Opening Doors Theatre Company

	Opening Doors Theatre Company is a New York City-based, non-profit performing arts ensemble committed to developing an eclectic mix of programming through the artistic collaboration of performers as well as playwrights, composers, directors and designers, and providing opportunities for new talent to be seen and heard. ODTC was created and formed in 2006 by Suzanne Adams. Hector Coris and Eric Martin are also founding members. Suzanne currently serves as ODTC’s Artistic Director and she co-created the acclaimed Closing Notice® Series with Associate Artistic Director, Hector Coris.

Opening Doors Theatre Company is a New York City-based, non-profit performing arts ensemble committed to developing an eclectic mix of programming through the artistic collaboration of performers as well as playwrights, composers, directors and designers, and providing opportunities for new talent to be seen and heard.

ODTC was created and formed in 2006 by Suzanne Adams. Hector Coris and Eric Martin are also founding members. Suzanne currently serves as ODTC’s Artistic Director and she co-created the acclaimed Closing Notice® Series with Associate Artistic Director, Hector Coris.

	ARTISTIC STAFF

		SUZANNE ADAMS is the creator and Artistic/Managing Director of Opening Doors Theatre Company. She juggles her time directing, teaching, coaching, producing and performing around NYC. She is the co-creator of the Closing Notice Series® (2008 Bistro Award Winner for Outstanding Series, 2006 MAC Award Nomination for Outstanding Variety Production/Recurring Series). With the "Closing Notice Series” she directed the acclaimed Fade Out, Fade In and Flora the Red Menace and also produced I Love My Wife, Goldilocks, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public, Bring Back Birdie and enjoyed playing the role of Sydney in the highly anticipated It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! Suzanne has had the pleasure of sharing the stage with some of Broadway's most exciting composers and performers. Some favorite roles include Sunday in the Park with George (Dot/Marie), Songs for a New World (Woman 1), Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman), Lucky Stiff (Annabel Glick), Crimes of the Heart (Meg). She also produced and starred in the popular This Isn't Your Mama's Musical Theater in 2002 and 2004 and had the pleasure of being a part of What’s Your Problem? which garnered critical acclaim and won awards for Best Musical and Best Ensemble Performance in Montreal at the the 2006 Harvest LGBT International Theatre Festival. For more info visit: www.SuzanneAdams.com.

		HECTOR CORIS (Associate Artistic Director and Marketing Director) is an award-winning lyricist and songwriter whose recent musical revue, What's The Point?! played a smash seven week run in NYC (soon to return Fall 2008). Hector's 2005 revue, What’s Your Problem? (written with composer Paul L. Johnson), garnered critical acclaim and enjoyed a nearly two-year run in New York City. The show was performed in Montreal where it won awards for Best Musical and Best Ensemble Performance in the 2006 Harvest LGBT International Theatre Festival. What’s Your Problem? also won awards for Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Performance (Male) in a Musical at the 2005 Fresh Fruit Festival in NYC. Hector had the plesure of directing Opening Doors' inaugural show in the “Closing Notice®” concert series, Bring Back Birdie to resounding acclaim and a MAC Award Nomination. He also directed The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public and Subways are for Sleeping for ODTC. As a producer, Hector has mounted his debut cabaret revue, Not Me, and What’s Your Problem? as well as co-producing many productions at Brooklyn Family Theatre and several other revues. As a director, his credits include Barnum (Brooklyn Family Theatre), Under the Influence (Don’t Tell Mama) and he musical directed Cyndi Freedman’s Inside Cherry Pitz, which recently was featured in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He also produced ODTC's smash production of Whoop Up in July 2007. As a performer, Hector has appeared in numerous musical productions in New York and other cities, including his own musical revues. Most notably, he's appeared in Rick Crom’s MAC and BISTRO Award-winning revue Our Life & Times, Rene Foss’ Around The World in a Bad Mood, several productions at Brooklyn Family Theatre (including Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, The Wiz and Snoopy The Musical) and countless cabaret and comedy shows in New York City. Television: “Saturday Night Live.” Currently, he is performing his solo cabaret act, Life is Wonderful. at Don't Tell Mama. He currently works in Marketing at the Tony® Award-winning Off-Broadway institution, Second Stage Theatre, is a member of Vocal Ease – an organization that brings live entertainment to hospitals and other institutions – and is on the Board of Directors of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC). In 2006, Hector received the Jeff Matson Award for his outstanding contributions to cabaret in NYC. For more info, visit www.HectorCoris.com

