Musical Arranger/Composer

Dr. Goodwin is a renowned composer/performer and brilliant musician with compositions in virtually every idiom from jingle to opera, jazz band to orchestra performed across the United States and abroad. He holds a Doctorate in Composition from the University of Texas where he taught theory and composition and directed the jazz program for nine years. In 1973 he came to USC to head the theory-composition-history area and to conduct the University Orchestra. Dr. Goodwin is active as a performer and recording studio composer/producer. He is distinguished professor emeritus at USC and the recipient of the 2001 Elizabeth O ’Neill Verner Individual Artist Award, the highest honor given in the arts by the State of South Carolina.

Production Team

Jerry Stevenson – Artistic Director
Dione Hough – Musical Director
Jessica Bright – Choreographer
Jim Litzinger & Adam Bain – Costume Design
Andy Mills – Set Design
Barry Sparks – Lighting Design

Cast Members

Kristin Abbott – “Gypsy Rose Flea”
Cameron Bell – “Hogan”
Jessica Bright – “Biscuit”
Joy Claussen – “Purrscilla”
Lisa Odom – “KD McLady”
Tony Scully – “Chairman”
William Shuler – “Shadow”
Lee O. Smith – “Chaos”
Talya Starkey – “Charlotte”
Jerry Stevenson – “Emerson”
Erika Wood – “Purrscilla”

"Dog people and non-dog people alike are going to laugh, going to cry, going to love it." — Sheila R. McKinney, Arts Reviewer

DOGS: The Musical was conceived and written by Paddy Mahoney Bell.

Music arranger/composer, Dick Goodwin.

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