PAUL SPORTELLI & JAY TURVEY - WRITERS/COMPOSERS
BIOS
Paul Sportelli is co-writer of seven musicals: Little Mercy’s First Murder (with Jay Turvey and Morwyn Brebner), 3 productions (Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, 2003; Touchstone Theatre, Vancouver, 2005; Ground Zero Theatre, Calgary, 2006); Tristan (with Jay Turvey), Shaw Festival, 2007; Step Right Up! (with Jay Turvey and Eric Woolfe), Theatre Orangeville, 2008; nobody told me, a cycle of songs (with Jay Turvey), Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto, 2009; Maria Severa (with Jay Turvey), Shaw Festival, 2011; European premiere: Krakow, Poland (Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Theater, 2011), Oracle (Toronto Summerworks, 2011), and 33 1/3 (Dobama Theatre, Cleveland, 2019). Recordings: Tristan (2007), Maria Severa (2011). Music director: Shaw Festival of Canada. Broadway conducting debut: Aspects of Love (1991). New York credits: Les Miserables, Sweeney Todd (revival), and Forbidden Broadway. USA credits: Arena Stage (Oliver!, Fiddler on the Roof, The Light in the Piazza). BM, Eastman School of Music, MM, DMA, Manhattan School of Music.
Jay Turvey is co-writer of seven musicals: Little Mercy’s First Murder (with Paul Sportelli and Morwyn Brebner), 3 productions (Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, 2003; Touchstone Theatre, Vancouver, 2005; Ground Zero Theatre, Calgary, 2006); Tristan (with Paul Sportelli), Shaw Festival, 2007; Step Right Up! (with Paul Sportelli and Eric Woolfe), Theatre Orangeville, 2008; nobody told me, a cycle of songs (with Paul Sportelli), Berkeley Street Theatre, Toronto, 2009; Maria Severa (with Paul Sportelli), Shaw Festival, 2011; European premiere: Krakow, Poland (Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Theater, 2011), Oracle (Toronto Summerworks, 2011), and 33 1/3 (Dobama Theatre, Cleveland, 2019). Recordings: Tristan (2007), Maria Severa (2011). Directing credits: Shaw Festival and Talk is Free Theatre; Acting credits: Shaw Festival (15 seasons), Stratford Festival (two seasons), and has appeared in various musicals in Toronto and on tour across the U.S. and Canada. BA, Honors English and French, McMaster University.
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