HECTOR CORIS (Associate Artistic Director and Marketing Director) is an award-winning lyricist and songwriter whose recent musical revue, What's The Point?! played a smash seven week run in NYC (soon to return Fall 2008). Hector's 2005 revue, What’s Your Problem? (written with composer Paul L. Johnson), garnered critical acclaim and enjoyed a nearly two-year run in New York City. The show was performed in Montreal where it won awards for Best Musical and Best Ensemble Performance in the 2006 Harvest LGBT International Theatre Festival. What’s Your Problem? also won awards for Best Musical, Best Original Score and Best Performance (Male) in a Musical at the 2005 Fresh Fruit Festival in NYC. Hector had the plesure of directing Opening Doors' inaugural show in the “Closing Notice®” concert series, Bring Back Birdie to resounding acclaim and a MAC Award Nomination. He also directed The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public and Subways are for Sleeping for ODTC.

As a producer, Hector has mounted his debut cabaret revue, Not Me, and What’s Your Problem? as well as co-producing many productions at Brooklyn Family Theatre and several other revues. As a director, his credits include Barnum (Brooklyn Family Theatre), Under the Influence (Don’t Tell Mama) and he musical directed Cyndi Freedman’s Inside Cherry Pitz, which recently was featured in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. He also produced ODTC's smash production of Whoop Up in July 2007.

As a performer, Hector has appeared in numerous musical productions in New York and other cities, including his own musical revues. Most notably, he's appeared in Rick Crom’s MAC and BISTRO Award-winning revue Our Life & Times, Rene Foss’ Around The World in a Bad Mood, several productions at Brooklyn Family Theatre (including Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, The Wiz and Snoopy The Musical) and countless cabaret and comedy shows in New York City. Television: “Saturday Night Live.” Currently, he is performing his solo cabaret act, Life is Wonderful. at Don't Tell Mama.

He currently works in Marketing at the Tony® Award-winning Off-Broadway institution, Second Stage Theatre, is a member of Vocal Ease – an organization that brings live entertainment to hospitals and other institutions – and is on the Board of Directors of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC). In 2006, Hector received the Jeff Matson Award for his outstanding contributions to cabaret in NYC. For more info, visit www.HectorCoris.com

	CHRISTINE SCHWALENBERG (Managing Consultant, Producer)
	BILLIE DI STEFANO (Closing Notice Production Manager)
	SARAH LILLEY (Grants Director)
	ERIC MARTIN (Founding Member)

	COMPANY MEMBERS (artists who contributed to two or more shows): RAY BAILEY, DANA BARÀTHY, STEVEN J. BEDNASZ, BRYCE BERMINGHAM, BRIAN BUSBY, LEE CAVELLIER, DESIREÉ DAVAR, BRIAN DeCALUWE, BILLIE DI STEFANO, ALISON RENEE FOSTER, SCOTT MCLEAN HARRISON, BROOKE JACOB, TED KOCIOLEK, HOLLI LEGGETT, SARAH LILLEY, BLAYNE LEVIN, JEAN McCORMICK, KEVIN MICHAEL MURPHY, JASON B. SCHMIDT, JESSICA STEWART, RACHEL LOUISE THOMAS, MARC TUMMINELLI, ROB VENTRE, MICHELLE (SOLOMAN) WARD, LEXI WINDSOR

	Initial Directors: Suzanne Adams, Hector Coris, Eric Martin © 2006 Opening Doors Theatre Company / Website design by Hector Coris